Daily Devotion

 With Pastor Ancel Presnell

“THE UNIVERSAL CALL TO ALL WHO CALL”

My pastor used to say in his sermons— “All means ALL!” I can still hear his voice in my head every time I read the word all in the Bible, especially when it involves salvation. One of the beauties of the Gospel is the universal call to all. The good news is not available to just a select few based on some exterior factor; the gospel is a call to all who call upon His name.

God makes no distinction in humanity (Romans 2:11). This is so wonderful, because there are so many distinctions that we as humans make when considering others. We make distinctions on nationality, social class, ethnicity, gender, etc. God makes no distinctions within humanity concerning salvation. Every human ever born or ever will be born is a fellow image bearer of God (Genesis 1:27).

Justification with God is the same for the black and brown man as it is for the white man. Whether American, Jewish, African European, or any other person from any of our seven continents, salvation is for all and the same for all! It is by grace through faith in Christ alone that we are saved!

It takes the greatest price in all of creation for man to be made right with God. This price cannot be paid by any man, nor can it be paid by all men pooling all their riches together. The cost for man’s redemption and justification with God is priceless; how then can we be made right with God? The Lord is rich unto all who call upon His name. This means that He has exactly what it takes to save us from our sin. The good news that Christ came, lived, and died for our sins and arose from the dead calls us to repentance and belief upon Him. That call is to all, and all who call upon Him, His blood payment for our souls is satisfactory to redeem us and pardon us with God! Praise God for the universal call to all!

Romans 10:12—” for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.”