IS SALVATION ENOUGH? OR IS THERE MORE? #965/ EMBRACING THE FATHERS HEART WITH DR GEORGE WATKINS

IS SALVATION ENOUGH? OR IS THERE MORE?

 

I can still hear my mother hollering at me as I reached for the cookie jar just before dinner. "George, stay out of the cookies; it will ruin your dinner."

To be honest with you, that really didn't make any sense to me, and I figured I was getting a head start on dinner with this wonderful cookie in my hand. Of course, I was too young to understand the chemistry of the body and the makeup of the system that keeps us alive. All I knew was that I saw that cookie and wanted it.

Strange as it may seem, just the other night, while I was heading for the crackers, I heard my wife say, George, dinner is just about ready; don't be nibbling. So there's something within us that desires to be satisfied with small things or the emergency application of something to satisfy a pain or hunger.

By now, I understand the need for nutrition and a well-balanced meal, and if I satisfy myself with a cookie, I won't have the desire to sit down at a full dinner.

Over the last 65 years of active ministry, I have prayed with multiple thousands of people that have come to the altar or raised their hands, indicating they wanted to receive Jesus as their savior. We rejoice in the number of conversions, yet we wonder where many disappeared after they accepted Jesus.

I will not second-guess the Holy Spirit on these occasions or judge those who have received Jesus by their outward actions. However, I am suspicious that many have taken Jesus as a cookie instead of a full meal. The experience of being saved has satisfied them enough to where they find no need to go any further into the kingdom of God.

This breaks my heart because I know the potential in each person who comes to Christ. 

I am convinced that salvation is essential for everything we do, but if that's where you stop, you will miss the purpose of salvation, and that is that we might become in the fall likeness of Jesus Christ. 

If you may be at that point of discovery, ask the Holy Spirit to take you into the mysteries that lay ahead. The mysteries of Christ. The mysteries of godliness. If you follow the Holy Spirit into this wonderful journey, you will be fulfilled in the purpose God has planned for you.

 

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