God's Promises Sunday

Missing Out

Ephesians 2:8-9, For by Grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing it is the gift of God. Not a result of works so that no one may boast.

Have you ever had the experience of missing out on something? Like when someone says to you, you should have been here yesterday. If you had that happen to you, depending on what you missed determined the size of the knot in the pit of your stomach.

Have you ever heard someone say to you that such and such a place was giving away a special gift to the first 50 customers, and you gave it a pass because you thought it was too good to be true?

Titus 3:5, He saved us not because of works done by us and righteousness but according to His own mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit.

In life we will run into many things we will miss out on. Most of the time we realize it was only stuff we missed. Knowing that however, didn’t keep us from feeling a loss. All of us know this to be true, that it was only future garbage we missed out on. Let’s look at the real loss of the greatest gift that ever was.

Undoubtedly you heard about the crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ. He died and rose from the dead to save us. His act of love was so that each of us could be saved simply by believing the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, repenting of our sins and acknowledging Him as our savior.

Now we look at some of the excuses to not accept the Lord Jesus Christ. No one would or could do what He did, especially the part about rising from the dead.

People think the Bible is a book of fairy tales written by men. Even if all of it is true, I am beyond redemption because of my many horrible sins.

Let’s get this straight. God is God. We cannot compare what He can do to what we can do. God can do all things, and He created all things.

The greatest gift you can give yourself is eternity in Heaven. Let your human mind go and believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and the Bible. Be thankful God doesn’t think or act like we do. Don’t let the best thing that ever happened to mankind slip past you because you thought it was too good to be true.

Romans 1:16-17, For I am not ashamed of the Gospel for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes to the Jew first and to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith as it is written the righteous shall live by faith.

You can accept this gift all the way to the time just before your last breath. If you miss out on this gift you will have all eternity to miss it and to hate yourself when it was so easy to accept.

God bless you and your family.

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus Christ I am a sinner. I know you suffered and died on the cross and rose again in order to wash away my sins and to save me. I acknowledge my sins and Repent of those sins and ask you to come into my heart as my personal savior. I believe and I receive the gift of Salvation. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Amen. 

Praise The Lord!