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GraceBro -> RE: Can I still be saved? (please only read if youre not upset easily) (7/19/2008 2:41:46 AM)
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Hi Aman_now,
Thank you for opening up to all of us who visit this forum. There is not one person on this earth who has done something they regret. Many of those people can carry it around their entire lives never belleving that God has forgiven them. But let me share something with you.
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." Romans 5:8-11
When we engage in sin, whether it is taking the life of an animal, venturing into satanism or any of the countless other sins available, we are trying to fill the emptiness inside of us that can only be filled by the life of God. In the passage above it says "while we were still sinners" and "when we were God's enemies." The Apostle Paul, who wrote the letter to the Romans, is telling Christians of what they were prior to Jesus Christ dying on the cross. We were sinners and enemies of God. All mankind is born into this world a sinner. What that means is that we are born physically alive to the world, but spiritually dead to God. I am sure you have heard of the Fall of Man when Adam ate the forbidden fruit. Before Adam ate the fruit he was spiritually alive. He had the very life of God indwelling Him. But, when he chose not to believe God, that life was removed from Adam. Adam died spiritually and death entered the world through his sin. And all of us are born into this world in the image of Adam. Therefore, we end up looking for what can only be found in the life of God through some form of sin.
But as the passage continues we see that Christians have been reconciled to God and saved by the life of Christ. God, in His love for us, desired to once again indwell His creation. However, before He was able to do that, He had to deal with the sin that caused that life to leave us in the first place. Therefore, He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, the only man who had a life worth giving as a sacrifice for our sins to die in our place. Jesus was the only man ever born spiritually alive to God. Therefore, He was the only man who had a life to give on our behalf. Once Jesus had paid the penalty for our sins, death, God was now able to offer His life, as a free gift, to all who would receive it through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As a Christian we now have been given the life of God, once lost in Adam, as a free gift. And because of the eternal consequences of Jesus' death on the cross, that life will never again leave us. That is why it is called an eternal life. A life that will carry a person through the rest of their physical life and on through eternity, even after we physically die.
So, if you are not a Christian, there is good news. God has removed the barrier of sin that once stood between you and Him. However, in order to receive that forgiveness, you must receive God's offer of life in Jesus Christ. Once you receive the life of Christ you receive forgiveness of sins. And, in that life, you will be spiritually resurrected from the dead and one day, in the future, you will be physically resurrected from the dead. Therefore, you still can be saved because God does not want anyone to perish. If you haven't accepted Christ as your savior, I urge you to do it. But, there is nothing wrong with getting all your questions answered. God is patient with you.
Remember, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is sin, death, forgiveness, life!
Grace and Peace
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