What would we say?
What would we say in answer to the question of "Why aught we be allowed to enter in?"
I feel that this question is a healthy question to ask so long as we keep Revelation 12:10 in view;
(Rev 12:10 [KJV])
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
This verse tells us that, once we surrender ourselves to Christ, we need not listen to Satan as he reminds us of our past.
If we were to stand before the Father, all we would need to say is; "I have no excuse, but I do have a Saviour." This would be the answer He was looking for. This also happens to be the only answer that would be acceptable from such small, weak, and frail creatures as we are.
I suspect that the most dreaded inquisitor we shall ever have to face once we have learned to plead the blood of Jesus is ourselves. Will we not ask ourselves; "Why didn't I take more time in my busy life to draw nearer to Him?"
How many of us will be able to have this testimony:
(Rev 12:11 [KJV])
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
What do we love the most, and by how much more than all those other things that seek to crowd into our busy little lives?
What would we say in answer to the question of "Why aught we be allowed to enter in?"
I feel that this question is a healthy question to ask so long as we keep Revelation 12:10 in view;
(Rev 12:10 [KJV])
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
This verse tells us that, once we surrender ourselves to Christ, we need not listen to Satan as he reminds us of our past.
If we were to stand before the Father, all we would need to say is; "I have no excuse, but I do have a Saviour." This would be the answer He was looking for. This also happens to be the only answer that would be acceptable from such small, weak, and frail creatures as we are.
I suspect that the most dreaded inquisitor we shall ever have to face once we have learned to plead the blood of Jesus is ourselves. Will we not ask ourselves; "Why didn't I take more time in my busy life to draw nearer to Him?"
How many of us will be able to have this testimony:
(Rev 12:11 [KJV])
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
What do we love the most, and by how much more than all those other things that seek to crowd into our busy little lives?