We can't deceive
ourselves into believing that if we are only *good enough* everything will be
okay, that's not the truth. Christ our Lord alone is GOOD enough!
Two deceptions-
- We believe we can WORK to be saved, that we can be GOOD enough to be saved. We are believing a lie.
- We don't believe we can WORK to be saved, that we can be GOOD enough to be save, so we give up.
Usually you'd know
that if one thing wasn't true the opposite must be. You know- truth and lies, there is a truth
and there is a lie, in this case the deception is so incredibly powerful that
it is true that ONLY the very elect will NOT be deceived.
Mat_24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and
false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it
were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Great signs and
wonders from false Christs and false prophets. How many amazing preachers are
out there, amazing because of their charisma, their charm, their ability to
speak so wonderfully you can't help but be wowed by them? A lot. And these
amazing seemingly God-fearing people are deceiving thousands, hundreds of
thousands, perhaps millions of people with their wondrous ability to lie so
convincingly people don't WANT the truth, they'd rather believe their lies.
They despise the truth in favor of believing their feel-good religion.
The elect KNOW this
truth-
Rev_14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are
they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus
God's elect, God's
saints those who are HIS, those who will be waiting for Him when He returns,
those who will rise to meet the Lord in the air, it is they who comprehend the
full truth, without guile.
The truth that it is
solely by the power of Jesus, through His Sacrifice that we are saved. It is
living with that knowledge, believing that truth that enable the Holy Spirit to
live within us. It's the Holy Spirit living within us that enables us to live
to the Spirit and not to the flesh. It's
us striving to do good while knowing that any good we do is because of the
grace of our Savior. It is denying ourselves, it is picking up our cross, it is
having faith with works so our faith is not dead, all of this through the Holy
Spirit! This is TRUTH. It is believing our Savior when He said that He did NOT
come to do away with the moral law, but to reveal it to us. It is knowing that
the saints KEEP the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus! It is all this without shunning any of the
HARD facts that we have to resist the devil, that we have to do our part daily.
That we have to put on the WHOLE armor of God so we can stand against the evil
surrounding us DAILY! It is surrendering to our Savior all of ourselves, not
just a tiny bit. It's living for Christ, living in Christ always!
All by HIS amazing
GRACE and LOVE, His MERCY forever and ever!
Amen!
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