If you have been a Christian for any amount of time and have shared your faith with anyone, you have heard one of two lies stated more than any others. Let us just get to it.
1.) I don't need ________(God, Jesus, Salvation), I am a good person already and my good will out-weigh my bad.
This lie is stated in several ways but usually in some form of the above. The Word says, "all have sinned." All means all and thats all it means!
(Rom 3:23 NKJV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
(Rom 5:12 AMP)
Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man, and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, [no one being able to stop it or to escape its power] because all men sinned.
#@$%& I'm a good person Ernie! Who the @%$#^& do you think you are telling me I'm a sinner? I am glad you asked, and so kindly too. Sin leads to death,
(1Jn 1:10 NLT)
If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His word has no place in our hearts.
Also 1John 1:8 NKJV
(Rom 6:23 CJB)
For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.
1.) I don't need ________(God, Jesus, Salvation), I am a good person already and my good will out-weigh my bad.
This lie is stated in several ways but usually in some form of the above. The Word says, "all have sinned." All means all and thats all it means!
(Rom 3:23 NKJV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
(Rom 5:12 AMP)
Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man, and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, [no one being able to stop it or to escape its power] because all men sinned.
#@$%& I'm a good person Ernie! Who the @%$#^& do you think you are telling me I'm a sinner? I am glad you asked, and so kindly too. Sin leads to death,
(1Jn 1:10 NLT)
If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that His word has no place in our hearts.
Also 1John 1:8 NKJV
For what one earns from sin is death; but eternal life is what one receives as a free gift from God, in union with the Messiah Yeshua, our Lord.
We could go on, but you get the message (I hope). Next;
2.) God could never forgive me for ___________, (what I have done).
The fact that you recognize that you have sinned and it is causing guilt in your life is actually Good News! What? YES, many go around sinning and don't even care or know it. Your Guilt is a sign that the Holy Spirit is calling you to a new life.
Romans 5:8 NKJV
Isaiah 38:17 NKJV
Isaiah 43:25 NKJV
Romans 5:20 NLT
This last verse is referred to as the "christian's bar of soap". If you need cleaning, confess you sins, repent and put on Jesus (trust Him)!
(1Jn 1:9 NKJV)
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(Act 17:27 NLT)
"His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him—though He is not far from any one of us.
(Act 17:28 NLT)
For in Him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are His offspring.'
Isaiah 38:17 NKJV
Isaiah 43:25 NKJV
Romans 5:20 NLT
This last verse is referred to as the "christian's bar of soap". If you need cleaning, confess you sins, repent and put on Jesus (trust Him)!
(1Jn 1:9 NKJV)
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
(Act 17:27 NLT)
"His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him—though He is not far from any one of us.
(Act 17:28 NLT)
For in Him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, 'We are His offspring.'
Blessings
ernie
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