COME TO THE CROSS

Ro 4:18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope BELIEVED and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”
Ro 4:19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.
Ro 4:20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,
Ro 4:21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.
Ro 4:22 This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Ro 4:23 The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone,
Ro 4:24 but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
Ro 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.
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The wages of sin is death (ROM 6:23). We all have a sinful mind and heart(ROM 3:23). God cannot stand in the presence of sin. Therefore God would have to condemn everyone of us to death for our sins. Knowing this and loving us enough to not want this to happen, he sent His Son to die on a Cross so that we would not have to face our well deserved death (JOHN 3:16). When you come humbly to the Cross, when you come to a place where you know that you are unable to live a blameless life of your own works, you will realize that you are in need of the saving Grace that is offered to you when you truly BELIEVE in the promise God has given to you. Confess your sins before the Lord, invite the savior into your heart. He will come and He will save you and forgive you. All you need to do is BELIEVE. Once you make this decision, walk forward with your head held high with bold assurance that you are saved! You must BELIEVE this in your heart. Christ does not want religious theories at His Cross. He wants your heart and He wants to have a relationship with you. It is the relationship that you have with Christ and the trust you have in His Word and promises that will save and transform your life. There is nothing else you can do for eternal life. Put your salvation in God and not in man. Don't be a follower of anyone but Christ. Once you cultivate this relationship, Christ will show you the way to go from there. It is the Belief in His Promise of His blood covering your sin that will seal you with the Spirit. The Spirit will lead you down the straight path. This will not be of any work of your own but only the Grace of God. All you have to do is BELIEVE.

Do you have a broken relationship with someone because of your pride? Are you in financial crisis because you have tried to live outside the means that God has provided to you? Are you lonely because you have a void inside of you that you refuse to fill with God? In your quest for perfection, have you lost your friends because they were unable to live up to your impossible standards? All of these are forms of sin playing out in your life. God can make you whole again through Christ. Christ will transform your heart and make you into the person that you long to be. Christ in your heart will restore the unity you long for. IT IS A PROMISE WORTH BELIEVING!