Handy Little Chart Tuesday
Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>
YOU SAY
GOD SAYS
BIBLE VERSES
You say: "It's impossible"
God says: All things are possible
(Luke 18:27)
You say: "I'm too tired"
God says: I will give you rest
(Matthew 11:28-30)
You say: "Nobody really loves me"
God says: I love you
(John 3:16 & John 3:34 )
You say: "I can't go on"
God says: My grace is sufficient
(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)
You say: "I can't figure things out"
God says: I will direct your steps
(Proverbs 3:5-6)
You say: "I can't do it"
God says: You can do all things
(Philippians 4:13)
You say: "I'm not able"
God says: I am able
(II Corinthians 9:8)
You say: "It's not worth it"
God says: It will be worth it
(Roman 8:28 )
You say: "I can't forgive myself"
God says: I Forgive you
(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)
You say: "I can't manage"
God says: I will supply all your needs
(Philippians 4:19)
You say: "I'm afraid"
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
(II Timothy 1:7)
You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
God says: Cast all your cares on ME
(I Peter 5:7)
You say: "I'm not smart enough"
God says: I give you wisdom
(I Corinthians 1:30)
You say: "I feel all alone"
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you
(Hebrews 13:5)
PASS THIS ON. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MAY BE IN NEED.
you couldn't just sit down and start using mine either. If you work in an
office, chances are they make sure they can have access to the company
computer that you use. Your computer, my computer, your company's computer
are all protected from any funny business by something called a password.
I can't get into my computer without typing in my password. Would you like
to know what it is? It's... a secret.
Our word for today from the Word of God is important mostly for one group
of people - people who want to go to heaven when they die; which is just
about all of us. This statement by the God whose heaven it is reveals the
only password that will get you in. And the last thing God wants for it to
be is a secret. He really wants you to be there with Him forever, but
there's only one way possible.
Acts 4:12 - The disciples have just healed a lame man in the name of Jesus.
Then, through them, God says, "Salvation is found in no one else." (When
you hear that word salvation, think rescue - like first responders going
in to save the lives of people trapped in a collapsed building.) "Salvation
is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to
men by which we must be saved." No one else but Jesus. No other name but
Jesus - the only way to be saved, to be rescued.
From what? From the eternal death penalty the Bible says we all have facing
us because we've taken the life God gave us and, in essence, made ourselves
"God" in our life. My Creator was supposed to run my life and I ran it
myself. The Bible says every one of us has done that. And there's no
religion that can possibly pay or remove that death penalty, including
the Christian religion. What we need to be saved from is hell itself.
Without that, any hope you or I have for heaven is false hope.
But why is there "no one else," "No other name," other than Jesus? Why
is He God's password to His heaven? In a world that so values tolerance
and open-mindedness, isn't it colossal arrogance to say He's the only
way to heaven? Well, I didn't say it. The Bible did. Jesus did when He
said, "I am the way ... no man comes to the Father except through Me"
(John 14:6). It isn't so much about one religion being right and others
wrong. In fact, it's not about religion at all. It's about a spiritual
death penalty that can only be paid one way - by someone dying. And
that's why Jesus came. In His words, He "came to give His life a ransom
for many" (Mark 10:45). In other words, when Jesus died on the cross,
He was dying so you don't have to. And the day He walked out of His
grave, He proved He's got the power to turn your death sentence into
eternal life.
Only someone with no sin of their own could take your place, and that
would have to be the Son of God. No one else could have died for you.
No one else even claimed to; which leaves us with the question on
which everything rests, "On what are you basing your hope for heaven?"
If your password is the good things you've done or your spiritual
background or your religion - no chance! Your only hope is pinning
all your hopes on Jesus Christ.
Has there ever been a time when you clearly, consciously, personally
told Jesus that you were placing all your trust in Him? The day you
do is the day you trade forever the hell you deserve for the heaven
you could never deserve. And this could be that day. With your forever
at stake and with life so unpredictable, waiting another day just
doesn't make sense.
Your hell cancelled, your heaven guaranteed - today. If you'll enter
in through the only name God will accept - His Son, Jesus.
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