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Is your life really the "life in all it's
fullness" that Christ promised in His Word?
Amidst a world of fear and anger, self and
rebellion, you can have the joy and peace of knowing Christ in a personal
way, and being assured of heaven.
YOU
MAY BE PRO-LIFE, BUT
DO YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?
 (audio:
"I wish we'd all been ready")
THE SCRIPTURES SAY:
"There is not a single man who is righteous, there is not one who
understands, or who seeks for God. All men have turned away from God, they
have all gone wrong. No one is good, not even one." (
Romans 3:10-12 )
But can't good works assure me of eternal life?
We may give to a pro-life cause... Help women in a crisis pregnancy...
These are important and good, yet they can't get us into heaven... they are
no solution to our problem of sin. They in no way give us the abundant life
Jesus Christ wants us to have.
WHY? Because...
WE ARE ALL SINNERS BEFORE GOD:
Romans 3:23 tells us "All men have sinned and are far away from God's
saving presence."
THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN IS SPIRITUAL DEATH:
"For the wages of sin is death (spiritual death), but the free gift of God
is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
(
Rom. 6:23 )
WE CANNOT SAVE OURSELVES:
"For by grace have you been saved (from eternal death) through faith; and
that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not as a result of works,
that no one should boast." (
Eph. 2:8-9 )
No one can climb their way to heaven. None of us are worthy of obtaining
eternal life.
In
John 3:3 , we read about a very, very religious person named Nicodemus.
Yet, Jesus said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born
again, he can not see the kingdom of God."
YOU respect life and probably know a great deal about being born, but do
you know how to be "born again"? By going to a particular church? Being
baptized? Good works? The Golden Rule? Just feeling sorry? NO!
By acknowledging your sin and rebellion to God, trusting in His finished
work on the cross, and asking Him personally to take over the control of
your life, you can be assured that your sins are forgiven.. and that you
have eternal life!
The Bible tells us.. "For Christ also died for sins once for all, the
just for the unjust, in order that He might bring us to God..."
(
I Peter 3:18 )
The purpose of Christ's coming to earth was to give us the way to obtain
eternal life, through trust in Him.
"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
us. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar."
(
I John 1:8-10 )
"He that believeth (trusts) not the Son (as personal Savior) shall not
see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."
(
John 3:36 )
Christ, the Good shepherd, also came "..in order that they (you and I)
might have life, life in all it's fullness."
(
John 10:10 )
IF YOU WERE TO DIE TONIGHT, WHERE WOULD YOU SPEND ETERNITY?
If you are unsure that you have eternal life, pray a prayer similar to
this, and be sure!
Lord, I confess I am a sinner. I recognize that I can do
nothing to save myself form an eternity in hell. Thank you for dying on the
cross for my sins. I now trust in you (Jesus Christ) to be my personal
Savior and Lord of my life, and hereby commit my life to you for all
eternity.
(If you prayed this prayer, please
let us know , that we may help you in your commitment to Christ)
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