Salvation Call – God’s Love

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” – John 3:16.  God created you and He loves you very much.  “God is love.” – 1 John 4:16  “But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.” – Psalm 86:15.  “How priceless is Your unfailing love.” – Psalm 36:7 – David to the Lord.  He gave us life and deserves our gratitude and love. 

We, however, have chosen to disobey Him and sin against Him; all of us have done wrong and failed to do what is right.  Romans 3:23 – “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”  We may not be more sinful than our neighbor, or we may be far worse than anyone we know, it does not matter.  Either way, we are guilty before God.  1 John 1:8 – “If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.”

God is perfect, completely good, always right and fair. He cannot tolerate sin.  He cannot simply overlook the fact that we have chosen to disobey Him.  This means that the fair payment for our rebellion against God is death.  It is the punishment that we deserve.  The Bible says, Romans 6:23 – “The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Jesus, the one and only Son of God, came to earth and lived a perfect, sinless life.  He was crucified even though He was completely innocent.  He received the punishment that we deserved.  He was the perfect sacrifice, He was put into our place and took on Himself the sentence of death that should have been ours (Romans 5:8).

Jesus did not, however, remain dead.  After three days, He rose from the grave and later ascended into heaven.  He will return for all those who are trusting in Him as their Savior.

Jesus died for you.  You can be saved by asking Him for forgiveness from your sins.  If you are willing to repent of your sin, He is waiting to forgive you.  It doesn’t matter whatlove you have done in the past, if you cry out to Jesus for forgiveness, He will not reject you.  The word “repent” literally means “to turn away from.”  You need to look at your life, admit that you are a sinner, genuinely desire to turn your back on that sin, and ask Him to forgive you. If you do this, He promises to forgive you.

Jesus is everywhere all the time.  He can hear you now if you ask Him for forgiveness.  Please turn your life over to Him now.  Time slips by so quickly, don’t miss this opportunity.  If you want to pray and ask Jesus to be your Savior, you can say a prayer something like this:

“Jesus, I know that I have sinned against you.  I know the truth is that I have sinned by my own choice, and I am the one responsible for it.  I know that I have earned punishment from You, and that the fair punishment would be death.  Jesus, I believe that You died in my place.  Forgive me for my sin.  I cannot cover or take my sin away, I am relying totally and only on You.  You are the only one who can save me.  I reject my sin, I turn away from it, I repent.  Come into my life, take away my sin, and show me how to live my life in a way that is right and pleasing to You.  I now confess and receive you Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour.”

If you have prayed this prayer, sincerely from your heart, you are saved!  You are now completely forgiven, a new creation, innocent in the eyes of God.  Welcome to the family of God!

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It is important for you to start to grow in your relationship with Jesus.   Just like any relationship, you need to spend time with someone if you want to know them well.  The way to know God is through the Bible.  It’s also important to find a church you can attend where they teach the Bible.  This will allow you to talk with a pastor who will help explain questions you might have, and it will give you a chance to spend time with other Christians who can encourage you.

“And to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God.” – Ephesians 3:19

 

“Behold, I stand at the door loveand knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me.” – Revelation 3:20

Accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your savior now.

God bless you!

 

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