God knit you.
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
Psalm 139:13-16.
A while ago I heard a group of so called Christians attacking the LGBT community. It frankly upset me. While these people may have been Christians by the slimmest of margins they were way off base in what they were saying.
As it seems usual with people like this they held homosexuality up as some “special sin”. It’s a lot of garbage. It proved to me these people lacked understanding. And they definitely were not following the teachings of Jesus to love God, your neighbour and even your enemy.
No one knows what goes on in the heart and mind of an individual. No one truly knows what makes a person who they are. Only God knows that. The Psalmist wrote,
“For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”
Psalm 139:13-16.
When I hear any Christian attacking anyone it angers me. It reminds me of the story in the Gospel of John chapter eight of the women caught in adultery. These men were being hypercritical in bringing this woman before Jesus because they had sin in their life. Jesus said to them.
“If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.”
John 8:7b.
The apostle Paul writing to Christians states,
“What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
1 Corinthians 5:12.
Sadly many claiming to be Christians do judge those outside the church and as such turn them away from God.
The apostle Paul tells us Salvation is not through works but by the grace of God. He states,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8,9
Getting to heaven is believing Jesus is all he said he is when he said,
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6
It is about making the right choice. A choice Jesus gave us when he said,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”.
John 3:16-18.
Salvation is an act of faith on the part of the individual. Believing Jesus is the one and only Son of God the saviour of mankind. It is a decision between the individual and God.
Do you believe this?
Please think about it.
Showing posts with label Salvation and you. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salvation and you. Show all posts
Friday, 23 October 2015
Friday, 14 August 2015
Mary's Song
Mary’s Song
“And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.
His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; He has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers.”
Luke 1:46-55.
The Song of Mary or the Magnificat is Mary the mother of Christ singing the praises of God because she had been chosen to give birth to God’s anointed.
Mary did not know it at the time but a lot of things would transpire in her life and in the life of the child she was to bear.
At a young age probably when Jesus was around the age of two she and her husband Joseph had to flee with their infant son to Egypt to protect him.
She would watch her son grow to manhood. She would see him become a teacher of the word of God. She would see his fame grow and his enemies plot against him.
And she would see him beaten and placed on a Roman cross to die a horrible death.
Mary however would witness that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. She would witness that he rose from the grave conquering death, walk on this earth again briefly before ascending to heaven to sit at the right hand of God.
Mary if you will was probably the first Christian. She witnessed and believed all that Christians today believe.
She believed the words of her son when he said,
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6.
Mary would have believed the words of John who wrote,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men...
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:1-4,14.
She would have believed because through her God Himself entered into His creation. She had no doubt about that.
She would have also believed the words of her Son who said,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”.
John 3:16-18.
The question is do you?
Please think about it.
“And Mary said: “My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me— holy is his name.
His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.
He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; He has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.
He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.
He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.
He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers.”
Luke 1:46-55.
The Song of Mary or the Magnificat is Mary the mother of Christ singing the praises of God because she had been chosen to give birth to God’s anointed.
Mary did not know it at the time but a lot of things would transpire in her life and in the life of the child she was to bear.
At a young age probably when Jesus was around the age of two she and her husband Joseph had to flee with their infant son to Egypt to protect him.
She would watch her son grow to manhood. She would see him become a teacher of the word of God. She would see his fame grow and his enemies plot against him.
And she would see him beaten and placed on a Roman cross to die a horrible death.
Mary however would witness that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. She would witness that he rose from the grave conquering death, walk on this earth again briefly before ascending to heaven to sit at the right hand of God.
Mary if you will was probably the first Christian. She witnessed and believed all that Christians today believe.
She believed the words of her son when he said,
“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6.
Mary would have believed the words of John who wrote,
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning.
Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
In him was life, and that life was the light of men...
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:1-4,14.
She would have believed because through her God Himself entered into His creation. She had no doubt about that.
She would have also believed the words of her Son who said,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”.
John 3:16-18.
The question is do you?
Please think about it.
Saturday, 25 July 2015
It may seem odd but its true
It may seem odd but its true
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:1-4, 11-14.
Here is a claim Christians make if not true makes no difference at all. The “Word”, Jesus became flesh, God in the form of Jesus came into this world. If true however it gives a lot of people something to think about.
I as a Christian believe that He came to experience what it is like to be human. So that no man or woman could stand before Him on judgement day and say “you do not understand what it is like to be human.”
