Get It Right
Titus 3:4-8 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.
I dare you to dig deep within your soul, to question your religion at it’s core, and then to question how you are living your life in response to what you say that you believe. Many of you will read no more, or stop in disagreement to what I ask of you. Does your religion of choice ask you to “DO” so that you may receive from God? Must you perform ritualistic tasks to obtain the gift of God for the keys to heaven? Must you pray specific prayers, obey religions laws, ask for mercy from certain saints, abstain from certain unholy things, or a seemingly endless list of what you must do, to accomplish what God wants of you, so that you are good enough in his sight to get into heaven? Is that what you have been taught, and are trying to live? It is the natural way we think in our sin-filled state of what the Bible labels our “flesh.” It is our natural inclination to feel we must “do to receive.” The sad part is that we are denying all that Jesus did for us, saying he was not good enough for us, and wiping away his blood on the cross with our wasted sweat of useless works that He will withhold the kingdoms keys to paradise from us.
Grace is what saves you; God’s free gift to you through his Son dying on the Cross; rising from the dead, conquering death forever, and returning to Heaven to rule until he returns to claim those who believe. When God opens your mind through your heart to that truth, your life will never be the same. Your heart is changed forever in the realization you can never earn your way into heaven; that Jesus fulfilled the highest price. But…..I must be perfectly clear, at that point is where your life must change. You are now to work out your salvation as Paul puts it in Philippians 2:12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; 13 for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. You are going to be asked by God one day, “What did you DO with the knowledge of my Son?” The rest of your life is to be used to prepare for eternity. The rest of your life is an outpouring of love to the One who died for you. The rest of your life opens the doors to heavenly mansions full of heavenly crowns you will be able to lay at Jesus’ feet. Look at how Paul puts your good works into perspective, “God who works in you both to will and do.” These good works as you work out your salvation are God at work. These good deeds if you will, or these denying sins if you will, they are the work of God within you; you are to never be the same, or when you fail, a repentant heart is pleasing to the Lord. God is wanting to use you for the rest of your life to draw others to himself and reward you in Heaven.
If your life looks the same, after you proclaimed Christianity, are you really saved? If your life has not changed at all…….your are NOT. Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? If you have continued to read through this 1MM, and God has stirred your heart with this eternal question, it can only be answered there through prayer with Him. I truly believe these are the last days before Jesus returns; it is a critical time in all of history to get things right before God.
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