Why do we need to be 'saved'?
You've probably noticed by now that even your favorite person is not 'perfect'.
In the beginning, this was not the case.
God created people to live in constant union and communication with Him and this was pure bliss!
Adam was tempted to question this and with his decision to go with another option, this connection was broken. This brokenness became the inherited reality for all who were born from those, now broken, parents.
We all inherit more than just our eye color and other physical characteristics from our parents and ancestors. Literally, we are storehouses of mountains of data of behavior, tendencies, consequences, and predispositions to go our own way and not glorify God. You've probably noticed this, too, in your family or others you have observed!
God's unstoppable love made a way for that connection to be restored. In fact, it is more than restoration--it is being made new and we are given the power to be a new creation.
Now, obviously, we will still look the same after we are born again--so where is this big change?
INSIDE!--where we need it the most! Our spirit is born again and made alive to God and that connection is an explosive reversal of what Adam did!
Aren't you ready for God to do an inside job for you?
Here are some scriptures about this:
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)
It is by grace you are saved, through faith. It is the GIFT of God so no one can brag that they 'worked' his way in! (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Jesus is actually praying that you will say yes to His invitation to step in to the forgiveness that is yours: Therefore He is also able to save to the UTTERMOST those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. (Hebrews 7:25)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so WHOEVER believes in Him will NOT die but will have eternal life. (John 3:16)
In summary-- We are all guilty of going our own way and not serving Him, His forgiveness is already waiting as a GIFT, and you bring joy to God with your YES!
Join the millions who know this relief of having all guilt, shame, rejection, condemnation, and fear REMOVED by the blood of Jesus and step into the new and living Way of knowing the love of God for yourself. All of us need this so desperately and also to know that when we leave this life, we will continue living in eternity with our loving God.
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MORE SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Ephesians 2:8-9
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
2 Corinthians 5:21
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Acts 16:30-31
“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you willbe saved, you and your household.”
Acts 4:12
“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
John 5:24
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment but has passed from death to life."
Matthew 6:9-13
"Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."
John 10:10
"The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy but I have come to give you life and that more abundantly."
Revelation 3:20
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into him and eat with him, and he with me."
Matthew 9:6-8
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”, he then said to the paralytic “Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men."
Romans 10:9-10
"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 justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
Matthew 19:25-26
"When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, "Who then can be saved?" Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
