Friday, April 06, 2007

Guilty Of Sin? Or Has Your Sin Been Pardoned? Which Are You?

As we get closer to Resurrection Sunday, have you thanked Jesus for going to the cross and dying for your sins? Everyone of us is guilty of sin, and we are the reason that Jesus came to die on the cross. When Jesus was nailed to that cross, He bore our sins on that cross. He gave Himself as a sacrifice to God to make atonement and pay the ultimate price for us. He died in our place. We deserved to die, everyone of us. Jesus loved us so much that He came down from Heaven to die in our place. Now, if we give our life to Him and put our faith in Him, He will give us eternal life. Jesus is the only one who can give us eternal life.
Romans; 6:23
(For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal in Christ Jesus our Lord.)
If you have already been born again into a new life in Jesus, your death sentence because of sin has been pardoned. You are free from penalty of sin. If you still haven't given your life to Jesus and asked Him for forgiveness of sins, you are still under the death penalty for your sins.

You have a chance to repent now and ask for eternal life. The day is coming soon when your chance will end. It could be today or tomorrow. We are not told how many days we will live before we die and have to face judgment.
Hebrews; 9:27
(And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,)
You might be one of those people who say that they just don't believe the Bible, but that doesn't change anything. God has told us that we are all going to die at least once, and depending on what you have done with your life while you were here on earth, whether you have been born again or not, this will determine your eternal destination. It will be either Heaven with everyone who has accepted the free gift of life in Jesus, or the Lake of Fire with all who have rejected Jesus.

Maybe you still think that there is another way to Heaven. Maybe you think you can be good enough, or you can talk your way into Heaven, or you can buy your way in. No where in the Scriptures does it say there is another way. If there had been any other way to bring us forgiveness for our sins, Jesus would not have had to die. But Jesus, being sinless, did have to die as the perfect sacrifice for our sins. He is the way to Heaven.
John; 14:6
(Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.)
Only one way, not many ways, exist to God. Jesus clearly says that He is the way and the only way.You can twist it around all you want, but it still comes down to the fact that there is only one way to Heaven.

God tells us that he sent Jesus to earth to bring forgiveness of sins.
John; 3:16
(For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.)
There is still hope for you to come to repentance before it is to late. In fact we are called to come to Him for forgiveness.
John; 6:37
(All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.)

Jesus said that He would be resurrected from the dead on the third day, and He did rise exactly as He had said. He had victory over sin and death.
1Corinthians; 15:55-57
("O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?" The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.)
We can have victory over sin by putting our faith in Jesus Christ. It isn't what we have done, it is all about what Jesus did in the cross. He gave us the victory by defeating sin and death. The sting was the sin that was exposed by the law of God, but conquered by Christ in his death on the cross.

This Sunday, Resurrection Sunday, let's all give thanks to God for sending Jesus, His Son, to die on the cross for our sin. In fact, let's be thankful to Him all year long, not just on Resurrection Sunday. We can have eternal life through Him and only Him. Don't ever think that you can get to Heaven any other way. There is no other way except through Jesus Christ and His sacrifice on the cross. He has eternal life in Him. If you have Jesus, you have life.
1John; 5:11-12
(And this is the testimony; that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.)

God Bless You!

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