I have always been baffled by how much faith religion has in the enemy, darkness, deception, and evil. When I post things about the goodness of God and His unconditional love towards us, I inevitably get comments from people wanting to make sure that I balance out the message with our fallen state or satan’s schemes; or they tell me I am deceived; or that I am not taking the whole counsel of scripture, or that my persecutive is not valid or right. When did salvation become about getting everything right? I tried that – IT DOES’T WORK AND IT IS NOT THE GOSPEL!
Here is the real problem: People just cannot accept that kind of love. Subconsciously they have to make sure that they somehow earn it, even if they say they don’t have to.
People: This is the whole story of the Bible – realizing that you will NEVER be able to earn it by your actions or your belief. You can NEVER do enough, believe enough, get it right enough to earn it!
Religion tells us that we were all affected by Adam’s sin (whether you like it or not and whether you chose that or not). But Jesus is your potential salvation. In order to be saved by Him, you must …….. (fill in the blank with your formula).
Guess what? It was actually God who subjected you to disobedience – for the ultimate purpose of having mercy on us ALL!!!! (Rom. 11:32) The tree in the garden was His plan. And the Tree of Life is also His plan. (And you are included, whether you like it or not an whether you chose it or not). He loves you that much!!!!
1 Cor. 15:22 “….. in Christ ALL will be made alive.”
John 6:33 “….. gives life to the WORLD.”
Eph. 4:10 “….. that He may fill ALL things.”
John 12:32 “….. draw ALL men to myself.”
Rom. 11:15 “…..for if their rejection is RECONCILIATION of the WORLD, what will their acceptance be…..LIFE.”
So relax! You are loved beyond your ability to comprehend! Unconditional love will pursue you and find you and give you LIFE!!!
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