Three Things Must Occur

There are some things that if we neglect them it will not hurt.  There are some things that if we neglect them we will pay for it.  If we don't eat we will die.  If we don't drink water we will die.  We must protect ourselves as we drive or walk because we could be killed.  We must protect ourselves from storms and tornadoes or we could be destroyed.

There are three things that must be done to protect us in eternity.  John 3:14 say, "...even so much the Son of man be lifted up."  Jesus was nailed to a cross which was lifted up on a hill near Jerusalem.  He did this for all of humanity.  Without his suffering for our sins, his death and his resurrection all of humanity would perish in hell.  But Jesus must be lifted upon a cruel cross.  And because of that we can escape hell.

The second must is found in John 4:4 which says, "And he must needs go through Samaria."  Samaria was a city of people who were not Jews.  It was near a main highway.  Jesus led a woman to be saved at a well on the highway.  She took Jesus and his group into Samaria where Jesus preached to the city.  Many of the people were saved.  Jesus must be preached to all of the world (John 3:16).  He alone is the way of Salvation from sin and hell, to heaven.  Who do you know that you could witness to?

The third must is in John 3:7 when Jesus said to Nicodemus, "Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again."  The new birth is an actual change in our spirits when we repent of our sins and believe in Jesus to save us.  It is a new birth.  It literally must occur in us or we are forever lost.  But since we have believed in Jesus we miss hell and all of us are on our way to heaven.  Praise the Lord!

Who Needs To Be Saved?

There are people who don't need to be saved.  Who are they?  While they were married to other people David and Bathsheba had sex.  Bathsheba's husband later died in battle.  Bathsheba had a baby who became sick.  David prayed the baby would live.  It died.

The servants asked David why he ate after the baby died.  David replied, "But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast?  Can I bring him back again?  I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me."

Babies and young children have not reached the age of accountability.  God does not hold them accountable for their wrongs.  When they die the are not held responsible.  They are taken to heaven.  They will be young adults in the rapture with new, adult bodies.

There is an age of accountability for every person who lives beyond that age.  He or she is then held responsible for his or her sins.

Isaiah 53:6 says, "All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way...."

Romans 7:9 says, "For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died."  No, he or she did not die physically.  We all died in that we were held accountalbe for our sins from that day forward.

Romans 5:12 adds, "...and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."  Death comes because we all sin.

Because of sin and death is why Jesus suffered, died and rose again to save us from hell.  Revelation 22:17 says, "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come.  And let him that heareth say, Come.  And let him that is athirst come.  And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely."