Romans 14: 11 – 12 It is written:  “As surely as I live’ says the Lord, ‘every knee will bow before me; and every tongue will acknowledge God.’”  So then, each of us will give an account of himself to God.

This is the word of the Lord. It is a restatement of Isaiah 45:23. In verse 22 of the same chapter, the Lord pleads:  “Turn to me and be saved all you ends of the earth; for I am God and there is no other.” In other words God rules, always has and always will. His love for mankind is so great that he desires us to experience his love rather than his anger. And so he has made provision to redeem us by pouring out his anger against sin on his only Son Jesus on the cross.

While we are still alive we have the opportunity to cry out for forgiveness and bow to the Lordship of Christ. I will keep on repeating this message in my blogs because God loves you so much, I want to be sure you know that. Hebrews 9: 27 – 28 reminds us that: “Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.” He keeps his promises!

“I am the Lord God Almighty. My Word is my bond. Nothing that is written shall fail to be fulfilled. It is now the time of my grace when men can bow to me because they can now experience my love instead of my wrath. But the time will come and shortly when grace will cease and my wrath will be poured out. I am the Almighty God and at that time there will be no negotiating with me.”