Strange thank you my friend, If you really, say that I should repent to be Baptzed, then Thank you my friend. I know I am nearing the end of the RAOD to salvation. God calls it "bringing many sons unto GOLRY" well I believe God is also bringing son Cobus unto glory, HIS GLORY!
Strange give me a minte of your time, please. Forget all we haver talked about in the past, becasue it makes your heart hard unto me.
Please Strange, when you read the blue script in here, read it with a clean and loving heart. Do not consider who I am as a person, but consider the message in it as one of complete peace and respect.
Strange, if there was a GOD that offers you a salvation that HE designed to save you so powerfully, that you CANNOT sin after He saved you, will you admire such a God?
Or let us put it in a parrible that I can relate to well.... I love the sea and fishing off boats....
So my parrible will be one of the sea and a rescue at sea...Ok here goes...
I am so deep into the oceans and my boat sank, I am treading water and I am very scard, alone and without ANY thing in sight that can assist me in my dire situation. Just before I sank I did SOS on the radio but I am not sure any person heard, so I do not have much hope.
But treading the water there I start to swim in a direction, now let me ask you is that wise? Just dobbering around in the ocean takes less energy, but swimming in any direction without a goal is also not wise..... What to do?
Then on the horizon an airoplane appears... it flies over and again i waved like mad, but I got no sign that they saw me... But at that moment I did have a ray of hope, and as the big airliner dissappear in the straight line, I knoew they did not see me.
Then a smaller Airplane appeared, this one is flying much lower and slower... It looks like a search plane... Now I really have even stronger hope!!! but just a few miles short of me the airplane turned around to fly back the way it came... Again they did not see me, and everytime something gave me hope, and it helped nothing, I was in deeper despair than before...
Then a big cargo-ship started to show on the horizon, and it is sailing very much my direction.... It comes closer and closer, and it looks as though it is going to sail right over me, and true... here it comes passing by me less than 100 yards, and I shout at the top of my voice but there is no one on the deck, and the ship just went on his way....Nope again now even more tired and now I had just about NO FAITH of ever being saved from this ocean.
Then as a final efford, dead tired and no hope, I just think... Man just sink, you are going to die anyway... I strain my eyes all around the ocean and sky, but nothing visible... What to do, Pray as I might, nothing happening.... And as I give up, completely without hope, something in me says... Cobus, one last time look for help. So before I start, I pray... Lord, I do not know You at all, but here is no-one here but me and LOTS of water... is it my time to die? Lord if it is, may I ask that You will save my soul? Lord I know I been a bad boy, and I really mean this, I am just about to lose my life, but may I as the man on the cross, ask....Please remember me there in your kingdom.
Where will I be in a couple hours time straight after I drown there? And why will I be where you think I will be?
I know MANY will say... Oh you will be in heaven because Jesus forgave you your sin. Or did he? Becasue there is more to the story...
What if I heard Jesus say.... If you sail today drunk as you always sail, your boat will sink, and you will drown, but I ignored Him and did not believe Him... What if Jesus said... If you do not repent from sailng with booze, your boat will sink and you will drown, and I will not have you saved from the sea or hell... Stop drinking and sailing! This is your FINAL warning... And now I am in the water, still with the RUM on my breath, but not in a good mood. Then the Lord comes and speak to me in the water.... I see you have regret now Cobus. And because of your regret, My heart is softened, will you now learn that I am the Lord, and I demand from you obedience? Did you not ask me for another chance now? Well I heard, look behind you....
I thought I heard VOICES... but then, I heard a MOTOR...Well as we can see I did not even believed that, so here I am in the sea and busy drowning! Then I turn around..... Here about 200 yards away is a boat coming with a man at the bow, looking straight at me with binoculars...
They picked me up, and took me to shore.
The insurance paid out well and I have a brand new boat, should I fir a fridge for the RUM and COKE? Start all over again? I know I am stupid, but not that stupid... You see my friend I think it is too dangerous NOT to obey GOD!
May God give me the eyes to see Him, and the ears to HEAR His voice EVERY SECOND OF MY LIFE.. Amen!
Please do not spit on this Strange. This is really a white flag I am waving... I really only want you to give God what God desirves... your obedience, and then you can ask God to also help me to obey HIM!
May the Lord Jesus Chrsit not died in vain on or souls Strange. May we please God, with our hearts, souls and bodies...Amen!
If only I did repent, or at least did not come sailing!
What I am getting at is this... I should LISTEN to what Jesus wants from me, or bear the consiquinces of disobedience...
I am in that water, because I DID NOT LISTEN,