If I had just a few things to say about the truths of the gospel that I would want anyone to know I could boil it down to a couple of truths that have changed my life and gave me hope time and time again. There are three truths that I want to mention:
1. God loves you. There is nothing more important for you to remember. God is on your side. He is for you. He is totally and completely in love with you with a love that is not measureable. You can't fathom it or contain it. And he feels that way about your neighbors and relatives and everyone else as well. He loves the unloveable and He loves the people who are easy to love. Love is who God is. Your Creator loves you enough to send Jesus to die for you. You are that important to Him.
2. God won't abandon you. Sometimes it feels like God left the building. Sometimes life throws us curve balls. We end up wondering if God was asleep for a while and didn't notice. Our enemies start to laugh at us. We end up falling on our faces. But, God is going to have the last laugh one day. He is not asleep. He sees everything and He didn't leave the building. He is very much on his throne. If life is unfair, remember that God is fair and He is with you even when you have forgotten Him.
3. God is anxious to forgive you. He wants to cleanse you from every sin and to wash you clean and make you into a new creation. Whatever it is you have done, God's grace is greater than your weaknesses, your regrets, your stupidity, your errors in judgment, your faults. God doesn't ignore your faults and sometimes there are consequences on this earth for those things, but as 1 John 1:9 says, He is faithful to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from our unrighteousness and He is anxious to forgive you each day and each time you ask. Jesus' blood is enough to cover all your sins.
This may seem simple to you, but these truths can change your life if you get them deep into your heart and head.
1. God loves you. There is nothing more important for you to remember. God is on your side. He is for you. He is totally and completely in love with you with a love that is not measureable. You can't fathom it or contain it. And he feels that way about your neighbors and relatives and everyone else as well. He loves the unloveable and He loves the people who are easy to love. Love is who God is. Your Creator loves you enough to send Jesus to die for you. You are that important to Him.
2. God won't abandon you. Sometimes it feels like God left the building. Sometimes life throws us curve balls. We end up wondering if God was asleep for a while and didn't notice. Our enemies start to laugh at us. We end up falling on our faces. But, God is going to have the last laugh one day. He is not asleep. He sees everything and He didn't leave the building. He is very much on his throne. If life is unfair, remember that God is fair and He is with you even when you have forgotten Him.
3. God is anxious to forgive you. He wants to cleanse you from every sin and to wash you clean and make you into a new creation. Whatever it is you have done, God's grace is greater than your weaknesses, your regrets, your stupidity, your errors in judgment, your faults. God doesn't ignore your faults and sometimes there are consequences on this earth for those things, but as 1 John 1:9 says, He is faithful to forgive us of our sins and to cleanse us from our unrighteousness and He is anxious to forgive you each day and each time you ask. Jesus' blood is enough to cover all your sins.
This may seem simple to you, but these truths can change your life if you get them deep into your heart and head.
