Errors

      If you took your whole lifetime and wrote a book, how many errors could be found in the text?  I say that because I use “google docs” to write the draft of these devotions, and it is continually coming up with errors or suggestions  on how to phrase something better than what I did.  I get all kinds of lines, green ones, blue ones and even some red ones that point out my errors.   What is a tad funny is that when I often do a cut and paste of the Bible, the program will suggest changes to the text.  I leave those alone.   John 17:17 says, “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”   People were looking for the truth back 2000 years ago and they still are.  As the years have progressed, we find many more examples of falsehood in our lives which tend to lead us away to false claims for salvation.  Men and women seek to find peace and hope in their lives and only end up with a basket of nothing.  In the end, they have no hope as they have ignored the One and Only true way to find salvation.  Salvation, in this case, means to be saved from something.  For the believer, it is to be saved from eternal wrath of God this is to come upon all those who have not believed in the Lord Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.  I know of many who simply want to ignore the issue and hope that in the end, they will be granted some special visa to enter heaven.  After all, we live in America where when the going gets tough, you might get a stimulus check to carry you through.  Our hope begins then, to be applied to those in power in congress.  God has made the way simple while it was very complex on His side, it is simple on our end.  Ephesians 2:8-9 describes our salvation as a simple gift.  A gift cannot be earned or it wouldn’t be a gift.  A gift is given by the Giver Who, in this case, is God Himself.  The Philippians Jailer was instructed to simply believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and He would be saved.  The same manner of salvation is present today.  It has not changed over the years.  Praise God today that the Truth is still present in the Word of God.