God Loves you.
God created you. Not only that, He loves you so much that he wants you to spend eternity with Him. Jesus said, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believieth in him should not perish but have everlasting life" (John 3:16).
Jesus came so that each of us could know and understand God in a personal way. Jesus alone can bring meaning and purpose to your life.
Acts 3:26: Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
This is a requirement for Salvation we must turn from our sins and repent. Yes this is an ongoing thing. We all sin each and every day it's our nature too. So we must keep on asking Forgiveness and turning from our sins.
Right now your thinking this is a requirement!
Well let me elaborate a little here. You see Salvation is a free gift from God. Jesus came to the earth for this reason to live a life that was Holy in Gods eyes so that he could die on the cross for our sins. You see Jesus took on death for you and he defeated it, we could not do this. He essentially died in your place so you can live. This had to be done for God demands we all pay for our sins BUT Jesus took those sins upon Himself, so our salvation comes through our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the gift of God.
John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
Lets just take a gift from some one you know, say a car. Wow a free car! Yes the car was free BUT you still have to work on it such as changing the oil, water, spark plus and whatever else that might come along.
Well it's the same with us we cry out to God to save us and forgive us of our sin and if we truly mean it in our hearts He does. So now we have a gift "SALVATION".
Matthew 10:38: And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
Now that we have the gift we have to repent. Repent means to stop doing the sin that we asked God to forgive us of. "Changing the oil" making it new. This is an ongoing thing it never stops. Why? Because when you get into the word of God you find out that a sin is a sin no matter how big or small and you have to repent on a daily basis.
This is your cross.
~Repent~
~Forgiveness~
~Obey~
A lot of so-called professed Christians only know of Jesus they just don't have a relationship with him. You must know Him to Love Him and keep His commandments. Be worthy of the Lord He is worthy of you.
1 John 2:3: And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
Hebrews 5:9: And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
Yes obey, lets say you are driving that car that you got for free and you hear that small voice as you are driving down the road. The Lord says get off the interstate and go to the truck stop and outside of the door there's a man wearing a red shirt. The Lord says tell him I love him.
Well you think to yourself is that the Lord or am I just thinking that, so you throw caution to the wind. As you drive up there he is standing there just as the Lord said. You get out of the car and walk up and introduce yourself and tell him the Lord sent me here just to tell you that He loves you. And before you know it the Holy Spirit has moved on you and praying with him and it's a real blessing for both of you.
Now in return for your obedience The Lord blesses you with joy, compassion and maybe just maybe with the best wife a man could ever have.
You may think I am crazy but that happed to me and now I have Angela. I have so much Joy in my heart and compassion; I thank God every day for this. He accepts my thanks and lets me know that next time to obey Him again.
Now with all this said I pray that the Holy Spirit convicts your heart and lets you know that there is a place in heaven for you. It's a wonderful place there! However there is a rulebook "The Holy Bible" it gives you guidance on all problems in life!
Now I urge You to find a spirit field church home and read God's word for direction and find a mentor to help and advise you in your new walk with the Lord.
God's speed to you and yours.
John Evans
