Want to know God?

Shiloh Baptist Church, Hartford

God planned salvation. Jesus Christ purchased it with His blood and death on the cross. You and I must accept it by faith.

As a sinner, your life is in the midst of tragedy and despair. You are incomplete because God has a purpose for you, but without salvation, that purpose is not fulfilled. Without Christ, you are lost, and in that lost condition, you can’t know true peace, joy and contentment.

God’s Word also says without Christ, you are condemned, which simply means that you are held accountable for your sin. Romans 6:23 says, “The wages of sin is death.”

God cares deeply about your sinful condition, and He loves you enough to offer you the gift of salvation through His Son, Jesus.

Jesus is God’s love gift to you and me. When Jesus died on the cross, He paid the sin debt for us. The rest of Romans 6:23 says, “The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  

We receive the gift by claiming Jesus as our Lord. Because salvation is a gift, there is nothing we can do to earn or purchase it. The only way to be saved is by faith in Jesus.

The moment we turn from our sin and believe on Jesus, God promises we will get a new life: “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold all things have become new” (2 Cor. 5:17). In John 3, Jesus referred to this as being born again.

Do you want to know God? You must realize that you are a lost sinner and believe that Jesus died for your sin and rose from the grave. Ask for His forgiveness, ask Him to change your heart and ask Him to give you everlasting life. Confess Jesus as your Savior and claim Him as your Lord. Let Jesus be the Master of your whole life and rely on Him day by day.