07/01/2013 - Good news to those who have fallen

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The LORD upholds all who fall and raises up all who are bowed down.

Psalm 145: 14

The Gospel enlightens the hearts of those who listen to Him and, at the same time, IT brings us joy and a sense of safety absolutely unlikely to be found elsewhere. Religions are pretty much cruel on people considering that their extremely tough rules and precepts cause their followers heavy burdens and they also bring condemnation to those who have fallen. Members of any religion would greatly favour themselves provided they stayed away from their leaders whenever the latter made a mistake.

Only The Word of God knows love, compassion, loving-kindness and forgiveness. Look! The Holy Message is absolutely not about religion, but IT’S rather about The Good News on the very essence of God, on what Jesus perpetrated for mankind and on what the divine love will do on behalf of those who need it. The Gospel is everything humans need to live their lives being delivered from condemnation. ITS Message is music to one’s soul and, at the same time, the very power of God at work.

A dead theology teaches that those who have fallen are immediately delivered into the devil’s clutches; yet, the truth is that that statement is nothing but a fake. If those who’ve fallen will neither repent nor will they be willing to seek the divine forgiveness they’ll be going all the way down to the bottom till the enemy will completely take over their lives. However, The Lord will never forsake them because He’s committed to always supporting all of His children and He does strive to rescue them whenever they are lured by the devil’s lies.

Our adversary cannot fully take control of those deceived by him because they’ll be supported by The Holy Spirit even while they’re still fallen – supported by trying to convince them of sin, of righteousness and of judgment (John 16: 7, 8). The Most High is well aware of the fact that many will stumble on the way for not being acquainted with His Word and, in case He abandoned them, He knows that the devil would drive them so further away from Him that then they wouldn’t be able to come back.

Our Father is patient and loving at the same time. Of course His desire is for us never to commit any sin because then we would stain our hands and souls and we would miss out on many blessings. Yet, many will find it hard to cope with temptations and, sadly, they’ll pay heed to deceitful spirits instead. However, even being our downfall against the will of God we must remember that The Lord keeps and shelters us; and although we might even fall He will never give up on us.

Apart from stretching His hands to those who stumble and fall The Most High raises them up. No matter how deep the stain of your sins The Lord will, by all means, hold onto your hands and make you stand on your feet again. He’ll do whatever it takes never to let His beloved children stay in the mud – Only the ungodly will reject the divine assistance; without it nobody can be raised up.

If you, dear brother, feel sad for something wrong you’ve done and you know that that’s the reason why you’re fallen – considering that your communion with The Lord is broken – I need to say that you can repent right now and look for the divine forgiveness. The Most High feels sad for your mistake; yet, He’s still willing to offer you his mighty hand to lift you up. So, hold firm onto the hand of God and re-establish your communion with Him!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares