freeborn | ελεύθερος on Nostr: I have good news for you. God requires, from all people, perfect love toward Him, and ...
I have good news for you.
God requires, from all people, perfect love toward Him, and toward one another.
But none of us do this perfectly, not even one--none, that is, except Christ.
The just penalty for offending a holy God is death.
Christ loved his people and took the penalty that we deserved, and by faith we can receive the reward that He earned and deserved--eternal life.
Being a Christian does not mean we are good (though we try) it mainly means we are forgiven, and we try to obey as best as we can, by grace, out of gratitude for this free gift of life in Christ.
That's the 'good news'--the forgiveness of sins, and eternal life, a pure, undeserved, gift of grace--if we will only believe, and receive it.
God requires, from all people, perfect love toward Him, and toward one another.
But none of us do this perfectly, not even one--none, that is, except Christ.
The just penalty for offending a holy God is death.
Christ loved his people and took the penalty that we deserved, and by faith we can receive the reward that He earned and deserved--eternal life.
Being a Christian does not mean we are good (though we try) it mainly means we are forgiven, and we try to obey as best as we can, by grace, out of gratitude for this free gift of life in Christ.
That's the 'good news'--the forgiveness of sins, and eternal life, a pure, undeserved, gift of grace--if we will only believe, and receive it.