Jesus Is God From Everlasting To Everlasting

My favorite verse is  "For faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God" Romans 10:17.

The Bible holds all the power of God in it's words, so knowing some good verses (they're all good) to speak when witnessing helps allow the powerful Spirit of God to convict the person to whom you are witnessing.

Jesus said… “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” Matthew 9:12, 13

The Webster Dictionary definition of repent is a verb, a visual action on our part. Latin poenitēre, to cause to feel sorry, regret. “Being sorry for my wrong.” Outward visual of grief over committing a wrongdoing.

Webster’s defines penitent as an adjective, a description of an action, also in the definition of the Latin root repent and to suffer. Paenit-(ere) plus pa-ti.

“I am sorry and turning from my wrongdoing and doing the correct.” The penitent person displays a distinct visual action from wrong to right, a change of heart for accountability and credibility.

Webster’s defines mercy as a noun, an object, or something of substance. Latin root word: mercēd: wages, reward. Late Latin root word: favor, leniency. “I will pity.” The action of not giving punishment deserved by a wrongdoing. 

Jesus came to the lost, unrepentant world,

to save us to repentance

“For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.” Mark 10: 35

Jesus hates sin. Sin came into the world through Adam’s willful rebellion in the Garden of Eden. We inherited Adam’s sin because we all descended from Adam. That means that the absolute best behaved, most generous, most morally right person ever to live is still a sinner. Because of sin, no one can be in God’s presence. Only perfect people can stand before God, and no one is perfect. Our imperfection is sin. We have all missed having sinless perfection.

‘For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.’ Romans 3:23

All people are sinners

Jesus loves sinners

‘But God demonstrates His own love toward us, that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.’ Romans 5: 8

God is perfect. God’s perfection cannot and will not tolerate sin. He must and will destroy any and all imperfection.

‘Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.’ 1 Timothy 6:16
We all are condemned to death—to separation from God in the ‘outer darkness, where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.’ Matthew 8:12

‘For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.’ Romans 6:23

The gift He gives that we don’t deserve

‘As it is written: ‘There is none righteous, no not one; There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one.’ Romans 3: 10, 11, 12

The Good news is: ‘God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not die but have eternal life.’ John 3:16
 

Grace

is

God’s favor

on an

unlovable,

undeserving,

sinful world!

Christians are born again believers, once were unrepentant, He has now made penitent. Those trusting in Jesus for Salvation can and will stand in the presence of God. The grace of God allows them to come near Him. Our Salvation is our faith in Jesus.

‘And being found in Him, not having my own righteousness, which is from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith.’ Philippians 3: 9

If you do not have the Son of God, you are not His. You are still in your sins, unrepentant, and destined for eternal death.

‘He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.’ 1 John 5: 12

The Good News: ‘…that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures,…’ 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4

Jesus, God, came to earth, was born of a virgin, died on the cross for the sin of the world, buried in a tomb, rose again the third day from the grave because His sacrifice for mankind fulfilled the death penalty required. He ascended back to heaven to sit on the throne beside the Father, and He will return someday to take believers to live with Him forever and to judge the unbelievers to separation forever. Without Jesus, there is no hope of salvation. That is the Gospel taught in the Bible from Genesis 1: 1 to Revelation 22: 21.

That is the Gospel. He does not want anyone to die and be eternally separate from God in the outer darkness, where there will be wailing a gnashing of teeth. He came and died so no one would have to be lost forever.

‘In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.’ 1 John 4: 10

May it be every believing, born again Christian’s desire that no one die and be eternally separate from God in the ‘outer darkness, where there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth.’

We attend church, perform good works, and pray. We sing, fellowship, and worship but He desires mercy from us, not just the performance done in His name. He commands that we are to let others know about the wonderful miracle He gives to the whole world; eternal Salvation. Let us have mercy on the lost and dying world and tell them the gospel of Jesus.

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28: 19

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