The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my mind and heart in Titus 2:11,
"The grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people."
I am aware there are those who teach that there are only certain ones God wants for himself. I can't help but notice, to a person, all I have encountered of that persuasion also claim to be among that group. I don't think I have ever run in to any one who buys in to that kind of theology also feels they fall outside the group... I think you see where I am going with this...
Our Savior, with a really big heart, wants all who want him. His invitation, his offer of salvation has been made to all people everywhere. When Jesus Christ died on that cross, he didn't pay a smaller payment for just a few. He paid a horrific payment for all the sins of all mankind for all time. Every sin that has ever been committed. I have little patience for those who hold to a minimalist view of how far Jesus' death went - as if it only satisfied God's justice for a few... how short an understanding of the things of God! How far short of the full counsel of the Scriptures! What must these people be thinking, when one day they will have to face the Lamb of God who shed his blood for so many... how will they answer?
God's offer of salvation to all people is represented in his gospel message that he has asked to be taken throughout the world. It is God's desire that all people be saved, 1 Timothy 2:4. It is for this reason that Peter tells us our God is patient, "not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9. The only ones who will not be saved are the ones who reject this wonderful invitation God has extended to us through the gospel. No one will stand before the judgment throne of God and level an accusation that provision was never made for them, that they never had opportunity. No, the Lord has made provision for all mankind and he has left the decision up to us all as to whether we desire to spend eternity in his family or in a lake of fire. That decision must be made in this life, as the decision will be taken from us when we leave this life. We must embrace the Lord in faith, we must place our confidence in Jesus Christ to be saved, to go to heaven.
"The grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people."
I am aware there are those who teach that there are only certain ones God wants for himself. I can't help but notice, to a person, all I have encountered of that persuasion also claim to be among that group. I don't think I have ever run in to any one who buys in to that kind of theology also feels they fall outside the group... I think you see where I am going with this...
Our Savior, with a really big heart, wants all who want him. His invitation, his offer of salvation has been made to all people everywhere. When Jesus Christ died on that cross, he didn't pay a smaller payment for just a few. He paid a horrific payment for all the sins of all mankind for all time. Every sin that has ever been committed. I have little patience for those who hold to a minimalist view of how far Jesus' death went - as if it only satisfied God's justice for a few... how short an understanding of the things of God! How far short of the full counsel of the Scriptures! What must these people be thinking, when one day they will have to face the Lamb of God who shed his blood for so many... how will they answer?
God's offer of salvation to all people is represented in his gospel message that he has asked to be taken throughout the world. It is God's desire that all people be saved, 1 Timothy 2:4. It is for this reason that Peter tells us our God is patient, "not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." 2 Peter 3:9. The only ones who will not be saved are the ones who reject this wonderful invitation God has extended to us through the gospel. No one will stand before the judgment throne of God and level an accusation that provision was never made for them, that they never had opportunity. No, the Lord has made provision for all mankind and he has left the decision up to us all as to whether we desire to spend eternity in his family or in a lake of fire. That decision must be made in this life, as the decision will be taken from us when we leave this life. We must embrace the Lord in faith, we must place our confidence in Jesus Christ to be saved, to go to heaven.
Unlike the "special ones" who reserve for themselves what they consider to be the "mysteries of God", the "select" who believe they are the only ones Jesus Christ died for on that miserable cross, I worship our big Lord with a big heart who has taken on himself the full wrath of his Father on the behalf of all mankind, to make a way for us!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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