.....DO YOU HEAR HIM ~ PASTOR JOHN COLLINS
“Look to Me, and be saved, All you ends of the earth! For I
am God, and there is no other.” Isaiah 45:22 (NKJV).
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the Lord,
though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; Though they are
red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 (NKJV).
God is calling you. Will you answer? God wants
His people to wake up and pay attention. There is nothing that any person
has done that cannot be forgiven. There is not a person that is unable to
be saved for the price has been paid, but there are many who are unwilling to
believe and claim the prize. Unfortunately, there are many who think that
they have already claimed it and have never truly understood the value.
How is it possible that a person who genuinely knows the gift that has been
given can go into a church on Sunday morning and greet and meet with fellow believers, drop a twenty on the offering plate and by the time that they pull
into the driveway of their house be back to living and sinning with
abandon? It happens, too often. We all know it and that is why
there is so many who just see Christians as hypocrites and judgmental fools.
Repent! For the kingdom of God is at hand. How
is it possible to repent if you don’t have any conviction in your soul for the
sins that you have committed? How is it possible to come back to God if
you think that you are already there, that you have never left or that your
efforts are good enough? Whose standards do you live by? Don’t you
know that the human heart is desperately wicked and deceitful above all
things? How does that work, exactly? Well, we fool ourselves and
most of all we justify ourselves. We have determined what is right and
wrong in our own eyes and we have stopped living according to God’s standards
as a people. We look left and we look right and then we look in the
mirror knowing that the best way to feel good about doing something that is
wrong is to get another to join you and if that doesn’t work then find a reason
for your desires whether that is a hurt, a reward or someone else’s
fault. Honesty comes at a price and belonging to God comes a price as
well. Salvation is free and offered to one and all but you have to choose
to accept and that acceptance has a price. You have to agree with God to
want to obey God and you have to obey God in order to claim salvation.
You cannot just live your life according to your own moral code and your own rules and redeem your ticket to heaven.
God wants people in heaven who want to be in heaven.
God wants people to live in love and peace in the kingdom that He created that
hold dear the things that He holds dear.
God cherishes goodness, love, charity, kindness, meekness
and sacrifice. God really loves sacrifice but you must know that
sacrifice is not a sacrifice unless you willingly give up something that you
hold dear or once held dear. Where your heart is, there also is your treasure. Do you value your desires and pleasures more than you value God? Most people want what they want in life. In order to claim the
prize you must decide if you truly want it and if you do, then you need to
learn what God values and what God views as righteous behavior and seek to
value those things and do what is right in His eyes and then you can receive
all of the promises. It is easier than many think and there is nothing
that would prevent anyone from claiming salvation.
God is willing, are you?
“Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, and whose hope
is the Lord.” Jeremiah 17:7 (NKJV).
PASTOR JOHN COLLINS, BELIEVE THAT
Pastor John Collins is redeeming the Gospel through John Collins Ministries and Love That Cross. He can be heard Sundays at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. with Marty Smith on Heaven's Country Radio at www.heavenscountry.com. He is available for guest speaking, revival, prayer, ministry or to simply talk and can be reached through his personal email at jc65777@yahoo.com.
