ALL.

Thursday, October 28, 2010
All. The sum total of everything. It’s what you have when everything is combined. It’s only 3 letters, but it’s all inclusive. It’s all. And it’s a word used a few times in Scripture. And mark it down, when God chose to inspire the word “all” in His Book, He was going for the punch. He was making sure we got it.
“All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” That’s pretty straight forward, huh? God said, and very clearly I might add, that we’ve all blown it. Every single one of us has made huge blunders. Today many of us call them “mistakes” or “personality flaws.” God calls it sin. When we lie, that’s a sin. When we cheat, that’s a sin. When we gossip, that’s a sin. When we steal, that’s a sin. When we walk down the road of impurity, that’s a sin. When we aren’t kind to others, that’s a sin. When we refuse to share Christ with the lost, that’s a sin. Get it? We’ve ALL sinned. It’s all inclusive.
He’s also said that we will ALL die and stand before Him. “It’s appointed to all men once to die and afterwards to face the judgment.” So here we are – sinners. We’ve all blown it big time. And there’s coming a day when we will die and stand before God. I don’t know about you, but those 2 facts combined would make me slightly nervous were it not for Jesus. In our sin, we are dirty and unprepared for God. We are unworthy. He is holy. We are sin. Those 2 don’t mix well…at all really. So herein lies our problem.
But then He promises that He loves ALL who are in the world. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever (another word for all) believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” There it is! That’s the good news of the Gospel! Though we are separated from God by this sin we were born into, God took action to fix that. The only One that could pay the debt for us, Jesus, did it! Look at Him hanging on that cross, totally undeserving Himself. Yet nonetheless, there He is. And the heavy weight that’s being placed upon Him? That’s my sin. That’s your sin. ALL of it.
And He’s coming back for us. He’s coming back for ALL of us. If we know Him, there’s coming a day, and it could be any moment according to the prophecies He’s given in His Book, that He’s coming back for ALL of us that are His. No more pain; no more heartbreak; no more illness; no more disappointment. He’s going to do away with ALL of that, and our reality will forever be the place He’s been preparing since He went back to His Father almost 2,000 years ago. He made ALL that we know in 6 days. Imagine how amazing a place would be that He’s been working on for 2,000 years!
So here it is: ALL that God has to offer you. It’s right before you today. And He simply says, “Come to Me.” He offers you forgiveness for ALL of your sin. He offers you peace in ALL your storms. He guarantees you entrance into ALL He has in store. And He promises to be with you in ALL of your days to come. “All to Jesus, I surrender…” Will you join me?


That’s just a thought, and I welcome yours.
Until next time,
blake

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