Dying
Without The Light
This past October I decided for the first time to carve some
pumpkins. Now last year my son in law
and daughter carved the pumpkin for the "Pumpkin
With A Purpose Lesson", that I
wrote last year, but we only used it in
the classroom.
I had around eight pumpkins.
I was thinking how pretty they would look all lit up with
the gospel message
shining through. Talk about scaring
some devils away. - he he
Anyway, we carved six of the pumpkins and set them outside
awaiting the day to light them.
We apparently had carved them too soon and the weather got
warm and they slowly started to fade away. My husband and I were the only ones here. I have no little children here to enjoy
them anymore. We never have any trick or treaters,
though we normally buy candy just in case.
So the pumpkins just sat out there and died without any light. They said nice things like, Jesus loves you and even had a cross, but there was absolutely no light on the inside.
This reminds me of people who have trusted in the wrong things
for salvation. The bible talks about them.
Like the people who will say
" Lord, Lord I've done many wonderful work in your name". I'm sure they did many wonderful works even
gave to the poor and the needy. Those
things are all great things to do
but there's only one way to heaven. God's not going to open heaven's gate to one
who has trusted his own good works to get him there. I must also say though, good works will be the fruit of a true
believer in Christ. Jesus said himself ,we shall know them by their fruit.
There are many people who wear a cross and even tell others
Jesus loves them, but the question is do they have a light on... on the
inside themselves. Have they ever really trusted in
the right things for salvation? Without Christ living and dwelling in our
hearts we would be religious, but we wouldn't
be saved. We wouldn't have any
light.
There are many people who are like those pumpkins outside
that never got lit. They die thinking " I think I've lived good enough to make
it to heaven", but they never were lit up on the inside. They never trusted Christ alone for
salvation. They were really good people,
seemingly perfect, but it's not the right way....yes even for a true believer, we know Christ tells us there is coming a day
when every man's work (man and woman) will
be tried by fire. Then we shall know
what manner of work it was. but for an
unbeliever his works were never done in the power of Christ. He never had a light.
We as Christians need to be sharing the gospel light, that others may believe and receive the gospel
message and in turn be a light in a dark place.
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
1 Corinthians 3:13
Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
Roman 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
PS. Now You Know: This Is Not Left Over From Last Halloween
devotional
Susan Y Nikitenko
November 11th, 2013
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