But you can. His name is Jesus...
He is the only begotten Son of God. God the creator. God your creator. And He LOVES you! For God so loved the whole, wide world that He allowed His only Son to be crucified - hung on a cross to die, so that you and I could be forgiven of all of our sins and spend eternity knowing Him. All of us have sinned. In other words, we have all gone our own way, doing things the way we want to, and not even caring or knowing that there is a God who is completely perfect, and who cannot tolerate disobedience to His ways or His word. We all have a choice; it's called a free will, and God allows us to decide what we want to do, good or bad. He allows us to choose Him or not to choose Him. If we choose Him, and choose to follow Him, we choose life and life to the full. But, if we choose not to follow Him, not to give our lives to Him, as sad as that would be, there are consequences for that choice. The consequence for not choosing Him is eternal death, - or life without God for all eternity. Our bodies will die, but our spirits remain alive forever. If you choose God now, then you will spend eternity with a loving, all knowing, merciful, and might I add, really fun God.
In the begining God knew that the human race would one day fall and disobey his commands; which by the way, are for our good; to protect us and not to harm us, or keep anything good from us. How are His commands good for us you ask? Think about it like this - when a little child is about to touch a hot stove, mom or dad reaches out their hand to stop him and says, "No, that will hurt you." That parent does their very best to protect that child by telling him the dangers of touching a hot stove. They know that he may choose to do it again, but in their love for their child they have commanded him not to, and warned him of the consequences of being disobedient. It is for the childs good that they tell him not to touch the hot stove.
In God's wisdom, and out of His love for us, He has told us in His word - the Holy Bible, not to do certain things because they will hurt us. He has warned us over and over again of the dangers of disobedience to His word- His commands - His ways. But, He knew we would disobey. The consequence for disobedience is total seperation from Him. Here's the cool part though, and the part I can't live without - Because He knew that we would mess up; we would choose our own way; we would choose to do things that harm us, and become disobedient to Him, He made a way for us to be forgiven and washed clean of all of our sins.
In ancient times, before Jesus Christ was born, people had to make sacrifices for their sins by killing a lamb was in perfect condition and allowing that lamb's blood to be shed. This lamb had to be without blemish. It had to be spotless. The shedding of the perfect lamb's blood covered the people's sins. The Bible says that Jesus, God's Son, is our "Spotless Lamb." He came to earth and lived a blamesless life. He never sinned. So this Jesus, who knew no sin, who is the only one perfect, the only one spotless, came to earth and died on a cross, carrying all of our sins on Himself, to that cross. Then He rose again from the dead three days later, bringing life and forgiveness of our sins, and freedom from it's power over us, to anyone who would believe in Him, and confess that He is Lord. The payment, or consequence for sin is eternal death. By our disobedience, not only will we suffer harm, but our relationship with God is severed forever. However, because of His love for us and His love for Father God, Jesus - our spotless, flawless lamb, paid the price for us all. He became sin for us and shed His blood, so we don't have to. Penalty paid! He actually bought our freedom, with His blood. Then, He rose again from the dead and brought us all eternal life. Abundant, wonderful, victorious life. That life can be yours if you choose Him now.
Right now some of you reading this, are feeling like your heart is about to jump out of your chest. Some of you may feel nervous. Some how, you know that what you are reading is true. You see, God created us to have a perfect relationship with Him. He created each of us to live and have communion with Him. He created you, to have a relationship with you. What you are feeling is His Holy Spirt talking to you, and telling you this is truth, and to follow the truth. God is calling you to Himself today. We can read in the Bible where He said, "I stand at the door and knock. If any man open the door and let Me in, then I will sup with Him and he will sup with Me." The door He is talking about is the door to your heart. He wants to come and live inside of your heart. He will never leave you or forsake you. He will always be with you because He will live in you. The Bible says we are supposed to be His resting place. Wow, imagine that. God, resting in you. You know what else? You can rest in God. But it takes you giving up your own ways. Giving God your past, present and future. Giving God your whole heart; your whole life and receiving His in return. Forgiveness for your sins and eternal life with God is a gift. You can not earn it. You have to accept it. You must believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that He died on a cross for you and rose from the dead on the third day. You must confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord - your Lord. A love awaits you. A God who loves you and died for you awaits your invitation to come into your life and your heart, and wash you clean of all your sin, and give you new life. It's all about relationship. It's all about love, and right now it's all about you. Can you hear God knocking on your heart's door? Will you let Him come in and live there forever?
If you desire to have this relationship with God and to be forgiven of your sins pray this prayer from your heart. In other words, mean it. And know that God is listening to you. He is here with you right now. Pray this with me now...
Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. I believe you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven of all my sins. I believe that you came back to life three days later and gave me victory over my urge to sin, and victory over the enemy, Satan. I believe you are alive today and forever. I am sorry for doing things my own way, and for being disobedient to you and to your commands. I'm sorry for breaking your heart. Please forgive me now and wash me clean of all my sins. I give you my past; all the good and all the bad. I give you my present. I give you my future. I give you my life from this day forward. Please come into my life now. Come into my heart. I open the door for you to come in now. I give you myself now and I receive you in return. I accept the gift, of eternal life with you. God fill me with your Holy Spirt now. Thank you for paying the price for my sin. Thank you for dying for me. Thank you for saving me from eternal death and seperation from you. Thank you for forgiving me. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for filling me with your Holy Spirit. Help me to follow you all the days of my life. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
Woo Hoo! Welcome to the family of God. You are now born again. That means you are a new creation. You are like a new born baby, only you're a lot older. Hehehe. God has cleansed you of the guilt of your sins. He does not even remeber them. His word says that they are as far away as the east is from the west. He buried them in the sea of forgetfulness. You get a brand new start. How about that?
The next thing you need to do is get a Bible if you do not have one. Read your Bible everyday. That is God's love letter to you and he will speak to you through those sriptures. It will teach you about God and His ways. God speaks to us in many ways. The Bible is only one way. To learn another way to hear the voice of God, click on "Hearing God," under the "More" button at the top of this page. Next, you need to start attending a Bible believing church where you can learn and make friends with other people who know God too. You also need to be baptized in water to be obedient to what God asks us to do. Also, there is another great thing you need to do. You need to ask the Lord to baptize you in the Holy Spirt. Get your Bible and read the book of Acts. That will explain to you about the baptism in the Holy Spirt, and if you will click on "Baptism" under the "More" button at the top of the page, you can learn all about water baptism and baptism in the Holy Spirt.
Congratulations on your decision to follow Jesus. You will never regret it. You have just begun the journey of a life time; a love relationship with the creator of the universe. If you have any questions please submit them below and we'll get back to you right away.
Let me pray a blessing over you. Father, today you have received a new child. Bless them with all your spiritual blessings. I thank you for saving them and filling them with your Holy Spirt. Thank you that they can feel the warmth of your love and your presence even now. In Jesus name, Amen!
Let us invite you to "Jesus Night" where you will spend some time with us learning about God and experiencing Him. For more information about Jesus Night click on the "Jesus Night" button above. Hope to see you there.
And one last thing.. The Bible tell us that if we confess Jesus before men He will confess us before the Father. Basically what this means is that you need to tell others that you believe in and have accepted Jesus Christ into your life. You belong to Him now. And Jesus promises to tell Father God that He knows you and you are His. The Bible also says that if you deny Jesus before men He will deny you before the Father. So start today confessing Him. We would love to be the first to know about your decision to follow Christ. We will celebrate with you.
In the begining God knew that the human race would one day fall and disobey his commands; which by the way, are for our good; to protect us and not to harm us, or keep anything good from us. How are His commands good for us you ask? Think about it like this - when a little child is about to touch a hot stove, mom or dad reaches out their hand to stop him and says, "No, that will hurt you." That parent does their very best to protect that child by telling him the dangers of touching a hot stove. They know that he may choose to do it again, but in their love for their child they have commanded him not to, and warned him of the consequences of being disobedient. It is for the childs good that they tell him not to touch the hot stove.
In God's wisdom, and out of His love for us, He has told us in His word - the Holy Bible, not to do certain things because they will hurt us. He has warned us over and over again of the dangers of disobedience to His word- His commands - His ways. But, He knew we would disobey. The consequence for disobedience is total seperation from Him. Here's the cool part though, and the part I can't live without - Because He knew that we would mess up; we would choose our own way; we would choose to do things that harm us, and become disobedient to Him, He made a way for us to be forgiven and washed clean of all of our sins.
In ancient times, before Jesus Christ was born, people had to make sacrifices for their sins by killing a lamb was in perfect condition and allowing that lamb's blood to be shed. This lamb had to be without blemish. It had to be spotless. The shedding of the perfect lamb's blood covered the people's sins. The Bible says that Jesus, God's Son, is our "Spotless Lamb." He came to earth and lived a blamesless life. He never sinned. So this Jesus, who knew no sin, who is the only one perfect, the only one spotless, came to earth and died on a cross, carrying all of our sins on Himself, to that cross. Then He rose again from the dead three days later, bringing life and forgiveness of our sins, and freedom from it's power over us, to anyone who would believe in Him, and confess that He is Lord. The payment, or consequence for sin is eternal death. By our disobedience, not only will we suffer harm, but our relationship with God is severed forever. However, because of His love for us and His love for Father God, Jesus - our spotless, flawless lamb, paid the price for us all. He became sin for us and shed His blood, so we don't have to. Penalty paid! He actually bought our freedom, with His blood. Then, He rose again from the dead and brought us all eternal life. Abundant, wonderful, victorious life. That life can be yours if you choose Him now.
Right now some of you reading this, are feeling like your heart is about to jump out of your chest. Some of you may feel nervous. Some how, you know that what you are reading is true. You see, God created us to have a perfect relationship with Him. He created each of us to live and have communion with Him. He created you, to have a relationship with you. What you are feeling is His Holy Spirt talking to you, and telling you this is truth, and to follow the truth. God is calling you to Himself today. We can read in the Bible where He said, "I stand at the door and knock. If any man open the door and let Me in, then I will sup with Him and he will sup with Me." The door He is talking about is the door to your heart. He wants to come and live inside of your heart. He will never leave you or forsake you. He will always be with you because He will live in you. The Bible says we are supposed to be His resting place. Wow, imagine that. God, resting in you. You know what else? You can rest in God. But it takes you giving up your own ways. Giving God your past, present and future. Giving God your whole heart; your whole life and receiving His in return. Forgiveness for your sins and eternal life with God is a gift. You can not earn it. You have to accept it. You must believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is the son of God and that He died on a cross for you and rose from the dead on the third day. You must confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord - your Lord. A love awaits you. A God who loves you and died for you awaits your invitation to come into your life and your heart, and wash you clean of all your sin, and give you new life. It's all about relationship. It's all about love, and right now it's all about you. Can you hear God knocking on your heart's door? Will you let Him come in and live there forever?
If you desire to have this relationship with God and to be forgiven of your sins pray this prayer from your heart. In other words, mean it. And know that God is listening to you. He is here with you right now. Pray this with me now...
Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. I believe you died on the cross for me so that I could be forgiven of all my sins. I believe that you came back to life three days later and gave me victory over my urge to sin, and victory over the enemy, Satan. I believe you are alive today and forever. I am sorry for doing things my own way, and for being disobedient to you and to your commands. I'm sorry for breaking your heart. Please forgive me now and wash me clean of all my sins. I give you my past; all the good and all the bad. I give you my present. I give you my future. I give you my life from this day forward. Please come into my life now. Come into my heart. I open the door for you to come in now. I give you myself now and I receive you in return. I accept the gift, of eternal life with you. God fill me with your Holy Spirt now. Thank you for paying the price for my sin. Thank you for dying for me. Thank you for saving me from eternal death and seperation from you. Thank you for forgiving me. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for filling me with your Holy Spirit. Help me to follow you all the days of my life. In Jesus name I pray, amen.
Woo Hoo! Welcome to the family of God. You are now born again. That means you are a new creation. You are like a new born baby, only you're a lot older. Hehehe. God has cleansed you of the guilt of your sins. He does not even remeber them. His word says that they are as far away as the east is from the west. He buried them in the sea of forgetfulness. You get a brand new start. How about that?
The next thing you need to do is get a Bible if you do not have one. Read your Bible everyday. That is God's love letter to you and he will speak to you through those sriptures. It will teach you about God and His ways. God speaks to us in many ways. The Bible is only one way. To learn another way to hear the voice of God, click on "Hearing God," under the "More" button at the top of this page. Next, you need to start attending a Bible believing church where you can learn and make friends with other people who know God too. You also need to be baptized in water to be obedient to what God asks us to do. Also, there is another great thing you need to do. You need to ask the Lord to baptize you in the Holy Spirt. Get your Bible and read the book of Acts. That will explain to you about the baptism in the Holy Spirt, and if you will click on "Baptism" under the "More" button at the top of the page, you can learn all about water baptism and baptism in the Holy Spirt.
Congratulations on your decision to follow Jesus. You will never regret it. You have just begun the journey of a life time; a love relationship with the creator of the universe. If you have any questions please submit them below and we'll get back to you right away.
Let me pray a blessing over you. Father, today you have received a new child. Bless them with all your spiritual blessings. I thank you for saving them and filling them with your Holy Spirt. Thank you that they can feel the warmth of your love and your presence even now. In Jesus name, Amen!
Let us invite you to "Jesus Night" where you will spend some time with us learning about God and experiencing Him. For more information about Jesus Night click on the "Jesus Night" button above. Hope to see you there.
And one last thing.. The Bible tell us that if we confess Jesus before men He will confess us before the Father. Basically what this means is that you need to tell others that you believe in and have accepted Jesus Christ into your life. You belong to Him now. And Jesus promises to tell Father God that He knows you and you are His. The Bible also says that if you deny Jesus before men He will deny you before the Father. So start today confessing Him. We would love to be the first to know about your decision to follow Christ. We will celebrate with you.