One great thing about the scriptures is that they give many pictures of salvation.

I think one of the best pictures of salvation, is given in the book of Exodus. Forgive my loose paraphrasing, but this is roughly what happened.

It was during the time of Moses when the Israelites were slaves in Egypt under a cruel Pharaoh. God choose to use Moses to bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

After Moses performed signs to Pharaoh proving that he was speaking for God and that God wanted Pharaoh to let his people go, Pharaoh refused.

Then God told Moses to tell Pharaoh that since he refuses to let his people go, he was going to send plagues upon Egypt so that Pharaoh would know that “I AM the Lord”.

After nine different plagues, Pharaoh still refused to let the people go. Then God told Moses to tell Pharaoh that about midnight, God was going to go through Egypt and every firstborn son in Egypt would die, including the firstborn of Pharaoh, the firstborn of slaves and even the firstborn of the cattle.

The loud wailing would be so great that this would surely cause Pharaoh to let the people go. But Pharaoh still refused.

In order to protect the Israelites, God told Moses to have the blood of an unblemished lamb put on the sides and tops of the door posts of all the Israelites.

When God came through Egypt that night, he looked on the door posts. When he saw the blood of the lamb, He PASSED OVER that house and the firstborn inside that house was saved.

If he did not see the blood on the door posts, the first born in that house died. The loud wailing was indeed great and Pharaoh finally let the people go.

Notice that God was not looking to see who had done some good works!

He was only looking for The Blood!

This is a perfect picture of salvation.

When it comes time for the judgment, God will look to see if the blood of His Lamb, His Son Christ Jesus, has been applied to our sins.

If he sees the blood, he will pass over us and we will be spared from His judgment and will enjoy eternal life with Him forever.

But if He doesn’t see the blood of His Son, those people will experience the fullness of His wrath and will be separated from Him forever.

This shows us that by trying to “guarantee” our salvation with good works, we are in effect, putting the blood and good works on on our door posts.

By putting the good works on our door posts we are saying to God that the blood of Christ Jesus is not enough to save us!

I now know that God only wants to see the blood of His Son Jesus applied to our hearts and our sins. Good works are a good thing.

But we do good works because we are saved and we want to please the one who saved us; not because we want to be saved.

This is where faith comes in. We must believe that the blood of Christ Jesus alone is sufficient for our salvation. Good works will not save us.

So what’s on your door post? Is it the blood of the Lamb of God, or is it your good works?

We want life. He is Life. We need cleansing.

He is the Living Water.

Here is a simple prayer if you have not yet given your life to Jesus and invited him into yours.

In this moment, you can surrender all of your fears and like a child, reach up to God and ask Him to take control of your life, forever guiding and directing it, helping you to hear Him in every decision and plan.

Whisper this prayer…. He is so excited to have you come home to Him:

Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God, that you died on the cross to rescue me from sin and death and to restore me, to return to the Father.

I choose now to turn away from my sins, my self-centeredness, and every part of my life that does not please you.

I choose you.

I give myself to you.

I receive your forgiveness and ask you to take your rightful place in my life as my Savior and LORD.

Come reign, lived with power in my heart, fill me with your love and your life, and help me to become a person who is truly loving — a person like you.

Restore me, Jesus. Live in me. Love through me.

Thank you, God. In Jesus’ Name I pray.

Amen.

Please…. send me a private message and tell me about your time in prayer. I would love to share some things with you to read and ponder over!

They will help you grow closer to Jesus and His love for you.

Update April 11, 2020

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~ Mary Lindow ^©

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Mary Lindow has a passion for encouraging others – all generations, careers or vocations to live expressing excellence through personal integrity, healthy accountability, and wise management of talents and skills. She’s a sought after keynote, inspirational, humorous speaker and teacher across the USA and internationally in Ministers & Spiritual leaders Conferences, and training seminars for various organizations.

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