(Luke 5:31-32) “I have not come to call the righteous
but sinners to repentance."
Considering all the voices we face on
a daily basis, which of those voices do we allow to mold our lives? Which voice
is the clearest in our lives? We are constantly bombarded by information, which
molds us into the individuals we are. They define us into our characters and
mold us into what we think we should become. The voice of fashion cries “brand
names only”, whilst our wallets cry “Mr Price”. We see our neighbor driving a
fancy car and we hear a voice say, “Wouldn’t that be nice” and then we fall
into the crowd of coveters. We gain weight and a voice cries “it’s time for a
diet” and so life consistently keeps us occupied with trivia and takes our eyes
off the real issue, which is, life after death!
There is an enemy who is so determined
to send his troops out into the world with messages of confusion and it is rife
within our world today. When last did you take time out, sit down, settle
yourself and considered the deeper meaning of life? Thankfully I have been
afforded the opportunity by the grace of God to do that most mornings, but I
must tell you it was never a given, it has taken discipline but I wouldn’t
change it for the world. “Alone time” is where I can hear the voice of God
whisper into my ear. It is not as if I hear an audible voice bellow from
heaven. With God’s Word, the Bible open in front of me, He (God the Holy
Spirit) speaks to me through it just as if a voice has hollered from heaven. At
times He is bold and then a gentle whisper. Either way these are sweet times and
I love them so, but how many declarations in today’s world instruct others to
do the same? Why would they, Hollywood instructs us about the here and now and
keeps us from thinking about lies which keeps us from the truth. Take the new
movie Exodus, what a lot of bunkum! It was so inaccurate it will certainly
leave the novice with a false evaluation on who God actually is.
God on the other hand has continuously
declared the same message, heaven or hell for eternity. Find forgiveness for
your sin or pay the price for it. It’s
His way through Christ or destruction for perpetuity. There is no other option
even though other voices cry out with additional possibilities, they are liars!
“So
we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love,
and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.” (1John 4:16) – Reject the
Lord Jesus’ sacrifice for your sin and you reject the love of God for your
life, simple! However God has always been motivated by a love that
is perfect. Consider what perfection teaches us, it means exactly what it says;
to be perfect means there can be nothing added to something or someone to
improve it or him. God is perfect! His love is perfect! Therefore if God has a
perfect character, this means nothing could be added to Him to improve whatever
He chooses to do and with that said: His love drove Him to crucify His only
begotten Son on a cruel Roman cross so that sinners like you and me could go
free; escaping the prominent judgment looming in the not too distant future.
There will come a day where God will judge the living and the dead! All this
simply means those who find His forgiveness for their sin in and through the spilt
blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, understanding that it was God in the flesh that
paid the penalty for sin and more specifically my sin and yours. If and when we
find ourselves on our knees seeking out His forgiveness for our own sins, whatever
they may be! There is no sin too great that God will not forgive, so long as
you sincerely seek out His forgiveness, admitting that we understand that our
actions through life have offended God and deserved His punishment. God hates
sin this is why He destroyed the world with water in the days of Noah, because
sin ruled men’s hearts. Sin dictates and rules the lives of so many; we must
see it for what it is. If we do not recognize ourselves as sinners we will
never seek out God’s forgiveness. No differently to a sick person who
understands their need for medical assistance and this is why the Lord Jesus
coined this phrase; “And Jesus answered them, "Those
who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to
call the righteous but sinners to repentance."”
(Luke 5:31-32)
Only when this genuineness is realized
will the penny drop and then our eyes will be opened to the magnitude of God’s
love in our lives. This is when the phrase that so many coin, being “born
again” is understood in its rightful context. Without that action in our lives
we will continue to clutch at straws and cling to so many differing voices
seeking out their guidance, but they will only ever amount in leading the
rebellious to “death” and the “perfect judgment” which is just over the vista leaving
them all being cast into outer darkness. A treacherous thought but I can assure
you on the authority of God’s Word that this will happen, I lie not!
His love is perfect! But so is His
wrath! There will be no wiggle room for the one who rejects the gospel of Jesus
Christ, reject God’s provision on His terms and you will certainly face the
consequences of that for all eternity. Nothing we do within our own
capabilities outside of God’s provision in and through the Lord Jesus Christ
will save us from certain destruction. Every other voice is a lie and leads us
down the wrong road, repent, turn to Jesus, confess your sins to Him and you
shall be saved from the wrath to come. And this I declare on record for all the
ages to come and I stand by my witness.
Signing off
Tyrone
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