SO YOU THINK, "NO WAY"
From John Collins, Evangelist:
“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance,
that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.” 1
Timothy 1:15 (NKJV).
Okay, so you have sinned, A LOT!! At what point do you give
up and believe that you are not savable? At what point do you believe that God
would not forgive you, that only the devil will have you and that you are not
worth saving anyway? This is more common than you may think. As many as justify
their sin and take Jesus for granted, there are just as many who don’t bother
to call on Jesus because deep down they don’t believe that they are worthy of
walking the streets of heaven and living in eternal bliss.
Satan has done his work well. He has planted doubts and he
has spread so many lies that many have come to believe that they are truth. God
is not a cruel dictator in the sky and Jesus wants to forgive you and died for
you before you even knew that you needed Him. God is merciful and compassionate
and has forgiven the murderer in David, the whore in Solomon, the rebellion in
Jonah, the persecutor of the church in Paul, the doubter in Thomas not to
mention the sins in the twelve sons of Jacob and He is willing to forgive your
sins too.
God is waiting for you to recognize your worth to Him and
for you to honor that worth by believing in Him and His Son. The Christian must
believe that they are worthy of forgiveness and work to submit to the will of
God and to obey the commandments of Christ. It is important that your hope be
true and your commitment to living the gospel be complete. You are not supposed
to live in sin and just not care and you are not meant to give up on yourself
because God does not want to give up on you.
You matter and the proof that you matter was given on the
cross while Jesus gave His last breath for you. The Lord says that you matter
so do not give up on you and do not give in to the devil.
“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in
my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation
with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for
His good pleasure.” Philippians 2:12-13 (NKJV).
