Witness for Christ Blog

Contrary to popular culture doing good is not what is going to get you into heaven. A relationship with the Son of God is what will get you in. Make sure you have friends in high places.

Trying to run our lives independently of God is not endearing to the creator of the universe. In fact he demonstrated his compassionate character by sending His own Son to address our predicament once and for all.

A divine exchange took place at the cross. Ignore it at your own peril. Curiously a lot of folks don't want to have anything to do with God - or worse they only want to know about a God that suits them and does not challenge them.

If you enjoy comfort and the good life you may think that you have plenty of time to think about those issues. This is a game of Russian roulette. You do not know when your number will be called. Having to give an account of your life when you've been caught in the wrong lifestyle will reward you with eternal suffering in hell.

What if there is no heaven and no hell? How come there are so many religions and they don't even agree with each other?

What if there was a God who sent His Son to take the place we deserved for the sins we committed? What if it was true and you missed out by gambling your life?

What if being born in sin, our minds are so warped that we have a pre-disposition to oppose God and turn our back on Him? What if He really did reach out to us and we ignored Him - bar a few we love to ridicule?

If these possibilities make you feel queasy maybe your conscience is trying to tell you something. So how do you avail yourself of the blood of Jesus? God is interested in a relationship with you. Amazing isn't it? The Bible tells us that we are made in the image of God. Could that be why He is interested in you? If God has already reached down to you don't you think you have a duty to yourself to reach back to Him?

2000 years ago when Palestine was under Roman occupation, Jesus Christ walked this earth and demonstrated his authority as the Son of God. Because His perfect life was showing off the Jewish leaders evil intent they decided to levy false accusations against him and have him killed by crucifixion (a Roman torture to put undesirable people to death by having them left hanging on a wooden cross with their hands and feet nailed to the timber). Three days after His death he was brought back to life.

So here is the deal: His death has paid for your eternal life, his suffering has paid for your deliverance, his righteousness has paid for your sinful ways, and the list goes on... Salvation is a free gift from God for those who believe and put their trust in Him.

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