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If they don’t feel like worshiping, their Christ says, "You're saved by faith, so why worship?  Besides the services are too long and the sermons are boring!”   The problem with this permission to neglect worship is that the one giving them the

unbiblical idea that they needn’t  worship is  not Christ, but it’s Satan whispering into their ear while seeking their damnation.

 

Or again, those who invent their own Jesus Christ may do any number of selfish

actions without pains of conscience.  Their Jesus tells them, “No one’s perfect, and besides, just look at how bad that other person is anyway!”  Again, the whisper of Satan leading this soul away from the real Jesus Christ and into damnation.

 

You see, the repentant sinner wants to do Christ's will, but often fails and so returns to God's grace for strength and forgiveness.  The wicked don't even try to do Christ's will.  They do what they want to do, and they cling to a false Christ and gladly walk a life of sin.

 

My friends, remember today that the Love of God is great, but so is His justice.  We know that each of us needs His love, but equally so we need Him to be completely just.  If in God their were even a hint of evil, that evil could grow like a cancer and our eternal paradise would become a second living hell!

 

This is the glorious beauty and horrid reality of the cross.   God's own Son cruelly treated and killed to show the world not only the love of God toward sinners, but also the severity and justice of God which demands --and eternally so -- penalty for sin.  Amen

 

 

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