GodTracker 670
The e-devotional helping to keep you on-track with God’s plans for your life
GodTracker is published by Sure Reality Media at surereality.net
The e-devotional helping to keep you on-track with God’s plans for your life
GodTracker is published by Sure Reality Media at surereality.net
“All your good works will never be
good enough to qualify you for heaven. Therefore, Jesus died in your place… Only
his good works are good enough for a good God.”
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace you have been saved through faith.
And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God
A man arrives at the pearly gates. Peter says, "Here's how it
works. You need 100 points to make it into heaven. You tell me all the good
things you've done, and I’ll give you a certain number of points for each item,
depending on how good it was. When you reach 100 points, you’re in."
"Okay," says the man optimistically, eyeing the rack of
designer halos on the other side of the gate. "First off, I attended
church every single Sunday."
"That's good,” says St. Peter, "that's worth two points."
"Two points?" says the man. "Well… er… I… I always gave
10% of all my earnings to the church. Does that count?"
"Hmm, let's see," answers Peter. "That's worth another 2
points. Anything else?"
"Two points!? Well, how about this: I started a soup kitchen in my
city and worked in a shelter for the homeless."
"Fantastic,” said the gatekeeper, “that's certainly worth another
point,".
The man ponders for a moment and then adds, "And I was married to
the same woman for 50 years and never cheated on her, not even in my
heart." Peter replied, "That's wonderful. Well done. Let’s see now,
that’s worth another… three points!"
"Only three points!!" the man cries out. "At this rate
the only way I’ll ever get into heaven is by the grace of God!"
"Ah, at last!” replied the heavenly gatekeeper. “Come on in,
friend!"
You may smile, but it’s funny how we often think we can earn brownie
points with God through good works. We do all the right things, give to
disaster funds, help our neighbours and even attend a few church meetings or
Bible studies. So, we think we’ll be okay on D-Day, when the final trumpet
sounds and we face our God. After all, we were born into a good Christian home,
believed in God and called Jesus Lord.
“Not everyone who says to me, `Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of
heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven,” said
Jesus. “Why do you call me, `Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say?” You see,
dear God-tracker, it’s not how many credits we earn by good works and sweet
talk that makes us right with God, it’s by doing what Jesus commanded. For instance,
Jesus said things like: “Come to me and I will give you rest,” and “No one
comes to the Father except through me,” and “Unless you are born again you
cannot see the kingdom of God.”
All your good works will never be good enough to qualify you for heaven.
Therefore, Jesus died in your place. Jesus is the only sinless and good person
who has ever walked this planet – he is God in the flesh. Only his good works
are good enough for a good God. When he died he took your punishment for sin,
for the wages of sin is death. But Christ did not stay dead, he rose again. And
that’s how I know Jesus was sinless, because death could not keep him down. And
that’s the demonstration of God’s grace.
Only by repenting of sin, by believing
in Jesus and calling him Lord can you
ever be good enough to make it to heaven. Only in Christ, are you and I made
righteous. The only way you’ll ever get into heaven is by the grace of God.
God-tracking is not by works, but by grace through
faith.
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As I have faith in you and come to you
by your grace, I am made righteous before God
“Oh God, I confess that I have been trying to
earn good points to be right with you. I’m very sorry and I admit that I was
wrong. There is nothing that I can do that will be good enough to gain access
to heaven, except to humble myself and come to you through Jesus. This I now do,
O Lord. I lay down my good works and admit to my sin. I repent of all that I
have done that has grieved you. I am weary of good works and come to you, just
as I am, to find rest from my own efforts. Thank you for your grace. Thank you
for dying in my place and taking my sin so that, as I have faith in you and
come to you by your grace, I can am righteous before God. I rest in your grace,
O Lord. Amen.”
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What is GodTracker?
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.
GodTracker is a weekly e-mail devotional based on the premise that God has a plan for our lives. His Word calls us to seek his plan by acknowledging him in all our ways and by tracking his purposes, in faith.
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GodTracker is proudly produced by Sure Reality Media.
SRM produces Christian radio programmes that reach millions with the message of God’s love.
Partner with us and help us reach many people with the reality of Christ.
https://www.surereality.net/become-a-ministry-partner/
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GodTracker is proudly produced by Sure Reality Media.
SRM produces Christian radio programmes that reach millions with the message of God’s love.
Partner with us and help us reach many people with the reality of Christ.
https://www.surereality.net/become-a-ministry-partner/
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