Dear Friend:
The lack of peace and restlessness you feel is because of your sin that has placed a barrier between you and God. But God loved you so much that He sent His only begotten Son, Jesus into the world to become your personal Savior and Prince of Peace. Please see John 3:16 and Isaiah 9:6.
John 3:16 "God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life"
Isaiah 9:6 "A child has been born to us; God has given a son to us. He will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace"
Your loving God has provided a process or a plan for you to be forgiven of your sins through faith in Jesus resulting in perfect and everlasting peace with the Father.
God’s Plan of Salvation
1 John 5:11-12 "And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life."
This passage tells us that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son, Jesus Christ. In other words, the way to possess eternal life is to possess God’s Son. The question is, how can a person have the Son of God?
Isaiah 59:2 "It is your evil that has separated you from your God. Your sins cause him to turn away from you, so he does not hear you."
Romans 5:8 "But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners."
According to Romans 5:8, God demonstrated His love for us through the death of His Son. Why did Christ have to die for us? Because Scripture declares all men to be sinful. To “sin” means to miss the mark. The Bible declares “all have sinned and fall short of the glory (the perfect holiness) of God” (Romans 3:23). In other words, our sin separates us from God who is perfect holiness (righteousness and justice) and God must therefore judge sinful man.
Habakkuk 1:13a "Your (God's) eyes are too good to look at evil; you (God) cannot stand to see those who do wrong."
Scripture also teaches that no amount of human goodness, human works, human morality, or religious activity can gain acceptance with God or get anyone into heaven. The moral man, the religious man, and the immoral and non-religious are all in the same boat. They all fall short of God’s perfect righteousness. After discussing the immoral man, the moral man, and the religious man in Romans 1:18-3:8, the Apostle Paul declares that both Jews and Greeks are under sin, that “there is none righteous, not even one” (Romans 3:9-10). Added to this are the declarations of the following verses of Scripture:
Ephesians 2:8-9 "I mean that you have been saved by grace through believing. You did not save yourselves; it was a gift from God.9 It was not the result of your own efforts, so you cannot brag about it."
Titus 3:5-7 "He saved us because of his mercy. It was not because of good deeds we did to be right with him. He saved us through the washing that made us new people through the Holy Spirit.6 God poured out richly upon us that Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ our Savior.7 Being made right with God by his grace, we could have the hope of receiving the life that never ends."
Romans 4:1-5 "So what can we say that Abraham, the father of our people, learned about faith? 2 If Abraham was made right by the things he did, he had a reason to brag. But this is not God's view,3 because the Scripture says, "Abraham believed God, and God accepted Abraham's faith, and that faith made him right with God." 4 When people work, their pay is not given as a gift, but as something earned.5 But people cannot do any work that will make them right with God. So they must trust in him, who makes even evil people right in his sight. Then God accepts their faith, and that makes them right with him."
No amount of human goodness is as good as God. God is perfect righteousness. Because of this, Habakkuk 1:13 tells us God cannot have fellowship with anyone who does not have perfect righteousness. In order to be accepted by God, we must be as good as God is. Before God, we all stand naked, helpless, and hopeless in ourselves. No amount of good living will get us to heaven or give us eternal life. What then is the solution?
God is not only perfect holiness (whose holy character we can never attain to on our own or by our works of righteousness) but He is also perfect love and full of grace and mercy. Because of His love and grace, He has not left us without hope and a solution.
Romans 5:8 "But God shows his great love for us in this way: Christ died for us while we were still sinners."
This is the good news of the Bible, the message of the gospel. It’s the message of the gift of God’s own Son who became man (the God-man), lived a sinless life, died on the cross for our sin, and was raised from the grave proving both the fact He is God’s Son and the value of His death for us as our substitute.
Romans 1:4 "The Good News is about God's Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. As a man, he was born from the family of David. But through the Spirit of holiness he was declared to be God's Son with great power by rising from the dead."
Romans 4:25 "Jesus was given to die for our sins, and he was raised from the dead to make us right with God."
2 Corinthians 5:21 "Christ had no sin, but God made him become sin so that in Christ we could become right with God."
1 Peter 3:18 "Christ himself suffered for sins once. He was not guilty, but he suffered for those who are guilty to bring you to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the Spirit."
Because of what Jesus Christ accomplished for us on the cross, the Bible states “He that has the Son has life.” We can receive the Son, Jesus Christ, as our Savior by personal faith, by trusting in the person of Christ and His death for our sins.
John 1:12 "But to all who did accept him and believe in him he gave the right to become children of God."
John 3:16-18 "God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son so that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life. 17 God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.18 People who believe in God's Son are not judged guilty. Those who do not believe have already been judged guilty, because they have not believed in God's one and only Son."
This means we must each come to God the same way: (1) as a sinner who recognizes his sinfulness, (2) realizes no human works can result in salvation, and (3) relies totally on Christ alone by faith alone for our salvation.
If you would like to receive and trust Christ as your personal Savior, you may want to express your faith in Christ by a simple prayer acknowledging your sinfulness, accepting His forgiveness and putting your faith in Christ for your salvation.
If you have just trusted in Christ, you need to learn about your new life and how to walk with the Lord. May we suggest you start by studying through the "Bible Basics" (Click Here). This series will take you step-by-step through some basic truths of God’s Word and will help you build a solid foundation for your faith in Christ.
Friend, today is the day of your salvation for there may not be a tomorrow. Jesus says come to me all you who are burdened. What is it that would keep you from coming to Christ now? Is it worth an eternity in Hell? Friend, God is calling you to Himself, repent and call unto Jesus and He will save you and you will find the promised perfect peace and rest.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 says "For God did not appoint us to wrath,
but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ"
If you came to Christ or have questions e-mail Jacque (Jack) at rwmjrp@yahoo.com or e-mail us at info@roadwarriorministries.org
Click on this link for PowerPoint (TM) presentation number PPT268 [this is a large file and will take some time] it will provide you with a detailed look at your salvation and begin to ground you for growth in the knowledge of Christ Jesus.