Are You A Whosoever?

Are You a Whosoever?

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst say, Come. And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17).

“Leadership,” a journal for Christian leaders, recently ran a series of “good news/bad news” jokes for pastors. Here are a few examples: (1) Good news: “Pastor, the women’s association voted to send you a get-well card.” Bad news: “It passed 31 to 30.” (2) Good news: “The church board accepted your job description the way you wrote it.” Bad news: “They also formed a search committee to find someone capable of filling the position.” (3) Good news: “Pastor, your biggest critic just left the church.” Bad news: “He’s been appointed your district supervisor.”

That’s good news and bad news on the lighter side. On the darker side is the good news/bad news of Scripture. Looking at the bad news first, we are reminded “…there is NONE righteous, no, not one. There is NONE that understands, there is NONE that seeks after God. They are ALL gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is NONE that does good, no, NOT one” (Romans 3:10-12). Here’s more bad news: “For ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Even more bad news: “For the wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23a). Do you notice the inclusiveness of the bad news recipients?

Now let’s take a look at the good news – the bright side. “The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 3:23b). Here’s additional good news: “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13). Again, even more good news: you do not have to be eternally separated from God, spending eternity in hell, because Christ has taken the sting out of death (1 Corinthians 15:55-57).

Sin is universal; death is universal; eternal separation from God is universal – that’s bad news big time. The good news is that God has provided deliverance from the bad news through His Son dying on the cross. Eternal life is provided to ALL who believe in Jesus Christ as the Messiah. The Bible says WHOSOEVER will may come!

The invitation is extended to ALL the world to come to Jesus and experience the joys of salvation in Christ. Are you a WHOSOEVER? Dr. Henry A. Lutz, Jr. is a retired pastor and friend of America's KESWICK

God's WORD for YOU: Proverbs 21; Ezekiel 16-17; James 3

Great Quote:When Goliath came against the Israelites, the soldiers all thought, "He's so big we can never kill him." But David looked at the same giant and thought, "He's so big, I can't miss."
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