The message of the gospel may seem challenging at first, but ultimately, it offers hope, peace, and freedom for the soul.
Our existence is riddled with injustice and suffering, resulting from the consequences of sin. Whether we like it or not, we are all interconnected to the inequity of this world, which the scriptures describe as currently under the influence of the devil.
In His divine justice, God must deal with sin, and hell is the destination for unrepentant sinners and the wicked. Sadly, none of us can claim to be perfectly good in this world.
However, no need to panic. The gospel is a Good News, not a Bad News. God’s ultimate desire is to save our souls and bring us to heaven as our final destination. He demonstrated His love for us by sending His sinless son, Jesus, who was both fully human and fully divine, to die on the cross for all our inequities. In other words, God Himself came in a human body to rescue us from eternal damnation, taking the punishment for us. He resurrected three days later to guarantee we’ll also have a resurrection in a glorified body on the day of redemption. Through His sacrifice, we have the opportunity to receive total forgiveness and be reconciled with God.
The beauty of salvation is that even a child can receive it with ease, making it the simplest undertaking in existence.
We don’t need to earn eternal life through good works or personal merit. For example:
- We don’t have to pay for it now, or in the future.
- We don’t have to join an organization.
- We don’t have to follow strict rules.
- We don’t have to change our lifestyle.
- We don’t have to make daily sacrifices.
Instead, it is a totally free gift of grace and love from God. We’re only asked to believe the Good News. That’s it.
This is how I know that salvation is an easy and straightforward gift from God, with no strings attached. Jesus has already paid the price for all our sins on the cross, and it’s through this knowledge that I personally chose to trust the Good News.
The free gift is for everyone. It is available to all people, regardless of their background, identity or sexual orientation.
What’s more, the promise of eternal life is received immediately upon believing and accepting it, rather than through a long process of growth and self-improvement. Once we are born again, we are sealed by the Holy Spirit, and nothing can separate us from the hand of God, not even our failures or the accusations of others.
After being saved, the Apostle Paul teaches us how we can show our gratitude for the awesome knowledge that we are children of God, and that we will never be condemned to perish.
I pray that whoever you are you will also choose to trust the gospel for your eternal life. It won’t cost you anything to receive it, on the contrary you’ll gain the most powerful spiritual assurance.
Given the abundance of topics to explore, I plan to delve into them further in upcoming blog posts.
May God bless you all!
Related verses
John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him..
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 10:25-30
Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. I and my Father are one.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 3:20-26
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
ROMANS 3:28
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said (Paul and Silas), Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
ROMANS 8:38-39
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Colossians 1:13
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son
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