THE ULTIMATE POWER

High Voltage Electrocution
We all enjoy the benefits of electricity; it lights our world and powers our houses and devices.  Though we depend on electricity, we learn from an early age that high voltage can kill.  If you touch an exposed live wire, you will be zapped – it makes no difference whether you are a boy or girl, young or old, good or bad.

God is the Ultimate Power – He is the Energiser behind all other power sources – He created and upholds the universe and all the laws of science and nature.  We enjoy the benefits of God’s power daily, but while we live on earth God gracefully insulates us from His potent essence.

Though God is infinite, people often ascribe human characteristics to Him and then condemn Him on that basis.  They say things like: ‘If God is good and loving, how can He sentence people to Hell for not accepting Him?’  We must remember our infinite God is beyond our understanding; to judge Him on human standards would be wrong. 

When we die, we come face to face with God and the Bible states, His perfection is not compatible with sin or human righteousness.  If we are not ‘fully insulated’ when we come face to face with Him, God’s essence must cast us from His presence. 

We may say, ‘Well, I don’t want to be in God’s presence if He is like that!’  But remember, Hell, for lack of a better word, is the very place where God’s comfort and provisions are not present.

God is as He is – He cannot compromise or change or He would cease to be the Binding Energy of the universe.  Like electricity, if we want the benefits we must acknowledge the dangers.  The Bible warns us, from Old to New Testament, if we are not ‘fully insulated’ in His presence, we will be judged and condemned.  We may meekly say, ‘But I’m a relatively good person’; however, that is like being relatively insulated when we touch a high voltage electrical wire. 

God wants us all to enjoy the benefits of His infinite power for eternity.  Yet the Bible clearly says, we are all sinners and have fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).  To insulate ourselves from being cast out of His presence, God (through Jesus Christ) died on the cross to pay for our transgressions.  (Philippians 2:5-8)

The choice is up to us; we either accept or reject the work done by Jesus Christ on our behalf.  Only by accepting Him as Saviour are we ‘fully insulated’ when come into personal contact with the Ultimate Power of the universe.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  Romans 6:23