“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
(Romans 6:23 KJV)
At the very beginning of this
blog, I want to share what will make a difference in the lives of those who are
reading: the importance of having a saving relationship with Jesus as Lord and
Savior.
Have you accepted Jesus as your
Lord and Savior? If not, why not? What are you waiting for? God loves you deeply and desires nothing more
than a relationship with you. God is
waiting with open arms for you to come to Him.
You can take comfort, because everyone has sinned (Romans 3:23 http://www.biblestudytools.com/kjv/romans/3-23.html). Sinners (and that’s all of us!) are worthy of
death. The only way we can be saved is
by calling upon the name of the Lord (Romans 10:13 http://www.biblestudytools.com/kjv/romans/10-13.html) there aren’t multiple ways
to God, as the world would have us believe.
Do you honestly know where you’ll be
spending eternity? Each human will spend
eternity either in Heaven with the Lord or in the horrors of hell—utterly and
eternally separated from a holy God. The
choice is an individual one—no one can make it for you. There is only one way to God and that is through
His Son, Jesus Christ, without Jesus we lose our way—Jesus is our
compass—guiding us through life until we leave this life for eternal life with
our Father. This is only possible if we
have Jesus in our hearts; if we don’t have Jesus truly in our hearts we deceive
ourselves and others, and we will pay for it for eternity. If you haven’t acknowledged your need for a
Savior and honestly confessed your sins and invited Jesus into your heart and
life as your Lord and Savior what is holding you back? I pray that you will find that Jesus in your
heart and life satisfies your deepest longings.
What are you waiting for? Jesus accepts us just as we are. We don’t have to do anything other than come
to Jesus, just as we are—He will do what we can’t do—change us, set us free
from all that has enslaved us. In
salvation, the Holy Spirit will come and live within us, empowering us to live a
Christian life. Allowing Jesus to come
into our hearts and lives changes us. As
the old hymn, Just as I Am (public
domain) states, “Just as I am, Thou wilt receive, wilt welcome, pardon,
cleanse, relieve; because Thy promise I believe, O Lamb of God, I come! I come!”
This is so true. We don’t have to
clean ourselves up before coming to the Lord.
He accepts us when we sincerely come to Him; however, He doesn’t leave
us as He finds us.
When we invite Jesus into our
hearts and lives, He begins to change us from the inside out. It’s a transformation, we are a new
creation! ("Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold , all things are become new." 2 Corinthians 5:17 KJV). Without the Lord, there’s a deep emptiness
inside, a longing that we try to fill with things, with people, with work, with
activities, and sometimes even drugs.
Yet we find the emptiness remains—an emptiness that can only be filled
by our Creator, the One who loves us so much that He sent His only Son to die
on a Cross, so we could have a relationship with Him (John 3:16). Why not start the greatest relationship of
all—a relationship with Jesus today?
God loves you all so much and
desires to have a relationship with you.
He’s a gentleman, so He’ll not force Himself upon you. He’s already said yes to you—the ball is now
in your court. What will you
decide? Will you say “yes” or “no”? Please don’t wait too long; one day it will
be too late—none of us know when our life will end.
Here’s a prayer that is an example for asking Jesus into
your heart and life.
Dear Jesus, we come to You humbly admitting that we are
sinners. You died for us, to pay the
penalty for our sins. We need Your
forgiveness and we turn from our sins.
We open our hearts to You and invite you to come in to our lives as our
Lord and Savior. Thank you, Jesus, for
humbling Yourself to come to earth and live among us and then die upon a cross
for us. In Your name we pray. Amen.
From my heart to yours,
Kim
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