By
Franklin Graham
Nowadays, too many
so-called Christians either don’t know or trust God’s Word. In their eyes,
God’s laws seem outdated. His judgment is not to be feared. The devil can’t be
real. Hell is not eternal.
That’s frightening and deadly. Jesus not only warns us repeatedly about hell, but He gave His life on the cross so that we might be free of sin and escape eternal death and damnation, if we trust Him as our Lord and Savior.
God hates sin just as absolutely as He loves us. Yet today we have Christians who wink at sin and tell unrepentant sinners that everything will be OK. The only way they can justify this is by assuming that God’s Word has somehow changed, like the seasons turn or the centuries pass.
Times have certainly changed, but God’s Word has not. The Prophet Isaiah tells us, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever”
(Isaiah 40:8).
God’s Word still means what it says. We all need to be prepared to stand in judgment before a holy God. The only way to prepare for that is to repent of your sins and trust Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
That’s frightening and deadly. Jesus not only warns us repeatedly about hell, but He gave His life on the cross so that we might be free of sin and escape eternal death and damnation, if we trust Him as our Lord and Savior.
God hates sin just as absolutely as He loves us. Yet today we have Christians who wink at sin and tell unrepentant sinners that everything will be OK. The only way they can justify this is by assuming that God’s Word has somehow changed, like the seasons turn or the centuries pass.
Times have certainly changed, but God’s Word has not. The Prophet Isaiah tells us, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever”
(Isaiah 40:8).
God’s Word still means what it says. We all need to be prepared to stand in judgment before a holy God. The only way to prepare for that is to repent of your sins and trust Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
