You Condemn Yourself. God IS Love

God is real, and He IS Love.

I repeat, God is not some old Man, sitting on a Throne, waiting to see how many He can cast into Hell. He is not sitting there waiting for you to slip up so He can punish you. He never intended you to go to Hell at all. He created Hell for one purpose. "The Devil and his Angels."

He never intended Man, Mankind, Women, Children, or any Human at all, to go there. He wants as many to be Saved from that as possible. 2nd Peter 3:9

"The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

Remember, God, Loves us so much that He made the way simple and easy to obtain by all who seek Him. John 3:16-18

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God."

It really is this Simple. Romans 10:9

"If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

Let's look at this in more detail. Jesus said "Whoever believes in him" Whoever = Whoever; Whatever Person. ANY and EVERYONE. Jesus means it when He says "Whoever." He did not say, "those who wear this or that and follow this or that Tradition." He did not say "those who are deemed good enough." He said "Whoever."

We just read in 2nd Peter 3:9 that God is longsuffering towards us and our Sinning Nature because He wants "all should come to repentance." All= the whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively) Whoever, EVERYONE. It does not say, "He is longsuffering so that those Catholics or those Muslims, will come to Repentance. It says "ALL."

I've used this analogy before. But I really think it best describes what God actually did for us. He laid down His Godhood, came to Earth in the form of a little Baby, yet still possessed all Authority. It would be like you walking out of your Home, and an Ant came up and tapped your foot, and said to you, "I'm going to kill you." You could easily, without much effort at all, simply raise your foot slightly, put it back down, crushing the Ant. The Ant, could run away and bring back thousands of more Ants. You would still wipe them out with little to no effort whatsoever.

I know people that declare war on Ants in their yards. They wipe out entire Ant Cities. Pretty much with a wave of their hand. This is how we are physically compared to God. Little more than Ants. He is Eternal. We are but Vapors. The average lifespan now is what? Something like 75 years? Let's say 100 years. How many Generations have come and gone since just this little old Country called America has existed? How many Generations? How many lives have come and gone since Creation?

Imagine what Jesus must have been thinking. Knowing that at any time, while they were Mocking Him, Beating Him, Whipping Him, Hanging Him on a Cross, and driving a Spear through His Side, at any time, He could have simply called down a Legion of Angels. With a Word, and wave of the hand, He could have totally wiped us all out. But He didn't. He CHOSE to endure.

Even on the Cross, what did He say? "Forgive them." He forgave a Thief. He Forgave those who did this to Him. He Forgave all of us for all the Sins we have ever committed. Then He what? He gave up the Ghost. He said, "It is Finished." He laid down His Life for us.

Remember, He even told us this when Peter attempted to defend Him in the Garden Gethsemane. Matthew 26:52-54

"Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?"

He could have stopped this at any time. This is why He made this Statement in John 10:18

"No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father."

God is a God of Love. Not a God of Condemnation. Look at Romans 8 for a second. Romans 8:33-34

"Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died more than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us."

Who is it that Justifies or Saves? God. Out of Love for me and you. Who is it that Condemns. God.......Wait! No. Read that again.

"Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died more than that, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us."

Jesus is the Answer. God is the Answer. Not the Condemnation. No. A Loving God did NOT Create a place of everlasting Torment for all of His Creation as some kind of Punishment for disobeying Him. He came and Died to PREVENT that from happening.

Think about this. He Created all that Is Was and ever Will be. He Created YOU in His own Image. {Genesis 1:26} He Wrote down how you would be, then you were formed according to His own Words {Psalm 139:16} The Word declares that He Loves you so much, that He actually took the time to number the very Hairs on your Head. {Luke 12:7}

Without God, there is no real Love. There is selfish Love. Lust. Along with other "Kinds" of Love, but no Real Love without God. So then, if we have such a loving God, and He never intended us to go to this evil place of Torment, then why in the World would Jesus tell us this in Matthew 7:13-14

"Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few."

The simple answer is because WE CHOOSE to. We choose the Path we Walk. More on that next time. You do not have to go to Hell. God does not want you to go to Hell. It does not even matter what you have done in your Life. It does not matter where you come from. It does not matter what "Religion" you or your Family have been involved in. None of that matters to God. There is but one thing. His Name is Jesus Christ. Acts 4:12

"And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

Do you know Jesus as your Savior? Have you been adopted into the Family of God? If not, say this Prayer. Right now. Wherever you may be. Say it in your own words, and do not doubt in your heart. God will hear you. He will send the Spirit of Life to you. Let us Pray.

"Oh heavenly Father, Lord God. I am a sinner. I know this. I know there is nothing I can do to change that. But I know you can. I accept Jesus's sacrifice for me. I repent of my sins. Please send the Spirit of Adoption into my life. Help me to get to know the real you. Save me. Please. In the name of Jesus, Amen!"

That's it. It really is that simple. Now go tell someone what you have just done. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." {Romans 10:9} You need to find a Church that God leads you to, and be Baptized the way Jesus said to be. You are now a Child of God. A new Creature. You "have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him." {Colossians 3:10}

If you want to tell me, or comment, question, give testimonials, or just say "Hi," the Email is opntalk@gmail.com

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. {2 Corinthians 13}


Until next time, be Blessed, be a Blessing, and Jesus IS Lord.