Deathbed Confessions - 25th Sunday in OT

What is there within us that judges our lives not on the basis of what we have received, but on the basis of what we have received in relation to others? Of course, when that gift happens to be the gift of eternal salvation, the principle is even more critical. Shall we who know and love the Lord Jesus not rejoice whenever any person receives that grace as well, whether they receive it as a child, as a teenager, or at 98 years of age after a life of total degradation? God is hopelessly in love with humanity. There is nothing He will not give to save us from sin and death. But why make Him wait till we are on our deathbed? Why wait until the jungle has ensnared us and defaced our divine dignity? Why not make a good confession today and rejoice that our faith is a blessing and not a burden?