Fellowship Hall

Originally I was pondering on the reason people don't receive the gracious gift of sal- vation. God loves all & is merciful, not a tyrant who is watching every mistake so he can punish you. But God, brought me back to the same verse I used last week. 2 Peter 1:3 It says the power of God has given us all that pertains to life & godliness. 2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them. Sinners minds are blinded by their refusal of accepting Jesus as Savior. That is why we need to pray that God open the eyes of the blinded sinner that they see the truth & be saved. Then the concordance led me to 2 Peter 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind & cannot see afar off, & hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. I had to read above this verse to find out what thing caused this spiritual blindness. V. 4 God has given us great & precious promises that we might be partakers of the divine nature having escaped the corruption of this world through lust. V. 5-7 And besides this, give all dilligence, add to your faith, virtue, knowledge, temperance, patients, godliness, brotherly kindness, & charity. 8 For if these things be in you, & abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. A lot of christians have been blinded to the truth because of their own lust. James 1:15 says when lust is conceived it bringeth forth sin. We have all that we need when we first get saved. I pray that I will not be deceived often. it can happen, but if we keep God's word in our heart, pray & trust him we will be ok.