In coming to the world Jesus knows everything it is to be human.
He grew up in an average family. Most likely religious, because his mothers cousin was the wife of a priest and gave birth to John the Baptist. It is also recorded when he was in his early teens he went up to the Jerusalem with his parents and was found sitting with the learned men of his day discussing scripture.
He would have experienced the day to day things of life at that time. Everything from the sun and rain on his face. He most likely helped his earthly father work at his carpenters shop.
We know he attended a wedding. We know as an enfant his parents had to take him to Egypt so that he wouldn’t be killed. That strictly speaking makes him a political refugee.
Then on top of all of this when he spoke the truth from the scriptures religious leaders of his day disagreed with him. They seen him as a threat to their authority had him arrested placed before what amounted to a kangaroo court. An illegally convened court. Turned over to the occupying power Rome, where he was flogged. With the Roman governor ordering his execution for political expediency.
I believe in a just God and you can’t get any more just than the God who created heaven and earth entering his creation to experience what it is like to be human.
This God I worship is a God of Love who tells me why he came to earth. Why people should believe in Him and the consequences of unbelief when Jesus said,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."
John 3:16-18
Please think about it.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men....
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:1-4, 11-14.
Here is a claim Christians make if not true makes no difference at all. The “Word”, Jesus became flesh, God in the form of Jesus came into this world. If true however it gives a lot of people something to think about.
I as a Christian believe that He came to experience what it is like to be human. So that no man or woman could stand before Him on judgement day and say “you do not understand what it is like to be human.”
In coming to the world Jesus knows everything it is to be human.
He grew up in an average family. Most likely religious, because his mothers cousin was the wife of a priest and gave birth to John the Baptist. It is also recorded when he was in his early teens he went up to the Jerusalem with his parents and was found sitting with the learned men of his day discussing scripture.
He would have experienced the day to day things of life at that time. Everything from the sun and rain on his face. He most likely helped his earthly father work at his carpenters shop.
We know he attended a wedding. We know as an enfant his parents had to take him to Egypt so that he wouldn’t be killed. That strictly speaking makes him a political refugee.
Then on top of all of this when he spoke the truth from the scriptures religious leaders of his day disagreed with him. They seen him as a threat to their authority had him arrested placed before what amounted to a kangaroo court. An illegally convened court. Turned over to the occupying power Rome, where he was flogged. With the Roman governor ordering his execution for political expediency.
I believe in a just God and you can’t get any more just than the God who created heaven and earth entering his creation to experience what it is like to be human.
This God I worship is a God of Love who tells me why he came to earth. Why people should believe in Him and the consequences of unbelief when Jesus said,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."
John 3:16-18
Please think about it.
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Christians believe
Christians believe
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”
1John 1:9-10
For the most part people believe in an after life. They believe in a heaven and a hell. Most people however believe that if you live a good life, a life where the good outweighs the bad you’ll get to heaven. Christians don’t believe it’s quite that way.
While Christians believe you must do as much good in this life as you can we are still not perfect enough to stand before a Holy God.
Christians acknowledge that man makes mistakes big ones, and little ones. That no man is completely good. That even the best people has the potential to do evil things. That even the most evil of men have the potential to repent of their wrong doing.
C. S. Lewis said,
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
C.S. Lewis
Lewis also said,
“He (Jesus) died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
C.S. Lewis
The story of the crucifixion illustrates what I am saying. Luke records,
“One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence?
We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’”
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:39-43.
The condemned man admitted he was a sinner, that he had done wrong. He believed Jesus to be who he said he was, The Son of God and asked Jesus to simply remember him when He entered his Kingdom.
This is the message true Christians take to all the world.
If you think about it we are all condemned to die. We do not get out of this life alive. All of us will one day enter eternity. The question becomes however where will you spend eternity.
You can know today.
The following is what I as a Christian believe is the way to heaven I put it here for you to consider.
The way to heaven is I believe simple and open to anyone, and I mean anyone to follow.
It come down to who you think Jesus is, and what his purpose on this earth was for,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
John 3:16,17.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6
Paul writing to the Romans said,
“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.
Sinning is falling short of what God wants for you life. Sin separates us from God.
Isaiah telling us,
“All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.”
