IGNORANCE IS NO EXCUSE

Whether you are Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Catholic or Protestant, you can call on the name of Jesus and be saved.

If you haven't done it already, do it now. The Bible says, "Call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved."

That's all you have to do. That's all it takes.

Don't use your religion as an excuse. Don't use your upbringing as an excuse. You know in your heart that your religion isn't going to save you from going to Hell no matter how good you are or how hard you try to please your so-called "god".

The true God doesn't want your works or your sacrifices or your so-called "goodness". You have nothing that God possibly needs. He doesn't need your guilt-trips, self-sacrifice, self-mutilation, penance, retribution or even your self-righteousness. None of that is worth a hill of beans.

What He wants is your heart.

"Thou shalt love the Lord thy God will all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind."

Just like the Policeman will tell you, as he puts you under arrest, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse."

 
If you didn't want to be arrested for something that you didn't know was "illegal", maybe you should have learned the law. Then, when you break it, you'll know why you're in trouble.

It's the same with salvation. God is merciful. God is understanding. But, let's face it, He's heard it all. He's heard all the excuses. Probably very few of them wash.

He knows that you know. He knows that you know that He knows that you know. And that's it. You know. There are no more excuses left.

Don't say, "But my parents taught me to worship Allah and to bang my head on the floor until I get a red mark on my forehead and then I'd go to Paradise."

Really?

Don't tell Jesus, "My family has always burned incense to Buddha."

Come on!

Don't try to get away with, "My family is Jewish so we don't believe in the Christian God."

READ THE TORAH AND FIND THE MESSIAH. HE HAS ALREADY COME!

You can't use the excuse that this is what I was taught. Or, this is what my family has believed for generations. Or, I didn't know that I had to accept Jesus as my Saviour. You have to take responsibility for your own soul. 

That's just not going to cut it. You know why?

Because Jesus Christ gave his life for YOU. That's why. The very best day in the history of life on this planet was the day Jesus rose from the dead. He finished the contract. He paid the price with His blood. IT IS FINISHED. IT'S A DONE DEAL.

On that day, he paid for our salvation. It's a GIFT. But, if we don't want it, He's not going to force it on us. If you don't want it, you won't get it. You have to ask for it and accept it and claim it. You have to reach out and GRAB IT WITH BOTH HANDS AND HANG ONTO IT.

Are you starting to get the picture?

You wouldn't turn down a winning lottery ticket. You wouldn't refuse a free car, would you? There are not very many who would. Yet, so many CLING to their false religions because of their family traditions and "that's the way we've always done it" bla-bla-bla. Wake up, people.

TODAY is the day of salvation. NOT TOMORROW.

WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?

Housing Crisis

All over the world, a housing crisis is going on ...and on ...and on..

In the States, the price of housing peaked in 2006 and the housing market crashed in 2008. People lost their homes just like that. I'm sure that losing their homes was a big shock for many of them ---to discover first hand that what you considered "secure" was insecure, that things can turn on a dime.The instability of the economy and home ownership was probably a wake-up call for many Americans at that time.

But, that's not the housing crisis I'm talking about. What I'm talking about is worse. It's waking up in the middle of the night with bombs dropping all around you to find that you no longer have a home to live in. And it's cold outside. Or, waking up in the middle of the night, forced to move out of your home into a leaky bomb shelter.

It's looking out on what used to be your neighborhood to see that it has been flattened. Or, an earthquake has hit and wiped out every structure around you within view. Or, a tsunami just washed everything away, your house, your car, your family. . .

"For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places." - Matthew 24:7

We are living in the time of the end that Jesus was prophesying in Matthew 24.

Anyone who is at all sensitive to the Holy Spirit can feel that whatever security we thought we had no longer exists. If we ever depended on the security of our living conditions in the past, it was foolish to do so. That was a fantasy. Nothing on this earth is secure or dependable, not even a house that you own outright.

There are major earthquakes every week now and smaller ones every day on average. Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes and there have been major tsunamis recently. I believe it's time we started to realize that our lives are insecure, don't you agree?

Jesus said, "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:" - Matthew 6:19

These words spoken by Jesus were never more applicable to more people than they are today. We are at war. Be thankful if things are peaceful for now on your home-front. Just don't expect it to last.

In any battle, those who are prepared, vigilant and alert will have a better chance of surviving. This is no time to bury your head in the sand. It's the attacking initiative that wins the battle. Don't be put on the defensive or taken by surprise.

Man up. Look up, for your redemption draweth nigh.