"Beyond Faithful..."

"The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:" (Psalms 68:22) Not that it really matters, but why do you think God does not offer salvation to the fallen angels? It has been said, based upon Matthew 25:41, that hell was created for the devil and his angels; so then, why does God not offer them salvation if they were to turn back? God prepared hell for the fallen angels, but gave his Son for fallen mankind. I know that it might be hard to imagine, but if you could just be a fly on the walls of heaven, what do you think you would witness there? God has such a deep love for us, we can't even imagine all that he has in store for us. When I was reading this verse this morning, I got a sense of God's mercy having no end, not just because the Bible says so (Lamentations 3:22), but because it is so! If you know "The True God", then you know it is so, and there is nothing that can convince you otherwise. I can't say this enough, but our salvation is not based upon our performance, but it is based upon God's! It is what he has done for us that saves us, not anything that we can do for him. He makes us bare fruit! And as Jesus said, "You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you." The message that Jesus is speaking about is the Gospel, the message of hope! What is hope for us? If it were possible, imagine you are bound by chains, loaded down with concrete blocks, and laying at the base of the ocean floor; now save yourself, if you can. But you can't; even if you could get free, your still not going to make it to the surface, not without something help you breath, or protect your vital organs. Wow, I just had a vision of that "ax head" Elisha made to float (2 Kings 6:1-7); the ax head was me, and Jesus was the one who was reaching out to "take it up"... "Just as the weeds are sorted out and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the world. The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will remove from his Kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. And the angels will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine like the sun in their Father's Kingdom. Anyone with ears to hear should listen and understand! The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field. Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant on the lookout for choice pearls. When he discovered a pearl of great value, he sold everything he owned and bought it!" (Matthew 13:40-46) NLT