It's been a long long time again and it's been over a year since the last time. I hope and I pray that I would become consistent in blogging the truths from God's word this time. Let me greet everyone with this blog...
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" - Romans 10:13-15 (KJV)
Maybe just now, you may have already read the given verses above. You may also have noticed that I have already mentioned these verses in my previous posts. And, this time I would like to dig deeper on what God is telling us whenever we encounter those verses from the Bible.
1) "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:13 (KJV)
When the Bible says "call upon the name of Lord", it simply means "praying to God". And the whole verse is literally telling us that we should pray for our salvation. Many people pray to God but they are only praying for their own material, or shall we say, earthly needs. Have you tried praying to God for the saving of your soul? The Bible says...
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:" - Isaiah 55:6 (KJV)
"The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth." - Psalms 145:18 (KJV)
"As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me." - Psalms 55:16 (KJV)
"For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me." - Psalms 86:5-7 (KJV)
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." - Jeremiah 33:3 (KJV)
It is God who says, "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew the great and mighty things, which thou knowest not". You might ask yourself, "It is really that easy to be saved and go to heaven?" It might sound easy but the promise of God is that He will answer our call and He will show us great and mighty things that we didn't know about. To be saved from eternal damnation is a great and mighty thing that God will show us once we call upon him in truth.
2) "How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard?..." - Romans 10:14a (KJV)
This is always the case when there is none that really seek after God because people always had loved darkness and continuously keep on sinning against God which results to their disbelief. How can we call on God if we don't believe in God? How can we believe in God if we don't even have heard about the truth in God? Because of the sinful nature, people does not actually care about the existence of God nor about what God can do to them.
"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." - Romans 3:10-12 (KJV)
"...The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. God looked down from heaven, upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." - Psalm 53:1-3 (KJV)
"And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." - John 3:19-20 (KJV)
3) "...and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" - Romans 10:14b-15 (KJV)
Whenever we commit sins, our tendency is to hide ourselves or run away from God until the time comes when we forget about Him and our hearts shall become hardened. Then, we don't believe in God anymore because we only believe in ourselves. And this is what had always been happening since the time of Adam and Eve when they first committed sin against God.
"And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden." - Genesis 3:8 (KJV)
However, even though we always hide from God and forget Him, God always take the initiative on calling us first before we call on Him. In fact, when Adam and Eve hid themselves when they committed a sin, it is God who have looked for them and called them first.
"And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?" - Genesis 3:9 (KJV)
If you read the Bible, you can observe that it is God who always calls first even during the time of Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, Samuel, David, and so on and so forth. During those early times, God directly calls on people. But as the years went by, God had used prophets to call on people to "foretell" about God's plan of salvation. Nowadays, starting from the time when the New Testament church was established, God is using preachers to "tell forth" about God's plan of salvation. Jesus Christ had commissioned His church to preach the gospel.
"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen." - Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV)
"And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." - Mark 16:15 (KJV)
Now, as you can observe, there are churches around and there are also preachers. These preachers are being sent forth to all parts of the earth so that people can hear about the gospel. And upon hearing the gospel, it shall be realized that God is the one calling for people first for the saving of their souls through the preaching of His word. When someone shares a gospel, that someone is a preacher-at-hand that God uses to call on whom the gospel is shared with. It is only through the preaching of God's word that people can acquire faith and eventually believe in God.
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." - Romans 10:17 (KJV)
So as you can see, before we call on God for salvation, it is God who tells us first...
"Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." - Jeremiah 33:3 (KJV)
"Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:" - Isaiah 55:6 (KJV)
"The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth." - Psalms 145:18 (KJV)
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:13 (KJV)
So my friend, if you perceive God's calling, please don't fight it. Pray to God for the salvation of your soul and you shall be saved.
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." - Romans 10:9-13 (KJV)
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