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?