***LESSON LEARNED IN BIBLE STUDY TODAY*** Why we should accept Jesus Christ: Every person is a sinner: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). Whether dishonoring parents, telling a lie, failing to love God best, or disbelieving God’s Word, we each have sinned against the holy God. The punishment for sin is death: "For the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23). God pours out His wrath against unbelieving sinners by separating them forever in hell (2 Thessalonians 1:8, 9). As the just Judge, God will not overlook sin. We cannot save ourselves by good works: "For it is by grace 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" (Ephesians 2:8-9). This is a key difference between Christianity and Islam. Islam teaches that a person can earn paradise by keeping the Five Pillars. Even if possible to outweigh bad deeds with good deeds, the Bible teaches that "all our righteous acts are like filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6b). Even one single sin makes a person guilty of breaking all God’s law (James 2:10). Sinful humans can do nothing to merit heaven. God sacrificed His Son for sinners: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). ***God knew mankind’s sin kept them from heaven. God knew the only way the sin debt could be paid was by a perfect One, Jesus, paying the price of death, our death. God knew He alone could pay such an infinite price. So God’s eternal plan was to send His Son Jesus to die in the believing sinner’s place. God is pure in love, pure in justice, and pure in ALL ways, that and the reason before stated are the reasons we should accept Him. He is God after all. Bless God for He certainly blessed us first.
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 22:13:42 +0000
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