A CALL TO SALVATION

PROCLAMATION

“Listen to Me, you stubborn-hearted, you who are now far from My righteousness.  I am bringing My righteousness near, it is not far away; and My salvation will not be delayed.”  Isaiah 46:12-13 (NIV)

EXPLANATION

In chapter forty-five of The Bible Book of Isaiah, The Lord God speaks to His people through the prophet Isaiah and tells them that they will be delivered from captivity in Babylon by Cyrus. (Isaiah 45:1-4)  He reaffirms that He is the one and only true God and tells them of His power. (Isaiah 45:5-10)  Then He tells them of things which are to come in the future, and He also calls the Gentiles to salvation. (Isaiah 45:11-25)  In Chapter forty-six, He tells them that their man-made idols cannot save them, but that He can save them and sustain them. (Isaiah 46:1-4)  In the remainder of the chapter He presents the foolishness of worshiping idols and He ends with a call to salvation for the lost. (Isaiah 46:5-13)

APPLICATION

The kingdom of God is coming and there is nothing that can be done to stop it. (Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, and Mark 1:15)  We will either be joyous participants within it or be lost and suffer for eternity.  Non-believers are now being given the opportunity to repent and believe before it is too late.  “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.  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” (Romans 10:9-10, KJV)