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Folks, I want to make sure everyone knows this is a friendly thread and all are welcome here, as the thread title says, this is not just for Christians. I am not sure what the thread originator had in mind or why she is no longer here; I hope she is okay. But I hope I do not speak only for myself when I say this: I would encourage anyone who has questions about Christianity to feel free to ask! We will be happy to answer from the Bible, or from our personal experiences. God is good and He loves everybody. Anybody can be saved in His kingdom. Here's a tease for you: tomorrow I will explain why you don't have to be good to be saved! 😉
 
Hi, I promised I would explain why you don't have to be good to be saved. Sounds like heresy, right? But it's not. You see, God is a holy and perfect God. He requires perfect righteousness. But the Bible says "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23. And what do our sins get us? "The wages of sin is death," Romans 6:23. Oh no! We're sunk before we even begin! What shall we do? "Who shall deliver me from this body of death?" Romans 7:24. Good news, there's hope!

Romans 7:25 KJV
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Wait, what? Who is this Jesus Christ and how does this work?

Well, see, I was a sinner before I even realized there was a sin problem. What is sin? It's breaking God's law. It's selfishness. So by the time I even knew I was a sinner, it was too late, I already was a sinner and therefore under the condemnation of the law. But God is a loving, merciful God. That's why I was not annihilated the first time I sinned. He gave me grace to live long enough to learn about Him. And what I learned is that He sent His Son to become a human to live like us, without Godly powers, to overcome sin. To live a perfect, sinless life. And then to die the death I deserved in my place. So that He could trade me His perfect, sinless life for my life. And not only that, but also to trade His death for mine. And here's the really cool thing. Because He never sinned, death could not hold Him. He returned to life after three days and has eternal life. So if I'm willing to make this exchange, I too can have eternal life!

Bottom line: I don't have to be perfect to enter the kingdom of heaven; God has provided perfection FOR me in the Person of His Son, Jesus Christ! All I have to do is accept Him as my Substitute!

See, I can't do enough good deeds to pay for my sins or undo them. But when God looks at my life and judges me, if I have made this trade with Jesus, He won't see my sins at all! Instead, He will see Jesus' perfect, sinless life! And instead of giving me the death sentence my sins deserve, He will give me the eternal life Jesus deserves.

This turns my life inside out! Because this exchange is not just a cover-up for my sinful life of the past, oh no. I can't go back to living that sinful life. Jesus now comes and lives out His life IN me! He gives me a new heart, a new attitude, new desires, a whole new life. I become a new person! Do I do good things? Absolutely. And why? in order to be saved, to earn points with God? No, no, no! It is because a good tree bears good fruit. It just can't help it. The things I used to crave I longer care for. I am free of those things. He has set me free! I have new interests, new desires.

How does this happen? It is free for the asking. It is a gift He is eager to give you.

Philippians 2:13 KJV
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Lord, help me to want to please You! Thank You! Amen.
 
Something that really makes me happy about the Good News is knowing that we are accepted just as we are. It's like when you go to the hospital. The doctor doesn't say, "Go home and come back when you're better and then I will let you in my hospital and treat you." No, you go to the hospital to get well. And we go to God to become spiritually well. He does not say, "You are not good enough. Go and become good and then we'll talk." No! We come to Him just as we are, broken and miserable. He takes us and heals us. No one is so fallen that He cannot reach them. "Come to Me, all of you that labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest," He says.
 
BigBlueHen53 said:
Hi, I promised I would explain why you don't have to be good to be saved. Sounds like heresy, right? But it's not. You see, God is a holy and perfect God. He requires perfect righteousness. But the Bible says "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23. And what do our sins get us? "The wages of sin is death," Romans 6:23. Oh no! We're sunk before we even begin! What shall we do? "Who shall deliver me from this body of death?" Romans 7:24. Good news, there's hope!

Romans 7:25 KJV
I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Wait, what? Who is this Jesus Christ and how does this work?

Well, see, I was a sinner before I even realized there was a sin problem. What is sin? It's breaking God's law. It's selfishness. So by the time I even knew I was a sinner, it was too late, I already was a sinner and therefore under the condemnation of the law. But God is a loving, merciful God. That's why I was not annihilated the first time I sinned. He gave me grace to live long enough to learn about Him. And what I learned is that He sent His Son to become a human to live like us, without Godly powers, to overcome sin. To live a perfect, sinless life. And then to die the death I deserved in my place. So that He could trade me His perfect, sinless life for my life. And not only that, but also to trade His death for mine. And here's the really cool thing. Because He never sinned, death could not hold Him. He returned to life after three days and has eternal life. So if I'm willing to make this exchange, I too can have eternal life!

Bottom line: I don't have to be perfect to enter the kingdom of heaven; God has provided perfection FOR me in the Person of His Son, Jesus Christ! All I have to do is accept Him as my Substitute!

See, I can't do enough good deeds to pay for my sins or undo them. But when God looks at my life and judges me, if I have made this trade with Jesus, He won't see my sins at all! Instead, He will see Jesus' perfect, sinless life! And instead of giving me the death sentence my sins deserve, He will give me the eternal life Jesus deserves.

This turns my life inside out! Because this exchange is not just a cover-up for my sinful life of the past, oh no. I can't go back to living that sinful life. Jesus now comes and lives out His life IN me! He gives me a new heart, a new attitude, new desires, a whole new life. I become a new person! Do I do good things? Absolutely. And why? in order to be saved, to earn points with God? No, no, no! It is because a good tree bears good fruit. It just can't help it. The things I used to crave I longer care for. I am free of those things. He has set me free! I have new interests, new desires.

How does this happen? It is free for the asking. It is a gift He is eager to give you.

Philippians 2:13 KJV
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

Lord, help me to want to please You! Thank You! Amen.
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God forgives and forgives again... I know that from personal experience.

I want to share about blessings from God... When you have a blessing from God usually there is something that will try to take your happiness away because evil does not want you to share happiness with God. It wants you to not love God and to be miserable... DO NOT become negative or miserable because something bad happens after a blessing. Stand your ground and rejoice and praise God for that blessing.

I actually received a blessing about 3 months ago and STILL there are troubled waters over it, but I rejoice and praise God for the blessing he gave us because he is my father and he takes care of his children at all times and not just when they are in need.
 
BigBlueHen53 said:
Something that really makes me happy about the Good News is knowing that we are accepted just as we are. It's like when you go to the hospital. The doctor doesn't say, "Go home and come back when you're better and then I will let you in my hospital and treat you." No, you go to the hospital to get well. And we go to God to become spiritually well. He does not say, "You are not good enough. Go and become good and then we'll talk." No! We come to Him just as we are, broken and miserable. He takes us and heals us. No one is so fallen that He cannot reach them. "Come to Me, all of you that labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest," He says.
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All the people God chose in the Bible were broken and felt they were not worthy.

My favorite is JOB and all he went through, but he STILL held onto God because he knew that God would help him no matter what. He lost everything, but in the end he got blessing that were beyond his imagination.
 

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