1 Thessalonians 5:17,18 "Pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus."
Heb. 4 "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace
The most important decision you'll make in your entire life
Is it schooling? Who you will marry? A money decision? No, none of these.
The most important decision is "the choice that you make on where you will spend eternity."
Option #1 Heaven: With God — In perfect peace forever, having
exciting and meaningful things to do. Option #2 In Hell: — Choosing to be without God
in never ending judgement for sins. There is no escaping,
no parole, no time off for good behavior. It is eternal, without end.
THE GOOD NEWS:
God wants you to choose Option #1, to be saved from Option #2.
God has made it easy and free to do so but unfortionately, so many don't want God in their life at all.
God isn't going to force you to love Him or to be with Him when you don't want to be.
That would be against His nature. Is is your choice. If you don't choose then you've chosen Option #2.
For you will have no legal remedy to have those sins legally wiped out
without taking God's pardon.
In order to be accepted by God and escape the path to Hell,
we have to get clean of sin. Why? Because the sin we have,
separates us from the perfect and Holy God, making us filthy
to Him, so much so that He couldn't look on it for eternity.
God cannot have sin in Heaven and there is only one way to go to Heaven and that is
through The Son of God, Jesus Christ.
God worked out legal grounds to personally save us from judgement.
THE PARDON
Legally, a Pardon can be rejected by someone. They are free to reject it in law.
God is Holy, that is His primary nature. God will not do anything illegal. He worked out
legal grounds to save us from judgement and gives us the opportunity to choose Him.
One may choose to take the pardon to be saved or not, there is no other way to escape judgement. Those that are sent to
hell choose to be eternally separated from God and have no legal remedy to escape judgement,
for the Holy God must judge eventually otherwise He is not Holy. The Pardon God gives is far more
than just saving us from judgement, but God gives us eternity with Him as well.
The good news is, God has made a way, and it happens to be an easy
way, to clean us up, to make us acceptable to live with the Holy God throughout eternity. It's a way that anyone can accomplish.
God sent His Son Jesus,
to earth to die a horrendous death as a sacrifice, as payment for our
sins and make that way for us to be washed from sin in God's eyes.
By shedding His blood, dying in our place, as a sacrifice to pay for
the sin that we've committed Jesus made the offering for sin needed for us to
be saved from eternal judgement in Hell, Option #2. That is, only if we accept
it.
How to be cleaned up from sin and be acceptable to God:
You have to make the
decision and ask God for it. (See Bible verses below).
I want to ask you to accept Jesus into your life right now, without any
delay, where you sit. Ask Him into your life, accept what Jesus did by
shedding His blood as payment for your sins.
You do this in a simple prayer, which you
can pray right now to God.
Make the prayer yourself and mean it. Or pray the following:
"God in Heaven, I accept your payment for my sins, I ask Jesus into my
life, cleanse me, wash me of my sins and accept me into heaven I pray.
I accept that Jesus is Lord. He is the Son of God. He shed His blood for my sins on the
cross as a sacrifice acceptable to God so that I can be forgiven.
Jesus rose again from the grave three days later. Jesus' tomb is empty.
I believe in my heart that God raised Jesus from the dead.
In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
Here is what the Bible says:
John 3:16
Revelation 3:20a
John 1:12
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
"Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me."
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:"
"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Romans: Chapter 10 verse 9-13 (KJV)
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That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'"
Romans: Chapter
10 verse 9-13 KJV
Jesus rose from the grave 3 days after
being crucified. What's more, the tomb was guarded by
many Roman solders on request by those wanting Jesus killed.
"Pilate said to them, 'Take a guard; go, make
it as secure as you know how'" "They went and made
the grave secure, and along with the guard they set
a seal on the stone"
Matthew 27:64-66
Because the Jewish leaders warned Pilate that Jesus
claimed he would rise from the dead after 3 days, Pilate
became directly involved in making sure the tomb was
secure and nobody could steal Jesus' body to prevent
further problems in his jurisdiction. The Jewish leaders also would have
gone overboard in making the tomb absolutely secure.
