Word for Today, Fri, 22 Apr 2005: Jesus: Yes or No?
Posted by: masinick <masinick@...>
Dear friends,
Today's devotional message comes from the Harvest Daily
Devotional, provided by crosswalk.com. This message is about as
direct as it gets. Either you want Jesus Christ to take control
of your life or you don't, simple as that.
For a long time, I've been sharing with many of you about the
reasons to follow Jesus. I've talked honestly about the benefits
of doing so, and I've also been honest about what it will cost.
Following Jesus is a choice. For me, the alternatives are not
acceptable: I will be eternally separated from God, my many sins
will not be forgiven, and I will find myself in a Christless
eternity. Clearly that is not what I want. For anyone who
believes the Bible as the true, inspired Word of God (which I
believe 100% that it is) it is absolutely essential that we
realize that:
1) We are all sinners without exception or excuse (see Romans
3:10, 3:23)
2) Without some other solution, we are doomed to death and
eternal separation from God (Romans 6:23).
3) God loves each one of us to do something about it (Romans
5:8).
4) There is something we have to do if we want to escape the
eternal separation from God that we've unwittingly chosen. We
need to confess that Jesus is our Lord and that He has been
raised from the dead in order to conquer sin (Romans 10:9-10).
5) Everyone who calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved
(Romans 10:13).
The Web site romans.jesusanswers.com/romansroad.htm goes
into detail, covering all of these scriptures and helping you to
know with certainty what you may do to be absolutely certain that
you have a home reserved for you in heaven and that you will
never be separated from God.
Yours in Christ,
Brian
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Harvest Daily Devotional
April 22
Away with Jesus?
"He who is not with Me is against Me."
-Luke 11:23
After Jesus cast the demons out of the man who lived among the
tombs, they went into a herd of pigs and ran over a cliff. When
the people saw that, instead of rejoicing that their neighbor was
saved, "they began to plead with Him to depart from their region"
(Mark 5:17).
That really sums up the reaction of all humankind to Jesus
Christ. You are either saying, "Jesus, I want to be close to
you." Or you are saying, "Jesus, go away. I don't want you in
my life."
You might protest, "Now wait a second. I admit that I haven't
yet made a commitment to Christ. I'm simply saying I haven't
decided yet." But if you don't say yes to Jesus, you are
essentially telling Him to go away. Jesus said, "He who is not
with Me is against Me" (Luke 11:23). Either you have faith and
trust in Christ or you have unbelief. There is no other option.
Have you said, "Away with Him?" You say, "What do you mean, away
with Him. I have never said, 'Jesus, go away.' " Maybe you
have, indirectly. Maybe you resisted God's work in your heart.
Maybe you don't want to give up some things in your life that you
know are wrong. Or maybe you are just too busy-you have time for
everything but Jesus.
It really boils down to this-what have you done with Jesus? What
are you going to say right now? "Away with Jesus!" Or are you
going to ask Him to become a part of your life? He offers you
His forgiveness. Take it. The choice is yours. Don't put it
off.
Copyright (c) 2005 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright (c)
1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights
reserved. Bible text from the New King James Version is not to
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and Permissions, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214-1000.
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Brian Masinick, mailto:masinick@yahoo.com
Home page: http://www.geocities.com/masinick/
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