It has been my goal of building this blogsite not only to share knowledge, but also to share a secret of a truly successful human being. I believe that to become successful, you do not need to have a lot of money, you do not need to become famous, you do not need to have a lot of knowledge, but what you need is to have a close relationship to the one who loved us so much – and that is God.
If God will be talking to you now, He’ll tell you, “I love you and there’s nothing you can do about it!”
I love you and there’s nothing you can do about it...
It resounds on every air that you breathe, every food that you eat, and every water or beverage that you drink.
He loves you.
He is always there, he always cares.
He loves you.
He is always ready to listen to every prayer that you utter.
He loves you.
He has the heart that can make a universe. He made the stars to adorn your night, the sun to light up your day, the moon to provide you with the serenity of the night and most importantly, the earth to provide you with a shelter.
He loves you.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish but have everlasting life” John 3:16
If sin did not come upon the earth, the world could have been a place where there is no violence, no sickness, no injustice - but these are all the consequences of sin.
In Romans 5:12, “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned”. You recall that one man brought sin into the world. You will also remember that this man was Adam in the garden of Eden. God made Adam and Eve. He put them in the garden. He told them that they could eat of every tree in the garden but one, and if and when they ate of that tree, they would die.
And they did eat from that tree. When they did, they were separated from God. They died spiritually, and they became sinners. So, when they had children, their children were sinners, and their children were sinners, and their children were sinners-until finally, one day you were born, and the Bible says that you were born in sin. Though you were not accountable for it until you realized that you were a sinner, you were born going away from God. You are still going away from God; hence, you are a child of Adam.
Now, would you look at and read Romans 6:23, `For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord'?
God, in order to be a just God, must make us pay for our sins. God has said that you will not get by with sin-so, God must make us pay for sin. The price on sin is death. This death is a spiritual death which culminates in the second death, mentioned in Revelation 21:8 and Revelation 20:14, which is the Lake of Fire. Therefore, the ultimate price that man must pay for his sins is to suffer in the Lake of Fire-or to go to hell.
I am happy to tell you that God does not want us to go to hell. God loves you as you love your children. Just as you would make a way to save any wayward children of yours, even so God has made a plan to save you. Here is His plan. Please read Romans 5:8, `But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.' God looked down and saw that we were a sinner, and saw that we were going to hell. He did not want us to go to hell, so He came to earth in the form of a Man. His name was Jesus Christ. For thirty-three years He lived upon the earth-not once did He sin. Now, if Jesus had sinned once, and the price of sin finally is the Lake of Fire, where would Jesus have had to go when He died?". The answer is "To the Lake of Fire.". But He did not sin, did He?"
He was perfect. Not once did He have an evil thought, not once did He say a nasty word, not once did He drink a bottle of beer, not once did He do anything that was contrary to His Father's will. But on the Cross of Calvary Jesus Christ suffered spiritual separation from God, or the same thing that the sinner must suffer in hell. If He was not suffering it for His own sins, then He must have been suffering for someone else's sins. Do you have any idea for whom He was suffering?"
He was suffering for you and me.
If He was suffering for you and me, He was paying our debt.
If I went to the bank today, and paid off all of your debts at the bank, they would send a representative out to tell you about my payment. You would have one of two choices. You could say, `No, I will not accept his payment; I will pay my own debts.' If that were your answer, even though I had paid the price, you would still be in debt. However, on the other hand, you could say, `Of course, I will accept payment. I will receive the gift that you gave me.' That moment you would be free of debt. That moment the bank would wipe your debts completely clean. Now, you are in debt to God. You have sinned. Your record is in heaven. Jesus Christ went to the bank of heaven, as it were, and paid the full payment for all of your debts. He has paid for all of your sins. He sent me as His representative today to tell you about this. You can say one of two things: You can say, `No, I will pay my own debts. I will go to hell for myself.' Or, you can say, `Of course, I will accept a Saviour like that. I will accept His gift of eternal life, and receive Him as my Saviour.' That moment, you become a child of God, by receiving Christ as a Substitute for your sin, and taking Him in your heart as your Saviour.
Now, let us sum up what we have said. Do you realize that you are a sinner?
Do you realize that if you died today you would go to hell? Do you realize that Jesus died in your place, and suffered spiritual separation from God in your place?
Do you realize that if you were to pray now, and seek God's forgiveness and take Christ as your Saviour today, by faith, God would make you His child?
We could we just bow our heads and hearts in prayer, and let me pray for you? While I pray you can consider giving your heart to the Lord Jesus.
With our heads bowed, wouldn't you like to ask God to forgive your sins right now? Tell Him that you are sorry for your sins, tell Him you want to receive Christ as your Saviour now. You may pray on this manner.
"Heavenly Father, have mercy on me, a sinner. I believe in you and that your word is true. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that he died on the cross so that I may now have forgiveness for my sins and eternal life. I know that without you in my heart my life is meaningless.
I believe in my heart that you, Lord God, raised Him from the dead. Please Jesus forgive me, for every sin I have ever committed or done in my heart, please Lord Jesus forgive me and come into my heart as my personal Lord and Savior today. I need you to be my Father and my friend.
I give you my life and ask you to take full control from this moment on; I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ."
Amen.
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