“If You Like Your Salvation, You Can Keep
It!”
I admit it. I am a Fox news
junkie. I watch most every evening. I watch other news too. My wife and kids think I have a problem, but
I attest that I just like to stay up on current events. Staying “current” is important in life, and also
in ministry.
Lately most of the airtime on the news
networks has been dedicated to coverage of the failures of the Affordable Care
Act, or “Obama Care” as it has been called by many. Let me say this, this article is not a
political rant against or for Obama Care.
A wise elder once cautioned me that it would be wise for me to abstain
from political dialog as much as possible, and for the most part I have taken
his advice! For the record I do find a few details of the law very beneficial
for some, especially poor people, but consider the law as a whole to be bad for
the country. What prompted me to write
this article was the “If you like your current plan, you can keep it” promise
that seems to have been (notice I said seems) a fabrication by the President,
someone we are supposed to be able to trust.
My family had Farm Bureau health insurance. When the lady sold it to me, she said, “This plan
will not meet the specifications of the ACA when it goes into effect”. I said “that is alright, the President said I
could keep my plan if I like it.” She
said, “No you won’t.” and it turns out, she was right. Some health plans have been labeled as “bad”
or “insufficient” therefore they have been cancelled under the law.
I, along with many that I have seen
on television and that I have spoken with personally are perplexed, even
saddened by this reality. I trusted the
president. Personally, I contribute the
perils that are befalling the good ole’ USA to the lack of will to abide by the
Biblical principles on which our great country was founded (Ps. 33:12), but
that is another article.
I say all of this to make one
point. Our God, Our Creator, Our Sustainer
has created in Jesus Christ a plan
for mankind, who fell away from His Glory through sin (Gen. 3; Romans 3:23) to
be reconciled to Him. And the Truth is that God’s plan will never be taken away
from us. As long as the earth shall be,
there is hope for mankind to be saved. And
you can keep you salvation, too. If man obeys the Gospel (Romans 6:17; Mark
16:15-16) and remains faithful (Rev. 2:10) we can never be “canceled” from
salvation (John 10:28-29).
By the way, some plans for salvation
that have been created by man, not God, are ‘bad’ or ‘insufficient’ plans. That too is another article.
Have you obeyed the Gospel of
Christ? If so, keep your plan! Stay
faithful! If not, log on to His Word
today and trust in Him with your spiritual health, which, in the long run, is
way more important than your physical health.
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