One of the biggest stumbling blocks of the Christian plan of salvation is
its professed simplicity. On the surface, it looks too simple a solution for
too complex a problem.
Question: Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Answer: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved. (Act 16:30,31)
Just like that?
I should just believe and ALL my sins will
be forgiven, I’ll be translated from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of
Christ, I’ll receive a new spirit and my name will be written in the book of
life?
Well... when you put it THAT way, it does look a little too
simple, doesn’t it?
But what is the alternative? Check this out,
A report several years ago on the state of the HIV/AIDS scourge in Africa
revealed that if the cure to AIDS were drinking a glass of clean water every
day, MILLIONS of Africans would still perish.
This of course is wishful thinking. HIV today has no cure, and the
antiretroviral therapy to manage the virus is a complex cocktail of very
expensive drugs. Even when provided free by donor agencies, bureaucracy,
corruption and inefficiency still makes it hard for the drugs to trickle down
to them.
Yet, research findings indicate that if the solution to this scourge is
reduced to the simplest level, millions would still perish.
Yet, HIV/AIDS is nothing compared to an eternity in Hell in payment for
one’s transgression against God. Not everyone has access to clean water, but
everyone can believe.
“For I am not ashamed of the
gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one
that BELIEVES (Rom 1:16)
“For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever BELIEVES in Him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.” (Jn 3:16)
The next time we’re tempted to think the salvation process is TOO simple,
remember the implications if it was made any harder.
“Thanks be unto God for his
unspeakable gift”. 2Co 9:15
AMEN.
More Blessings await you today; you’ll not miss them in Jesus Name.
GREG ELKAN
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