“But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners.”
Romans 5:8 NLT
We may not like the title ‘sinner’ but that is what we were and still struggle with. We were born into sin and apart from the free gift of salvation we are unable to be sinless . However, as one who Christ died for I have been given the priveledge of being filled with the Holy Spirit. This Holy Spirit is a deposit of God’s power enabling me to walk in a way that is sinless. By the power at work in me I can be free from the dictatorship of sin.
Sin is, basicaly, missing the mark of sinlessness. I have no power in myself to be holy. It is Jesus who is holy. I must walk in faith in the work He has done in me.
Jesus died for us all, we do not have to earn His free gift of salvation, but accept it by faith. Salvation is being rescued from certain death, spiritual death . Spiritual death sends us to eternal fires, spiritual life to eternal life with Jesus.
We can reject all this as ‘mumbo jumbo’ and determine to live for ourselves, however, we are deceived by the one who would take us to eternal death. Satan hates God and hates us. Our destruction is all he seeks. He knows his end and wants to destroy humanity by taking it with him.
Choose life!
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