No man or woman, boy or girl is beyond the free gift of salvation

Friday, July 3, 2009

The media had this to say regarding their passing:

On "The O'Reilly Factor," when discussing the passing of the longtime entertainer, the astoundingly witty and comedic Dennis Miller quipped, he didn't know who was sitting at the right hand of the father, but that they'd better move or vacate as the big guy's now on the scene.

After succumbing to the ravages of cancer, Ryan O'Neal said of the star's demise, "She's now become one of heaven's angels."

At the scene of the horrific wreck on the D.C. Metrorail was a man of the cloth, who obviously was overwhelmed with concern and grief and was desirous to assist as best as possible. During an on-camera interview concerning those whose lives were tragically and unexpectedly snuffed out, he lamented he had prayed for their souls.

The untimely loss of America's "King Of Pop" elicited the following remark and call for a moment of silence on the floor of the Capitol from the Illinois congressman and son of a world-renowned Baptist minister: "If there is a God, and I believe there is, and that God distributes grace and mercy, and talent to all of his children; on Aug. 29, 1958, he visited Gary, Ind., and touched a young man with an abundance of his blessings. With that gift, that young man, would touch and change the world."

Our Bible declares that the eternal state of all human beings is entirely dependent upon God almighty. It is solely based upon how an individual responds to the creator's plan of salvation, the plan wrought in his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, the Lord. It is not a church plan, a denomination plan, a religious plan, nor the plan of some famous man, but, rather, a most gracious offer of forgiveness of all sin via his perfect plan while one is yet in this life.

By God's grace, may each of us choose to accept his free gift of eternal salvation by positively responding to the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. God's offer is yet available to you and me, and no man or woman, boy or girl is beyond salvation. No one is too bad to receive it and no one so good as to not need it. May each of us be acutely aware that we are but one heartbeat from eternity, and thus be mindful to repent and receive Christ today.

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts, shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables" — 2 Timothy 4, verses 3-4.

Chester M. Seaborn Jr., Mechanicsville