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Would you like to “be saved”?
Have you
ever heard this before? What does it mean.... "saved"
from what exactly?
A terrible and eternal Hell? Yes! But
more than this alone, by this often overused cliché what we mean is
to be saved from yourself too.
Are you tired of trying? Trying to
escape those depressing feelings of shame, guilt or
condemnation, trying to be good enough,
trying to stop the pain of hatred, bitterness or
unforgiveness... You know.... when everything seems just
to be a huge effort of trying. Whether trying
to be a better person, shake a bad habit, be happy or
just trying to find sense & real purpose in life.
Wouldn't
you like to experience
real peace? By
REAL peace I mean that tranquility of heart &
mind that one can experience continuously,
irrespective of the chaotic circumstances of
life that may arise.
Listen to what Jesus says:
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"Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come
to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life.
I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and
work with me — watch how I do it. Learn the unforced
rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or
ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll
learn to live freely and lightly."
- Matthew 11:28-30
from THE MESSAGE Bible |
GOD really cares about YOU!
JESUS
died to pay the whole penalty for all your sins
It was
never God’s intention for man to live as he does today.
When God created man, He placed him in a garden on the
earth that had it all. He wanted man to experience His
unconditional love in friendship and fellowship with Him
and for man to have dominion over the earth. In that
garden man sinned when he chose to believe the lies of
the deceiver rather than trust God's word to him as
truth.
Since that
day all of mankind has lived life in
un-belief – i.e. the opposing false belief that
God is withholding His unconditional love from us. This
is the essence of sin. God's one and only Son, Jesus,
came to prove to mankind once and for all that God our
Father does indeed love us with an uncompromising,
unqualified and unconditional love. God made a way to
remove the sin issue that had separated man from his
loving Father. Romans 5:8 declares that “God
demonstrated His own love toward us in that
while we were still sinners [unbelievers], Christ
died for us.”
Jesus,
though innocent himself of any sin, through His death on
that torturous cross accepted from God the ENTIRE
punishment and penalty for ALL mankind’s sin (including
ALL your sins, mistakes and failures - no matter how
bad!).
This is the
power of the "gospel", (translated, the word
means: "good news") – that Jesus came to
demonstrate through His life, death, burial, and
resurrection from the dead on the third day - that God
truly loves us with an unconditional,
no-strings-attached, heart-mending love! Only by
trusting and accepting Jesus as your Lord and Saviour,
can you experience wholeness in this life - and
the life to come - that we humans so desperately need.
To receive
for yourself this wonderful gift of a freed LIFE... what
you need to do is to declare the risen and living Jesus
as Lord of your life and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead. Relinquish control. Relax!
Trust Him as your Director of Life.
Romans
10:9,10 states 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. For it is with your heart that you believe and
are made righteous and it is with your mouth that you
confess and are saved [made whole].”
If real
life is what you desire, you might simply tell God
something like this: “I believe that Jesus took the
punishment for all MY sins on that cross. I understand
that His death, burial, and resurrection represent the
greatest demonstration of your love for me! Jesus, I
proclaim You Lord of my life. Be the center of my
everyday life. Thank you for saving me from myself and a lonely,
terrible and eternal hell apart from you... apart from
love. Thank you for making me a
brand new person and restoring my relationship with you God.
Today You've become my Father and I'll dwell in Your
love forever! Thank you!”
Please
contact us
for any
help or assistance in learning more about what you have
just done. Go and enjoy Great Peace knowing that you are
free to enjoy a brand new relationship with The Creator
of All - who is now your Heavenly Father! He is at peace
with you... Jesus has paid the penalty for your sins and
you enjoy His right-standing privileges with the
Father - your Father! Enjoy talking to Him, carrying to
Him all your cares and concerns, allow Him to flood your
life with the knowledge of His Great Love for you. You
have begun a great new adventure of Life as you have
never even imagined possible! It's not all "sunshine and
roses" but watch how you are equipped to live your new
life above circumstances.
Take a little time to read
this online booklet "New
and Abundant Life" here on our website. Also,
we have a great series called: "Basic
Training" available freely online in video,
streaming audio or downloadable mp3 with an accompanying
workbook that you can study along with. These tools will
help you build a solid foundation in your new Christian
walk.
If you
need any help with this, please email
Shannon at
info@fambible.org or call (352) 589-1105.
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