Craig Clouston

 

We Must Come To Jesus

September 7

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:12

Jesse died at the age of fifty-one. He’d lived a life of simplicity and had been a generous man. He had a deep abiding love for his family. Jesse also loved horses. There wasn’t a week that went by that you didn’t see Jesse with his kids and grandkids riding in the evening after he returned home from work. Seeing his children raised with good manners, sound moral character, and generous hearts was important to him. But until three weeks before his death, Jesse hadn’t known Jesus as his personal Savior.

At his funeral a gentleman stood and spoke a simple, yet powerful truth, “We all know Jesse was a generous man…in most part because he learned it from his mother. But that generosity wouldn’t have gotten him into Heaven. Had he not accepted the pastor’s offer to make Jesus his Lord and Savior three weeks ago, today would be a dark day. But because of his decision to do that, we can celebrate Jesse’s death!”

“You may be a good person…” he said, making eye contact with each person, but if you don’t know Jesus the way Jesse came to know Him, you’ll spend eternity in Hell, and the day of your funeral will be a dark day. Please think about that,” he said and returned to his seat.

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Short of accepting Jesus’ sacrifice, laying claim to His righteousness alone, you will discover upon the day of your death that Heaven and Hell are real, that God only inhabits one of them, and that you are going to spend eternity tormented with the knowledge that things could have been different if you’d only made the right decision.

There is no other way to speak this truth; you are either saved by the blood of Jesus, or you will receive a spiritual death sentence the moment you die. To gain salvation, we must come to Jesus.

I urge and invite you to make the right decision today.

Prayer

“Father God, thank You for the sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus, that covers all my sin. I accept that sacrifice, now. Please forgive me, and show me how to live my life for You. Amen.”