Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
Does your switch turn the lights On, or Off?
Perhaps you have been in the habit of thinking that the switch in your house turns the electricity on. Wrong! Your electricity is turned on at the power house, and it is flooding your house, wires running all over, ready to run your stove, lights, vacuum cleaner, whatever. 24 hours a day. Your switch turns it off, otherwise your lights would be on all the time!
Likewise, your decision to follow Christ is not what turns His salvation on; He has already given you the gift of His salvation. That's what John 3:16 is saying; it is your unbelief that turns the gift off. Our salvation is 100 percent due to God's initiative, not to our own in any way. But we let Him save us; by repentance, we stop turning the switch off! "The blessings of salvation are for every soul. Nothing but his own choice can prevent any man from becoming a partaker of the promise in Christ by the gospel" (The Desire of Ages, p. 403).
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: Septemer 10, 1999.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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Does your switch turn the lights On, or Off?
Perhaps you have been in the habit of thinking that the switch in your house turns the electricity on. Wrong! Your electricity is turned on at the power house, and it is flooding your house, wires running all over, ready to run your stove, lights, vacuum cleaner, whatever. 24 hours a day. Your switch turns it off, otherwise your lights would be on all the time!
Likewise, your decision to follow Christ is not what turns His salvation on; He has already given you the gift of His salvation. That's what John 3:16 is saying; it is your unbelief that turns the gift off. Our salvation is 100 percent due to God's initiative, not to our own in any way. But we let Him save us; by repentance, we stop turning the switch off! "The blessings of salvation are for every soul. Nothing but his own choice can prevent any man from becoming a partaker of the promise in Christ by the gospel" (The Desire of Ages, p. 403).
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: Septemer 10, 1999.Copyright © 2010 by Robert J. Wieland.
Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.
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Please forward these messages to your friends and encourage them to subscribe. Th e "Dial Daily Bread" Web site resides at: http://1888message.org/dailybread/
To subscribe send an e-mail message with "subscribe" in the body of the message to: dailybread@1888message.org
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Robert J. Wieland's inspirational "Dial Daily Bread" messages are availalbe via e-mail to anyone who wishes to receive a daily portion of uplifting Good News. "Dial Daily Bread" is FREE. Due to travel or other circumstances, there may be intervals when "Dial Daily Bread" will not be sent.
