Our God is a God of Salvation

Psalm 68:19-20, 35

“Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah
 Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.  Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people.  Blessed be God!”

Do the gods you worship, such as money, power, sports, government, family, church, or even the Constitution of the United States, bear you up, can they give you life in the now and in eternity?  If not, why do you serve them, when you look to them in times of need, can they come through, do they have the power to raise the dead, to overcome evil, and to give you peace and hope?

For 27 years of my life I got my needs met outside of Christ, I was Baptist, I believe that Jesus was born of a Virgin, the Son of God, and that He died on a cross and that His death and the shedding of blood cover all sin, and that He after three days rose up from the grave and was victorious over death, sin, and the grave.  Now that does not put me in a very good company, for the devil also believes that and trembles.  I did not have a belief problem; I had a sin problem, I wanted to run my own life, and somehow earn my salvation, and therein lies a problem.

That is what many of you are still doing, you're moral, religious, give to help the poor, and even take care of the dogs and cats and other wildlife, that do not have a soul.  You are working hard to be good and do good is a false belief that God is going to give you a pass for not bowing your knee to Jesus, and letting Jesus have His will in your life.  Jesus is very clear on this question, for Thomas asked it.  How do we know the way to heaven and Jesus answered in John 14:6, “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.”

There are many little gods, but as verse 35 states, only one true God, He is the God of Israel, but He loves you and wants you to come to Him with empty hands and an open heart, and I’m praying that you discover the peace and joy that are only found in Jesus Christ.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice