NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE!

        "As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be 

         Put to shame." For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile

         the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him."

                                            Roman 10: 11,12

Whose Son is he? The people who know the answer to this question are most privileged people!

         This wonderful privilege, though, is not reserved for a select few. This wonderful privilege is freely offered to all. God will have all people to come to know the truths about his son, Jesus Christ.

         God is no respecter of persons. He does ,ot practice discrimination on the badis of age, sex, race, or social status. He knows that there is no difference. He knows that all have sinned. He knows that all need a Savior. There are no exceptions. Both Cain and Abel neede a Savior. Both Pharaoh and Moses needed a Savior. Both Saul and David needed a Savior. Both Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus, needed a savior. Both John and Judas needed a Savior. Both the prodigal son and his elder brother needed a Savior. Both you and I need a Savior. The need is universal, and God met that need.

        The Bible reveals that God loved the world  that he gaves his only begotten Son for the world and that he invites the world to come to know and believe in his Son. Thus, "the Scripture says, 'Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. '"(KJV) the word " whosoever" is all inclusive, Richard Baxter, a noted preacher in Scotland, claimed thatvhe could not thank God enough for the word "whosoever." It meant more to him, he said, than  if the Holy Spirit had put hos own name into the Bible. He declared, "if god had said that there was mercy for Richard Baxter, I would have though that he must have meant another Richard Baxter. However, when he says " whosoever, I know that he means me!"

        Not one of us is outside the circle of God's love. The love of God is not exclusive. It is all-inclusive. Whosoever we are, we are invited to learn the saving truths about Jesus Christ. However, what we know of Jesus Christ literally must be taken to heart. It is possible, you see to miss God's promise of forgiveness and life by sixteen inches. That, by the way, is the distance between the head and the heart. It is not enough to know Jesus intellectually with our minds. We must also know him intimately with our hearts.