A Word For Today

BLESSED ASSURANCE

READ ISAIAH 28:1 THROUGH 30:33; GALATIANS 4:1–31

Pastor Scott had talked to his congregation many times about salvation. He took a survey to see if the members had been listening. Pastor Scott asked, “Do you know that you will go to heaven when you die?”

Some replied, “Yes, I will, because I attend church.” Others believed that being good would earn them a heavenly home. But a few members stated they had accepted Jesus Christ as their Savior.

The Israelites felt that obeying the many laws the priests laid out for them would give them all they needed to live a godly life. 

The Lord says: “These people come near to Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is based on merely human rules they have been taught” (Isaiah 29:13).

There is a similarity between Pastor Scott’s congregation and the Israelites. Many people from both groups were depending on their own good works rather than God to save them.

Challenge for Today: Stop depending on yourself and your good works, and accept the salvation Jesus Christ offers.