2 Corinthians 6:1-10 – Now Is The Day of Salvation
God freely offers grace to sinners, and He commands all men everywhere to repent. He promises to be gracious, to forgive the sins of all those who turn to Him in faith and repentance. How great is the tragedy then when a man spurns that free offer of grace, the offer of reconciliation in the Son, and he thinks for whatever reason “Oh, I’ll do it tomorrow. I don’t really want to change the fun I’m having now. I don’t really think that I’m all that bad off. I don’t think that Jesus Christ is so necessary.” God has appointed an acceptable day of salvation in Jesus Christ. And with that appointed, accepted time is the warning not to let that free offer go by.
Paul urges the Corinthians to not squander the gracious offer of God. God is the one who saves, and Paul teaches that over and over again. And he proclaims it with boldness, and not only boldness, but with urgency. They had heard of God’s grace, and so Paul urged them not to turn aside from that message, and he does so with great conviction. This isn’t some sort of dry doctrine that Paul is trying to communicate. This has eternal consequences. This is nothing less than the gospel of life and death.
In His sovereign grace, God uses you as the church to proclaim the gospel, and thereby through His grace to save sinners. That great responsibility should be undertaken with zeal. We’re compelled by the love of Christ, and so speak of His salvation. We reason with them. We answer their questions. We turn them over again and again to Jesus Christ – to the message that God saves sinners through faith in Jesus. And we do so with passion, knowing that we ourselves have experienced that change, and that is the only way that they may be delivered from death.
If there is an accepted day of grace, then God has ordained that the free offer of the Gospel would go out, but to spurn that free offer and to say, I’ll take care of it some other day, then you need to hear that God warns as well that those who spurn His gracious offer, that there is also a day that that offer may not be extended. Do not turn aside from the grace of Jesus Christ.
Question
- Why is the call to believe so urgent?
Prayer Points
- Pray for the salvation of family and friends.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.