Psalm 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Then I started thinking about the context
of that verse. Is David asking God for salvation? No, we know he was a child of
God already. So why is he asking God for a clean heart? Because he felt his
heart was polluted with the sins he committed with Bathsheba and against Uriah.
He felt the blackness of his heart and was asking God for forgiveness and
cleansing.
These past
several months Jayden has been asking me a lot of questions about life and
death, heaven and hell, sin and forgiveness, Jesus, the cross, God and the
devil.
On the morning
of October 21 he asked me how he could be saved. Now, I could have brushed his
question off with the excuse that he was too young to really understand, but I
remembered the words of Matthew 19:14. “But Jesus said, Suffer little
children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of
heaven.”
So instead I
told him the ‘good tidings of great joy.’
Luke 2:10-11 And the angel said unto them, Fear not:
for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all
people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord.
We don’t have to sit in darkness any
longer.
Matthew
4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in
the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
And God has no pleasure in the death of the
wicked.
Ezekieal
33:11....As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the
death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live..
So I answered Jayden
how Paul and Silas answered the Philippian jailer: “Believe
on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved.” (Acts 16:30-31..Sirs, what must I do to be saved?..they said,
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.)
And
how Philip answered the Ethiopian Eunech, (Acts
8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And
he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.)
And what Paul wrote in the book of Romans: (Romans 10:9-11 That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For
with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession
is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith,
Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.”)
And the promise that: “..as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his name:” John 1:12
Deep in thought he finally replied, “I
believe in Jesus and that he died on the cross for my sins Mom, but what about
everybody else out there? Don’t we need to tell them the good news too?”
Yes, I replied. Mark 16:15-16 says: ...Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
He that
believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be
damned.
He started to name off cousins and friends
who needed to know this and I felt a sense of guilt. Have I really been telling
everyone the good news?
The Bible is
clear, so
here I am, sharing it with you in the way I know best, and I’m begging you “..Today if ye will hear his voice,
Harden
not your heart..” Psalm 95:7-8
And
Jayden, as the weeks went by continued to ask questions and to grow in the grace
and the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour. And “I
have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” 3 John
1:4
4 comments:
Ah Will, you are such a testimony of God's grace! Continue to share the gospel in a childlike way, it's so much easier, and God promises to bless it!!! 'If you become as children....'
Love ya so much, Jenny!
Thanks for sharing Will, Psalm 51:10 was the verse God used to save me, and just as Jayden pointed out if you keep reading verses 13-14 it says: "Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you. Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, you who are God my Savior, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness."
Don't ever stop sharing the Good News of Christ Jesus for His glory!
The new heart reference is from Ezekiel 36:26. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
God Bless!
I did look at that verse as well, but as I studied it, it struck me that God is talking about the changes He is going to make to Israel, rather than an instruction on "What must I do to be saved?"
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