BOTTOM LINE
By Rick Mathes
When you distill the gospel to its most condensed state ti will be composed entirely of faith. Faith is entirely dependent upon the power of God and His allotment to us. Faith is not a power, it is a presence. We appropriate the Holy Spirit within us when we unleash the full import of faith within us like a laser beam that convicts us of sin, cleanses us of all unrighteousness, transforms our life to conform to His, comforts our aching heart and strengthens our resolve to keep the faith and press on!
We appropriate the promise of salvation. This frees us from the bondage of sin and fear of the superstitions the evil one conjures up to destroy our resolve to conquer this worldly kingdom for our Lord and Commander-in-Chief, Jesus Christ.
Once we strep out of the boat of carnality we escape the punishment, power and presence of sin: the past, present and future. This begs a few questions tht you need to put on the table to establish your bottom line.
- Have you been justified?
- Have you been sanctified?
- Do you have faith or fear?
- Are you out of the boat and walking by faith?As a nation we need regeneration, reformation, revival and then revolution!Let me laser in once again on your own personal bottom line:
- You need to be assured that you have been born-again. Have you really experienced a complete regeneration or are you just the old you in a new fabricated package?
- Have you rehabilitated your old bad habits to bless our Lord with good habits of praise, study and prayer?
- Are you ashamed of the gospel or are you out front in the face of Satan making disciples for the Lord?
- And are you prepared to the best of your ability to be included in the rapture that final day?You can’t avoid the bottom line: the gospel truth in your heart and soul. If you doubt that you are saved, you aren’t! So wake up, take a personal inventory because tonight might be the night the grim reaper visits you and then it will be too late!
Rick Mathes 