Life has been granted by God

When they heard these things they became silent; and they glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.” Acts 11:18

In the early days of the Church of our Lord, believers consisted primarily of the Jews. But as God would have it, many of the Jews were hardened in their hearts towards believing in Jesus Christ’s only way to Salvation in God. This is where the Holy Spirit worked to draw the Gentiles (or those who were not of the Jewish nation) unto Himself for Salvation in His Son.

For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. Romans 11:25

God has said that He will bring in His chosen people from the Jewish nation before it’s all over and a new earth is made for the redeemed. But for now, it has been and is God’s will to draw people from every tribe, tongue, and nation unto Himself to have freedom from the bondage of sin and Satan. Consider God’s eternal knowledge of things to come when He speaks in the book of Revelation:

Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth.” Rev 5:8-10

Do you realize your need for eternal Salvation in Christ? Have you thought seriously about your soul’s existence after your body looses it’s temporary life? God has made a way for man to return to Him and be cleansed of our rebellion and sin which keeps us from Him. Christ Jesus, God’s eternal Son has willingly given Himself to suffer the penalty of our turning aside from a Holy Creator. His death on the Cross has satisfied a Holy and Just God’s wrath against our sin. His resurrected Life has given us new life. He did this because He loved us, not because we deserved it. What we deserved is what Jesus got on the Cross which was the deep agony of not having the provision, protection, and Love of God in your life. Full blown Hell is simply being void of God’s sustaining life and peace yet existing to know this is missing. God’s temporary and partial grace at varying levels is on all of mankind as they live on this earth. All who dwell on earth in these mortal bodies know God’s provisions for life and protection to some extent but every one of us will one day pass through the gates of death unless we are blessed to be taken through Christ’s return. Of all the hellish things we hear reported to happen or that we may experience ourselves, none of this will be as horrible as eternally dwelling in a place where God removes His grace and lifts all protection and mercy and permits darkness and suffering to take it’s natural course as it does when God’s protective presence is 100% gone.

God has offered to us Gentiles Life in His Son. We must realize our sinfulness before a Holy God and our dire need for Salvation or we will ignore God all the way to Hell where it will be too late then. Do you hear the Holy Spirit? Is He making you know your need? Call out to Him! Pray to Him with all your heart. Ask Him to come and redeem your soul from the curse of sin on this earth.

Jesus therefore answered and said to them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life. “I am the bread of life. John 6:43-48