The Bible (God's only trustworthy
Word for the human race) tells us: All of us were born with a sin
nature. We inherited it from the sinful bloodline of Adam and Eve
– the first two created people - because of their disobedience (sin) to God.
Jesus Christ paid for everyone’s spiritual pardon come Judgment Day by taking their punishment
by dying a cruel death on the cross -- that means YOUR punishment. Jesus paid the ransom payment for your ETERNAL SPIRITUAL FORGIVENESS – YOUR
FREE PARDON FROM ETERNAL SPIRITUAL DEATH. Imagine being in a court
room, and the Judge has just sentenced you to death for the crime you committed.
Also imagine Jesus Christ being your lawyer. Jesus Christ says to the Judge (or
in other words, God the heavenly Father): “Your honor, I want to serve my
client’s sentence and pay the price for his/her wrong-doing by dying instead so
my client can go free from the crime he/she has committed.” Can you imagine someone doing such a thing for you?!
JESUS DID IT!
Of course you may be saying to yourself also at that
moment: I haven’t done anything to be sentenced to die! I’m being falsely
accused! “What have I supposedly DONE, God?!” Here’s your answer: God gave 10
commandments for people to keep in the Old Testament Bible. Anyone who breaks
just one of those commandments must be punished for breaking them against God.
Where does it say THAT?! It says that in Romans 6:23: For the wages
of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord. Have you ever lied? Lied
just one time? Everyone of us has lied at least once. Number 9 of the 10
commandments says: Thou shalt not lie (bear false witness).
You know what that makes us? A
disobedient sinning liar against God’s moral law – His 10 commandments.(Revelation 21:8 also tells us what God thinks of lying).
You just read above what God says about our disobedient sinning against Him by
breaking just ONE of His moral laws: The wages of doing so is DEATH.
Emotional - spiritual death. Total separation from God and agonizingly
suffering for our sins for all eternity -- totally void of any love, peace,
hope, joy or forgiveness from God ever again (otherwise known as hell).
BUT HERE IS THE GOOD
NEWS! We can receive forgiveness for all our disobedience against God the Father
and our sin against others RIGHT NOW and have certainty RIGHT NOW that on the Judgment Day, our sins
WON’T be held against us! HOW CAN THAT BE?! By asking Jesus Christ to forgive us
for our sins and trusting that He HAS forgiven us of them simply by our asking
and trusting! Jesus will do it! 1 John 1:8-9 says: If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
Thus if we make Jesus our personal Lord and
Savior … every time we sin – we have every right to ask Jesus Christ to forgive
us of our sin(s) – cleanse us as though we never sinned – so that when our heart
stops beating, we can be assured that we won’t have to suffer eternal damnation
for our sins.
Jesus Christ did what no other human being has ever done or ever
could do. He was the ONLY person on this planet who has never sinned. And because He never
sinned, He is the only acceptable sacrifice God the Father would accept to pay
ransom payment for each of our sins.
None of us know when our heart will stop beating, do we? Be HIGHLY encouraged to
make peace with God the Father through Jesus Christ this very moment. Pray and
tell Jesus you are sorry for your sins against God. Ask Him to save you from
your sins.
Daily put Him FIRST in everything you think,
say and do. As soon as possible, be water baptized, and ask Jesus to fill you with
the Holy Spirit so you can be empowered by the Holy Spirit to enjoy reading the
New Testament Bible (God's LATEST covenant Word to the human
race), and obey the commands God has recorded for followers of
Jesus Christ to obey (You will be rewarded for doing so!).
Join with other
Christian believers who can help answer the many questions you probably have,
and who will pray for and encourage you. Asking Jesus Christ to be your
personal Savior, and making Him Lord of your life is THE WISEST DECISION
YOU WILL EVER MAKE.
It will bring you eternal joyous rewards ...
and God will be so pleased that you have NOT wasted the eternal
purposes God has planned for you! God never created you to be a wasted
creation of His - never forget that - but it is up to
YOU to let Him work in your life - daily.
He won't force you. He
must always be invited. (Intimate relationship is never
sustained indefinitely with another person without effort; nor so with God. It
requires ACTIVE pursuit of
the most special person in your life. God desires YOUR active pursuit of
Him more than anything else in your life. He wants FIRST place -
never second. And in your so doing ...
NO ONE to
Him is more desirable than YOU! He so eagerly desires you
to come to that realization, dear one. He truly does. This life is your
starting point with your loving Creator that will last for
eternity.)
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