First Baptist Church, Sylacauga
God wants you to know Him personally. But you cannot have a personal relationship with Him until a spiritual exchange takes place. You must exchange your sinful life of death for His righteousness and eternal life, something made possible by the crucifixion and resurrection of His Son, Jesus. Second Corinthians 5:21 says, “For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
This spiritual exchange also is spoken of in Colossians 2:13: “And you, being dead in your trespasses and [sins], He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses.”
In John 10:10, Jesus stated, “I have come that they may have life and that they may have it abundantly.”
A dead person needs life (Col. 2:13) and Jesus gives life (John 10:10), not just eternal life but abundant life today and as long as you live. Jesus came for the express purpose of giving you an abundant, over the top life.
Do you have that kind of life? You can have it only by turning to Jesus. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”
“Believe” in this verse means to have faith in who Jesus was and is. Believe that Jesus died on the cross for your sins. Believe that Jesus was raised from the dead so you could have His life.
Romans 10:9–10 states, “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
All you have to do is come to God in prayer and ask Him to give you this life. John 6:37 is Jesus’ promise to us: “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out.”
Jesus said if you come to Him, then He will not turn you down. What a great promise. Will you trust Him for life today? Pray right now and ask Him to give you what He promised — life.
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