Hello my friends! I trust you are finding ways to stay inside and stay warm. The Arctic blast that's been hounding most of the globe is edging its way into our area. It's only supposed to be 13 for a high tomorrow! Yikes!
It has been a sporadic few weeks for me in the blog-writing department. After the holiday chaos and our family vacation, I think I'm about to get back on track. If there's anyone out there still checking in on me then I say a big "Thank you!"
Today I want to share some comfort, that's Ray Comfort. Ray is a street preacher and evangelist that I enjoy following. He's bold and he's courageous. He isn't afraid to put himself out there when sharing the gospel. People heckle him and mock him as he stands up on a stool on some street corner in America and shares Jesus with anyone that listens. The one thing that I like about him is that he doesn't try to cheapen the sacrifice of the cross with all of the other hype and happiness that tv "preachers" seem to enjoy doing so often. Now I'm not saying that once we get saved we won't find happiness, but we don't get saved to get happy, we get saved to be forgiven of our sins and spend eternity in heaven...don't tell Joel Olstean this as he may be shocked and actually change the way he preaches.
Ray Comfort in his book, "The Way of the Master" says this: "The gospel is a promise of righteousness, not a promise of happiness. Instead of preaching the Good News that sinners can be made righteous in Christ and escape the wrath to come, we have settled for a "gospel" that implies that God's primary purpose in saving us is to unfold a "wonderful plan" for our lives; to solve our problems, make us happy in Christ, and rescue us from the hassles of this life (p.19)
The law demands death for sin. If it didn't we wouldn't need a Saviour. Right? Right! The true covert comes to the Savior simply to satisfy the demands of a holy law (p.74). The Savior came to satisfy the demand of a sinless, spotless sacrifice so that sins can be forgiven. He was tempted in all points (Heb 4:15). Yet 1 Pet 2:22 says He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. This is also stated in 2 Cor 2:51 saying that He knew no sin. Jesus then, through His obedience to the cross, became the acceptable sacrifice. If he had sinned then it would mean he wasn't the spotless lamb that Scripture says He was; that His sacrifice wasn't perfect and that God would have accepted a "contaminated payment." This goes against God's requires for sacrifice that He revealed in Malachi.
Jesus was the perfect sacrifice and through your faith and belief in Him and Him alone can you ever find eternal security. Budda can't give you that, a cow can't give it to you, and your tv preacher can't...but Jesus did. The cross that He died on wasn't cheap. Anyone that makes it appear that way needs to be in the Word. His blood was shed...that means he bled and bled a lot in agony so that when you applied the blood sacrifice your sins would be forgiven! That's a price most of us wouldn't pay ourselves.
May there never be any doubt in your mind about the perfection of Jesus. May you never doubt his payment of himself on the cross for your sins. May you never fear death again because you have believed in him.
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