Volume 47 Number 5 January 2005
If just believing in JESUS would give us salvation then
Satan would be saved. Satan believes in JESUS. GOD so
arranged it so that those who are really interested in being
saved would take the time to seek HIM. If GOD wanted Salvation
to be easily obtained, HE would have a pamphlet prepared.
There is nothing free. Each individual must be found
worthy of Heaven (2 Thessalonians 1:5). The LORD has put down
a gauntlet to run if we are interested in Salvation. The power and glory of GOD can only be received as a
hint to man. I have heard people say that they thought that
GOD was a loving and forgiving God. If they had taken the
time to know Him, they would find out that He is ... as long as
His commandments are followed. GOD has instructed us on
what He would do and not do and we must have faith in His
word, because He is the Word. We must remember He is the
almighty and we are nothing, subject to His whim. We must
keep Him happy with each of us, for each of us will pay for
our own actions. HE can and does turn us over to the control
of Satan if we persist in our own ways. Satan loves to make
our lives miserable and useless (Romans 1:24-28). How many people have escaped going through the death
requirement? Very few. What happened at the Passover (Exodus
12:29)? To the Assyrians (2 Kings 19:35) planning to attack
Jerusalem in the days of King Hezekiah? The LORD giveth
and the LORD taketh away. The LORD gave man life and a
way to have that life spend it with Him or to throw it away, as
did Satan. What choice do you make? Salvation and oxygen are supplied by GOD in abundance.
An effort must be made to take advantage of either or both.
Salvation goes beyond the point where the oxygen leaves off.
I implore you to make the effort. Seek the Father and become His child. You must come as
a child to enter Heaven. (Matthew 18:3) Trusting and relying
upon the Father for everything. Love the Father with all your
heart and might. Love those HE created in HIS image. He is
the I AM.