Salvation like a prostate exam.

“Prostate Cancer? A Blood Test Will Tell You.”

What a amazingly shocking and descriptive ad. This ad with one image portrays not only a fear, but a solution. The fear is one every man has, part of a doctors hand going up his butt, not fun sounding at all. The solution is that all you need now is your arm, just take some blood. One is a easy procedure that is non-invasive. And the other is a terrifying one that will make life very uncomfortable. So what one will you choose?

What will you choose for salvation?

When I saw this add the first thing that came to me was salvation. There are two ways we try and gain salvation. One is very simple, and takes no toll on us, we believe in the work of Christ. That is it, nothing is added do this. The other is a hard road that none can finish, we try and earn God’s love. We work and toil day after day trying to make our father love us with our so called “good deeds”. We will never earn God’s love by our own accord.

So why do we fight this? Why do we all tend to have a doctor put his hand up our butt and feel around, rather than just give blood? Why do we work to earn favor, rather then trust the one true God to save us? I would much rather give blood.

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. —Ephesians 2:8-9

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