One drop was enough.
Just a single drop would have been all that was required, but He gave much more—His life.
The angel of God revealed to the beloved apostle John the glories of heaven & the wrath of God. We read both within the final book of the Bible. We read and we see the future time to come, as well as the present-day temptation of the devil, the enemy of God. The Word of God has been given to us so that we can lead others to come to know Jesus as their Savior. However, the Word of God has also been given to us (the already redeemed ones) so we can keep our eyes upon Jesus Christ and not upon the allure, the seduction & the ugly sin Satan entices us to commit.
Yet, we glance toward sin, and desire her luxurious seduction.
We look her way and we secretly ponder, ‘How could one small look, one tiny touch, one single step ever take us far away?’—But it does.
There was a day long ago, when the apostle Peter was preaching his second sermon on the porch that surrounds Solomon’s temple. The apostle John was present that day with Peter, and through the power of God, they had just spoke healing into a man who had been lame from birth. The people are amazed by what they had just witnessed, and Peter uses their amazement of God’s power to share the salvation of Jesus with them. It is within the context of Peter’s second sermon that we (the believers) are also reminded of this AMAZING TRUTH—WE ARE NOT SAVED ONCE BUT ARE CONTINUALLY BEING SAVED FROM OUR OWN SINFUL NATURE.
“But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets,
(The Acts of the Apostles 3: 18-21 NAS)
that His Christ would suffer,
He has thus fulfilled.
Therefore repent and return,
so that your sins may be wiped away,
in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;
and that He may send Jesus,
the Christ appointed for you,
whom heaven must receive
until the period of restoration of all things
about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.”
One drop was enough.
Just a single drop was necessary to blot out mankind’s sins.
Since we do not shed our sinful self once we enter into our covenant relationship with Jesus, once we are saved by His grace and mercy—we continue to war within ourselves. Our human nature bends toward sin & our spiritual “new” nature leans toward God.
Nevertheless, with just a glance at the seduction, at the temptation of the devil, we can be overwhelmed by the allure of temptation—and sin. Look the Word of God to see how the Lord will return from heaven, sickle in hand, and harvest the children of God.
“Then I looked,
(The Revelation to John 14: 14-16 NAS)
[the apostle John looked through the vision God provided him]
and behold,
a white cloud,
and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man,
having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand.
And another angel came out of the temple,
crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud,
“Put in your sickle and reap,
for the hour to reap has come,
because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”
Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth,
and the earth was reaped.”
We see through Scripture how another angel puts his hand to the sharp sickle and gathers “the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe.” (vs. 18) The angel swings & collects & throws those—“into the great wine press of the wrath of God.” (vs. 19)
It is there, in the reaping, in the harvest of souls, that we are reminded of the precious blood of Jesus.
When Jesus was crucified, and His blood was shed for the redemption of man—there was enough blood shed to cover the sins of the world! The Word of God tells us exactly what we must do & not do.
- We must not flirt with the devil.
- We must be ever-mindful of the temptation of Satan.
- We must pray, seeking God’s protection and salvation from the enemy.
- We must wield our weapon—the Holy Word of God—just as Jesus taught us to do—whenever we face temptation to sin.
- We must return to God’s mercy, fleeing the earth’s abomination.
- We must repent, again and again, falling into the arms of merciful God.
“Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
(The 1st Letter of Paul to the Corinthians 10: 12-14 NAS)
No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man;
and God is faithful,
who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able,
but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also,
so that you will be able to endure it.
Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.”