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A Special Message From Pastor Bob |
5 Facts That Will Change Your Life
There
is nothing you can do to make God love you.
God
already loves you. He has always
loved you even though you may not have known.
You see, each of us is a special unique person created in the image and
likeness of God, and deeply loved. This
love compelled God to send His Son, Jesus, to rescue us from our sins.
The Bible speaks clearly of His Love.
But
God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
For
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
God
proved his love by paying the ultimate price (death) to rescue us from our sins
while we were still living outside of His love.
Perhaps this illustration will say it better.
Imagine a young teen that chooses to leave home against his parent’s better judgment and sets out on his own. His decision to live outside of his parent’s guidance and love has cut him off from the benefits of that loving relationship. Surely his parents love him, but he has severed ties and moved away. To regain what was lost he must humble himself and return home. So it is with God’s love. If we want to experience God’s love, we must humble ourselves and return to Him.
God
wants to help you!
Jesus
purpose in coming to earth was not to condemn or punish us, but to make a way for us to
return to God’s abundant love. The
following verses make my point.
For
God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the
world through him. (John 3:17)
I
am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
(John 10:10)
God
wants to help you because he loves you. When
you truly understand the depth of His love, and that He really cares about you,
you will love him back. This is
what the Apostle John had in mind when he wrote: “We
love him, because he first loved us.”
(I John 4:19). If we resist or
reject His loving help, we will remain outside of his loving care.
Jesus is speaking
in the following verse. Consider the underlined words carefully.
The
Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel
to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty
them that are bruised, to preach the
acceptable year of the Lord. (Luke
4:18)
As
you can see form Jesus own words, He has come to help you!
God
promises to forgive your sins, and remember them no more.
It
is an indisputable fact that we are all sinners.
The penalty for sin is eternal separation from God.
This presents a dilemma because we are unable to stop sinning.
To remedy this Jesus volunteered to take upon himself the full and
complete punishment for our sins.
God
made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God.
(Romans 5:21)
The
total forgiveness of sins past, present, and future is just one of the awesome
benefits of living inside the love of God.
Because Jesus accepted full responsibility for our sins and paid the
penalty, God promised to wipe the slate clean. God
even promised to go a step further and to never hold our sins against us.
For
all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus (Romans
3:23-24)
Blessed
is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.” (Romans 4:8)
The
removal of sin form your life is free, but not automatic.
You must turn to God.
Repent,
then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of
refreshing may come from the Lord, (Acts 3:19)
As
you can see, God truly wants to forgive your sins, but you must first turn to Him.
Remember, God loves you and only wants what is best for you.
God
desires for you to have a personal relationship with Him.
Many
people have had an experience with God, but a personal relationship is quite
different. It’s not a onetime experience, but a life long
relationship. The whole idea of
turning to God in repentance is to begin a new relationship with Christ.
God wants to be close to you. He
loves you. He won’t hurt you, or make your life miserable.
Just ask anyone who has a real relationship with God, and they speak of
the joy, peace, strength, comfort, wisdom, and love that is part of a real
relationship with Christ.
My
sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. (John 10:27)
Where
does NEW life begin?
Life
begins with real faith. Not faith
in the unknown, but faith in a person and his word.
That person is the Lord Jesus Christ.
He is God's answer to man's condition.
If
you are serious about wanting to know God and receive a "New Life,"
please read the following scriptures. If
you do what they say, you can receive a new life in Christ.
The Apostle Paul is writing to the church at Rome and talking about
Jesus. He explains what needs to
take place in your heart and mind in order to be “born again.”
But
what does it say?
The
word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is, the word of
faith we are proclaiming: That if you
confess with your mouth,
‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe
in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart
that you believe and are justified,
and it is with
your mouth that you confess and are saved.
As the Scripture says, ‘Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to
shame.’ For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of
all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, everyone
who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
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Pray This Prayer if You
Are Serious. Lord Jesus, I realize I am a sinner and need your love and forgiveness. I believe you died on the cross for my sins so I could receive a new life. Right now I ask you to come into my heart and be my Savior and Lord. I want a real relationship with you. By faith I confess you as my Lord and Savior, and commit my life to you. Father God, I love you and thank you for my salvation in Christ. Amen! |
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