One GREAT Love!

I don’t think there is a better place to begin than talking about God’s love for us. He is the one who’s lead us through our failures, He’s given us strength when we’ve been weary, He’s answered many prayers, and best of all, He died on the cross for ALL our sins (past, present, and future) so that we can live in eternity with Him!

If you’re not familiar with the gospel, I’ve summarized it below. As you can see on the side bar, please feel free to e-mail me any time with questions.

Most of us see ourselves as “good” people. However, when God judges our lives at the end of time it will be according to His Law. The Ten Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) are a summary of the law that God has created for us to follow. If we are truly honest with ourselves, all of us have broken at least one commandment, if not all of them. The Bible tells us that we have all sinned and that the punishment for our sin is death and hell. We are all in need of salvation!

God is perfect, He has committed no sin. God is also gracious. He provides what we do not deserve and lovingly puts our needs above His own. In order to provide us with forgiveness and a way to escape the punishment we deserve, God sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ (John 3:16). Jesus took out punishment upon Himself. He died on the cross for our sins (1 Peter 3:18). Because our sins have been punished in Him we can be forgiven of everything we’ve ever done. We did not deserve to have Jesus die for us or to be forgiven. It is provided only by the grace of God!

We must believe that God will forgive us because Jesus died for our sins (John 1:12). We must repent. Repentance is a change of heart, mind, and action due to sorrow over our sin (Acts 2:38). When we repent, we’re given the wonderful promise of spending eternal life with God in heaven, which will be without sin, death, or decay! Oh what a glorious day that will be!

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” (John 3:16-17)

“Let us then turn our attention from our own performance, whether it seems good or bad to us, and look to the gospel of Jesus Christ, which is God’s provision for our sin, not only on the day we trusted Christ for our salvation but every day of our Christian lives.” –Jerry Bridges

Holy God in love became
Perfect man to bear my blame
On the cross he took my sin
By his death I live again
-Sovereign Grace Worship

For Further Study:
-“The Cross Centered Life” by C.J. Mahaney
-“First Steps of Faith” by Steve Shank
-“Don’t Waste Your Life” by John Piper
-And the best book of all…. the B-I-B-L-E!

Join me this week as we learn to fall in love with the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

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