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God, the Creator of the universe and everything in it, the one true, sovereign and only living God is holy— perfectly righteous and pure, and you and I are not. That’s a serious problem, because one day you and I will stand before this holy God and in our sin we are completely unprepared and unequipped and will be judged, found guilty, and thrown into the lake of fire, the second death—an unspeakable, conscious fiery torment that never ceases— with no rest, forever and ever. It is permanent, irreversible and there is no way to escape it.
And eternity is a long, long time to be wrong!
How can an unholy person stand before the holy God, Jesus Christ, on the last day and expect anything but condemnation? We can’t! We are all sinners, without exception, and have fallen short of His perfect standard of righteousness— His glory. It is sin that separates us from God. If He is perfect and we are not, that’s sin. But the real issue was articulated by Jesus who said, you’re gonna get condemned because you don’t believe in Me.
That’s why by His grace and because of His mercy and love for us, God sent us exactly what we needed—a Savior. Jesus, the Christ, the Son of the living God, lived the perfect, sinless life we couldn’t live, died the death we deserved, and then rose again on the third day, conquering sin, death, hell, Satan and all the powers of darkness.
The resurrection is proof of God’s acceptance of Christ’s substitutional sacrifice for us. It is the most important event in the history of the world. It is what the other world religions do not have.
The absolute, unchanging and indisputable “TRUTH” for every living person is this:
“There is simply no solution to the human problem of sin and its eternal punishment, outside the grace of the one true and only living, Creator God and the resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
It is only Jesus who delivers you from the wrath to come. If you genuinely repent, turn away from sin and to God, and completely surrender your life to Christ and put your faith and trust in Him as the Holy Spirit leads you, you will be “born again” as a new creation in Christ.
And God, by His grace, will forgive you, declare you righteous through the righteousness of Jesus and give you eternal life!
This is the Good News of Jesus Christ!
How will you know that you know that you know you are saved?
By the inner testimony of the Holy Spirit giving assurance of your salvation and adoption into God’s family. “The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God.” (Romans 8:16)
The visible proof of “real salvation” is a transformed life! You cannot truly be saved and remain the same.
“Do not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.” (from Romans 1:16)
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