Post #66

Realize and admit That You Are A Sinner.

Romans 3:10 : As it is written, "There is none righteous, no, not one:"

Romans 3:23 : "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;"

Romans 5:12 : "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:"

Sin Has An payday ... It Results In Death.

Romans 6:23a : "For the wages of sin is death;" We all owe this wage of spiritual death.

There is a second death for those who reject Christ.

Rev 20:12  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

Rev 20:13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

Rev 20:14  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

Rev 20:15  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Realize That God Loves You!

Romans 5:8 : "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

John 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

John 3:17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

John 3:18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

When Jesus died on the cross, He paid the full and final penalty for sin.

1 John 2:2  And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

1 Peter 1:18  Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;

1 Peter 1:19  But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.

1 Peter 2:24  Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

Salvation Is A Free Gift From God To You!

Romans 6:23b : "... but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

You can't earn this gift. You cannot save yourself. Religion cannot save you. Salvation is a free gift from God and it must be personally received by faith in Christ alone. 

Ephesians 2:8-9  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.

Titus 3:4-6.  But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,   Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Romans 10:9-10 : "That is thou shalt confess mouth the Lord Jesus , and shalt believe with thy in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Romans 10:13 : "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Act 16:30  And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
Act 16:31  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.

1 Corinthians 15:3-4.  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: