Accept or Reject - The Choice is Yours

Decisions, decisions, decisions… We are presented with the Good News, and we must make the decision to accept or reject it. None of us will have an excuse, and if you decide “not to touch it,” it is a rejection. No matter the source of the Good News, it is never in vain. It is sent to present us with a wonderful gift, and we can either accept it or reject it.

The Word of God tells us in Isaiah 55:11:

So will My word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will not return to Me void (useless, without result),
Without accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it.

When the Word of the Lord comes forth, it is not in vain (fruitless or without success). It accomplishes what He desires and the purpose for which He sent it. The Word goes forth so that everyone can have an opportunity to hear the Gospel (the Good News). Upon hearing the Good News, we are then presented with a decision—acceptance or rejection of what we have heard.

I will also say this… If you believe that anything in the Bible is in error, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem, then are you truly a Christian? Everything we receive from God, we receive by Faith—and this includes His Word. If you doubt or waver concerning any part of His Word, then you are double-minded.

James tells us that a double-minded person is unstable in all his or her ways. This means he or she is “two-souled,” wavering between trusting God and following the way of the world.

Matthew 6:24 says:

No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (money, possessions, fame, status, or whatever is valued more than the Lord).

If one thing is believed to be in error in the Word of God, then a person becomes open to thinking, “What else is wrong?” You leave yourself open to begin to “cherry-pick” which Scriptures are true and which are not. You either believe, by Faith, that the Word of God (the Bible) is God-inspired—or you do not.

Returning to the truth that we are presented with the Word of God and must make a decision of acceptance or rejection, we must go to the Word of God itself, since it is our “Handbook for Life.”

2 Peter 3:9 states:

The Lord does not delay (as though He were unable to act) and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is extraordinarily patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

The Lord is patient with us. He wants everyone to have an opportunity to know, understand, and either accept or reject what He has provided for all of us through His Son’s death, burial, and resurrection. His desire is that none should perish in their sins. That is why He sent His Son, Jesus—to defeat sin and to call us to repentance and reconciliation with Him. It is not that He cannot bring to pass what He has promised in Christ’s return, but rather that, because of His great love, He has been patient with us.

The same message the Lord spoke to Israel, He speaks to all people today. In Ezekiel 33:11, the Lord, through His prophet Ezekiel, said:

Say to them, “As I live,” says the Lord God, “I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back (change your way of thinking) from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?”

All life is in God. He tells us to choose between life and death—choose life, that you and your descendants may live (Deuteronomy 30:19–20). This is not a passive idea of merely being alive, but an active and intentional decision to live according to the Word of God.

When you hear the message of the Cross (the Good News), God has set before you life and death, blessings and curses—and you must choose. We were all spiritually dead, separated from God, from whom all life flows. But when we heard the Good News of our Lord and Savior, we became spiritually alive in Christ Jesus, raised into newness of life.

God takes no pleasure in unredeemed humanity remaining spiritually dead. He would rather we turn from our wicked and unrighteous ways and come to repentance. Why should any of us die in our sins when He has provided a way—through His Son’s death, burial, and resurrection—to have life and life more abundantly? There is no reason for any of us to perish and remain separated from God.

1 Timothy 2:4 reminds us that God desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge and recognition of the divine Truth. The Truth is Jesus and Him crucified.

Once again, God’s love is clearly shown. He sent His Son, Jesus, to die for all of humanity. We were all predestined to be saved in the sense that Jesus died for all, yet each of us must still make a personal decision and choice. God loves us deeply, and it grieves His heart when someone hears the Good News and chooses to reject what He has lovingly offered.

Titus 2:11 states:

For the remarkable, undeserved grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all people.

It is the grace of God that has brought us Salvation through Jesus and Him crucified. We were saved from a life of sin, bondage, and guilt. There is now no condemnation for those who have accepted this precious gift, because Jesus paid our sin debt and defeated sin in His death on the Cross.

Jesus is the source of Salvation for all who believe and accept Him as Savior and Lord. Choose life.

As you have seen in the Word of God, He desires to save all and for all to come to repentance, for He takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked remaining spiritually dead and separated from Him, the source of life. We were all once wicked, unredeemed, and unrighteous, but we have made the decision to accept His love for us.

God loves us so much that He has delayed what will inevitably take place—Christ’s return (the Rapture and Resurrection of the Church). While God loves us and desires to save us, and while He longs for all to come to repentance, the final choice is left to each of us: to accept or to reject.

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