Evang Ps. Kenneth Nandoha
And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians 2:1-3
But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
James M. Gray, who followed R. A. Torrey as head of the Moody Bible Institute, grew up going to church. He was confirmed as a teenager, but nothing changed in his heart, and when he left home, he soon turned far away from what he had learned as a boy. Despite his sinful life, he still kept some of the books his mother had given him and would read them at night before going to bed.
Gray wrote, “One night, after an evening of excitement among worldly people, my eye fell on this sentence: ‘Every soul not already won to Jesus is already lost.’ It was an arrow of conviction to my soul. I had absolutely no plea but for mercy. Daily I had said my prayers since childhood, but that night I really prayed. And God heard it. That night He lifted me up out of the miry clay and planted me upon a rock. He put a new song in my mouth, which I have been singing ever since, even salvation unto my God.”
Salvation does not leave us the same as we were before we received it. Salvation takes people who once were held captive by Satan and gives them freedom from the sins of the world. All of us were hopelessly lost without Jesus. Even those of us who grew up in church still needed a Savior and a salvation that would transform our lives. The world loses its allure when we are praising God for His deliverance from sin.
Today’s Prayer
God, Salvation does not leave us the same as we were before but changed as we live for a new Master. I freely open my heart to Your will and in the name of Jesus Christ I believe for my salvation, redemption and refuge in my life forever, Amen.
