Yesterday, I was thinking about other religions vs true
Christianity!
There are 2 pits - both the same size, both have the same
ladders in them, both are murky and dark (if I could draw, I would do a
picture), each ladder leads to the top of the pit, but the first picture had a
fluffy cloud with god written on it, but the second has a hand reaching down
into the pit!
The ladders, in both pits, have a rung or 2 at the bottom
with things like, "gave money to charity", "pray x number of
times a day" etc, but above those are broken rungs which have things like
- bitterness, jealousy, adulterous thoughts, hatred, anger, malice etc. Even
the rungs with the good we do would be weak!
Anyway, the point being, however hard we try, we cannot
reach God - not even the gods of other religions - they require such heavy
burdens - do this, do that, be good - yet we never know if our works have been
enough, so at the bottom of the pit we remain, but with true Christianity, God
reaches down and lifts us out of the pit, out of the horrible clay, one psalm
says He lifts us out of the dunghill (KJV) and sets us with the princes:
Psalm 113:7,8
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the
needy out of the dunghill; That he may set him with princes, even with the
princes of his people.
Psalm 40 says He lifts us out of the horrible pit, out of
the miry clay and sets our feet upon the rock and puts a new song in our
mouths:
Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for the Lord;
And He inclined to me,
And heard my cry.
He also brought me up out of a horrible pit,
Out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock,
And established my steps.
He has put a new song in my mouth—
Praise to our God;
Many will see it and fear,
And will trust in the Lord.
We do nothing to earn our salvation - Christ did it all at
Calvary! With other religions, the way is burdensome, but with Christianity,
Christ took our burdens upon Himself, He lived the life we could not and died
the death we deserved! As well as putting a new song in our mouths, Zephaniah 3:17 says:
The Lord your God in your midst,
The Mighty One, will save;
He will rejoice over you with gladness,
He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing. 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶
