SCRIPTURE: Revelation (NIV) 18:2 With a mighty voice he shouted: “Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great! She has become a home for demons and a haunt for every evil spirit, a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird. 3 For all the nations have drunk the maddening wine of her adulteries. The kings of the earth committed adultery with her, and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries.” 4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say: “Come out of her, my people, so that you will not share in her sins, so that you will not receive any of her plagues; 5 for her sins are piled up to heaven, and God has remembered her crimes.
OBSERVATION: God remembered the crimes of this city and He is preparing to send judgment. But God also remembers His people. He will spare them. He calls them out. He will save them from the coming judgment. As a holy God, He cannot ignore the sins, and as a loving God he cannot withhold mercy from those who are His people.
APPLICATION: Since all have sinned and come short of the glory what makes His people different from all the others? Why can they escape judgment? It is because their sins have already been judged. They were judged as deserving death and their sins are covered by the blood of Jesus death on the cross. They had judged themselves guilty and confessed their sins. They had received Jesus’ death as the payment for their sins; they have been forgiven!
Jesus death on the cross is still available to cover the sins of anyone who will receive Him as their Lord and Savior. (Romans 6:24-26) Pray with me now …
PRAYER: Lord, I confess that I have sinned and deserve judgment. I believe that you lived a sinless life and your death can be accepted as the payment for my sins. Please forgive my sins and take your rightful place in my life as LORD. Come and live in my heart. Make my life your home. With a humble and grateful heart I receive you now as my Savior and Lord. Amen
Pastor Leon
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