God's Promise of Salvation
A cry for help is heard from a
lost and dying world. A world engrossed in sin and evil, shrouded
in darkness, and seemingly without hope, clamors for answers, and
gropes at the nearest floating straw which has no anchor.
For centuries, since the beginning
of time, and when disobedience to God entered the scene, evil has had
dominion over the lives of men and women, causing them to murder,
steal, lie, and commit all manner of cruelty and atrocities toward
one another, and to blaspheme the Holy God who is their creator, and
their source of life and well being, although wicked men and women
may not recognize him as such. God's laws are ignored, his Holy word
desecrated, and his appeal to the lost to accept his mercy and loving
kindness ridiculed, yet a lost world cries for help, but refuses to
recognize it when it is offered.
Whenever we have a physical
emergency, or a life threatening situation, we send a call to the
nearest aid station, such as to 911, the coast guard, the police, the
firemen, the national guard. We welcome the sound of the siren, and
the first responders when they arrived on the scene.
The inner soul of all mankind is
in a life threatening state called sin, a state which we are all
aware of because we have been given inherent awareness of our state
of affairs. God has declared all to have sinned and come short of
his glory, and consequently, all are lost and without hope in the
world, being separated from God, and trying, by our own efforts to
save ourselves. The world while sinking deeper in the mire of sin,
cries peace! peace! when there is no peace, help! help! when there is
no help but that from God.
The desperate man cries for help
-”From whence cometh my help? The wise man who has discovered his
source of help answers - “My help cometh from the Lord who has made
heaven and earth.” God has promised to help and save the lost if
they will call upon him in truth and by faith, believing his
promises. God is not willing that any should be lost, but that as
many as will call and trust him, he will snatch from the pits of hell
and the miry clay, renew a right spirit within them, clothe them
with the garment of Christ's righteousness, and guarantee them a
place in his kingdom, and give them eternal life.
When a loving heavenly Father
responds to the call of a lost sinner, he responds immediately to the
call. Rescue from sin and damnation is sure to the lost, and it is
free to the one who receives it, but it was truly expensive to God
who gave his only begotten son to leave his riches and glory in
heaven to come to a sin cursed world to save the lost. No one need
to be lost forever and spend eternity in hell. God has promised
salvation to all who will believe and receive.
Christ is the answer. He is the
first responder to the cry of our soul for salvation. “Wherefore
he is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him,
seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.:” Hebrews 7:
2,5. “But the salvation of the righteous is of the Lord; he is
their strength in time of trouble, and the Lord shall help then; he
shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them because they trust
in him.” Psalm 37: 39, 40. “And it shall be said in that day,
lo, this is our God; we have waited for him , and he will save us;
this is the Lord; we have waited for him; we will be glad and rejoice
in his salvation. Isaiah 25: 9. “For he is our peace, who hath
made both one, and broken down the middle wall between us.”
Ephesians 2:14
“For by grace are ye saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not
of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2: 8.9
God has promised salvation to a
lost and dying world, but how shall we be saved? “And they said:
believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved, and thy
house.” Acts 16: 31
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