PSALM 14:1-3 (1)The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. (2)The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. (3)They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
It says the foolish person says there is no God. The people who make these claims have done detestable things. None of them do good. One may argue that not believing in God does not mean that they do not do good things. I argue that how could they even know what is good? God is good. He alone is good. We have a sinful nature. The core of who we are is sinful. Eve wanted to be like God so she ate the forbidden fruit and shared with her husband Adam. Together they violated God's law and sin became our nature. We were born and shaped in iniquity, which is sin.
PSALM 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
We are lost and undone without Jesus saving us. If we have not come to God the Father through His precious Son Jesus then we are not saved and we are not good and we can never be good enough. Jesus had to be our sin sacrifice because none of us were ever good enough. We could not even keep the law of God. Jesus fulfilled the law. He did not break the law. He did not do away with the law. Look what Jesus said in Matthew.
MATTHEW 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
And then read His words in John.
JOHN 17:1-5 (1)These words spake Jesus, and lifted us His eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee: (2)As Thou has given Him power over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as Thou has given Him. (3)And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent. (4)I have glorified Thee on the earth: I have finished the work which Thou gavest me to do. (5)And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was.
Jesus did everything God sent Him to the earth to do. He fulfilled the law. He loved, healed, forgave. He sacrificed His very life for the sin of the whole world. He says in verse five how that He had shared the glory with God, His Father before the world was. So, now the people on the earth, that was created by God, who say there is no God, have no idea what they are saying! God is Elohim. He is our Creator. He made everything and nothing was made without His design. He did it all. He is real. He alone is the true God.
God is not in competition with anyone. ISAIAH 44:8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even My witnesses. Is there a God beside Me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. God has no equals. He has no rivals. He alone is God. He is all powerful, all-knowing, omnipresent. He is everywhere all the time. There is no place where God is not.
JOSHUA 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
I am with Joshua. You can choose today whom you will serve. It can be a statue, a dead person, a false god, an idol, but my choice is to serve God and the risen Savior Jesus Christ. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. We do not need to stop and think about it. We do not need more evidence. We do not need to have a meeting. We serve God and we will serve Him until the day we die. He is all we need. He is all we want. He is our all in all.
In the book of Acts, after Paul and Silas were beaten and thrown in prison, which was unlawful to do because Paul was a Roman, and they rocked the jail house with their praise and worship service. God set the captives free LITERALLY! The jailer was going to kill himself thinking all the prisoners escaped but there was not one who left. Let's read:
ACTS 16:29-31 (29)Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, (30)And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? (31)And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
It is that simple. Salvation is a gift from God but it is not truly free. It cost a lot more than we can ever imagine. Jesus paid the price of our salvation with His blood. We will never know what that felt like. We will never know what He endured because of our sin, our unbelief, our disgrace. He paid it all. No one made Him. He laid His life down and He had the power to pick it back up again. He is the risen Savior. He did not just die and that's the end of it. He died and rose again so we can have eternal life. Choose life. Choose Jesus.
1 PETER 2:21-25 (21)For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps: (22)Who did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth: (23)Who, when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not; but committed Himself to Him that judgeth righteously: (24)Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (25)For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Father God, I pray for every single person reading this blog post today. LORD God, I know that You love us so much. You demonstrated Your love by giving us Jesus, Your only begotten Son. Jesus did not love His life to the death. He was obedient even to the cross and with His precious blood we are saved. We are made new in His death. We are born again. I pray for every person reading this today that they may know You and come to You through Jesus Christ. I pray that today would be their day of salvation. I pray for the ones who know and love You already. I pray You would strengthen them for their journey, and equip them unto every good work. I am confident that You who have begun a good work in us will continue until the day of Jesus Christ. I ask a special blessing for all my readers LORD God and pray that all would come to saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. May something I have shared today be strength for their journey and light for their way. In the precious name of Jesus, amen!
God bless you! Have a wonderful weekend friends!
~Bridgett Owens
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