You Must Be Born Again
The Bible tells us that the only way a person can get to heaven is through faith (trust) in God’s only Son Jesus Christ. We cannot work our way to heaven by carrying out rituals or by doing good works. The Bible tells us that salvation is a free gift from God!
God gave us His laws in the 10 commandments, and said that if anyone broke any of these laws, then they would spend eternity separated from God, in a place called hell. Every person who has ever lived has at some point in their lives broken these commandments and therefore all doomed to spend eternity separated from God. But you might say, “I haven’t broken the 10 commandments, I am a good person!” Not according to God!
The BIBLE says: “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
“There is none righteous, no, not one;” (Romans 3:10).
Because God is a just God, He cannot overlook our sin. He must judge and condemn the evil of sin. Hell is described as a place of weeping and gnashing of teeth (Luke 13:38): eternal fire and outer darkness (Jude 7,13), and endless torment (Revelation 20:10). In Hell, God will pour out his wrath on lost sinners forever.
“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; … and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works…And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:12-15
While God is a just Judge, He is also rich in mercy. In love God sent His Son into the world to save guilty sinners from the Hell they deserve, and graciously bring them to himself.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16).
Jesus Christ is God in human flesh. God the Son joined himself to mankind so He could live righteously, die sacrificially, and rise victoriously for the salvation of all who truly believe on Him.
Jesus lived the perfectly sinless life that God demands from us, but which we are unable to live. He has what we need: a perfectly righteous life that is well pleasing to the Father.
On the cross, Jesus paid for the sins of those who truly believe on Him. He himself would bear their sins on His own body (1 Peter 2:24), and suffer God’s righteous judgment against those sins, until the penalty was paid in full. He offered to God what we desperately need: a perfect sacrifice and payment for sin.
“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all”. Isaiah 53:4-6
Jesus defeated sin and death and proved He is the Son of God by rising from the dead. He now rules and reigns at the right hand of the Father in glory as King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
We could never deserve or earn this great salvation that Jesus provides. Salvation is a free gift to be received through faith in Jesus Christ.
How must you respond?
REPENT of your sins! Agree with God concerning your guilt before Him.
CONFESS your guilt to God, and turn away from all sin
BELIEVE in the Gospel! The gospel is that good news that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” 1 Timothy 1:15. Believe it! Turn to Christ! Cry out to God for mercy, and TRUST in Jesus, who alone can deliver us from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” Acts 16:31.
Through FAITH, you are united to Christ, and everything He accomplished for sinners becomes yours! God forgives you of your sins based on Christ’s sacrifice, and counts Christ’s righteousness as your own!
When we do this, God will forgive us, dismiss His case against us, and declare us righteous in His sight. Rather than fearing His judgment, we now have peace with God trough the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1).
4 Things That Happen When A Person Believes on Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
- Your sins are forgiven.
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:14)
- You became a child of God.
“But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12).
- You were made heir to all of God’s blessings.
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs – heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may be glorified together. (Romans 8:16-17)
- You now possess everlasting life.
And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of Go, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:11-13)
TURN TO HIM TODAY! YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN!