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160 En Route to Global Occupation
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EXPERIENCE TIIIS KlND OF PEACE AND
JOY, BtiT HAVE NEVER ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SA VI OR,
HERE IS WHAT YOU MUST DO:
First of all, you must understand what it is that God has done
for you through Jesus Christ John 3:16 explains:
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and
only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish
but have eternal life.
God sent his son to die in our place, so that we might be saved
from the penalty of our sins. Had we been perfect, this would not
have been necessary; we could have entered Heaven on our own
merits.
God created man perfect without sin. However, He gave man
the freedoin to make decisions; this included the right to choose between
obeying God or following the empty lies and temptations of
Lucifer (Satan)-the master deceiver.
Lucifer was once a powerful angel, but rebelled against God,
wanting to be as God himself. Filled with self-pride and arrogance,
he wanted to be worshiped like his Maker. Rather than submitting
to the one Creator, he wanted to be exalted himself. (He apparently
suffered from too high a self-esteem!)
Having failed at his attempt, Lucifer was removed from God's
presence, and became known as Satan. With the creation of man, his
goal became to upset God's plan by luring man to make the same
mistake he made-desiring to be elevated to the position of God. So
he held out the forbidden fruit
"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.
•For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will
be opened, AND YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD .... "
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good
for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for
gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it She also gave
some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it
(Gen. 3:4-5a, 6)
The moment that Adam sinned, his seed became corrupted. As
a result, every future human being would be born into sin and would
wage a life-long struggle between doing what he knows is right (obeying
his spiritual conscience) and doing what is wrong (yielding to the
sinful nature of his flesh). Contrary to popular belief, sin is not only
learned, it is also inherited. Romans 5:12 states that" ... sin entered
the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way
death came to all men, because all sinned" (also see Rom. 3:23).
When Satan succeeded in getting man to disobey God, it gave
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him the right to condemn our souls; this fallen angel became our
accuser. According to Scripture, he stands accusing us before God day
and night (Rev. 12:10).
By yielding to Satan's temptation and choosing to live a life
independent of God's will, man inflicted upon himself the penalty for
sin, which is death (Rom. 6:23). Death, aa:ording to Scripture, includes
permanent separation from God and eternal damnation in hell.
Man's sin, therefore, presented what appeared to be an insurmountable
problem, since only that which is perfect may enter heaven
and live forever with God. This standard of perfection had to be maintained,
or else heaven itself would have become corrupt (This is why
Lucifer and his conspiring angels were dealt with accordingly.)
God could have allowed all of us to go to hell, a punishment
we justly deserve. But because of His great love, He chose instead to
intervene by paying the penalty for our sins Himself. God came to
earth in the flesh, in the form of Jesus Christ, to suffer and die in our
place on the cross. "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Rom. 5:8).
In this one act of love and mercy God took upon Himself the
punishment for all our sins. He paid the price so that we might be
set free from the hold of death and have eternal life. This, completely
undeserving though we are, is God's gift to us. He did not have to do
this but chose to do it anyway.
Such an act of mercy runs completely contrary to the thinking
of the secular mind. We are not used to receiving something for nothing.
It seems unfathomable that God would do something like this
for us simply out of mercy or love. That the very Creator of the universe
would humble Himself by coming as a man, to be mocked and
scorned, and to die a grueling death at the hands of His own creation
in order to save them, is incomprehensible. It defies all human logic.
It can only be understood as an act of extraordinary, unjustifiable love!
For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
(Col. 1:13-14)
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies
in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now
he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through
death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish
and free from accusation. (Col. 1:21·22)
This is the good news of the gospel! Thrn• Is nnthlna w~ c 1111
do to earn this eternal life, for it cannot t)(' nhtalnrcl thwugh wutk
or human effort It is purely a gift from G11d 111 111