Psalms 85:2-3 You have forgiven the iniquity of Your people; You have covered all their sin. Selah You have taken away all Your wrath; You have turned from the fierceness of Your anger.
Israel's relationship with God has always been a revolving door. They have done what is right in their own eyes, worshipped other gods, and betrayed the Lord time and time again. They have experienced the fierceness of God's anger through years of captivity throughout their history. Yet, when they have turned back to the Lord, repented and called out to Him, He has forgiven and restored them. A time is coming, during the Tribulation Period, that Israel will experience the most intense period of God's wrath they have ever seen. Yet, it will be a time that the Lord will use to finally lift their blindness, and the remnant that survives will, because of His protection, finally acknowledge Jesus as their Messiah! Praise be to our God that today we can be delivered from the fierceness of God's wrath, in Christ Jesus! In Christ we have forgiveness of sins, and with that forgiveness comes the escape from God's wrath; the wrath that was put on display for the world to see, on Calvary's cruel cross. Praise God that the Blood of Jesus has covered all our sins. In Him we have been declared, "Not guilty!" When we realize exactly what Jesus has done for us, how can we not serve Him? How can we not tell others? How can we continue in sin, knowing the wrath that was, and is, associated with it? Our time here is short...like a vapor. What are we waiting for to show our love and appreciation for what God has done in providing us such a wonderful gift of salvation in Jesus?
Today, God extends an invitation to you to accept His free gift of salvation (Rom 6:23). Will you accept it? Anyone who calls on Jesus, by faith, in repentance, confessing your sins, will receive eternal life. Do not put off calling on Him, and receive Him and His free gift of salvation today (Rom 10:13).
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