There would have been more than enough solders on guard to handle the
11 remaining disciples and thousands
of followers of Jesus that they feared would take the body by force if necessary.
Likely a absolute minimum of 16 soldiers, but perhaps over 100, were
ordered to stand in a maximum security guard at
the tomb. These soldiers were not allowed to fall asleep by Roman law while on
guard. They would have been executed had
they fallen asleep. Regardless, even if they had all
fallen asleep, they would have woken up if someone had
tried to move a 2 ton rock out of the way.
Plus, anyone breaking the seal on Jesus' tomb would be
crucified under Roman Law.
Jesus rose from the dead, just as He said He would.
Jesus, The Son of God, The Creator, paid for our sins and his tomb is empty.
Accept Him into your heart and have your sins forgiven today!
Jesus Fulfilled the following Prophecies
(not a complete list)
Genesis 3:15 --- Luke 1:34-35 Eve's seed, the Messiah,
will be born of a woman.
Genesis 3:15 --- 1 John 3:8 Messiah will defeat
Satan
Exodus 12:46 --- John 19:36 No bones broken
2 Samuel 7:12-16 and Jeremiah 23:5
Psalm 2:2 --- Mark 15:1
Psalm 22:1 --- Matthew 27:46
Psalm 22:6 predicts that this man's hands and feet will be pierced,
800 years before Roman's practice crucifiction. ---
Matthew 27:39-44
Psalm 22:7-8 --- Matthew 27:39-44
Psalm 22:16 --- John 19:18
Psalm 22:17 --- Matthew 27:36
Psalm 22:18 --- Matthew 27:35
Psalm 31:5 --- Luke 23:46
Psalm 34:20 --- John 19:32-33, 36
Psalm 35:11 --- Mark 14:56
Psalm 38:11 --- Luke 23:49
Psalm 41:9 --- John 12:18
Psalm 69:19 --- Matthew 27:28-29
Psalm 69:21 --- Matthew 27:34 Gall and vinegar given to him on the cross.
Psalm 109:25 --- Matthew 27:39
Isaiah 7:14 man will be born of a virgin
Isaiah 8:14; 28:16; 49:6; 50:6; 52:53; 60:3; Psalms 22:7,8; 118:22 The
Jews, will reject Him and the Gentiles will believe in Him.
Isaiah 50:6 --- Matthew 26:67
Isaiah 53:3 --- John 1:11
Isaiah 53:5-6, 10 --- Romans 5:6,8
Isaish 53:7 --- Matthew 27:13-14 Opened not his mouth
Isaiah 53:7 --- Matthew 27:13-14
Isaiah 53:7 --- Matthew 26:62-63
Isaiah 53:8 --- Mark 15:1-25
Isaiah 53:9 --- Matthew 27:57-60
Isaiah 53:12 --- Mark 15:27-28
Daniel 9:26 --- Matthew 26:24
Amos 8:9 --- Matthew 27:45
Zechariah 11:13 --- Zechariah 11:11-13; cf. Psalm 41, Jeremiah 32:6-15,
and Matthew 27:3-10
Matthew 27:9 the Messiah will be betrayed by a friend (Judas), for
thirty pieces, of silver, that will be cast onto the floor of the Temple,
and used to buy a potter's field.
Zechariah 12:10 --- John 19:34
Zechariah 13:7 --- Mark 14:27, 50
Micah 5:2 Messiah's birthplace Bethlehem
Malachi 3:1, Psalm 118:26; Daniel 9:26; Zechariah 11:13; Haggai 2:7-9)
(Messiah to come while the Temple of Jerusalem is still standing)
There will be a forerunner for Him (Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1), a voice
in the wilderness, one preparing the way before the Lord. This was John
the Baptist.