Satans Lie

Many times in my blogs I have spoken about God knowing a parent's pain when losing a child because he has been in those very shoes. I would think God's pain was even worse because Jesus was sent to die for each one of us. Our sin was so bad that Jesus had to be perfect to be able to pay the debt of that sin. He was born of a virgin and led a sinless life. He resisted temptation many times. To top it all off, he allowed the very people he came to save to torture and torment him for many hours when, at any time, he could have summoned an army of Angels to come in and rescue him. Who did he do this for? You , me, all of us that would ask him into our lives as our Lord and Saviour.

Satan has many lies to keep us from accepting Jesus. Theres plenty of time. You are not worthy. There's no such thing as heaven. And that's just a few. We, as individuals, must see through whatever lie Satan is attacking us with. You see, he does not want you to receive Jesus and salvation. He wants you for his very own and he doesn’t want you as a born again Christian out there working against him. Satan knows his ultimate destiny, and he is going to do all he can to take as many as possible with him.

I want to take a moment and discuss one of the things that I struggled with mightily when it came to doing God’s work. Due to the fact that I live a less than perfect life, I never considered myself to having the credentials that it took to spread God’s Word. I thought no one would listen and I would be called a hypocrite and many other things. I began to spend a lot of time in prayer and God, as he always does, offered many answers. I want to share these with you.

The new testament has two different places where Jesus stepped up and literally saved someone that we would deem unworthy. In St Luke Chapter 23 Jesus was sent before Pilate and Herod to receive sentence. Neither would condemn him to death but the crowd wanted Blood. Pilate finally let the crowd choose between Jesus and Barabas. Barabus was a thief, rapist, and murderer. He was considered by many to be the worst criminal around. The crowd chose Barabus to be released. Jesus, who had never sinned, stood up and took the death sentence for Barabus. Guys, that wasn’t a coincidence.

The second time that Jesus saved someone is one of the most incredible moments in history to me. Again it comes from St Luke Chapter 23. Jesus was nailed to the cross, hanging there with two criminals. One criminal was mocking Jesus and got rebuked by the other. The second thief said to the first, “ Can you not see that this is the Son Of God”. He then turned to my Lord and ask him to remember him in heaven. Jesus turned to the convicted criminal and said, "today, you will be with me in paradise”. You see, on that Cross, a guy that had been a lifelong criminal received salvation. He simply acknowledged that Jesus was the son of God and then accepted him when he called him Lord.

The point that I am trying to make here is very simple. Satan wants you to think that you are not worthy. He wants you to think that because you are divorced, an alcoholic, had an abortion, etc. that you are not worthy of Salvation. That is not true. Once you receive Jesus as your Lord, your past transgressions are gone. The crimson stain left by whatever sin you have will be washed white as snow. If this is the lie that Satan has attacked you with, please trust me in this. Bow down on your knees and ask for forgiveness, accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior and receive the salvation that the thief on the cross received. There is no time like the present, and as discussed many times before on this blog, we do not know when our July 20th willl come.