God
is alive in our lives. He isn't trapped in an old book or out
there in the galaxy somewhere playing chess with us as the pawns.
God isn't a good luck charm that we rub in a time of trouble,
He is our Master and our way of life. That's why we made this
page!
The
Bible says in Romans 3:23 that we are all sinners and fall
short of His glory . What does this mean? Everyone, and I do mean
EVERYONE sins. No matter how much good we do in our lives
we all also do wrong. One wrong is one too many for God.
Because
God is just, He must punish all sin. How does He punish sin? Romans
6:23 says that the wages of sin is death. By sinning we earn
death. Not physical death, for we all must go through that. The
Bible is talking of spiritual death. The second half of this verse
is the good news!! God gives us the gift of eternal life in Jesus!!!!
So
if sin earns death, how can we earn life? How do we stand clean
before God when we have all sinned? Good question!
First,
someone has to pay our debt. God explains in John 3:16-18a
as Jesus Himself says " For God so loved the world that He
gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall
not perish (die) but have eternal life. For God did not send His
son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world
through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned..."(NIV)
In
Acts 16:30 & 31 a jailer asked this same question of
the apostles, Paul and Silas, who were in his jail at the time.
They answered "believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be
saved-you and your household.(NIV)" It just takes faith.
Now
this is where we usually loose some people. They say "How
can you have faith in something that you haven't seen with your
own eyes?". Good point. Have you ever seen gravity? Of course
not, and yet, we could not convince you to step off a 10
story building because although you haven't seen gravity you have
faith in it's principals! The same applies to our faith in
God. Although we haven't seen Him face to face, we have seen
His principals worked out in our lives daily! So how do we
know that we have been saved from death?
Here
is how the Bible puts it.............Romans 5:1-2 & 6-11
says...
"Therefore,since
we have been justified {or made sinless -- my emphasis}
through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in
which we now stand.... You see, at just the right time, when we
were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely
will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone
might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love
for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall
we be saved from God's wrath through Him! for if, when we were
God's enemies, we were reconciled to Him through the death of
His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved
through His life! Not only this is so, but we also rejoice in
God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received
reconciliation."(NIV)
Ok.
If you're sitting there scratching your head like we were the
first time we heard this, we'll put it in simple terms! God doesn't
sin. We all do. Sin will earn us death. Jesus, God’s
son, became a man (100% God & 100% man) and didn't ever sin.
This sinless man died to pay the price of OUR sin. Good
works aren’t enough to pay off our sin debt. Only Jesus death
can. All you need is faith in that fact and you can be forgiven
by God who then forgets all of our sins and applies Jesus payment
to our debt. AND THE COOL PART IS THAT GOD LOVED US ENOUGH
TO PAY THE PRICE EVEN BEFORE WE KNEW WHO HE WAS!!!!!! Now,
I don't know about you, but we can love a God like that!
If
you realize that you need a God like our God...please pray this
prayer with us;
God,
I realize that I have sinned. I understand that I have earned
death with that sin. I know that no good works that I can ever
do will repay that debt. I also understand that Jesus paid my
debt for me. I accept that. Please forgive me for my sin because
Jesus already died for it. Come into my life and take over. Thank
you, God for loving me enough to send Jesus. In His Name I pray,
AMEN.
YIPEE!
YAHOOO! ALLLLLRIGHTTTT!!! WAYTOGO!!!! ALLLLLRIGHTTTT!!!YAHOOO!
YIPEE! HALLELUJAH!! PRAISE GOD!! AMEN!! WOOHOO!!
If
you prayed this prayer, WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD!!!!!!
There are just a few things that you need to do now to grow in
your new relationship. You need a Bible, if you don't have one, sign
in to our guestbook and let us know, and
we'll get you one. Find a church that believes in New Testament
doctrine. We're a Southern Baptist church and we're a bit
partial to Southern Baptists, but you don't have to be. There
are three or four different doctrines (beliefs) that stick close
to the New Testament. The key is to make sure the church is teaching
from the Holy Bible and they are teaching the Word of God. Now
that you are a believer the Bible says in Hebrews 10:24-25
that you should find other believers to worship with and learn
from. Let us know that you prayed this prayer so that we
can pray for you and so we can help you find a church in your
local area. We can say this from the bottom of our hearts,
although we've never met you in person, we love you because
Jesus loves you and He lives in us! You will understand this better
as you grow in God's grace.
Grace
and peace to you, brother or sister.
The
Morningside Baptist Church Team, fellow sinners (and by God’s
grace also forgiven)
If
you would like someone from Mornigside to contact you please leave
your name and phone number or E-mail address in the Guestbook
- Thank You - With or without the contact information, we will
be praying for you.
