“Confident Trust”

 “ Confident Trust”

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord.  Remember the great reward it brings you!  Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s Will.  Then you will receive all that He has promised.    Hebrews 10:35-36

In verses 32-34, the author of the Book of Hebrews, whom I believe to be the Apostle Paul, reminded the readers, of the PERSECUTIONS they had been through, in the early days when they first came to Christ.   And he reminded them that they accepted it with JOY.  Because they KNEW there were BETTER things waiting for them, ETERNAL THINGS that would LAST FOREVER.

In verse 35, Paul encourages them to HOLD ON to their CONFIDENT TRUST in the Lord Jesus.  He encouraged them to NOT RUN away from their RELATIONSHIP with the LORD, but to REMEMBER the GREAT REWARD it will bring them.  That REWARD is the CULMINATION of their SALVATION and their ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to be ABLE to ESCAPE HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, after they are there. 

He also tells them that they will NEED PATIENT ENDURANCE through ALL their PERSECUTIONS, that they might CONTINUE to do the WILL of GOD.  And that they SHOULD live in COMPLETE, CONFIDENT TRUST in the LORD JESUS CHRIST.  If they would put their CONFIDENT TRUST, COMPLETELY in CHRIST, they could RECEIVE ALL that He PROMISED.  

In verses 37-39 Paul tells them these encouraging words: “For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and NOT delay.  And the RIGHTEOUS ONES will LIVE by FAITH.  But I will take NO PLEASURE in ANYONE who turns away.”  But we, (the TRUE BELIEVERS) are NOT like those who turn away from God to their OWN DESTRUCTION.  We are the FAITHFUL ONES , whose SOULS will be SAVED.”  Are YOU one of the FAITHFUL ones?  Or are YOU, one who TURNS AWAY from the LORD, and is headed for DESTRUCTION and an ETERNITY in HELL?

In order to become a FAITHFUL ONE, you MUST ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE your sin-sick SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL.  You MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and place your CONFIDENT TRUST in CHRIST ALONE.  And REMEMBER the GREAT REWARD is still to COME.  So, Do this NOW, while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING, and COMING SOON!!!   DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!