God and Salvation

  God and Salvation

The apostle Paul writing to the Romans wrote,

"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.  Romans 3:23,24

I think if you asked the average person if they are a good person? They would say they are.

I think if you asked those same people do you sin? They would say at the very least “no more than the next person.”

Just what is sin? I found this some time ago on the internet it defines sin as,

"Sin is anything that contrary to the will of God or doesn't express the holy character of God, in word, in deed and in thought."

Sin, then, is to transgress those boundaries God has set for us or to miss the target He set for us.”

By this definition I believe we all sin and sin separates us from God. For centuries mankind has tried to make atonement for their sins, usually by sacrifices of some kind.

When it comes to Christianity. Christians believe we have sinned. The apostle Paul wrote, 

            “All have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God.” Romans 3:23.

That being said. Writing to Titus Paul wrote,

"But when the kindness and love of God our Saviour appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit" Titus 3:4,5.

Christians believe God through Christ Jesus reached down to mankind and indeed every individual offering Salvation.

The apostle Paul explaining,

"You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 

    Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die.  

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 5:6-11.

As C.S. Lewis put it,

"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us."  C.S. Lewis.

Do you love God? Do you believe Jesus died for your sins in order to reconcile you to God?

Please think about it.