"God's Majesty"

PSALMS 93
"The LORD reingeth, he is clothed in majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved." (Verse One)
I am sorry if I was a little excited yesterday, especially there at the end; but you have got to realize that while typing those closing verses, my eyes were very blurred by my tears of happiness. As I arrived in church yesterday morning, there were baskets of torn up craft paper sitting on a table as you walked in the door. I had no clue what they were for, but I grabbed about 5 of them and gave two to my neighbors. It turns out, they were for writing down how God has blessed us, long story short. Pastor Bryan was wrapping up the Book of Ruth; which was really a very fitting Easter Message, I might add. The title of the day's message was, Life In Color; a message about going from black and white, which is life without a Redeemer, to living a life of color with a Redeemer. There were a couple of bullet points in the message that not only summarized the Book of Ruth, but also spelt out the complete Gospel Message. The very first point is the fact that we need a Redeemer; lost and totally without the ability to pay for our own salvation, we absolutely need a Redeemer! The second bullet point is that our Redeemer must be our Near Kinsman; which is very interesting, to say the least. It just so happens, God made sure to make that happen perfectly, in several different ways. The third bullet point was that our Redeemer needed to be able to pay the price. I don't think I need to explain that one; but if you are wanting a clue, it was summed up in the last Verse of Psalms 92. The fourth bullet point was that our Redeemer must be willing to be our Redeemer; it just so happens that Jesus Christ fit that description perfectly: He willingly went to the cross to die for our sins! And the last bullet point, the one that sums up the message from yesterday's post, is that He will never force Himself on anyone! You have got to want to be redeemed by Him! Ruth was maybe forty or fifty years younger than Boaz, so she could have said no; after all, she was probably quite charming and looked pretty good, seeing how Boaz took interest in her right on first sight. Here is something that Pastor Bryan closed with before the closing prayer: "If you can be talked into accepting Jesus, then there will be at least five people who can talk you out of it, before the day is done." The reason that is so vitally important, is because of what we witnessed in yesterday's post: You are not going to meet your Redeemer until He knocks upon your heart; but when He does, you must decide to agree with the Holy Spirit that softens your heart with understanding, and say, Yes Lord, Yes, Yes, LORD...
"Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil -the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the heart of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passionate desires and inclinations of our sinful nature. By our very nature we were subject to God's anger, just like everyone else. But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus. So God can point to us in all future ages as examples of the incredible wealth of his grace and kindness towards us, as shown in all he has done for us who are united with Christ Jesus." (Ephesians 2:1-7) NLT