"Our Determination"

"Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert." (Psalms 28:4) You know, if you are really really determined to get it right, then one of the best ways to assure your successful is to eliminate your options. It takes a really determined heart to ask God for deliverance at any cost: No matter what it takes Lord, please change my heart! If we can understand what Jesus was talking about when He said, "And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: And if they right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not thy whole body should be cast into hell" (Matthew 5:29 & 30); then we can begin to make serious choices about those things that matter the most to our eternal destination. Stop right there! Are you saying that we could lose our salvation and be cast into hell? Touchy subject, I know; but the more important question I would ask yourself, is, Have I ever really had eternal security in Jesus Christ? It is not a question of if you can loose your salvation, because I am one that believes that we cannot loose a free gift from God, because it is freely given to us, and is not based upon our own merit or our own righteousness; however, if I have received my eternal security in the Lord, then where is the proof of my dwelling in Jesus Christ? Only those that abide in Christ are saved, all others are burned as worthless branches or tares among the wheat; it's not a question of whether or not you will be plucked up or cut off, but whether or not you have been planted by God? or if there is really new life in our branch at all? If so, then prove it!!! Where is the Love of God in your life? Or are you one of those that believe in getting serious for Jesus after He returns, or upon your death bed? It's not something that we can play games with; nor should we leave it to chance, as in saying, I think that I am saved, because I did ask Jesus into my heart, and therefore according to what I've been told, I am saved. But were you transformed into a New Creation in Christ? If not, Then What Are You Waiting For??? Be determined to get it right, no matter what it might cost you; because there is no greater treasure, at all, or in anything that this world has to offer... "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal: For where your treasure is, there your heart is also." (Matthew 6:19-21)