"As Bright as Day" -2

"The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shown in the sight of the heathen." (Psalms 98:2)
I heard an interesting statement yesterday, one that I think I will look into a little further; it was one that was said about those who feel that God is done with Israel being those that usually also believe in a post-tribulation rapture. I have never heard that before, so I think it deserves a little checking out. But I can see how it might make some sense; seeing how the view of God's hand of protection and security of His people are closely related to both. The second part of this verse is the one that should make most Gentiles take notice of God's protection of His people; especially in light of the fact that Jesus was a Jew! I don't really understand how people can forget that simple fact, unless they have somehow overlooked the entire message of the Abrahamic Covenant! If memory serves me right, God has never taken His promise back! God's salvation is not based upon man's performance or his righteousness, it's is based upon God's righteousness and His performance; it is what God does that brings us into a right relationship with Him, we can do nothing to provide for ourselves a right standing with God. To make a little better sense of what and how this might look, we could consider the "narrow road" that Jesus spoke about as being a country road, and the "wide road" as being a highway, like a major highway that is used for getting to different destinations quicker and are not usually roads less traveled. In that regard, God would say, It is My way or the highway! God's way might not make sense to everyone, but it does not matter what we think, we just need to accept His way or nothing; there is no second choice to salvation, so we need to quit looking for another way to get to heaven. The devil is very good at what he does, when it comes to making people ignore what God says in His word. If you think that you can ignore any portion of the Scriptures just because it does not agree with your way of thinking, then you need to think again. Every Scripture has been ordained for instruction and intended to be for us to grow into a deeper relationship with God. If was cast of anything as unworthy, then we make ourselves much the same; not a place that you want to find yourself, if you catch my drift...
"Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on obeying the law. It is based on faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law. After all, is God the God of the Jews only? Isn't he also the God of the Gentiles? Of course he is. There is only one God, and he makes people right with himself only by faith, whether they are Jews or Gentiles. Well then, if we emphasize faith, does this mean that we can forget about the law? Of course not! In fact, only when we have faith do we truly fulfill the law." (Romans 3:27-31) NLT