There IS Hope

(This is part 4 of 4 of my series, this wraps it up)

John 3:16-17: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

 God gave His Son to save us. He doesn't want us to go to hell, but He can't allow sinful beings into Heaven and still be a just God. So we needed a sacrifice, something had to die for our sins. In the old testament, they used goats and bulls etc etc, but that wasn't enough. God knew this. So, He sent His Son to be the ultimate sacrifice. A sacrifice that wasn't contaminated with sin. And to fulfill scriptures, He had to be a descendant from David, so He was born from the virgin, Mary. So He was fully God, and fully man. He was tempted, like we are, but since He is God, He withstand it, hard to do something you absolutely hate, and God hates sin. We call on the strength of God, through Jesus Christ, to help us through, and sometimes we fall... But, here's the kicker; It doesn't matter if we fall, it's going to happen... The only thing that matters is how we recover from that. Jesus death covered past, present, and future sin, so we are forgiven, so when we fall, we need to repent, allow God to pick us up, and continue walking in His love and in His strength.  All we have to do, is ask Jesus into our hearts, and we will be saved. 

Romans 3:21-31:
But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— ²² the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. ²⁶ It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
²⁷ Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. ²⁸ For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. ²⁹ Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, ³⁰ since God is one—who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. ³¹ Do we then overthrow the law by this faith? By no means! On the contrary, we uphold the law.

We all have sinned so we all fall short of the glory of God, but we are justified because of His gift that He sent down to be nailed to a cross, Jesus Christ. This way, we who have faith in Jesus, have been justified and God can now justly let us into Heaven. 

Romans 10:9: because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

This is what you must do to be saved. Confess with your mouth and believe in your heart.

Acts 2:38: And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

 We have to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus, and we will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

John 14:6: Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

You have to go through Jesus, you have to believe in Him to go into Heaven, there's no other ways.

1 John 1:9: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

 He makes us righteous before His eyes. He forgives and calls us His sons and daughters. I mean, this is the biggest blessing He has ever given us, we are adopted into His family, how great is that?!

Galatians 3:26: for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.

John 1:12: But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,

Got a little ahead of myself didn't I? Seriously though, we are sons of God in Christ Jesus through faith... How cool is that?

Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 Sin = Death, Free gift of God = eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord..... Seems like simple math to me.

1 Peter 1:3-8: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, ⁴ to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, ⁵ who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. ⁶ In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, ⁷ so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. ⁸ Though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,

We are born again! The old has died and we are a new creation in Him. We are no longer bound by sin, but we are alive to God in Christ Jesus.

Romans 5:8: but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

This is how much God loves us, he sent His Son to die for us.

I could go on and on about a ton of verses that speak on this, but if I did that, what would there be for you to discover :).  That, and this post would be extremely long.  So I shall end it here. Any questions on the topic or thoughts or if you would like to talk to me, feel free to use the "Contact form" on the right of the page.