Nothing is quite so precious as the new born baby. Proud, loving parents care for the infant protecting it from anyone or anything that might try to harm it. In their eyes that little gift from God is perfect and innocent, although helpless and totally dependent. Innocent? Yes, but not for long. For a seed of evil lay dormant in each tiny soul. The tiny babe has become a harbinger of the evil that is unassumingly hidden until the day that the father of lies summons that seed to awaken, to germinate, and to grow. Then out of a selfish heart the curse of the forbidden tree is revealed as the vile fruit is produced damning that soul to an eternal hell.
The deceiver and his demons are pleased at the peril of that precious child knowing that it will suffer from physical, psychological and emotional pain until death brings an end to its life on this earth. This sinister dragon and his evil counter parts will do all they can to see that these little ones will die the second death as well as the first so that the curse will be on them for eternity. But the power of the enemy, the destroyer of life, of all that is good and of what has been planned by God for this precious one is limited by a Savior.
In Jesus Christ a new seed is planted into the willing, believing heart of even the most vile of all sinners. The one who was once himself an innocent baby, who had tilled Satan’s fields, can be saved. That one who knew no hope is to find hope in the One whose desire is that no soul should perish. The promise of forgiveness to the repentant soul is a present reality for all who trust in the redeeming work of the sacrificial Lamb of God. The gift of a loving God's saving grace is given to those who wish to be completely innocent in the Father's eyes. The seed of evil is destroyed, and the chains of Satan’s bondage are broken forever. Those who have been saved are free. Free from evil, free from bondage, free from Satan and free from hell. Those who know Jesus as Savior are free to be like him, free to love the way He loves, and free to enjoy the Heavenly Father’s inheritance even now. The follower of Christ does not have to wait for his return to experience the joy of heaven.
Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1:8-9
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