Stop Getting Saved
April 26
For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Romans 7:18b
Evan sensed movement and looked up to see Kenny, his twelve-year-old son,
heading for the altar. Concluding a powerful message, the pastor had given an
altar call. “If you need Jesus, then I want you to get up out of your chair and
come stand at the altar and ask Him to be your Lord and Savior. Come right
now while we wait.” That’s what Kenny was doing—for the third time this
month.
Following the service, Evan asked him, “Why’d you go to the altar today,
buddy?”
Kenny timidly answered, “I called a girl a bad name at school the other day
and needed Jesus to save me again.” Evan sought the right words to reach his
son’s tender heart. He opened his Bible and read Romans 7:14–25 to Kenny. He
read it in its entirety, then reread each verse, explaining, “Kenny, Paul, a mighty
man of God, struggled with sin all his life. It did not make him unsaved each
time he sinned.”
He finished by explaining that when we sin, it does not negate our salva-
tion; it means we made a mistake we need to repent of and then do our best
not to repeat it.
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Kenny is not alone in his Christian walk. Many Christians walk around with-
out a true understanding of sin versus salvation, thinking that God is this mean
bully keeping track of each offense in order that He might hold them against
us.
God knows what is in the heart of man, yet chose to forgive us. He does
not expect Jesus to be crucified over and over again, nor does He need to be.
When we truly give our lives and hearts to Jesus, our salvation is complete
at that moment; no one can take it away.
Understanding that we will sin and when we do, it’s not resaving we need,
but a heart of repentance. This is a picture of reshaping and renewing our mind,
not our salvation.
Prayer
“Lord, help me understand that once I’m Yours,
I only need to turn away from the sin and not
be saved again. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”
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