Prepare to Meet Your God
Basilea Schlink teaches that true preparation to meet God involves embracing His holiness, confessing sin, and accepting the cleansing power of Jesus' blood.
In this devotional sermon, Basilea Schlink explores the profound reality of God's holiness and the necessity of preparing to meet Him. Through a vivid vision and biblical truths, she reveals how sin is repelled by God's light and how only through the blood of Jesus can believers be made holy. Schlink calls listeners to confront their sin, embrace God's grace, and live in readiness for the eternal encounter with their Creator.
Full Transcript
God lives and works today, but who experiences this joyful reality? Whoever is prepared to meet the Lord and who doesn't spend his life running away? Today's meditation by Vasiliya Shling tells us what it means to be prepared. God once gave a vision to the famous missionary Sadhusundara Singh from India. He saw a man in hell who was beside himself over the horror and pain he was suffering.
He cried out in rage, how can God be a God of love if he created such a place of darkness and anguish? God sent one of his angels to the man bearing the message, heaven is open for everyone. You are welcome to come if you want. And so the angel led the man out of darkness and hell to the edge of the heavenly world.
This heavenly world, however, was so completely filled with light and the holiness of God that the man was repelled as if by a bolt of lightning. God didn't have to condemn the man to hell. Of his own accord, the man reeled back into the deepest abyss.
Why? Light repels darkness. Sin cannot stand before the holiness of God. For this reason, it is the greatest grace when we allow the holiness of God to come into our lives here on earth, when we let ourselves be convicted of our sins and chastened by his light.
To a large extent, we people spend our lives running away from God. But we can't ever escape his holiness. According to Psalm 139, even if we flee to the outermost parts of the sea, God's holy eyes will still find us.
And one day our lives will be revealed before his judgment seat. When we must stand before the holiness of God, we need one thing, the blood of Jesus Christ. It is the blood of the Lamb, the blood which was shed to take away our sins.
However, only the person who first comes into contact with the holiness of God, who brings his sin to light, and is chastened by the light, can lay claim to this blood. That person will hurry to the arms of Jesus and will call upon his blood. He will be made holy through the blood of the Lamb, so that one day he can meet God and not be repelled.
And that person will enter into the kingdom of God, into eternal joy. You have been listening to a program written by Basilea Schlink of the Little Land of Canaan. To learn more about how God lives and works today, visit us at our website www.canaan.org. That's K-A-N-A-A-N.org. If you contact us, we would be happy to send you a free inspirational booklet.
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Sermon Outline
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- God’s holiness repels sin and darkness
- The vision of a man in hell illustrates the reality of judgment
- Light exposes sin and calls for repentance
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- No one can escape God’s holy presence (Psalm 139)
- The necessity of confronting sin before God’s holiness
- The role of conviction and chastening by God’s light
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- The blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from sin
- Only those who accept God’s holiness and repent can claim this blood
- Preparation to meet God means being made holy through Jesus
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- The promise of entering God’s kingdom and eternal joy
- The urgency of responding to God’s call today
- Living in readiness to meet God
Key Quotes
“Light repels darkness. Sin cannot stand before the holiness of God.” — Basilea Schlink
“Only the person who first comes into contact with the holiness of God, who brings his sin to light, and is chastened by the light, can lay claim to this blood.” — Basilea Schlink
“God didn’t have to condemn the man to hell. Of his own accord, the man reeled back into the deepest abyss.” — Basilea Schlink
Application Points
- Regularly examine your life in the light of God’s holiness and confess any sin.
- Accept Jesus’ sacrifice as the only way to be made holy and prepared to meet God.
- Live each day with the awareness that you will one day stand before God’s judgment seat.