Just One More Good Work - by DianaDee Osborne
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PARABLE:
SO WHAT ??
What does LORD God say ??
2nd Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count
slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, NOT (NOT!) willing that ANY
{ANY ONE of us) should perish but that all should come to
repentance...... https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/2pe/3/1/s_1159001
Grandmom would say "a few eggs short of a dozen" if we said something dumb.
Dad's phrase was "A few cards short
of a full deck."
of a full deck."
Being "short" of something can be ok--
often there's a "workround" that gets us to our Goal.
But Not about good works getting us to Heaven.
There's always ONE MORE STEP.......
If we go to the store with $900 to buy a desk but it costs $900.01 ...
no-- we don't receive the desk. Unless someone graces us with a penny gift.
The cost of our sins is always "one more" for infinity.
Jesus's grace to those who humbly accept it is always the only payment that's enough to "receive heaven". YET GOD! >>>
.
A
simple insufficient parable, but another seed idea to explain why good
deeds are never ever going to be enough, even if we did a million. YET
GOD gives us Complete Hope thru His Messiah Son He's sent who offers
that Payment for Sin to ALL who will accept it.
What does LORD God say ??
See the JOY of 2nd Peter
3:8-9 and all 3 Letters of First John, especially Book 1 Chapter 1
>> https://www.blueletterbible.org/nkjv/1jo/1/1/s_1160001
But there's
SIMPLY NO WAY for us to do enough Good works to pay for our sins.... Not even one, for they are EACH an abomination to Holy God.
Prayer:
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),
LORD God who is named YHWH (You said in Isaiah 42:8 Hebrew),
Help me learn to BELIEVE Your words that ONLY Your Messiah can save me....
It's the "modern way" to think we can eventually do enough to earn the reward.
Help me to see that I'm always "a penny short" of paying for my sins.....
for infinity.
And that Jesus GLADLY has already paid the penalty for our sins -- if we humbly accept His Truth.
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