Begin your walk with God

If you want to begin a walk with God, it starts with faith and knowing Christ as your Savior. Has anyone ever shown you from the Bible how to know God through Jesus Christ and know you are going to heaven? May I show you?

Do you want to read the good or bad news first? You can scroll down to the heading you prefer to read first.

The bad news:

The Bible tells us, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” Romans 3:23 We have all done things wrong. In The Ten Commandments, six of them dealing with human behavior show us what we need to know, we have all lied, stolen, disobeyed our parents, hated, had sexual thoughts toward others we shouldn’t have, and coveted others' belongings or relationships. You may argue about one area, but we have all done something wrong. Because of our sins, we don’t meet God’s standards for entrance into His Heaven. We fall short. If you and I wanted to throw a rock to the North Pole from Chicago, I think you could throw farther than me. But both of our throws would come up short of hitting the North Pole. It is an even greater problem going to heaven. We can’t get there on our own. Every funeral shows us that as we look at the body of a loved one.

In Romans 6:23, the Bible tells us in Romans 6:23a, “For the wages of sin is death,” A wage is something we earn, and because of our sins, we earn death. Death comes to us all. In any culture, at any time, you would have to agree that it is bad news.

The good news:

In the book of Romans, we read 5:8, “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” Jesus died on the cross for you and me. He took on Himself our sins and paid the penalty for our sins. If you were dying of cancer and I took that cancer in my body where you were free from it that would be good news for you and your family.  Well, that is what Jesus did for us. It certainly shows God’s love.

Ephesians 2:8 and 9 tell us more of the good news. ‘For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” We must trust in Jesus to save us from sin and its wage of death. We cannot do it ourselves. When we die, we are helpless. We can’t move. Only God can take us to heaven. The shell is left on this earth until God raises it and gives it life. Until then, our soul and spirit will go to heaven.

We express that trust in the Savior by prayer. Romans 10:13 says, “For Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Call on God to save you, and He will. Now, you can begin your walk with God.

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