2Corinthians; 2:17
(Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.)
You can be a great person and willing to help others and share what you have, but you still are heading to eternal separation from God for eternity if you are not saved. The Bible tells us that we are spiritually dead without Jesus Christ in our life. If you haven't accepted Jesus as your Savior, then you don't have the power of the Holy Spirit who indwells all true believers. All the works you will ever do will not get you into Heaven. It is only through the blood of Jesus that you are reconciled to God. Once you accept Jesus as Lord and Savior, He sends the Holy Spirit into your life and you have been reborn spiritually. Now you are a new creation in Christ.
Sin no longer has control over you as it did before you put your faith in Jesus. You will still have to live in a sinful world but the Holy Spirit gives you the power to say no to sin. You did not have this power before because you were a slave to sin. Sometime you might sin, but your sin has been forgiven because of Jesus sacrificial death on the cross. He gave his life to pay for our sins and the sins of the world. Jesus paid the price for sinners who would come to Him for forgiveness. If a person does not ask Jesus for forgiveness, then there is no forgiveness and he or she will die in their sins and pay the price themselves. What is the price of sin? [DEATH]
Romans; 6:23
(For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.)
This change that comes into our life when we put our faith in Jesus cannot be done without the Holy Spirit. This change is going to happen, and if it doesn't, then we need to do a check in our life to see if we are truly a child of God. God tells us that we will be a new man in Christ Jesus and that we are to put off the old man.
Philippians; 1:6
(being confident of this very thing, that He who begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;)
When God begins a work of salvation in a person, He finishes and perfects that work. If we start to move off the path, He will nudge us back in line. So, if you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you have been given a new life spiritually and change is inevitable.
God Bless You!
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