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Original post @ https://atimetoshare.me/2024/03/26/why-do-we-need-jesus
“WHY DO WE NEED JESUS?” 5/23/2024 Written by Kathy Boecher for “atimetoshare”
Many people ask this question for many reasons… Some are atheists who don’t believe God and hell are real ?? Many believe Jesus was a good profit, but never rose from the grave. The Jewish people don’t believe that Jesus was the Messiah, and they are still waiting for their Messiah to show up…
I’m here to tell you that not only is Jesus the Son of God…Jesus is alive and well, sitting at the right hand of God the Father in heaven !!
How do I KNOW this ?? Because back on 06/02/2002, I made the “Sinners Prayer” at 11:45 am in church, after the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ was preached…and at that moment in time, a 1,000 pounds came off my shoulders, and I KNEW I was a redeemed, “born again” child of God !!
The Bible teaches us this in…Romans 8:15-16… For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.” 16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, (NKJV)
My life changed in the blink of an eye, and all my priorities changed dramatically !! God became most important in my life… Then my wife and eventually my children, then church, and finally my job…
Previous to this “born again” moment in my life, it was all about me, and my wife… I was going to church every week…but not reading the Bible…and anything I thought I was doing for the Lord, I was really doing to make myself feel good…
Whether you give hundreds of thousands of dollars away to help the poor and needy, or just what you can afford to give, makes no difference to the Lord… Your money, and your visits to the old age home, can’t buy you brownie points for God to let you into heaven… Jesus tells us this, in…
Matthew 7:21-23… “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ (NKJV)
That ” ‘I never knew you; depart from Me”, is Jesus telling people at the gates of Heaven to turn around a proceed directly to hell…
God gave us the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, to save sinners from eternal punishment… [See P.S. below] You must understand and obey the gospel of Christ, or the apostle Paul tells us this, in…
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9… in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, (NKJV)
Read more about why you need Jesus in today’s post by Kathy, “WHY DO WE NEED JESUS?”, to find out more…and seek the Lord while He may still be found !!
Isaiah 55:6… Seek the Lord while He may be found,
Call upon Him while He is near. (NKJV)
Blessings in Christ, bruce
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Written by Kathy Boecher for “atimetoshare” @ http://atimetoshare.me
WHY DO WE NEED JESUS?
Posted on March 26, 2024 by atimetoshare.me
It’s easy to see why we need someone to rescue us from the ugliness that has covered the world. Identity theft has run amok – human slavery still exists as children are sold into prostitution – morality is at an all-time low – everything except the One True God is worshipped – the criminals are now heroes, and the heroes are crooks. Lives are spent fighting continuing wars. Lives are cut short before they have a chance to breathe because they might prove to be an inconvenience. Lives are shortened at the end for the same reason. How is it possible to survive where it seems there is no peace – no love – no hope?
We need a Savior not because we deserve it, but because we have turned so far away from what God wants and expects from us. Our lives are increasingly being covered with scum and depravity – hunger and homelessness in a land of plenty. It didn’t just happen overnight. It has insidiously maneuvered its way into our lifestyle, our civilization, our homes, and even our churches.
We could give up. We could let the world overtake us, but what would be the consequence of that? God’s Word tells us that the wages of sin is death. We don’t have the means to buy our way out. There is no amount of human knowledge, wisdom or strength to cover the cost. The only way for us to escape is through our Savior, Jesus, Christ.
Is there hope in this disgusting, sinful world? No! It comes as a free gift from God when His own flesh and blood died to set us free – to pay the ransom we could never pay – and conquer death to show us that we would receive eternal life through Him.
Our Savior will return again to take us to heaven. Come quickly, Lord, Jesus!
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