Sunday 1 May 2011

Salvation of Jesus Christ

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)

For the wages of sin is death.
(Romans 6:23)

Man sinned, the wages of sin is death, the price that you have to pay for you sin is DEATH!

'Death' is not simply the ''dying of your flesh'', life is not just about your body, what matters is your SOUL!
'Death' here means that You are separated from God.

Sin separates us from God.
Sin against a holy God separates us from Him, bringing judgment and spiritual death.
An unholy being cannot live in the presence of a Holy God.

We have no way to repair this relationship because all of us have sinned, we are all sinner.
And 'death' is the price that we all must pay for our sin.

But God don't want us to Die! HE love us and want to reconcile this relationship.
Therefore He sent his Son, Jesus Christ to the world to die for us, he died on the cross and was resurrected.
Jesus Christ took our place and receive the punishment that our sins demanded.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

Our relationship with God is therefore reconciled!
The power of 'Death' no longer have authority on us!

Through the blood of Jesus Christ, our sins were forgiven!
This is what salvation is all about.
All we have to do is just BELIEVE in HIM and we ''shall not perish but have eternal life.''
Perish means eternal death--eternal separation from God.
Eternal life means your relationship with God is recovered, and you will live forever with God.

For it is BY GRACE you have been saved, THROUGH FAITH—and this is not from yourselves, it is the GIFT of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:8-10)


We're still sinner because we are still bound by this material world, we still sin.
Yet, we are saved because Jesus died for us upon the cross and our sins were forgiven.

Being saved, means your sins no longer count against you and you are spared from an eternal death sentence. Instead, they are forgiven by the grace of God, and you are given the free gift of eternal life. Being saved does not spare you from earthly troubles, but it does save you from eternal punishment.


Lastly,
How can we be saved?

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. (Romans 10:9-10)

This is the greatest gift God could ever offer -- life in a perfect world -- is absolutely FREE!
You just have to accept it by:
1. agreeing with God that you have sinned,
2. acknowledging that your sins cuts you off from God,
3. asking Jesus to forgive your sins, and
4. believing that Jesus is Lord over everything and He is the Son of God.

The gift is yours.

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