Question:
Where Do You want to spend eternity?
Phil. 3:20 through Phil. 3:21 (NRSVA) 20But our citizenship is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21He will transform the body of our humiliation that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,…
TORMENTED
OR JOYFUL?
We can either spend eternity in never-ending torment or everlasting joy,
depending on what choice we make while we are living
in our present life. If we put off making that decision too long and we should
die before choosing salvation, then the choice is automatic and we have lost our
chance to make the right decision.
The good news is that making that decision is as easy as A-B-C
and can be made before it is too late.
The bible explains to us that Adam and Eve disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden and ever since then mankind has been separated from God.
Gen. 2:15 through Gen. 2:17 (NRSVA) 15The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and
keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat
of every tree of the garden; 17but of the tree of the knowledge of
good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall
die.”
Gen.
3:22 through Gen. 3:23 (NRSVA) 22Then the LORD God said,
“See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he
might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever”—23therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden
of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
Because of the disobedience of the first man and woman we have all fallen from the grace of God. The first step (A) in God's plan for us to be reconciled to him is to admit that all of us have sinned and have fallen short.
Rom. 3:23 through Rom. 3:25 NRSVA) 23since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; 24they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;
We can do nothing of ourselves to reestablish our relationship with God . But He made a way for us to be reconciled by sending His only Son, who was himself made flesh to suffer and die as atonement for our sins.
John 3:16 through John 3:18 (NRSVA) 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.17“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
What we have to do is (B) believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and He was sent to Earth to live a sinless life and to be crucified to pay for our sins.
When we come to the realization that we are sinners and we believe with our hearts that Jesus Christ did die for our sins, God asks us to do one other thing. We are asked to (C) confess that we are a sinner and that only belief in Jesus can save us and that we have put our trust and our lives in His hands.
Rom.
10:9 through Rom. 10:11 (NRSVA) 9because
if you confess
with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. 10For one believes with the
heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. 11The
scripture says, “No one who believes in him will be put to shame.”
Heaven or Hell?
The choice is yours to make.
The choice is as easy as A-B-C
We at the Elkton Church of God pray that if you haven't already made your choice, you will make it before it's too late. If you want to speak to someone, please contact the church and someone will pray with you and try to answer any questions you have.
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