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Salvation is Here

    Why did Jesus come to the earth in the first place? Sadly, many people in this world still do not recognize the reason. The world was in total darkness before Jesus came to light the way. The Jewish people were His only followers and they couldn't keep the law of the old covenant, and they were suffering for it. God and man had a rough relationship. Then, Jesus came. As the meaning of His name indicated, He came to save.

    Nowadays, many people think they aren't in need of saving. "I don't need God because I am a good person." That simply isn't true. If you aren't committed to Christ, you are going to suffer the same punishment of the one who poisoned our world in the first place-- eternity in the lake of fire. Hell was meant only for Satan and his followers, but when man sinned against God we became worthy of that same punishment. In order to escape that death, we needed to be rescued. We needed to be saved. So Jesus came to live the life we were meant to and ultimately to take our punishment on Himself so we wouldn't have to suffer in a prison that was never meant for us.

    Remember the gift that He has given you, just ready for you to receive. He loved you so much that He would take your place on that cross, even though He had done nothing deserving of such torture. Live your life in the reality that someone loved you enough to die for you.

Matthew 1:21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sin (NIV)

 Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. (ESV)

 John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. (NIV)

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