Jesus is your defender and helper and will never leave you Heb. He is changing your heart so you will want to sin less and please Him more. Depend on Him to do it! Stay Connected with CEF Subscribe to our email lists to receive updates, news, and stories based on your needs and interests.
He came to identify with us in our humanity and our weakness, but he did so without being tainted by our sin, self-deception, and moral failings Heb.
But in victory over death, God raised Jesus from the grave, defeating the consequences of sin 1 Cor. We cannot pay our own way.
To be forgiven, we must recognize and repent of our sins. Forgiveness is not automatic. Christ offers to everyone the gifts of forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life. We come to Christ empty-handed. We can take no credit for salvation. This gift cannot be worked for, earned, or achieved. Author Randy Alcorn explains that heaven isn't our "default destination" and that specific preparation must be made if we are to safely arrive in heaven.
Now is the time to make things right with God. Let me illustrate: Godly sorrow means that we begin to see our sin as Jesus sees us doing them and, understanding that our sin is breaking His heart.
My wife, Julie, is clueless about where she leaves her keys I get tired of calls from the mall: "Roger, I am at the mall. Someone has stolen the car. Should I call the police? Maybe you just misplaced it. Which parking lot did you park in? One of the side windows perhaps? Countless times I've been called back to the church to pick her up and take her home because she can't find her car keys.
One day I'd had enough. I pulled into the church lot and parked beside her car. There were her keys, lying on the front seat of the locked car. I unlocked the car; picked up the keys; and headed for the church sanctuary where she was rehearsing a dozen young violinists for a performance on Sunday morning.
I stormed down the aisle, stood over Julie, and shouted angrily, "Do you know where I found these!? No, of course you don't. You left them locked on the front seat of the car. What am I going to have to do? Put them on a rope and hang them around your neck? I threw the keys on the keyboard, turned on my heels, stormed angrily back out of the sanctuary and headed to my office to work on my sermon for Sunday--on 1 Corinthians 13 --on love. No joke. I was wasting my time in working on that sermon.
I was feeling overwhelmed with guilt and shame at the way I had just treated Julie. I returned to the church sanctuary and asked Julie, "Will you please forgive me? I felt better as I walked back to my office. But, I didn't feel great. In fact, I was miserable. God has provided our salvation for us. Jesus is our Savior, not ourselves. To know and be certain of God's love for you, you need to start a relationship with God, receive his forgiveness, and receive Jesus Christ into your life.
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