God created you:
Psalm 139:13-16. ‘For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made” your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be’
God knew you before you were born – even while you were in your mother’s womb. He knew all about your family and your life until now. You may have had difficult circumstances in your life, God has not been absent, but He has been drawing you to Himself. He wants to give you a brand new start and a new way of living. He can do that when you give Him your life.
Why would you do that?
Because….
God wants to have a personal relationship with you:
John 17:3. ‘Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent’
God is not some ‘force’, an unspeaking or unseeing idol, or merely another name for your own self-esteem. Instead, God is a person, your creator, who created you to be in relationship with Him. Malachi 3:7 says ‘Ever from the days of your forefathers you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me now, and I will return to you’
Why?
Because….
God loves you:
John 3:16. ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life’ You can turn your life over to God’s control because He loves you and wants the very best for you. In fact, He loves you so much that He gave His son, Jesus to die on the cross for you. We want you to realize that when you turn your life over to Him, you are giving your life over to the one who knows you inside out, you are trusting your creator who molded your destiny.
Two facts have been established from the foregoing:
- Your sin keeps you from having a personal relationship with God. You are not alone in this, for Scripture says ‘All have sinned and come short of the glory of God’ (Romans 3:23)
- Only through Jesus Christ can you have a personal relationship with God.
Why Jesus Christ?
John 14:6. Jesus answered ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me’
Remember how God can’t have anything to do with us because of sin? Well, he decided to deal with our sin. Problem was, he made it clear throughout the Old Testament that sin leads to death. In the Old Testament people sacrificed animals as a way to show how sorry they were for their sins. God’s plan all along was to send His son, Jesus – a perfect human being – to be the perfect and ultimate sacrifice.
Why did Jesus have to die?
1 Peter 3:18. ‘For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit’
Jesus died to take the penalty our sins deserved. In essence He took our punishment so we wouldn’t have to. Now because of Jesus, the way is prepared for us to be able to have a personal relationship with God.
So what do you do now?
You must personally respond by trusting Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal savior. The fact of salvation means nothing unless a person accepts it for himself or herself. Even if you were born into a Christian home or you grew up in the church, you still need to accept Jesus personally. Even if you have led a terrible life, no one is too bad for God. In Romans 10:9, 10 the Bible says, ‘That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in you that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved’
It is as simple as that. But just in case you are wondering how to go about this, pick your phone now and call 240-486-2011. Do not delay any further. Make that call RIGHT NOW! Trained counselors are waiting.
It will prove to be the most rewarding phone call you ever make.
