Chapter 4

Praise God forever. Praise God. Hebrews 4:16: "Let us therefore, come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."

There are many occasions when we need mercy and grace. For an illustration, some years ago, I was an assistant Pastor at a Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Someone came running into the Church office, and said one of the workmen on a demolition job had been hurt. So I went out to see what was going on. The man had been working on an 8 foot high concrete block wall, tearing it down. As he had walked around the end of it, it had fallen down upon him. Not only the concrete blocks, but also a pillar of bricks had also toppled down on him.

Another man who was working nearby, dug the man out from under fallen blocks and bricks. He was lying on the ground when I arrive on the scene. One of his ankles was turned backwards, and he was obviously very seriously hurt. Out of his mouth was coming the vilest of language.

As I listened to his words, and saw his pitiful condition, I heard my mouth saying, "God, have mercy, God have mercy, God have mercy, God have mercy, God have mercy, God have mercy." That's all I could say. I couldn't pray for the guy, because he was cursing and carrying on. What was I to pray?... "Mercy!" The ambulance came and took him to the hospital. I learned later he had a punctured bladder, a punctured lung, and his face was messed up; they would have to break the bones and reset them later. I mean, he was really messed up. I went back down to the Church office and we gathered the staff. We began to pray. We took authority over the situation by faith, and I felt in my spirit something in the case "break". Thank God, the man survived.

OOOOH! Let us come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy, even when a man is cursing and taking God's Name in vain or whatever. There's mercy with the Lord. Not because the man deserved it, but because God's mercy endures forever. It'll go a step beyond grace. As far as I could tell, that man didn't pray. I never heard him say God have mercy on me. He didn't say it: rather, he was cursing and carrying on, because he was hurting. But in the kindness of God, there was someone standing there in his Presence saying, God, have mercy. God have mercy. I really couldn't pray, and I didn't know what else to say. But it worked, for His mercy endures forever. Glory to God. That man spent about three months or so in the hospital. He told me himself, his hospital bill alone, just the hospital bill, cost him a million dollars. But its better than frying in hell!

Later I asked him, "If you had died, would you have gone to hell? He said: "I would have gone to hell". Yes, he did afterwards receive Christ. Thank God! For His mercy endures forever. See, we have a High Priest in heaven. Jesus is the Savior of all men, not just the saints. He's the saviour of ALL men, specially of them that believe. And His mercy reaches out to men. Oh, the mercy of God!

In his book called Angels On Assignment, Roland Buck talked about how the angels of God appeared to him. He said one time an angel said to him, "You will never understand God's love. He said sometimes God will say to one of us, "Help him!" That man is doing everything against God; taking His Name in vain, and God will say to the angel, "just help him."

Now let me ask you. Is it not possible that His children can come and receive mercy and grace from God to help in time of need? Sometimes you may feel like you've 'run past the limit' of God's grace, and you're such a trial to Him, He's probably tired of you. But His mercy is still there. Glory to God forever.

Praise God, the mercy of God even tried to spare Sodom! Justice wouldn't permit it, because they refused. The mercy of God would save every human being if they would let Him. What do I mean, "If they would let Him?"

The Scripture says that he that he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Acts 16:31 says: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved and thy house." That is what people must do in order to 'let' God save them. If they don't, they are already lost.

The Bible says mercy rejoices against judgment. But when the time comes, every person will have to answer to God for his sins. Divine justice is also a part of God's Nature.

Lift up your hands and let's bless the Lord, which made the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them. "Ohhh, Father God, we praise you. We glorify you for your love, for your mercy, and for your grace. Grant unto us mercy, and your grace to help us in this moment. Thank you for the Lord Jesus Christ, Who loved us and washed us from our sins in His Own Blood. Revelation 1:5.

And now, dear reader, if you have never received the Lord Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you are outside of the blessed salvation which Jesus purchased for us with His Blood. You are cut off from God because of your sins, and you are lost, on your way to eternity in the Lake Of Fire, as noted in Revelation 20:12-15. But you can change that fact! The Scripture says: "Whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." See Romans 10:13.

Romans 10:9 tells us exactly HOW to be saved. It states: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

Simply DO what it says! Say with your mouth, "Jesus Christ IS my Lord. In my heart I DO believe that God has raised Him from the dead. Now, Lord Jesus, I open my heart to you, come into my heart, my Lord". And then thank God for saving you. By His grace, through your faith, you ARE NOW saved if you were sincere and believed when you prayed the above prayer. Praise God. Forsake your sins, and begin to follow the Lord Jesus as your Savior. Tell others about Him, and invite them also to do what you have just done. Read your Bible every day. Pray to God, and thank Him, and trust in Him. Find a good, Bible believing Church, where they teach the Word of God, and will help you to come to know the Lord Jesus Christ better, and how to follow Him according to His Word. God bless you.