God's Children

 

Years ago, I had a man say to me, “God would not send one of His children to hell.”  And he is right, but not everyone is one of God’s children.  Jesus said to the religious Pharisees in John 8:44, “Ye are of your father the devil …”  Paul said in Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”  Most people can figure out what “all” means.  “All” means everyone … from Hitler to Mother Teresa, everyone sins.  Some sin more and some sin less, but “all” sin.  And that’s not God’s fault.  The DOT worker who puts up a sign reading, “Bridge Out” is not responsible for those who drive around the sign and plummet over the drop-off.  And God is not responsible for those who refuse His repeated warnings and refuse His offer of salvation through Jesus Christ.  Peter said in II 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.”  God does not want you to perish; he wants you to be saved.  God offers you the gift of salvation.  The question is, will you accept it?