Post by Admin_Dan on Nov 23, 2006 22:02:50 GMT -5
Got Jesus?
by Dan Lirette
Have you ever told a lie, just ONCE? What do you call someone who tells a lie? ..a liar, right?
Have you ever stolen ANYHTHING in your life, just once? What do you call someone who steals? A thief.
Have you EVER, just once, lusted in your mind for someone else, sexually? Jesus said that you're an adulterer if you have.
If you have said yes to those three things above, then, by your OWN confession, you are:
A lying, thieving adulterer...and the Bible says that if you've broken ONE Law of God, you are guilty of breaking ALL of them.
You're d**ned to hell, by the standard of God, and we've just gone through 3 of the 10 commandments.
The Good News is this:
Let's say you owed a fine that you couldn't pay.
No judge in any Court Room would let you off scot-free just because you say you're sorry....any judge who lets a criminal go just because the criminal says, "I'm sorry"...well, that judge would be unjust, wouldn't he?
A JUST JUDGE would never accept the "I'm sorry" line from anyone who broke the law....being sorry has nothing to do with punishment; the sorriest criminal on earth still has to answer for his crime, regardless of his remorse and feelings of sorrow!
Well... now imagine that just as you're being sent to prison a stranger walks in and PAYS YOUR FINE.
You'd be shocked, thankful and you'd obviously want to know WHO the stranger was who paid your fine...wouldn't you?
Now, God says you've broken HIS Law.
In any earthly court, we've already established that the words "I'm sorry" won't stop justice from coming your way for breaking the law.
How much MORE just and righteous is God?
There is NO second chance after trial and convition.
There is NO "I'm sorry".
In the Courtroom of God your sins will be brought to testify against you one by one until you stand unable to defend yourself with cries of "I'm sorry".
In HIS Court, there is no appeal.
Shall not the Judge (God) of all the earth do RIGHT?
No one in their right mind would think it right for an eartly judge to let a child molester walk frree simply because the child molester says, "I'm sorry".
How much MORE will God Himself judge those who have lusted, lied, stolen, hated and done all sorts of evil?
The Bible says in Romans that the wages of sin is DEATH; eternal death and separation from God in hell, forever.
THAT is why Jesus came.
He paid the fine that you couldn't pay.
Just as you were about to be sentenced without Mercy, the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, God's Only Begotten Son, TOOK YOUR PLACE!
He, JESUS, became YOUR Substitute!
HE took YOUR penalty for breaking GOD'S Law!
He DIED so you could LIVE.
That's why Jesus died on the Cross.
Your good deeds will never get you into Heaven and will never make you right with God.
Jesus died on the Cross BECAUSE you couldn't satisfy the Judgment of God; Jesus satisfied the Judgment of God FOR YOU.
Repent, turn from your sins and call out to God for Mercy and believe that what Jesus did on the Cross can change YOUR life.
Not only will God FORGIVE YOU, but the Bible promises He'll also TAKE AWAY your sins!
John 1:29 says this:
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which TAKETH AWAY the sin of the world."
God has promised to not only FORGIVE YOUR SIN, but to TAKE IT AWAY; once and for all!
You DON'T have to be a slave to sin!
You DON'T have to be bound to addictions, alcohol, drugs, sexual perversion, pronography, habits, lusts, lies and whetever else it is that has you bound!
Jesus Christ is the Lamb Of God who came to forgive your sin, take away your sin and set you free from the power of the devil!
God, rather than being your enemy, desires to be your HEAVENLY FATHER!
God desires that you come into a personal relationship with Him where you become the very FRIEND OF GOD!
If you want to be forgiven and set free from sin, pray this prayer to God and mean it with all of your heart:
"God, I turn from my sin and accept what Jesus did for me on the Cross.Thank you Jesus, for paying the fine I could not pay.I broke Your law, and you died in my place and rose from the dead so that I could be saved from the penalty of breaking Your Law.I ask You now to forgive me and to make me free from all sin and evil and that You would now make me Your Child for all eternity.In the Name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen."
by Dan Lirette
Have you ever told a lie, just ONCE? What do you call someone who tells a lie? ..a liar, right?
