Saturday, August 22, 2015

TWO "DON'T EVER's"

TWO "DON'T EVER's"
1- Don't ever let anyone mislead you to believe that God loves you so much that He will not hold you accountable for your sins (Mt. 16:27; Jn. 3:15-18; Ro. 2:4-13). Either you will have to answer for your own sins or you will have to accept God's offer to forgive and save your from your sins (Ac. 16:31).

2- Don't let anyone ever mislead you to believe that God does not love you. God loves you, and the rest of the unsaved world, so much that He gave His only begotten Son to save you from your sins. Christ died and rose again for you. God invites and calls you to Himself and His salvation. God enables you to receive His offer.

CONSIDER THIS
When Adam disobeyed God, he brought sin into the entire human family. We have all inherited the likeness of Adam's sinful nature, without having any choice. That tendency to sin eventuated in our own personal and willful disobedience to God, which resulted in our separation from God.

Though we were born with a sin nature (as well as a human nature), God is not willing that any should perish, therefore Christ died for everyone (1 Tm. 2:4; 1 Jn. 2:2, 4:14). Little children are covered by the atoning work of Christ.
1 Timothy 4:10
(10) For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

However, we all chose to sin at some point (Ro. 3:23). That act of disobedience brought God's judgment, which is death (Ro. 6:23). But remember, God gave His Son as a sacrifice for the sins of the whole world (Jn. 1:29). God gives us the opportunity to believe and be saved (Ro. 10:9-13). Believing Christ died for our sins and rose again from the dead physically is accompanied by repentance (Mt. 2:17; Lk. 13:5; Ac. 17:30; 2 Pe. 3:9), confession of sin (1 Jn. 1:9), and confession of Christ (Mt. 10:32-33; Ph. 2:11; 2 Tm. 2:12; 1 Jn. 4:15), and faithfully following Christ (Mt. 16:24; Jn. 10:4-5, 27).

Though the whole world was thrown into a sinful condition, by Adam's rebellion, and no one had a choice concerning our birth nature, God has provided salvation for everyone who believes. The provision and offer of salvation is available to any and all who believe.
Romans 5:8-21
(8) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
(10) For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
(11) And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
(12) Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
(13) (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
(14) Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
(15) But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
(16) And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification.
(17) For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
(18) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
(19) For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
(20) Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
(21) That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

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