WHO WILL RESCUE ME FROM A PENDING AND CERTAIN DEATH?

SCRIPTURE:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus 
Christ, who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from the present 
evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be 
glory for ever and ever. Amen. 
(Galatians 1:3-5)

MEDITATION:
If you were in a perilous situation with a pending death 
and someone rescued you, how would you feel about that person?
As hard as you try, it would be difficult to put into words 
how grateful you were for what he did for you.

However, you would make every effort to tell him 
how much you appreciate what he did for you.
More than likely, 
you would also ask him if there is anything you could do for him.
When others asked about him (or maybe if they didn’t even ask), you would 
want to tell them about what he did for you – how he saved your life.

That is exactly what Jesus did for you (and everyone else) 
when he went to the cross.
His sacrifice rescued you from a pending death; 
no one else could to that for you.
It would make sense to thank Him for saving your life 
and ask what you could do for Him, right?

Many years ago King Charles V 
was loaned a large sum of money by a merchant in Antwerp. 
The note came due, but the king was bankrupt and unable to pay. 
The merchant gave a great banquet for the King. 

When all the guests were seated, and before the food was brought in, 
the merchant had a large platter placed on the table with a fire on it. 
Then, taking the note out of his pocket, 
he held it in the flames until it was burned to ashes. 
The king threw his arms around his benefactor and wept.
 
In the same way we have been mortgaged to God. 
Our debt was due, but we were unable to pay. 
Two thousand years ago, God invited the world to a Gospel feast.
In the shadow of the agonies of the cross, God held your sins and mine 
until every last vestige of our guilt was consumed.

ACTION:
Some people think that the Bible is an interesting, but fictional book.
Belief in the Bible is serious business for every individual.
In fact, it is a matter of life and death.
If a believer reaches the end of life and it turns out there is no God,
he would never know it, however, he would have enjoyed living a life of hope.

On the other hand, if an unbeliever reaches the end of life 
and finds out there is a God, he will have an eternity in pain and agony 
to regret not believing the words of the Bible.
The bottom line is, the Bible is true, 
and Jesus died so that sinners would have a venue to salvation.
Do you believe? Do you continually express your thankfulness?

Pray,
“Heavenly Father, thank You for sending Your Son to die on the cross 
so that my sin debt could be paid in full. Thank You Jesus for paying 
my debt and rescuing me from certain death. In gratitude I kneel before 
You Lord. I pray that You will show me what I can do to contribute to 
Your earthly ministry and point others to You, so they can be rescued as well.”