"Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved
us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins."
1 John 4:10
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
Please take a moment to consider the love of God which is
manifested in the person of His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
God sent His Son into the world to be your Saviour from
sin. God gave His Son to die upon the Cross and to shed
His blood that you need not perish. God offers you forgiveness
of sins and everlasting life through His Son. "Christ
died for our sins according to the scriptures ... He was
buried and ... He rose again the third day according to
the scriptures."
(1 Corinthians 15:3-4) The resurrection of Christ is proof
that God is fully satisfied with the work His Son has done,
and now He can "be just, and the justifier of him
which believeth in Jesus." (Romans 3:26)
Herein is love! But many choose not to receive God's love,
and reject His gift of everlasting life through faith in
Jesus Christ. Yet apart from the life which God offers
you in His Son, you are dead in trespasses and sins and
shall die, for "all have sinned" and the "wages
of sin is death." (Romans 3:23; 6:23) For the same
God who says, "he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life," also says that "he that believeth not
the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him." (John 3:36)
Be not deceived. You do not earn salvation by "good" conduct,
membership in any organization, adherence to any creed,
or by any ritual or sacrament. Salvation is a free gift
of God which you receive through personal faith in His
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 2:8,9) Jesus Christ
is "the way, the truth, and the life." (John
14:6) No one comes to God but by Him. No one knows the
truth apart from Him. No one has life except through Him.
Won't you believe this in your heart and call upon the
Lord Jesus to save you? For "if thou shalt confess
with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine
heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt
be saved." (Romans 10:9)
God in His love and grace offers you salvation from sin
and death. Your response to God determines whether you
will spend eternity in heaven or in hell. Have you believed
God and received His love through faith in Jesus Christ?
If not, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and receive Him
as your Saviour, and you shall be saved from sin and death
and have everlasting life.
by Stephen Ross |