Have you ever stolen ANYHTHING in your life, just once? What do you call someone who steals? A thief.
Have you EVER, just once, lusted in your mind for someone else, sexually? Jesus said that you're an adulterer if you have.
If you have said yes to those three things above, then, by your OWN confession, you are:
A lying, thieving adulterer...and the Bible says that if you've broken ONE Law of God, you are guilty of breaking ALL of them.
You're d**ned to hell, by the standard of God, and we've just gone through 3 of the 10 commandments.
The Good News is this:
Let's say you owed a fine that you couldn't pay.
No judge in any Court Room would let you off scot-free just because you say you're sorry....any judge who lets a criminal go just because the criminal says, "I'm sorry"...well, that judge would be unjust, wouldn't he?
A JUST JUDGE would never accept the "I'm sorry" line from anyone who broke the law....being sorry has nothing to do with punishment; the sorriest criminal on earth still has to answer for his crime, regardless of his remorse and feelings of sorrow!
Well... now imagine that just as you're being sent to prison a stranger walks in and PAYS YOUR FINE.
You'd be shocked, thankful and you'd obviously want to know WHO the stranger was who paid your fine...wouldn't you?
Now, God says you've broken HIS Law.
In any earthly court, we've already established that the words "I'm sorry" won't stop justice from coming your way for breaking the law.
How much MORE just and righteous is God?
There is NO second chance after trial and convition.
There is NO "I'm sorry".
In the Courtroom of God your sins will be brought to testify against you one by one until you stand unable to defend yourself with cries of "I'm sorry".
In HIS Court, there is no appeal.
Shall not the Judge (God) of all the earth do RIGHT?
No one in their right mind would think it right for an eartly judge to let a child molester walk frree simply because the child molester says, "I'm sorry".
How much MORE will God Himself judge those who have lusted, lied, stolen, hated and done all sorts of evil?
The Bible says in Romans that the wages of sin is DEATH; eternal death and separation from God in hell, forever.
THAT is why Jesus came.
He paid the fine that you couldn't pay.
Just as you were about to be sentenced without Mercy, the Lamb of God, Jesus Christ, God's Only Begotten Son, TOOK YOUR PLACE!
He, JESUS, became YOUR Substitute!
HE took YOUR penalty for breaking GOD'S Law!
He DIED so you could LIVE.
That's why Jesus died on the Cross.
Your good deeds will never get you into Heaven and will never make you right with God.
Jesus died on the Cross BECAUSE you couldn't satisfy the Judgment of God; Jesus satisfied the Judgment of God FOR YOU.
Repent, turn from your sins and call out to God for Mercy and believe that what Jesus did on the Cross can change YOUR life.
Not only will God FORGIVE YOU, but the Bible promises He'll also TAKE AWAY your sins!
John 1:29 says this:
"The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which TAKETH AWAY the sin of the world."
God has promised to not only FORGIVE YOUR SIN, but to TAKE IT AWAY; once and for all!
You DON'T have to be a slave to sin!
You DON'T have to be bound to addictions, alcohol, drugs, sexual perversion, pronography, habits, lusts, lies and whetever else it is that has you bound!
Jesus Christ is the Lamb Of God who came to forgive your sin, take away your sin and set you free from the power of the devil!
God, rather than being your enemy, desires to be your HEAVENLY FATHER!
God desires that you come into a personal relationship with Him where you become the very FRIEND OF GOD!
If you want to be forgiven and set free from sin, pray this prayer to God and mean it with all of your heart:
"God, I turn from my sin and accept what Jesus did for me on the Cross.Thank you Jesus, for paying the fine I could not pay.I broke Your law, and you died in my place and rose from the dead so that I could be saved from the penalty of breaking Your Law.I ask You now to forgive me and to make me free from all sin and evil and that You would now make me Your Child for all eternity.In the Name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen."