What’s a moment in your life that made you feel truly alive?
Before I repented and trusted in Jesus, I thought I was the best there was. However, I was violent, lustful, and a liar. While I thought I was alive, I was spiritually dead.
Yet, God showed me how sinful I was by the faithful witnessing of my parents and teachers at church. I was at a church event one summer when the gospel finally made sense and I knew I deserved to go to Hell.
So, I cried out to Jesus to save me from my sin and be Lord of my life. That was when I truly felt that I was alive. I was born again. My life was changed forever.
Bad news: we have all lied, used God’s name in vain, stolen, and looked with lust. We are lying, thieving, blasphemous, adulterers at heart. We all deserve to burn in Hell for all eternity.
Good news: God is rich in mercy. He sent Jesus Christ, truly God and truly man, to live a sinless life, die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, and rise from the dead three days later. God calls all people everywhere to repent (turn from sin) and trust in Jesus Christ to save them from sin.
God will seal His people with the Holy Spirit, who keeps His people saved, transforms them from evil to Good, and keeps them holy. God makes everything better.
