READ: ACTS 16:29-32
I read that when Betty Crocker first marketed cake mixes that required adding only water, they were a colossal failure. The company officials could not understand why the mix would not sell. After all, the mix only required adding water to achieve a creamy batter and a fine cake. They commissioned their research department to do a study to find out the answers to their dilemma. The result was found that the public felt uneasy about a mix that only required water. It was too easy. Consumers felt they had to do something to the cake mix, so the company changed the formula and required the cook to add an egg. Immediately, the mix was a great success.
Sometimes we want to make things more complicated than they really are. The Bible says, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” We think, surely there is more to it than that. Surely, we have to do some other good deeds or religious works. But those things have nothing to do with being saved from sin, death, and miserable living, they are by-products of a person who has experienced the saving grace of Jesus in their life. “Lord, Jesus Christ, I trust you as my Savior and my Lord.” It is as simple as that. Have you made that profession of faith?
I read that when Betty Crocker first marketed cake mixes that required adding only water, they were a colossal failure. The company officials could not understand why the mix would not sell. After all, the mix only required adding water to achieve a creamy batter and a fine cake. They commissioned their research department to do a study to find out the answers to their dilemma. The result was found that the public felt uneasy about a mix that only required water. It was too easy. Consumers felt they had to do something to the cake mix, so the company changed the formula and required the cook to add an egg. Immediately, the mix was a great success.
Sometimes we want to make things more complicated than they really are. The Bible says, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” We think, surely there is more to it than that. Surely, we have to do some other good deeds or religious works. But those things have nothing to do with being saved from sin, death, and miserable living, they are by-products of a person who has experienced the saving grace of Jesus in their life. “Lord, Jesus Christ, I trust you as my Savior and my Lord.” It is as simple as that. Have you made that profession of faith?
– Dr. Tim Thompson