Wednesday, December 20, 2017

We are the Plan – Part 2


Continuing from Michael’s last post: There's a book called "Voices from the Edge of Eternity." This book contains death bed confessions from many famous people. One of the stories is entitled, "It's too late." This person was prosperous and well regarded. However, he was an infidel who rejected the gospel of Christ. On his death bed, his uncle prayed for him, but the man finally cried before he died, "It's too late." Many on their death bed say “it's too late to turn to Christ”. This man had a lifetime of opportunities to be saved. Actually, many who attend church have never really accepted Christ either. Jesus said, "There is a narrow gate and a narrow way and few there are who find it."

When hearing the gospel of salvation, there are four categories of people who react to the message. The first are those who reject the gospel message outright.  The second category are those who attend church regularly.  They walk down the aisle at the altar call but have never completed the transaction for salvation.  The third category are those who think they're saved but they are really not.  They're on a works-based false understanding of Salvation.  These are those to whom Jesus said, "I never knew you."  They have never really come before the Lord to forsake their own lives and turn to him as Lord and Master.  The forth category are those who know that they know that they have been saved.  As the Apostle Paul said, "I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which he's committed unto me against that day of righteous judgment."

To turn to Him we must forsake our wicked ways and approach His throne of grace with a broken and contrite heart of meekness and humility.  God is waiting with grace, mercy and love to abundantly pardon.  If we knew what were at stake, we would run to return our hearts to him.  

God's ways are not our ways.  His thoughts and ways are much higher than ours.  What is God's plan?  The irony is that WE are God's plan.  We who have been saved are God's plan for redemption through our Lord Jesus Christ.  According to 2 Corinthians 5, we are His Ambassadors. We represent a foreign land...the kingdom of heaven.  An ambassador is the highest ranking official sent from his Sovereign Lord as a representative of his homeland.  God has given us a mission...the ministry of reconciliation... He has committed unto us his word.  Therefore we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

We are God's plan and there is no plan “B”.  We are God's message.  We're His living love letters, His living epistles known and read of all men and women.

May God richly bless you!

Your brother in Christ, Michael

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