Anytime anyone turns to the man-made religions of the world, they are
saying “No thanks, God.” We don’t need your gift of Christ and His
blood. Mohammed had no divine blood to offer for man’s sins and he is admittedly
dead today. Buddha and Confucius simply offer us philosophies, having no blood
to offer. Hinduism’s 100,000,000 idol gods have no divine blood to offer and so
they are not the answer for man’s needy condition.
No other religion offers God’s genuine Gift for mankind – Jesus is the only LIVING Savior and the
only God the human race cannot take credit for – He was conceived by the
Holy Spirit of God the Father to bear and shed His Royal blood, as God’s gift for man, to pay for the sins of the world. Thus
the Bible declares, Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name (but
Jesus) under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved.
Sadly, even so-called Christians; the ones who do not really know Him intimately,
those who don’t trust Him as their Lord and Savior, live beneath their portion –
missing our on God’s Gift. They still live essentially saying, “No
thanks, God, I can live my life on my own, – I go to church, so I don’t need you
involved in my daily living.” They think they have all they need. They
are like the Laodiceans of Revelation 3, to whom the Lord replies - Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am
rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing;
and knowest not that thou art
wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
We are living in a very difficult time…and this well could be the last
time some of us will celebrate Christmas. I am not trying to be overly dramatic
or alarmist, but this is the truth. Our world is filled with terror and
uncertainty; it seems to be careening towards disaster.
Yet, there is
only one certainty…and His name is Jesus. He is the Gift of God.
What He offers is forgiveness, salvation,
peace, and the genuine everlasting type of life – God’s very life - to be in us as our eternal life that we
may enjoy right now on earth, and then also forever!
I trust that none of us as Christians is saying “No
thanks, God.” We can right now accept anew the wondrous benefits that
God’s Gift has to offer us by grace through faith.
Romans 10:8-10
(KJV) But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we
preach; 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved. 10
For with the heart man
believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.