Monday, December 28, 2009

Jesus takes away the sin of the whole World!

Did you know that Jesus Christ has taken away the sins of the whole world by His death on the cross? This means that when we receive Jesus by faith every sin we have ever committed has been forgiven and removed by God. He will not hold us accountable for any of our sins! This is the Good News. Therefore, if we sin we should thank Him for already forgiving our sin. We don't need to keep asking for forgiveness because we already have it. See 1 John 2:2 and John 1:29, also Col. 2:13 and Heb. 10:14-17. In Him we have forgiveness of sins Eph. 1:7.

Every believer in Christ in the world is already totally forgiven for every sin that they have ever committed. However, not all people are saved. We are forgiven by Jesus' death on the cross but we are saved by His resurrection. God is not counting men's sins against them (2 Cor. 5:19).  To be saved we need to receive the life of Christ. Rom. 6:23 says that "The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." We must receive this eternal life because we are dead to God (see Eph. 2:1 and Col. 2:13-14).

To receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life we must receive Jesus.  Forgiveness and Eternal Life are contained only in Jesus. We receive them when we believe in Jesus and we receive Jesus Himself when we believe that He died for our sins, was buried and rose from the dead.

Colossions 2:13 is amazing because it reiterates the fact that we are totally forgiven of all our sins when we believe in Christ. Eph 2:1 and Col 2:13 tell us we were dead to God. Death means total separation. We are born separated from God.

If we are dead spiritually what do we still lack? Life! Dead people only need life. Therefore, when we believe in Jesus we are made alive to God forevermore Col. 2:13.  If you have never believed in the real Jesus of the Bible, the one who died on the cross, was buried and rose from the dead then you can right now.

Call on the name of Jesus and ask Him to give you eternal life and thank Him for taking away all your sins on the cross. He bore your sins on the cross. Acknowledge what He has done for you and he will come and live inside of you forever.

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