The Most Important Thing You Will Ever Read

What I believe, based on the inerrant, infallible Word of God (2 Tim 3:16-17):

In the beginning, the triune God (2 Cor. 13:14) created the world (Gen 1:1). He then created man perfect in His own image. (Gen 1:27)

Because He so loved His creation and desired a relationship with the man and woman He created, He gave man and woman free will to choose to love, obey Him, and live in harmony with Him. But because they had this free will, they could also choose to disobey Him. And they did. (Gen. 3:6)

Sin ultimately separated Adam and Eve (and thus, all of creation) from God, and the consequence of sin was death. (Rom. 6:23) We all fall short of the glory of God, and it is impossible to come to Him; He had to come to us (John 6:44)

To atone for their sins, God’s people (the Israelites) of the Old Testament had to make sacrifices to God, a “scapegoat” to carry their sins. (Lev. 9:7)

Ultimately, God knew that He must send His perfect son, Jesus, to be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. (Heb. 10:10)

God performed a miracle and sent His Son, Jesus, to be born of a virgin (Matt. 1:18-25), fully God and fully man (Heb. 2:17), so that He would come and live a sinless life, and through His death, burial, and resurrection, He would be the ultimate sacrifice for the sins of all who believe in His name (Rom. 5, 2 Cor. 5:21)

Anyone who believes on the name of the Lord will be saved (Rom. 10:9), and will live eternally with Him in heaven (John 3:16).

If we believe, repent, and are saved by the blood of Christ, God looks on us and sees us as holy, blameless, and pure because we have been covered by Christ- redeemed (1 Peter 1:18-19)

Christ left with us the Holy Spirit to be our intercessor with God, so that we are able to know, discern and test what God’s will is. Through the Holy Spirit, we have a relationship with God (Rom. 12:2)

It is not by works that we reach heaven (Eph. 2:8-9). Our works are fruits of the Spirit within us (Gal. 5:22-25).

There is SO much more to the freedom-filled life in Christ (Gal. 5:1), but there is nothing more to the message of salvation. Christ came once for all, offered us eternal life, and freed us from the bondage of our sins. In return, He asks us for our life. If we put to death our sin with Christ on the cross, we are raised again with Him as a new creation (John 3:3).

That is absolute truth, and it is the most incredible thing I know. I will never tell you again anything more worthwhile.