Isaiah 64:6
John noting,
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”
1 John 1:9,10.
Paul make it clear salvation is not something we can work for. Paul writing to the Ephesians stating,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8,9
Ultimately salvation is an act of faith, Hebrews stating,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”
Hebrews 11:6
Faith defined as,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
All anyone needs to do is to simply bow their heads in prayer acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind. Then admit that they are a sinner. That they fall short of what God wants for their life, and ask forgiveness for the wrongs however minor or major they are.
It can be a prayer as simple as this.
Dear Heavenly Father
I admit I am a sinner in need of your saving grace. I acknowledge Jesus as your One and Only Son, the Saviour of mankind.
Please forgive my sins and come into my life and heart today.
Amen.
If you believe what I have said. If you prayed the prayer in all sincerity then I would ask you to start reading the New Testament, praying as you do, asking God to show you the truths there in.
I would then suggest you find a good Bible believing church. I recommend Baptist churches in most of the world. In North America I also suggest an Assemblies of God Church in the United States and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Church in Canada. All are good solid bible believing churches.
Also don’t be afraid to ask to speak to the senior pastor and ask him or her questions about the bible and their faith. A good pastor will take the time to speak to you.
Please think about what I have said.
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”
1John 1:9-10
For the most part people believe in an after life. They believe in a heaven and a hell. Most people however believe that if you live a good life, a life where the good outweighs the bad you’ll get to heaven. Christians don’t believe it’s quite that way.
While Christians believe you must do as much good in this life as you can we are still not perfect enough to stand before a Holy God.
Christians acknowledge that man makes mistakes big ones, and little ones. That no man is completely good. That even the best people has the potential to do evil things. That even the most evil of men have the potential to repent of their wrong doing.
C. S. Lewis said,
“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”
C.S. Lewis
Lewis also said,
“He (Jesus) died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.”
C.S. Lewis
The story of the crucifixion illustrates what I am saying. Luke records,
“One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!”
But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence?
We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’”
Jesus answered him, “I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:39-43.
The condemned man admitted he was a sinner, that he had done wrong. He believed Jesus to be who he said he was, The Son of God and asked Jesus to simply remember him when He entered his Kingdom.
This is the message true Christians take to all the world.
If you think about it we are all condemned to die. We do not get out of this life alive. All of us will one day enter eternity. The question becomes however where will you spend eternity.
You can know today.
The following is what I as a Christian believe is the way to heaven I put it here for you to consider.
The way to heaven is I believe simple and open to anyone, and I mean anyone to follow.
It come down to who you think Jesus is, and what his purpose on this earth was for,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
John 3:16,17.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6
Paul writing to the Romans said,
“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.
Sinning is falling short of what God wants for you life. Sin separates us from God.
Isaiah telling us,
“All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.”
Isaiah 64:6
John noting,
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”
1 John 1:9,10.
Paul make it clear salvation is not something we can work for. Paul writing to the Ephesians stating,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8,9
Ultimately salvation is an act of faith, Hebrews stating,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”
Hebrews 11:6
Faith defined as,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
All anyone needs to do is to simply bow their heads in prayer acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind. Then admit that they are a sinner. That they fall short of what God wants for their life, and ask forgiveness for the wrongs however minor or major they are.
It can be a prayer as simple as this.
Dear Heavenly Father
I admit I am a sinner in need of your saving grace. I acknowledge Jesus as your One and Only Son, the Saviour of mankind.
Please forgive my sins and come into my life and heart today.
Amen.
If you believe what I have said. If you prayed the prayer in all sincerity then I would ask you to start reading the New Testament, praying as you do, asking God to show you the truths there in.
I would then suggest you find a good Bible believing church. I recommend Baptist churches in most of the world. In North America I also suggest an Assemblies of God Church in the United States and the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada Church in Canada. All are good solid bible believing churches.
Also don’t be afraid to ask to speak to the senior pastor and ask him or her questions about the bible and their faith. A good pastor will take the time to speak to you.
Please think about what I have said.
Thursday, 27 November 2014
Foolishness
Foolishness?
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.”
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
The Apostle Paul here make it clear that the message of salvation offered up by Christians is foolishness to none believers.
That God’s way is not the way man would consider doing it.
I’ve often heard many people say why doesn’t God just show himself why does he allow such evil in the world.
God first of all has shown himself. Firstly through the scriptures but also through the universe as a whole.
