Friday, July 12, 2019

It"s NEVER too late

When it comes to salvation... it's never too late. Regardless of what you've done... you can turn to the Lord and receive your gift of Life. BUT you must come with a repentance heart, truly sorry for what you've done, inflicted on others. And you must resolve to never repeat those words and acts. If this describes you then there is always hope.... it never is too little, too late.

Your unsaved position is both a status that you share with many and is one that you can choose to change. The perspective that you must begin with is God's. How He views sin, separation, 'conditions' for restoration, etc. Man is the one who moved away from God, sinned, continued, and was in need of forgiveness. It would be God who would be the one determining the route.

The following scriptures represent God's view. What He did to help us back to relationship. All these verses come from Romans and the Amplified Bible.

   "As it is written and forever remains written, 'There is none righteous
    [none that meets God's standard], not even one." 3:10

   "... since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of 
    God, and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin,
    made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by
    His [precious, undeserved] [a]grace, through the redemption
    [the payment for our sin]which is [provided] in Christ Jesus..." 3:23-24
     
   "But God clearly shows and proves His own love for us, by the 
    fact that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."  5:8

   "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His 
    remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life 
    in Christ Jesus our Lord." 6:23

   "...because if you acknowledge and confess with your mouth that 
    Jesus is Lord [recognizing His power, authority, and majesty as God], 
    and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will 
    be saved. For with the heart a person believes [in Christ as Savior] 
    resulting in his justification [that is, being made righteous—being 
    freed of the guilt of sin and made acceptable to God]; and with the 
    mouth he acknowledges and confesses [his faith openly], resulting 
    in and confirming [his] salvation." 10:9-10


This is the way to relationship... and it is NEVER too late to acknowledge and accept the free gift of salvation.


   "For whoever calls on the name of the Lord [in prayer] will be saved.” 10:13

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