Monday, March 30, 2009

Gospel story

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and everything in it. All He had to do was say the word and the Heavens and the Earth were formed. He also created humans, however the first man and woman (Adam and Eve) sinned which made God very angry. All subsequent generations after Adam and Eve sinned and because God is perfect, holy and cannot accept sin, we were unable to have a direct personal relationship with God as Adam and Eve did. In the old days, people were required to slaughter animals as a sacrifice to God. The dead animal represented what could have become of us if not because of God's grace and mercy. The penalty of sin is death and the blood shed by the animals represents our own blood shed as an atoning sacrifice for our sin. However, surely a mere animal cannot be enough to cleanse us of our sins, God enabled the virgin Mary to conceive His Son(Jesus) ,who was sinless, through the Holy Spirit. When Jesus was 33 years old,He was betrayed by one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, and eventually, Jesus was hung on the cross where He died instead of us to pay the penalty for our sins once and for all. After Jesus' death, humans were able to once again have a close and personal relationhip with God through Jesus. John 3:16 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.(NIV version)Of course that's not the end of the story, 3 days after He died he rose again from the dead fully human and fully God so that we serve a true and living God. After Jesus rose from he dead and went back to heaven.He sent His Holy Spirt to live in the hearts of those who believe in Him and have said the sinner's prayer.



Do you want God to come into your life so that you can receive this gift of eternal life? If you do the say the sinner's prayer...you can say it on your own or get a chrsitan friend to say it with you...


Sinner's prayer


Dear God,
I admit that I am a sinner.
I have sinned against You and I am sorry.
Please forgive me of all the wrong things that I have thought, said or done.
Thank You for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross for my sins.
I accept Your gift and welcome You into my life today.
Please help me to obey You and do what's right.
Thanks You.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen

Gospel story (Intro)

Heys people!!!! :D
Sorry I haven't posted for a long time...I was thinking of a topic. Today, my senior asked me about the gospel story....That reminded me that not everyone knew about what God did for us and how we can be free from sin...Since it's near good friday and easter I thought that it might be a good time to post the gospel story....check out my other posts for the gospel story... :)

God Bless