"What Seek Ye?"

"Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name." (Psalms 79:6) I am stealing a line from the Lord with this title, but I don't think He will mind. Anywho, I woke up this morning thinking the strangest thing; which is really not that unusual, considering how strange I am to begin with. Wouldn't it be really weird if everyone who was born that ever called upon the Lord ended up being in heaven? I mean, nothing is wrong with us thinking that God's mercy does not remain, even though the person might not remain close to God; after all, will we or will we not see King Saul in heaven? I think that it is very possible that we will. It's really not out of the question, because anyone who calls upon the Lord can be saved, and anyone who believes in the Lord will be saved. It is really about that connection between us and God, the one that was broken in the Garden when Adam sinned. Once that connection is bridged again, it's done! That is what you would call a spiritual birth, one which will last throughout all eternity, long after this sinful body is destroyed. The real question comes from whether or not we can destroy the spiritual birth with our flesh; in other words, can we destroy something that God has already established in heaven, by something that we do here on earth? Yesterday morning my friend and former Pastor was sharing at our Men's Breakfast, and he used this title to make a point about "Seeking God." During his introduction of the opening verse, which was from John 1:38, he said that one of the first two disciples was Andrew, but that we don't know who the other one was. The instant he said that, I quietly told the pastor sitting across from me, "It was John!" Now, we know from Matthew's gospel that Jesus called John and his brother James as they were mending their nets, but He also called two other brothers right before that, and they were Andrew and Peter. So what do you think happened? Because the way I see it, Andrew and John were the first two Disciples, but it just so happens that they still worked as fishermen. It wasn't until Jesus called them to be "Fishers of men" that they no longer worked, but began to constantly hang out with Jesus. So how do I know it was John? I am certain that it was, because John never uses the first person when speaking of himself. Besides that, in the King James version of the text of John 1:39, it says, "He saith unto them, 'Come and see.' They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour." Did you get that? Do you remember the hour that you first believed? Yes indeed...
"For Moses writes that the law's way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands. But faith's way of getting right with God says, "Don't say in your heart, 'Who will go up to heaven?' (to bring Christ down to earth). And don't say, 'Who will go down to the place of the dead?' (to bring Christ back to life again)." In fact, it says, "The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart." And that message is the very message about faith that we preach: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. As the Scriptures tell us, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced." Jew or Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him. For "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."" (Romans 10:5-13) NLT