Take a look around you. All of the universe from the largest galaxy to the smallest sub atomic particle are in balance. All serve a purpose and that to sustain life as we know it.
Just a slight variation in the overall equation that makes up our world and indeed the universe in general would prevent life from existing as we know it.
The Bible makes it clear that God created the universe. That he also made man and gave him the ability to choose.
In doing so he essentially said to man you can choose my way that leads to eternal life or you can turn against me. Either way there are consequences.
Sadly over the centuries man has chosen the wrong way. He has brought pain and suffering on himself and his fellow man.
But God did not forsake man. The apostle Paul writing,
“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”.
Romans 5:6-8.
God truly wants to have a personal relationship with each and every person on the planet.
That’s why he sent Jesus to this earth. That is why the Bible was written.
It may not be the way man would have done things but it is the way God does things and we must follow those rules.
Jesus said, ...“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6.
In the New Testament God makes it clear that he loves us. But in order to get to heaven we must believe in Him. Jesus saying,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
John 3:16-18.
We must put our faith in God the writer of Hebrews saying,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6.
Think about it.
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.”
Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.”
1 Corinthians 1:18-25
The Apostle Paul here make it clear that the message of salvation offered up by Christians is foolishness to none believers.
That God’s way is not the way man would consider doing it.
I’ve often heard many people say why doesn’t God just show himself why does he allow such evil in the world.
God first of all has shown himself. Firstly through the scriptures but also through the universe as a whole.
Take a look around you. All of the universe from the largest galaxy to the smallest sub atomic particle are in balance. All serve a purpose and that to sustain life as we know it.
Just a slight variation in the overall equation that makes up our world and indeed the universe in general would prevent life from existing as we know it.
The Bible makes it clear that God created the universe. That he also made man and gave him the ability to choose.
In doing so he essentially said to man you can choose my way that leads to eternal life or you can turn against me. Either way there are consequences.
Sadly over the centuries man has chosen the wrong way. He has brought pain and suffering on himself and his fellow man.
But God did not forsake man. The apostle Paul writing,
“You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us”.
Romans 5:6-8.
God truly wants to have a personal relationship with each and every person on the planet.
That’s why he sent Jesus to this earth. That is why the Bible was written.
It may not be the way man would have done things but it is the way God does things and we must follow those rules.
Jesus said, ...“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
John 14:6.
In the New Testament God makes it clear that he loves us. But in order to get to heaven we must believe in Him. Jesus saying,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
John 3:16-18.
We must put our faith in God the writer of Hebrews saying,
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6.
Think about it.
Friday, 21 November 2014
The cost of Salvation
The Cost of Salvation
I in these blogs have often said salvation is free and it is for us.
John records the words of Jesus,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
John 3:16-17
Paul writing to the Ephesians stating,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8,9
The Writer of Hebrews stating,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6
Salvation as shown above for us is simple faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Salvation however cost Jesus his life
The Apostle Paul writes,
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8.
I believe that God deliberately sent Jesus to us to demonstrate in purely human terms how far he would go to reconcile himself to us.
I could write pages on why Jesus had to come to this earth most of which would bore a theologian.
The key thing in all of this however is that God want’s to have a personal relationship with you.
God does not care who you are or what your lifestyle is. He knows your heart and he want to come in and have that intimate relationship with you. Jesus said,
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30.
Are you willing to believe in Jesus. Are you willing to come into a personal relationship with him?
Please think about it.
I in these blogs have often said salvation is free and it is for us.
John records the words of Jesus,
“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.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”
John 3:16-17
Paul writing to the Ephesians stating,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.”
Ephesians 2:8,9
The Writer of Hebrews stating,
“Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”
Hebrews 11:1
“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”
Hebrews 11:6
Salvation as shown above for us is simple faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our Salvation however cost Jesus his life
The Apostle Paul writes,
“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8.
I believe that God deliberately sent Jesus to us to demonstrate in purely human terms how far he would go to reconcile himself to us.
I could write pages on why Jesus had to come to this earth most of which would bore a theologian.
The key thing in all of this however is that God want’s to have a personal relationship with you.
God does not care who you are or what your lifestyle is. He knows your heart and he want to come in and have that intimate relationship with you. Jesus said,
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
Matthew 11:28-30.
Are you willing to believe in Jesus. Are you willing to come into a personal relationship with him?
Please think about it.
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