Call On Jesus

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I was reading the 96th Psalm this morning and it has some pretty important stuff in it.

Verse 13 says, “For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth.”

His truth is the measuring stick by which we all shall be judged! As Jesus said in Joh 12:48 "He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him--the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.

Since none of us know when Jesus will return or call us home should He tarry, we always need to be ready. Eternity is an awful long time to spend anywhere, and it’s much better to spend it in heaven rather than hell!

The Psalmist also extols those who know this truth to “proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day” (Verse 2)

What does that sound like?

It sounds like this:

Ro 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Ro 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Ro 5:8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Ro 10:9 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Ro 10:13 For "whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved."

In a nutshell, none of us deserve heaven on our own, the wages of our sin is death (eternal damnation) but Jesus paid the price for our sins and His payment has been accepted by God and as many who call on His name in this life will be saved! It’s a gift from God, as sinners we don’t deserve it! It doesn’t matter how bad your sins have been, Jesus died for us even while we were sinners! So confess with your mouth…..agree that Jesus is Lord and died for your sins and God raised Him from the dead and you will be saved.

I'm Duane Matz and that's Today's Living Word