Ceejay Horrell

Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5:12 NIV

Several years ago a new report came in about a man and his wife found frozen to death in their car after a blizzard dumped tons of snow, burying their vehicle. A note was found in the glove compartment scribbled by the woman before she died. The note read: “I don’t want to die this way.” Tragically, less than six feet from their icy grave was a stranded bus, whose festive passengers remained warm throughout the night.

The word ‘gospel’ means good news, but the gospel is only good news to those who receive it. Our heavenly Father not only forgives us of our sins but transfers all the good, holy and righteous deeds that Christ ever did to us. This is incredible good news!

If you refuse this gift you will not have eternal life no matter how many good works you have performed. If you accept and trust in Jesus as your salvation then the eternal life God offers to you in Christ is guaranteed! Though you may be a sinner, in God’s eyes you are now considered perfect, blameless and without fault. This gives us peace with God and allows us to stop worrying about our salvation.

I think we could agree that God paid too high a price for us to ignore His incredible sacrifice for us. Why not receive this gift today?

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If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:8 NIV

Ever wondered how a worm gets inside an apple? Interestingly enough it does not burrow from the outside, but rather an insect lays an egg in the apple blossom. Sometime later, the worm hatches in the heart of the apple, then eats his way out. Sin, like the worn, begins in the heart and works out through a person's thoughts, words, and actions.

We are not sinful because we sin, we sin because we are sinners by nature, it’s what we produce and it comes out of a natural tendency that we are all born with. The good news is that God can and has taken care of this for us, and the only reason God’s word tells us that we are sinners is to show us our need of a Saviour.

Your heavenly Father has done everything a God of love can do to save us from our sins and His solution for our sin problem was Jesus’ death on the cross.