Salvation, The Gift

Good Morning!! God promised, a child of the woman would crush Satan's head. Jesus Christ is that child. Jesus was not some crackpot who got Himself nailed to a cross. He purposely went to the cross to defeat death and the devil. Christ died to pay the penalty due, for people like you and me for bad behavior and evil deeds. We must turn away from all known evil. We must trust in the sacrifice of Christ as the supreme act which renews a positive relationship with God.

For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.—Romans 5:10 (NASB)

The word enemies refers to hostility or enmity. It goes back to Genesis 3:15. God said to Satan, "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel." The additional requirement for heaven is a perfectly good life. Jesus Christ met this prerequisite. On His way to the cross, Jesus Christ lived that perfect life free from all sin, evil, and error. We must trust in the perfections of Christ, His faultless life, to gain us access to heaven. We are saved by His life.

"You saw me before I was born and scheduled every day of my life before I began to breathe.  Every day was recorded in your Book!"(Psalm 139:16, LIVING BIBLE)

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 "No mere man has ever seen, heard or even imagined what wonderful things God has ready for those who love the Lord!"(1 Cor. 2:9, LIVING BIBLE)

" In the end, the only thing that will matter is;
Did we take the road God provided,...at the cost of His Son's Life."