The response received most of the time from various people about these Gospel messages has made me to ask God this question, "Why is it that no matter how the Gospel is being preached, people still find it difficult to accept Jesus and be saved?" And the answer I got will surprise you. I have just discovered that the reason many people do not care about getting saved is that they don't actually understand what salvation really is. For if they were able to understand what salvation really is and its main purpose, nobody will be begging anybody, and almost everybody will be running to Jesus Christ for salvation.
A man wearing slippers and a tattered shirt, riding a bicycle, approached a man who just came out of his luxurious Limousine car. After a brief interaction, the man with slippers said, "I just want you to know that you need Jesus so that you could be saved. The luxurious limousine man stood for few seconds, looked at the slippers man from head to toe, and said to him, "I think you need that Jesus more than me," and walked away. Certainly, just as this luxurious man, many people think that salvation is just being saved from sin so that they can begin to live a better live both here and in heaven. But if living a better life has been the only main purpose of salvation, then those who are now living luxurious lives will have no need of salvation, since they are already living a better life.
So, what then is salvation, and from what are you saved?
SALVATION IS, TO BE SAVED FROM THE WRATH OF GOD. The Bible says that a day is coming when God is going to be annoyed, and will pour down his wrath upon people who refuse to accept the only means of salvation which He has offered, the Lord Jesus Christ, as seen in Romans 1:18 which says, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness." And Hebrews 2:3 says, "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;" In fact, New Living Translation says, "So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?"
SALVATION IS, TO BE SAVED FROM THE WRATH OF GOD. The Bible says that a day is coming when God is going to be annoyed, and will pour down his wrath upon people who refuse to accept the only means of salvation which He has offered, the Lord Jesus Christ, as seen in Romans 1:18 which says, "For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness." And Hebrews 2:3 says, "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;" In fact, New Living Translation says, "So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?"
Do you see how salvation then means, to be saved from the wrath of God? Yes, Many people have not yet known this, and do not understand that this same God who is so good, compassionate and full of grace and so loving that he sent his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, has also set aside a day as seen in Acts 17:31, "Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead." And if you don't know what the wrath of God will look like, just read the words of Jesus concerning that very day in Luke 23:30, " Then people will begin to say to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’, and to the hills, ‘Cover us up!" Yes, on that day, people will be begging the mountains to fall on them so that they could die in order to escape the terrible situation, but the mountains will refuse to fall on them. Honestly, that day is coming, and the only way to be saved is by accepting the Lord Jesus Christ now. Romans 5:9 says, "Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him."
I pray that this message will touch as many souls as possible, who are still ignorant of the main purpose of salvation, so that they could accept the Lord Jesus Christ in order to escape this terrible and fierce wrath, and find peace with God our loving Father and eternal creator.
Jesus loves you and I do too.
I pray that this message will touch as many souls as possible, who are still ignorant of the main purpose of salvation, so that they could accept the Lord Jesus Christ in order to escape this terrible and fierce wrath, and find peace with God our loving Father and eternal creator.
Jesus loves you and I do too.
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