Hebrews 5:9

 

Thought for the Week

 

Hebrews 5:9--And having been made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation to all  those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation.

 

The thought of being saved eternally is a beautiful thought full of comfort and peace for a weary soul. Having reached those "golden years" of life, the words of Jesus found in John 14:1 bring much encouragement and comfort as I travel through the troublesome times of this life: "Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also".  Just reading the description of that dwelling place in Revelation, chapters 21 and 22 thrills my soul as it fills my heart with the desire to one day  fly away to that land where joys shall never end.

 

It was the salvation of man's soul that brought Jesus from heaven to earth (Luke 19:10). We must understand that the Lord's promise of eternal salvation has always and ever will be only to those who are willing to obey him (Heb. 5:9; John 14:15; John 15:9-10). Salvation of the soul is the result of God's plan not man's. Because of this, we must be absolutely sure that what we believe and practice is founded on God's word. Hear and heed the words of Peter as he says, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." Listen carefully to John as he tells us in 2 John 9 that anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.

 

When we stand at the judgment bar of God (2 Cor. 5:10)., we will face a loving, kind, tenderhearted God who will speak words of gladness to us, "Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into the joy of your master" (Matt. 25:23) or we will face a God of wrath speaking some of the most terrible words we will ever hear, "Depart from Me, accursed one into eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matt. 25:41). The choice is ours as to which of these we will hear. Abide in the teaching of Christ, have both the Father and Son and find eternal salvation. Go too far, do not abide in the teaching of Christ, have not God and be lost in eternity.

 

The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation (Psalms 18:46).

 

Charles Hicks