“The Cause and Effect of Salvation”

 “The Cause and Effect of Salvation”

 The CAUSE:  For our transgressions have multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us, and we know our iniquities: transgression and deception against the LORD, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering lying words from the heart.    Isaiah 59:12-13.     The EFFECT:  When Adam sinned, sin entered the world.  Adam’s sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.  But there is a GREAT difference between Adam’s sin and God’s GRACIOUS GIFT.  For the sin of this one man, Adam, brought death to many.  But even GREATER is God’s WONDERFUL GRACE and His Gift of FORGIVENESS to many through this other man, JESUS CHRIST.  Romans 5:12,15

Now, before you tell me that Isaiah 59:12-13 is speaking to the JEWS, I know that, but I KNOW that the Bible tells us that ALL MANKIND, whether in the OLD or NEW Testament periods of time, ALL MANKIND is BORN with a SINFUL NATURE, because when ADAM sinned, SIN entered the world.  And I’m here to tell you that NO ONE has the capability  to SAVE themselves FROM their TRANSGRESSIONS, and to be able to ESCAPE the CONDEMNATION that God will give out to those who have TURNED AWAY from God and His SALVATION PLAN, which includes His SON, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who is the ONLY WAY to RECEIVE SALVATION, and ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY TO ESCAPE once you are there.  Only GOD can FORGIVE SIN and CHANGE a person’s WRETCHED, SINFUL HEART.  This is the CAUSE for God’s SALVATION PLAN.

The EFFECT is found in Romans 5: 12, and 15.  The Apostle Paul tells us that when Adam sinned, SIN entered the world, Adam’s sin brought DEATH and SPIRITUAL DEATH, which spread to EVERYONE, for EVERYONE SINNED. But that’s NOT the end of the story.  There is a GREAT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ADAM’S SIN and God’s GRACIOUS GIFT of SALVATION.  For the sin of this one man brought SPIRITUAL DEATH to MANY.  But even GREATER is God’s WONDERFUL GRACE and His GIFT of FORGIVENESS to MANY through this MAN, JESUS CHRIST, God’s SON.  

There is ONLY ONE WAY to RECEIVE God’s GRACIOUS GIFT of SALVATION, and that is through His Son, and to ACCEPT Him as your SAVIOR and LORD. You MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who DIED for you, and to obtain for you an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS, and to be able to ESCAPE HELL, with ALL its HORRORS.  You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS died for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and your NEW FOREVER HOME in HEAVEN.  This is the CAUSE and EFFECT of GOD’S SALVATION PLAN.  Have you RECEIVED it?  You NEED to Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND!!!