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Covenant of God's Love
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There is a God in Heaven who loves you as you are and not as you should be. Yes...you are right...there is a God. You know that must be true. The heart of the human being longs for God, and logic demands divine existence. While everyone believes God is...most sense separation from God. We know God must be holy and good. We see ourselves as unholy and not good. We conclude that God is angry with us and we cannot know Him.
Good News! The Bible is God's Word to tell us that He loves us as we are. That love will save us from our sin and make us what we should be as God's children.
John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten Son,
that whoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have eternal life."
We hear Jesus say, "God so loved the world." God's love has no limitations. He loves "so." More than we can imagine. He loves everyone - not just some people. Romans 5:8 tells us that God loved us so that "when we were in our sin Christ Jesus came to die for us." Yes, God loves us, not because of who we are or what we do, but because He is love. Then, why is it that many do not know God and experience His love?
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,"
This verse tells us that all people have sinned. We have fallen short of God's intended purpose for us. God created us to know Him...to receive His love and to love Him in return. For love to really be love...for God to really be God...and for humans to really be humans...God gave us a choice. We can choose to love ourselves and turn to our selfish pursuits. That is sin. In our sin we cannot know God and His love. The result of this sin is that we are lost...separated from God.
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death,
but the free gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord."
Wages are just
payment...due reward...what one has coming because of labor. The just
payment for our sin is death. Death here means spiritual insensitivity.
When we are still in our sin, we have no life with God. We are alive
physically, but dead spiritually. If we continue in that condition,
we will be separated from God for all eternity. The wages of sin is death,
but God's free gift is eternal life. While wages are earned, a gift is
offered...no strings attached. God says He will give us eternal life -
life with Him - in the place of sin's payment of death.
How can God remain true to His holiness and forgive unholy
sinners? Because Jesus, His Son, has paid the price for sin by His death
on the cross. 2nd Corinthians 5:21 says, "He who knew no sin became sin
for us, that we may be made the righteousness of God through Him."
Jesus arose from the grave to conquer sin and death for all
who receive Him as God's free gift. How can you receive God's free gift of
love and life?
Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and
believe
in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved;
For with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and
with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation."
A person receives God's free gift of love and life by placing faith in Jesus
Christ. To believe is to simply take God at His Word. With our heart
(whole believing) we believe that Jesus is God's Son who died for our sin on the
cross and arose from the grave to live in us as Savior and Lord. To
believe in Jesus will result in confessing that faith with one's mouth.
Do you acknowledge that you are a sinner?
Do you believe by faith that Jesus, God's Son, died for your sin on the cross?
Will you confess Him as your Savior and Lord?
Romans 10:13 "For whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved."
This verse says that any person who will call upon the name of Jesus, the Lord, shall be saved. To call means simply to ask in prayer. The verse does not require one to know more...do better...clean up one's life...or in any way try to add to what Jesus has done for us. Will you now call upon Jesus to save you from your sin so that you can know God's love and forgiveness?
Pray a simple prayer like this one: "Dear God, I confess that I am a
sinner, and I am sorry.
I need a Savior. I know I cannot save myself. I believe by faith
that Jesus, your Son, died on the
cross to be my Savior. I believe He arose from the grave to live as my
Lord.
I turn from my sin. I ask you, Lord Jesus, to forgive my sin, come into my
heart.
I trust you as my Savior and receive you as my Lord. Thank you, Jesus, for
saving me."
When anyone calls on the Lord in this manner, that person is saved according to God's Word. If you repent of your sin and receive Jesus by faith, you are saved. You have God's Word on it!
Believing by faith that God loves me
and sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for
my sin and arise from the grave to live in
me, I __________________________, do
this day, __________________________,
repent of my sin and receive Jesus Christ
as my personal Lord and Savior.
According to the promise of God in Romans
10:13, I have called upon His name and have
His word for the assurance of my salvation.
Desiring to obey God's Word and confess
Him as Lord (Romans 10:9-10), I will now
learn how I can share the love of God with
others.
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