Here is a truth that no one in 2017 wants to hear:

 

All of us will be held accountable for our time here on earth by the King of the universe.

And all of us means…..ALL of us.  (Romans 14:12)

 

This is a scary thought given that Jesus told His own brother, in His own words, “you make no difference”.

 

But if we want the whole truth from the whole Word then we must face this certain reality.

 

I am sorry if I am not writing out that “feel good message” once again….but I am convicted to write what I feel the Lord is putting on my heart.

 

And for me to be honest……I think sometimes we might look arrogant to a dying world.

 

The reality is that ALL of us are enemies of God (Romans 5) prior to meeting Jesus.

 

The reality is that ALL of us are sitting ducks for Hell without the saving grace of Jesus.

 

The reality is that ALL of us our sinners.

 

The reality is that ALL of us who are saved by grace must realize that we are now responsible to give it away to the rest of the world.

 

I think David knew it best when he said in Psalm 139

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.

24 See if there is any offensive way in me,

and lead me in the way everlasting.

And this is David….the man “after God’s own heart”.  The man who was supported by the Lord to kill a giant, to slay wild animals, to become the king of Israel.  This is David who knows full well that he needs God to find the offensive way in him…to change him….to bring him into a better place.

 

I get it….we are fully forgiven by Jesus.

We are covered in His blood when we ask Him into our hearts and lives.

We are destined to live in eternal paradise with the One thing that we are missing most of the time here.

 

But none of this makes us BETTER than those who are lost.  It simply should compel us to be like the woman at the well….to tell a city full of people to “come and meet the man who told me everything I ever knew.”

 

I think this is why God tells us:

 

    • We are “being made holy” (Hebrews 10:14)
    • We are to invite Him in–otherwise He simply stands at the door (Revelation 3:20)

 

  • That David was a man after God’s own heart….He knew to cry out for God to CREATE IN ME a clean heart.  He knew that he was broken and utterly helpless without God’s presence (Psalm 51)

 

 

It is 2017…..and I think we need to stop blaming God for the messes that we have created and start praising Him for the ones that He has, without fail, cleaned up.

 

So go forward in humility……

 

And carry the gospel to the lost by loving them greatly and showing your vulnerability.

 

After all……that’s what He did for you.

 

In The Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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Coach J