Puppies

 

Isn’t it amazing that people are drawn to puppies!?  These cute little puppies have nothing to do with my post today, but they caught your attention and got you to look.  The same thing is true about salvation.  So often we think that we have to add things to the Gospel of Jesus Christ to make it more appealing to folk.  But Scripture is clear in Romans 1:16, “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”  Whether you are a religious person (a Jew) or an intellectual person (a Greek) the Gospel is the same.  The power isn’t in our religion or in our intelligence.  The power isn’t in the delivery, and the power isn’t in attractiveness (like puppies).  The power is in the content.  Jesus Christ has the power to redeem us from our sins and to take us to heaven when we die.  And for that, I am not ashamed.