White As Snow
“‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the LORD.’ Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’”
Isaiah 1:18

I don’t know what the weather has been like where you live, after all, the Weekly Thot goes around the world. But where I live we just experienced an ice storm. Sleet fell from the sky for hours covering everything in a frosty white. I came home on Friday and cleared my driveway of at least 2 inches of ice. I woke on Saturday and did the same. Then came Sunday and it was time to dig out the mailbox so the letter carrier could deliver our bills and important mass mailing stuff. But with all of the aggravation it caused it left the countryside a beautiful white. As my wife and I drove home we remarked on the beauty God had given us. Both of us were thinking of the same verse of Scripture, “‘Come now, let us reason together,’ says the LORD.’ Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.’” (Isaiah 1:18)

It was Abraham Lincoln who said, "God must have loved the common people, since He made so many of them." I would modify that to say, "God must have loved the common people, since He made the way of salvation plain enough to be grasped by all"--yes, even me.

One need not have a high IQ to qualify for God's favor. Nor does experiencing salvation depend on a person's ability to understand a complex philosophical presentation of religious truth. If that were necessary, few could be saved!

Receiving salvation is a matter of faith. It's believing God and accepting His Word about His Son Jesus Christ, His payment for our sins through His death on the cross, and His resurrection. It's trusting Him completely for salvation. John 1:12 tells us, "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name."

The Bible says that the gospel "is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes" (Rom. 1:16). Whether educated or uneducated, knowledgeable or ignorant, anyone can believe. No one will be able to stand before God and say, "I'm not saved because I couldn't understand the gospel." The way has been made plain.

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