We have all sinned and despised the Holy Almighty God and broken His Holy laws. We all are condemned as sinners who are to be eternally punished for our wicked, rebellious sins that deserve death- an eternal death since we are humans and have broken the laws of a Holy Righteous Just God. We won't know just how evil it is to sin until we all stand before a Holy God on judgement day. We must first have the law applied to our hearts - to break them- and the Holy Spirit, if God wills, will do it, have mercy on us, and grant us repentance that leads to life. We come to Christ as unworthy sick sinners for mercy and forgiveness, and He will heal us. We Repent and Believe, and bow to Him as Lord and Savior. But we first recognize the weight of the matter of our dire need for a savior, before we bow to Him as Lord and beg for mercy and Grace. He is Holy and Faithful and says the one who comes to Him He will not turn away, the bruised reed He will not break, the smoldering wick He will not extinguish. Until we come to Him on His terms we abide under God's Wrath and are regarded by Him as His enemies. When we come to Christ for mercy and acknowledge our guilt, He will wash us whiter than snow and God will make us a son, justified by faith in His Son,-that is God who came in the flesh, as a man and fully God, who stripped off His Majesty, and came to serve and give His life as a ransome for many. God is just and demands justice. The divine sword of justice came down on His Divine Son, who was broken for unworthy sinners, and His blood was poured out...He is the only way, truth, and life, there is No other way to the Father but through Him, He and the Father are one. If the Holy Spirit knocks on your heart today, don't harden your heart to Him. You cannot come to a Holy, seperate God until you first come to His Son who pardons cleanses and redeems. Then you will be a son or daughter of the Most High and He will love you freely. This is love, not that we loved God but that while we were yet sinners Christ died for the ungodly, when we were dead in our sins. He bore the sins of those who He would justify. He said on the Cross "It is FINISHED," and gave up His Spirit. He rose bodily on the third day, and ascended to heaven. He will give eternal life to those who believe in Him, "For by grace you are saved, through faith, and not of yourselves-it is the gift of God." By Grace alone, Through Faith alone, Not in any way of your own, nor by works of righteousness we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us. He said it is better to cut off your arm if that causes you to sin than be thrown, your whole body, into the firey hell. If there's something you're still holding on to, or a bridge behind you that may lead back to a sin that entangles you-burn it. Be saved from this evil and perverse generation. He is the Truth, you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. John 1
"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do." John 17:3-4
"I looked, and there was no one to help, And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold; So My own arm brought salvation to Me, And My wrath upheld Me." Isaiah 63:5
Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE. THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'" After saying above, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them" (which are offered according to the Law), then He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL." He takes away the first in order to establish the second. By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Hebrews 10:5-10
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:16-18
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29
"She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." Matthew 1:21
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Psalm 51
http://nasb.scripturetext.com/psalms/51.htm