I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I will continue my faithfulness to you. Jeremiah 31:3 (ESV)

Before time began God, the Sovereign Creator of all that is or will ever be, knew that you would exist and He would love you.  And when, in God’s Purpose and Plan, the time came for you to exist, He created you in His image: unique among His creations.

He created you with the ability to know right from wrong, that you might choose to do right.  God’s desire when He created you was that you would freely choose to love Him and be in a special relationship with Him: displaying your love by being obedient to His commands.  You haven’t done this.  You, like all of us, have chosen to sin, to disobey God’s commands, severing your relationship with Him and placing yourself under His judgment. In judgment there is no hope

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. . .The wages of sin is death

You have sinned against the Sovereign God.  You will face judgment.  And you will be found guilty because you are.  No amount of right (good) actions on your part can remove your guilt for the wrong things you have done; justice demands that the judge consider only the laws you have broken.  The verdict?  Guilty.  The sentence?  Spiritual death: complete separation from God and His blessings for eternity in Hell, a place of punishment without ceasing, with no hope of restoration.  Your mind cries out against this but in your heart, you know this is true and deserved.

But God, in love, has continued His faithfulness to you.  He has provided the way for you to receive mercy rather than justice, replacing hopelessness with hope.  The way?  Jesus Christ.  Jesus, God in the form of man, came to this earth and lived as a man.  Tempted, He freely chose not to sin and became the sinless sacrifice for our sins.  Dying on a cross, Jesus satisfied God’s justice, making forgiveness for sin available to you.  Buried three days then rising from the dead, Jesus provides hope for an eternity with God in heaven.

For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God’s forgiveness, resulting in mercy, a new relationship with God, and hope for eternity, is available to you today.  Do you believe that Jesus died for your sin, was buried, then rose from the dead?  Are you willing to ask God for forgiveness for your sins?

Will you commit to turn from living your way to living as God would have you live?  Will you receive Jesus, the Lord of Creation, as the Lord, the Boss, of your life?  If so, tell Jesus in prayer:

Lord Jesus,

I confess that I am a sinner.  I believe that you died for my sins that I might receive forgiveness. I believe that you rose from the dead to give me hope.  I ask You to forgive me as I turn from living life my way to living life your way.  I want you to be the Lord of my life.  I ask you to come into my life and my heart, taking charge of my life.  Thank you for loving me.  Thank you for saving me.

Amen 

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