The Class Action Lawsuit

My Heart Is On Fire by Doug Apple - a short Christian devotional to open the Scriptures and make your heart burn within you!

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I’m Doug Apple...and my heart is on fire. (Luke 24:32)

Have you ever heard of mesothelioma?

Most likely you’ve heard of it from the class action lawsuit ads on television.

The ads are run by lawyers who want you to sign up for the class action lawsuit, IF you are one of the people negatively affected by the defendant.

If you answer the ad, sign onto the lawsuit and join the “class,” then you are in line for any benefits that come from winning the lawsuit.

But what happens if you don’t answer the ads? You don’t sign onto the lawsuit. You never join the class. No one even knows that you, too, were a victim of the defendant. What will you get if they win the lawsuit?

Nothing. You didn’t join the class, so you don’t get the benefits of being in the class.

Sometimes I think of salvation this way. It’s like Jesus has already won the case and is paying out benefits to anyone who joins the class.

He has put out the call far and wide, all over the world, come and join the class! The price has been paid, the case has been won, benefits are already being paid out by the truckload, just come and join the class!

And millions of us have already done it. We were damaged by sin. We got the raw deal. It was a rip off. Then we heard about this offer from Jesus. “Come to Me,” He said. “I will take care of that sin problem. I will forgive you. I will wash you clean and make you whole. I will restore your soul, and your relationship with the Heavenly Father. Then I will give you My Spirit to fill you and walk with you for the rest of your life here. And then I will take you home to heaven to be with Me forever.”

Those are the benefits of this class action! All we have to do is sign on.

How do you sign on? Tell God you want to. Say, “God, I’m in. I want in on this deal. Please forgive my sins and wash me clean. Make me new and whole. Make me that new creation You talk about. I’m sorry. I repent. I’m ready to leave sin behind and come to You. Sign me up for this class!”

Then you’re in!

But what if you don’t? What if you never do? What if you never turn to God like that?

Then you’re not in. You’re not in the class. You can’t get the benefits of the case if you don’t sign onto the class.

There’s almost nothing sadder than finding out there was a huge payout in a class action lawsuit that you should have been a part of, but you weren’t, simply because you didn’t make the effort to sign on.

So…sign on today! Turn to God and say, “Here I am! I want in!” Like the old song says, “Just as I am, without one plea, but that Thy blood was shed for me…O Lamb of God I come.”

But keep this in mind: like all class actions…this is a limited time offer.

May God bless you today.

I’m Doug Apple.