“One In Christ Jesus”

“One In Christ Jesus”

 

My old self has been crucified with Christ.  It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.  So, I live in this earthly body by trusting the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.  I do not treat the Grace of God as meaningless.  For if keeping the law could make us right with God, then there was no need for Christ to die.    Galatians 2:20-21

 

Many people think that walking an aisle and saying a few words of confession, and asking for FORGIVENESS, makes them have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP with the ALMIGHTY GOD.  But this, my dear friends, is NOT TRUE, IF, they are NOT doing these things with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  

 

Some BELIEVE that in order to have a RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD one MUST be a GOOD PERSON, who doesn’t lie, doesn’t gossip, doesn’t intentionally hurt others, etc.  But God’s word tells us that “God SAVED us by His GRACE when we first BELIEVED.  And YOU CAN’T take credit for this; it IS a GIFT from God.  Salvation is NOT a REWARD for the GOOD THINGS we have done, so NONE of us can BOAST about it.   For we are God’s Masterpiece.  He has CREATED us anew in Christ Jesus, so we CAN DO the GOOD THINGS HE PLANNED for us long ago.  (Ephesians 2:8-10)

 

The Apostle Paul says: “My Old self has been CRUCIFIED with CHRIST.  It is NO LONGER I who LIVE, but CHRIST LIVES in ME.” But WAIT, I thought that JESUS was in HEAVEN with God?  He IS.  But He told His Disciples, that He would NOT leave them ALONE, that He would send them the HOLY SPIRIT, in His place.  And that the HOLY SPIRIT would take up residence within their hearts. And that He would be their COMFORTER and GUIDE through this life.  He would FILL-IN where JESUS left off.  

 

And JESUS has done the SAME THING for the BELIEVER, today.  We can LIVE in this EARTHLY BODY by TRUSTING in the SON of GOD, who LOVES us SO MUCH that He GAVE HIMSELF for US.  It is up to US to TRUST in JESUS CHRIST, and NOT DEMEAN the GRACE of GOD.  Because, if OBEYING the LAW, (God’s Law, the TEN COMMANDMENTS, which were GIVEN to SHOW us our SINS, and NOT to BRING us SALVATION.)  Then there was NO NEED for CHRIST to DIE. However, the Bible tells us that: “Without the SHEDDING of BLOOD, there is NO FORGIVENESS. (Hebrews 9:22)  

 

Therefore, the bottom line is this, NO ONE can receive FORGIVENESS, SALVATION, and an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS, unless they COME to JESUS CHRIST, first.  And when they do that, they MUST ADMIT that they are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, who GAVE His LIFE to SAVE their SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once they are there.  In order to COME to CHRIST, they MUST COME with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART and be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM their SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN to GOD.  They MUST BELIEVE, with ALL their HEART, that JESUS DIED for THEM, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for them, before God.  Then they MUST CONFESS their SINS and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  They MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and TURN AWAY FROM their OLD SELF and become ONE IN CHRIST.  Do this NOW, while you STILL can. He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!