Mercy Upon All
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Have you ever wondered how the pagan world got that way:
idol-worshipping, wicked, gripped by superstition and fear?
The Bible supplies the answer in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans.
Three times in Chapter 1 we read of the Gentile world: “He gave
them up… He gave them up… He gave them over….” Why? Because
they had given Him up: “And even as they did not wish to retain God
in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do
those things which are not convenient [becoming]” (Rom. 1:28).
It would have been difficult to believe 30 or 40 years ago, that
our young people would be dancing to the wild, exotic music of pagan
lands (if this can be called music), or that our studios would be
selling the twisted, hideous paintings of pagan art (if this can be
called art).
When you wonder why the lovely melodies and harmonies of
yesteryear have given place to the noise and din of today’s
“music”; when you wonder why the beautiful paintings of those
days have been largely replaced by the masterpieces of chaos that
surround us now — why in so many ways we seem to be reverting to
paganism — read Romans 1.
All this is the natural result of a departure from God and His
Word. Yet there is hope and assurance and joy in store for any
individual who will yet heed the message of God — particularly in
the Book of Romans. Here we read how Jew joined Gentile in rejecting
Christ, and God had to give them all up. But listen to this passage
from Rom. 11:32: “For God hath concluded them all in unbelief THAT
HE MIGHT HAVE MERCY UPON ALL.”
That is, He gave up the Jewish and
Gentile nations so that He might show His grace to any individuals
who might turn to Him by faith in Christ, thus reconciling both
(Jewish and Gentile believers) unto Himself in one body, by the cross
(Eph. 2:16).
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Acts 16L31 Romans 1:16, and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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