Week Twenty Four: Day Five

    June 13, 2025 | Be God's Family

    Christ Will Come Again to Bring Salvation

    Scripture: Hebrews 9:27-28(NIV)

    27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, 28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.

    Devotional

    By: Mark Ellcessor

    At the end of a game, there is one question that matters most: did I win or lose?

    At the end of twelfth grade, the question is: did I graduate or am I stuck here another year?

    At the end of college: do I have a job or do I move back in with my parents?

    All of us face that same kind of dual option query at the end of life: am I going to heaven or hell?

    But the answer to this question is more final than the others. There’s always another game. Play harder. You can always repeat twelfth grade again. Study harder. If you don’t get one job, there are a dozen more to apply for. Try harder. But this final judgment has forever consequences: do I have eternal salvation or eternal condemnation? And there are no do-overs.

    Whether we die or Jesus returns first, we will face judgment. Only Christ’s sacrifice on the cross takes away our sins and brings us salvation. Glory be to God! If you would like to receive His offer of eternal salvation, pray a prayer like this one:

    Dear God, I admit that I am a sinner. I’m sorry for the ways I have disobeyed you and lived for myself. I repent of my sins. I believe that you sent your only Son, Jesus, to live a perfect, sinless life of ministry on earth. And I know that He became the perfect sacrifice to take away my sins. I believe in you Jesus, and I accept your offer of salvation. I surrender my life to you. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. Teach me, guide me, and help me to do your will on earth. I am yours, O God. Amen.

    Poem

    Things To Do While In God's Waiting Room
    Psalm 42

    Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
    Psalm 42:5

    I’m sitting in God’s waiting room
    How shall I spend my time?

    I will get up and go to the fountain
    I will get a deep drink from the river of life

    I will schedule an appointment to meet my God
    I will mark it in my calendar

    I will silence the phone of negative messaging
    I will remember the promises of God

    I will pour out all my anxieties into my Kleenex
    I will get up and dispose it in the trash

    I will hum the tune of a Psalm of praise
    I will let the Holy Spirit whisper to me

    I will joyfully walk over to a fellow wait-er
    I will hold their hand with God’s comfort

    I will block any downcast thoughts
    I will put my hope in God

    I will look at the door of my soul
    I will wait for Jesus’ salvation knock

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