How much…

Is it even possible to know the depths of God’s love for us? Until we get to heaven and see Him face to face, we can’t know His love completely. The only approximation is the love of mothers for their children and of Dad’s love as well. Other than those, there is no way to come close to knowing how deeply God loves us except through reading the Bible and seeing how He loves us through His Word.

In many ways, people don’t see God’s love in His Word. They see how He punishes the Jewish people for forsaking Him as their God and Savior. They see all of the pestilence and other problems that can happen because of Israel’s fickle nature regarding their God. God uses all of these to bring them back to Himself if they will turn away from their false gods. But, today most people view the Bible as an old and outdated book that isn’t relevant for the twenty-first century. 

This idea could not be further from the truth. Many “preachers” today are leading people away from God and into idolatry by giving them a good feeling about who they are and what they can accomplish on their own. While this “advice” is nice it is not pointing people to their Savior. Nor is it telling them about their sinful condition and why they need a Savior. God can use preachers who are called by Him and who preach from His Word about the needs that we all have as long as we aren’t fluffing it up with lights and “productions” that detract from the Word of God.

God’s love for us is immense but His distaste for our sins is also immense and we need to realize that it is our sin that separates us from Him. Just because you have been a member of a church for many years doesn’t mean that you have truly accepted Him as your Savior. Many people are just going through the motions but that is not salvation. Some have even been in the church for many years and haven’t given their hearts to Jesus. They have been listening to the lies of the Devil telling them that they have plenty of time to make that decision when we don’t even know if we will have tomorrow to make that decision. Today is the day to settle this in your hearts. Don’t put it off because you and I don’t have a guarantee of tomorrow.