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Paid In Full


Jesus paid our sin-debt in full. At His death, God the Father placed all the sins of mankind – past, present, and future upon Him. His painful death provides for our gift of salvation and it is by the gift of God’s grace whereby He forgives our sins. The Old Testament records how God’s faithful people sacrificed animals on His altar in atonement for their sins. These blood sacrifices would later be replaced by the supreme sacrifice by the One called Jesus Christ, whom John the Baptist referred to as the Lamb of God. Jesus sacrificed His life by dying on the cross as a substitute for us. We are then eternally secure in the Holy Spirit, and our fate is sealed with Christ for all eternity.
We have salvation by God’s grace not by any good works or our good behavior. Just because we religiously go to church every Sunday or we give of our tithes and offerings or even that we preach from a pulpit does not guarantee our salvation.   (Ephesians 2:4, 5) speaks of how we were made alive in Christ. And then, in verses 8-10 of the same chapter we learn how through faith in Jesus Christ we are saved. Our faith in Christ is our personal acceptance of Him – asking Him to come into our lives and live inside us. Specifically, we are born again as Christians.
In the near future, I plan to dedicate several messages concerning being born again and how you can explain this gift to someone else. You will be able to lead a friend or a family member through the steps of accepting Jesus as their Savior. I know the first time I felt called to speak with a stranger about their salvation I was scared and felt unworthy to do so, but by the leading of the Holy Spirit and my own hunger for knowledge concerning accepting Christ, I became more comfortable with it. I want to help those of you who will have this wonderful opportunity to lead others to Christ. After all, it is a mandate of Christ to witness to the world.
PROCLAIM IT! God IS answering my prayers today!








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