The earth is not
a static place where nothing happens; man does things as a result of the
decisions he made. However, there is a driving force involved in making
choices; this is seen in every decision made by man. We are the result of the
decision we make; but there are times where one is compelled to make. To follow
Christ, we have to be compelled before we accept Him, but are people compelled
by the right force today? Let’s find out.
There are many
people today who accepted Jesus as Lord because we Believers told them they
would go to hell if they don’t accept Jesus. They tell about the sins they
commit and how God will punish them if they don’t accept Jesus. [True, hell is
real and those who don’t accept Jesus there, but this is done after much
persuasion by the Holy Spirit. God gives mercy to those who are not saved
several opportunities to get saved and they are obvious signs that the unsaved
cannot deny it (ref. Romans 1:20-21). This opportunity happens over and over till
the second coming. This is when those who deliberately don’t accept Jesus go to
hell]. My point here is that fear is not the way Jesus taught us to win people
to Him; the way Jesus taught us is through love!
The bible says
God so loved the world [ref. John 3:16], this is to imply He would want us back
with love in order to save us from the disaster prepared for the devil and his
angels. Jesus showed this aspect of love in the story of the woman caught in
the act of adultery. Jesus asked those who wanted to cast stones at her to cast
stones if anyone was without sin, since no one was without sin they dropped
their stones and left. But the point here is that someone had the freedom to
cast stones at the woman but didn’t, who was that? Jesus! He was without sin. When
Jesus noticed that the woman’s accusers had gone, He said to the woman, ‘“Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has
no one condemned you?” She said “No one Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither
do I condemn you; go and sin no more.”’ John 8:10-11. This was an act of
love; the woman naturally would stop her act of adultery because she was shown
love instead of condemnation. Note that Jesus didn’t support sin but He didn’t
condemn her.
However, what we
have today is Believers spelling out the sins of people, instead of spelling
out the love of Christ. It is explaining the love God has for us by sending His
Son to die for us and what He did on the cross that really gets one saved;
because then the unsaved would truly know God loves him and would want to
follow Christ. But people just talk about the sins committed and how they would
suffer is they don’t repent; so people turn to Christ to save their heads, but
this is not genuine repentance. This is why we find half baked Christians
today, because they can’t defend the scriptures, why? This is because the
entire bible talks about the love and mercy of God towards man. The bible says
in John 3:17 that, “For God did not
send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through
Him might be saved. This verse comes immediately after the verse which
explains how God loves us.
Apostle Paul
when explaining the Ministry of Reconciliation in 2 Corinthians 5 said in verse
14, “For Christ’s love compels
us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all
died.” NIV. The Message puts it thus, “Christ’s
love has moved me to such extremes. His love has the first and last word in
everything we do.” The point we have to understand is that condemning people
doesn’t actually save them, it makes them worse and frustrated. This is when
the person sins more and struggles not to sin; but when the love of Christ is what
is shown and nothing else; this transforms their lives toward Christ.
Remember, it’s
about Him and not us; we were never qualified. When we focus on ourselves we
won’t have the opportunity of focusing on Christ. This was what happened to
Adam and Eve; they lost their focus on God and started to focus on themselves. It
is our focus on Christ that transforms us and not the focus on our faults. His strength
is perfect in our lives and this is the gospel truth.
Why not accept
Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus,
I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God
raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank
You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand
new!
Log
on next time.
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GOD BLESS YOU.
Unless
otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from King James Version
(KJV)
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