" Pardon Me "

 

PARDON ME . . . Since I may never see you in person, would you please read the friendly post below !

     You reading this post today is not altogether by chance. Although we have not had a chance to meet in person, may I share with you something most wonderful ?

     Some time ago I met a remarkable PERSON, so great and outstanding, that it has become a joy to introduce HIM to others. The great tragedy is that so many know about HIM, but so few know HIM personally. Perhaps you have already guessed that I am speaking of JESUS CHRIST.

     To some HE is little more than a word of blasphemy, and to to others a source of embarrassment, but to those who know HIM, HE is wonderful !

     You may recall that the Apostle Paul persecuted the early Christians, but after he personally met JESUS, his life was transformed. He wrote in 1st.Timothy 1:15  "This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that CHRIST JESUS came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief."

     It hurts our pride to admit that we are sinners, but it is wonderful when we experience the power of JESUS CHRIST to forgive our sins and heal our hearts.

     When once we accept HIM as our SAVIOR, we make an amazing discovery. JESUS did not come to make us stuffy saints or miserable mortals, but HE came to give us LIFE - the very fullest and richest. Listen to JESUS' own WORDs:

"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." John 10:10

     Dear Reader, whatever may have been your disappointment with people, disillusionment with life, and confusion with religion, let me assure you that this is not the fault of JESUS CHRIST. HE has been misrepresented, betrayed, denied, and neglected, but HE stands majestically, in love pleading with everyone of Earth's billions,

"Come unto ME, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28

"Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, . . . For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that CHRIST died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that HE was buried, and that HE rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:"  1st.Corinthians 15:1-2a,3-4

     HE speaks to you today. Do you personally know HIM ? Repent, turn to GOD from your sins; believe that JESUS died on the cross to pay for them, and make HIM the LORD of your life. Read the following Scripture carefully. Then believe it and act upon it:

"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the LORD JESUS, and shalt believe in thine heart that GOD has raised HIM from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. . . For whosoever shall call upon the name of the LORD shall be saved."  Romans 10:9-10,13

     If you want to know more of this wonderful SAVIOR, get a copy of the Gospel of John and read it. Talk to a committed born again Christian; go to a church where the Good News of the Gospel of Salvation is clearly explained.

     All things are planned by GOD - also you reading this post. Do not harden yourself against HIS call. If you would be willing to turn to JESUS in repentance and faith, pray this simple prayer of  salvation or one like it with all your heart:

LORD, I know that I am a sinner, and I believe YOU died and rose again for me. Come into my heart and save me and help me to live for YOU always. In JESUS' name I pray, AMEN.

Pray that the HOLY SPIRIT will open your mind and heart to let JESUS in. It will be going from death to life. JESUS said,

"He that hears MY WORD, and believes on HIM that sent ME has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life." John 5:24

Everlasting life is ours when we receive CHRIST as our personal SAVIOR !

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie