Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":
Number Three of the “Ten Truths That Make the 1888 Message Unique”:
There are two things that we MUST believe when we come to Christ:
“Without faith it is impossible to please God: for he that cometh to God must believe [1] that He is, and [2] that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him” (Heb. 11:6).
To believe that God IS, in a mechanical way as the Creator (instead of godless evolution), is a good beginning for any human soul coming to conversion. But it is just the beginning; the next step is to believe that He hears and answers your prayer, that He rewards those who open their hearts to Him, that He is a God of love.
And this is what you learn from the cross of Christ: the Father permitted Christ to be treated as we deserve, that we might be treated as He deserves! Here the love [agape] is demonstrated.
When we put this together, we see the next great truth: It is easy to be saved and it is hard to be lost IF we understand how good the Gospel good news is!
And this is shocking to us.
Satan has conditioned us all to accept the idea that following Jesus is a hard way to live; we have to give up so many pleasurable things in order to follow Jesus, is the idea.
But it is backwards from the truth. We don’t give up anything valuable when we come to Him; all we give up is JUNK.
But Satan has taught us to believe that junk is what makes us happy.
When Saul of Tarsus was on his way to Damascus in his hate-filled odyssey against the Christians, the Lord met him and gave him a grain of truth: “Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads” (Acts 26:14). Saul was ruining himself in his enmity against Christ: he would have come down with some terrible disease if he had gone on.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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