"A Prayer for Spiritual Cleansing" -2

"Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. - Then shalt Thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shalt they offer bullocks upon Thine alter." (Psalms 51:1 & 19) Whether you believe it or not, once you are saved, you are saved for good; if you don't believe that, then you need to get back to the basics of the gospel message, which is, "That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life." (John 3:15) Life eternal does not end with human power, because it was not given by human power; eternal life is something that God gives to those that believe in the name of Jesus Christ; and by believe, that means that we accept the fact that we need Jesus to save us from our sins, and that there is nothing else that we can do to be saved but to turn to Jesus, absolutely nothing! I heard an interesting word yesterday from Pastor Jack, as he was sharing about what Jesus said in Revelation in regards to blotting out a name from the Book of Life, and that maybe every one's name is already written in it, which is God's will, that all might be saved. That is an interesting concept, but I am not sure how well that lines up with everyone being condemned already (John 3:17 & 18); besides that, I hold to the notion that we must come completely to be saved completely, which is based upon the parable of the sower, and how we must be planted in Christ, and in Him alone! Regardless of what David might have done, or whether or not he finished well, David was in Christ, David is with Christ, and we will see David in heaven. We will see a lot of people that we did not expect to see, and we won't see many that we thought we would see. "Spiritual Cleansing" is about being right with God, and last time I checked, there was only one way to get right with God, and that was to be washed in the blood of Jesus Christ; no washed in the blood, no right with God! But just as many traditions were added to God's law, so too, many conditions have been added to salvation in Christ; you must be baptized, you must speak in tongues, you must stop this, or you must practice that; how about we just surrender our life to Jesus Christ and let Him tell us what to do! We cannot add anything to our salvation in Christ, nor can we take away anything that Christ has done; when Jesus said, "It is Finished", He meant, what was needed for our salvation to be given to us had been done, now it is up to each and every one of us to receive it; just reach out your hand and take it, it is yours... "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved. He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." (John 3:16-18)