Why? Why is the world the way it is? Filled with oppression, suffering, death and cruelty? If God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and loving, would He really create a world like this?
What kind of world would you create........if you were God?
What kind of world would you create........if you were God?
- One without suffering.
- One in which man treated others with kindness and justice.
- One that is filled with love, cooperation and freedom.
1. ETERNAL LIFE - John 3:16. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
2. ABUNDANT LIFE - John 10:10. The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
3. PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS - Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a good future."
2. ABUNDANT LIFE - John 10:10. The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy. I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.
3. PROSPERITY AND SUCCESS - Jeremiah 29:11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a good future."
But why is man not enjoying all of these?
2. Blessing are hindered because of MAN'S PROBLEM - SIN.
SIN SEPARATES MAN FROM GOD - Isaiah 59:2. But your inequities have separated you from you God: your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
ALL HAVE SINNED - Romans 3:23. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
THEREFORE MANKIND WILL SUFFER FROM:
DEATH - Romans 6:23. For the wages of sin is death.
JUDGMENT - Hebrews 9:27. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.
ALL HAVE SINNED - Romans 3:23. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
THEREFORE MANKIND WILL SUFFER FROM:
DEATH - Romans 6:23. For the wages of sin is death.
JUDGMENT - Hebrews 9:27. Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment.
SECOND DEATH - Revelation 21:8. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the murderers, the sexually immoral those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars --their place will be on the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.
What did man do to solve his greatest problem?
3. To be saved from his fallen state, MAN CAME UP WITH A SOLUTION to his greates problem.......
GOOD WORKS AND RELIGION
Are we good enough to satisfy God's qualification for goodness?
GOD'S STANDARD IS PERFECTION - Matthew 5:48. Be perfect therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.
OUR GOOD WORKS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS - Isaiah 64:6. All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all out righteous acts are like filthy rags.
SALVATION IS NOT BY WORKS - Ephesians 2:8-9. For it is by faith you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.
Are we good enough to satisfy God's qualification for goodness?
GOD'S STANDARD IS PERFECTION - Matthew 5:48. Be perfect therefore, as your Heavenly Father is perfect.
OUR GOOD WORKS ARE LIKE FILTHY RAGS - Isaiah 64:6. All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all out righteous acts are like filthy rags.
SALVATION IS NOT BY WORKS - Ephesians 2:8-9. For it is by faith you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast.
Man cannot save himself so, God in His mercy gave the answer.
4. GOD'S SOLUTION to man's problem is Jesus Christ alone
JESUS IS GOD WHO CAME IN FLESH - Colosians 1:15-20
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY - John 14:6. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
JESUS IS THE ONLY NAME GIVEN - Acts 4:12. Salvation is found in no one else for there is no other name given by which we must be saved.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY - John 14:6. Jesus said I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
JESUS IS THE ONLY NAME GIVEN - Acts 4:12. Salvation is found in no one else for there is no other name given by which we must be saved.
"He was born as a man so that man can be born of God, lived a sinless life so that sinful man can be set free from sin, rejected by men so that men can be accepted by God, died so that man will live, rose from the grave so the man will not lose hope and He is coming back to take us into His glory. What a Savior!"
Thank God we have found the answer!
5. MAN'S CHOICE now determines his future. To enjoy God's original intent, man needs to take these steps.
1. REPENT - Acts 3:19. Repent them and turn to God so that your sins...be wiped out. This calls for the willingness to turn away from the sin and to love God back.
2. BELIEVE - Romans 10:9. That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. This is not intellectual faith but, a transfer of trust and loyalty from self to the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
3. ACCEPT - John 1:12. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—This is to invite Christ to rule your life as Lord, Master and King for the rest of your days.
2. BELIEVE - Romans 10:9. That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. This is not intellectual faith but, a transfer of trust and loyalty from self to the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross.
3. ACCEPT - John 1:12. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—This is to invite Christ to rule your life as Lord, Master and King for the rest of your days.
PRAYER: Dear God, I am a sinner and my sin separates me from You. I repent from all my sinful thoughts, words and deeds. I want to turn away from everything the Bible calls sin. I ask You to forgive and cleanse me. I thank You that You sent Your Son Jesus to pay the penalty for my disobedience. I believe that He died on the cross for me and rose from the dead on the third day. I accept Jesus as my only Savior, my only Lord and Master. Help me to love, serve and obey You for the rest of my life. Amen.
You are now part of God's big family. You are born into God's kingdom!!! Friend, You are no longer condemned...You have crossed over from death to life! SAVED!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
As a child, you need to grow and mature. Take time to hear & obey the Word of God, commune with Him in prayer & worship, fellowship with believers & pass on to others what you have received.
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