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A Message From My Heart
 Dear
Friend,
You have made it to this page where I would like to share
with you from my heart. Please take a few minutes to read
and consider this message that can lead you to everlasting
life, as it also has me.
It was a sunny day in the early 1970's as my father and
I traveled home to the small farming town of Maxwell, Iowa.
I can still recall the words which my father shared with me;
a message contained in the Sacred Scripture of John chapter
three and verse sixteen in the Bible.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life."
 It
was on that day that God, through my father's words, revealed
His great love for the world and for me in that He gave His
one and only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on a cross
for my sins. I received "everlasting life" that
day, forgiveness of my sins, and peace with God, simply by
believing in Him Who loved me and gave Himself for me at Calvary. |
Isaiah
53:12
Hebrews
9:22
Luke
23:42 |
At Calvary? Yes, this was a hill outside
the north gate of Jerusalem (then under Roman rule) to which
condemned criminals were led to be executed by crucifixion.
Jesus Christ, the holy Son of God was numbered with the transgressors,
led to this hill (also called "Golgotha" meaning,
The place of a skull), and was nailed to a rugged Roman cross.
On His right hand was a convicted criminal, and another on
His left hand. These two criminals were dying for crimes they
had committed, but He that was on the middle cross, by God's
design, was dying for the sins of the world. Without the shedding
of His innocent blood there could be no forgiveness for God's
sinful humankind. The Bible accurately records the events
of that day, nearly two thousand years ago, when the guilty
criminal on Jesus' right hand pleaded, "Lord, remember
me when you come into your kingdom." The loving Savior
replied, "Verily I say unto thee, Today you shall be
with me in paradise." On the basis of simple belief in
Him, the Lord Jesus Christ gave the promise of eternal life
to that poor dying criminal that day, and that day welcomed
him into Paradise.
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Hebrews
9:27
Revelation
20:15 |
What about the criminal hanging on the
left hand of Christ? Sadly, He rejected the only One who could
have saved his soul for eternity. He died in his sin and guiltiness,
was judged before the holy and righteous God, and today is
forever lost in a dreadful place the Bible calls "hell." |
Romans
6:23
1
Peter 1:18-19 |
Stepping back to take another look, there
were three crosses on Golgotha's hill that day. Upon the middle
cross was the loving God's gracious provision for the sins
of the world: His own dear Son. This was the unspeakable gift
from God that brings eternal life to mankind through Christ's
precious blood that was shed. To the right of Christ was a
sinful man who believed and was saved by God's grace. To the
left of Christ was a sinful man who died in his sins because
of his disbelief. These three crosses picture the world today.
All have sinned and all stand guilty before God. But God has
provided for Himself a full payment for the sins of the world
through the shed blood of his own Son on the middle cross.
Two groups of people exist today from God's perspective:
- Sinners who repent, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and
are saved (represented by the man hanging at the right hand
of Christ).
- Sinners who neither repent nor believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and are lost for all eternity to come (represented
by the man hanging at the left hand of Christ).
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1
John 5:12
John
14:6 |
Dear friend, which man represents you?
The man on the left, or the man on the right? Are you with
Christ or without Him? Jesus said, "I AM the way, the
truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, except by
me." Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be
saved! |
Revelation
1:18
Hebrews
1:3 |
The story does not end there! Christ
died, was buried, and on the third day after, God raised Him
from the dead. Christ later revealed Himself saying, "I
am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore."
Christ Jesus the Lord is alive today and is seated at the
right hand of God the Father in heaven. |
Revelation
3:20 |
If you have read through this page and
it speaks to your heart, perhaps it is the Lord Jesus knocking
at the door of your heart. I urge you to respond to His call.
Open the door of your heart and receive Him as your Savior
and you will be saved for all eternity. Don't put Him off.
Respond to Him today! |
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