July 30, 2026, the 211th day of 2026
Too Good Not to Share, but Warnings Must be Given
So, yesterday I wrote about one of the reasons we preach about Jesus and salvation in Him. It is a command tha... View MoreJuly 30, 2026, the 211th day of 2026
Too Good Not to Share, but Warnings Must be Given
So, yesterday I wrote about one of the reasons we preach about Jesus and salvation in Him. It is a command that Jesus gave us.
I touched on the fact that we had the treasure of eternal life and because someone bothered to share that knowledge with us, we gave our life to Jesus.
That is what I want to expand upon today.
One of the main reasons we share the message of Jesus with others is that it is just too good not to share!
Even though it is such wonderful news and we want all to come, we cannot water down the message to make it more palatable for the masses.
Almost every stage of teaching deeper things to His disciples, some stopped following Jesus. Not everything is rose petals, fragrant and soft.
Someday, it will be all that the righteous hope for and more, but not in this lifetime, not before Jesus returns, vanquishes evil and sets up His Kingdom on Earth.
If we expect it now, we will be more than disappointed.
There are a lot of thorns involved in following Jesus in this lifetime. We may not face it all, but we need to be prepared to face whatever comes, faithfully.
Being unprepared for those thorns is the cause of many falling away.
If they had heard the truth as Jesus proclaims it, they would know that if they choose to followed Him they must be prepared to face testing, trials, tribulation, persecution, being misunderstood, surrendering all to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, facing bearings, suffering, imprisonment, torture and death, just for the short list.
Many who start their walk with Jesus, never complete it, but turn aside, because our Kingdom is not of this world and our rewards do not come now.
If someone is in it for the good they can get as a Christian, but they do not surrender their entire life to Jesus, they will not know eternal life. What they have is a mockery of the real thing, it will not stand the test of time.
We need to know Who Jesus is, what it could cost us, what are the benefits and when they come into play, before we can make an informed decision.
Coming to Jesus with hands open to receive gifts and blessings from Him, without first repenting and bowing in complete surrender to Him, will get you nowhere nearer to salvation than you were before you started.
Do not be fooled or tricked into a false conversion. It is far worse than no conversion at all, because you will not be received into God's kingdom in the end, even though you expect to be. And you will be a bad witness to what a true Christian is.
But if you have true salvation in Jesus Christ, you would not exchange it for the world.
Because in Jesus is life and that more abundantly!
"From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. Then Jesus said to the twelve, 'Do you also want to go away?' But Simon Peter answered Him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.'”
John 6:66-69
Stay strong! Choose Jesus! Choose eternal life in Him!
NAN
