Saturday, March 24, 2012

Romans 10:11-15


11 The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed.
    
12 [No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith].
    
13 For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved.
    
Notice how our Father doesn’t tell us when a person has to call on Jesus to be saved. He just tells us that if anyone calls upon Jesus that they will be saved. So if a person calls upon Jesus when they are raised up from the dead can’t they be saved? What about the spirits of people who are in Hades, can’t they call upon Him and be saved too? Isn’t that exactly what happened when Jesus went to Hades after He was crucified? Jesus did not go to Hades in the flesh, He went in the spirit, and all of the spirits there heard the Truth and were set free, 1 Peter 3:19-20.  
The glorious Truth is that whenever our Father empowers a person to believe, they will believe and He can do it whenever He wants to. Our Father wants all men saved and  our Father always gets His way, He is God! 
14 But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher?
    
15 And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!
The world needs to hear the Truth, they can be set free from all of their fear and misery by it. Far too many times what they hear isn’t theT ruth but person telling them what they have to do. They hear about keeping a set of rules or having a free will of their own that decides what to do or not to do. They hear about Hell and how it will be filled with people, even with loved ones. They hear messages that teach them that there is separation between us and our Father, when the Truth is that there is none. We are all able bodied ministers of our Lord and the Holy Spirit will empower each and every one of us to be used to teach the Truth that will set the world free. 
I honestly believe that one of the greatest Truth’s that our Father has shown me is that there are guests of eternity. It changed everything for me. I saw what Grace actually was and I began to be able to tell people, and really for the first time believe it, that our Father is love. Grace overrides unbelief and our Father is unwilling to be without any of us. In the power of the Holy Spirit go and tell the world this Truth. 

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