The Question Asked
"Do you think bad people will enter heaven?" I once asked a friend,
"I don't think so," was his reply.
"Then i don't have a chance.Do you?"
He paused."Why yes; I'm not so bad."
"But are you a sinner?"I asked.
"I guess we're all sinners," he said hesitantly.
"God sees all sinners as bad," I told him.
"God's word declares: "No one does good,not even one." -Romans 3:12.God offers salvation omly to sinners,because good people think they don't need to be saved."
I then informed him that Christ died for sinners -Romanns 5:8,and that the only way to heaven is through Him -Romans 3:23,24.I finally urged him to accept Christ's peyment on his behalf.
The Answer Pursued
Late that night, he came and told me that the thought of his sins would not let him sleep."Your comment that 'God offers salvation only to sinners keep running through my mind.I came to asked how i can be saved.I'm a great sinner,and all my sins are weighing me down."
"Are they burdening you like a huge debt you can't possibly pay?" So i asked him.
"That's exactly how they feel ," he sighed.
The Debt Owed
"If you owed a debt like that,wouldn't you fear your creditor and the law? But if someone who loved you paid your debt,what then?"
"I'd be a free man and eternally thankful because my debt was paid in full."
"But wouldn't it matter that you didn't pay it yourself?"
"Why would that matter? It's paid,andd that's what really counts.My creditor would be satisfied and the law wouldn't touch me," he concluded.
Then i asked him,"Consider your sins as that debt,and God as your creditor."It's impossible for you to pay your debt of sin,but Jesus Christ-who loves you-paid it in full for you.The Bible says He personally carried away our sins in His own body on the cross so we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. -1 Peter 2:24,1:18-19.
The Debt Paid
"You see,God sent His own Son to pay the debt which we owed,but could not pay.God is completely satisfied with Christ's payment.The question is,are you?
"I am,and thank God for it.But how can i be saved?"
"Admit that you are a sinner who can't possibly pay your debt of sins against God.
Believe that Jesus has paid that debt in full for you.
Then fhank God for His forgiveness,trusting Jesus as your debt-payer."
Open up to Him,and you will experience joy,peace,comfort and a sigh of relief.And most importantly,He'll give you eternal life.Finally,the Binle says;For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,you will be saved -Romans 10:9.
"Do you think bad people will enter heaven?" I once asked a friend,
"I don't think so," was his reply.
"Then i don't have a chance.Do you?"
He paused."Why yes; I'm not so bad."
"But are you a sinner?"I asked.
"I guess we're all sinners," he said hesitantly.
"God sees all sinners as bad," I told him.
"God's word declares: "No one does good,not even one." -Romans 3:12.God offers salvation omly to sinners,because good people think they don't need to be saved."
I then informed him that Christ died for sinners -Romanns 5:8,and that the only way to heaven is through Him -Romans 3:23,24.I finally urged him to accept Christ's peyment on his behalf.
The Answer Pursued
Late that night, he came and told me that the thought of his sins would not let him sleep."Your comment that 'God offers salvation only to sinners keep running through my mind.I came to asked how i can be saved.I'm a great sinner,and all my sins are weighing me down."
"Are they burdening you like a huge debt you can't possibly pay?" So i asked him.
"That's exactly how they feel ," he sighed.
The Debt Owed
"If you owed a debt like that,wouldn't you fear your creditor and the law? But if someone who loved you paid your debt,what then?"
"I'd be a free man and eternally thankful because my debt was paid in full."
"But wouldn't it matter that you didn't pay it yourself?"
"Why would that matter? It's paid,andd that's what really counts.My creditor would be satisfied and the law wouldn't touch me," he concluded.
Then i asked him,"Consider your sins as that debt,and God as your creditor."It's impossible for you to pay your debt of sin,but Jesus Christ-who loves you-paid it in full for you.The Bible says He personally carried away our sins in His own body on the cross so we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. -1 Peter 2:24,1:18-19.
The Debt Paid
"You see,God sent His own Son to pay the debt which we owed,but could not pay.God is completely satisfied with Christ's payment.The question is,are you?
"I am,and thank God for it.But how can i be saved?"
"Admit that you are a sinner who can't possibly pay your debt of sins against God.
Believe that Jesus has paid that debt in full for you.
Then fhank God for His forgiveness,trusting Jesus as your debt-payer."
Open up to Him,and you will experience joy,peace,comfort and a sigh of relief.And most importantly,He'll give you eternal life.Finally,the Binle says;For if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,you will be saved -Romans 10:9.
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