In the very real war between good and evil, darkness and light, their is no neutral. So where do you stand? Do you know? Here's a bit of background to help figure it out.
A long time ago (in the beginning) two people made a couple very bad decisions to ignore Gods warnings and become self-serving, uninterested in a relationship with God above them. Since that time every person has done the same more often than not, choosing to do things our way or to ignore doing what is right only to get what we want be it a thing or a feeling. These bad choices are our "sins", which is another way of saying we broke Gods laws for us. We are then criminals, guilty of lawbreaking, and no good judge would let a criminal go unpunished; likewise God will not let us go without punishment. That of an eternity outside His protection in a place called hell. So can we avoid that? No, we can't on our own since we have no means of paying the fines for our "crimes", our sins.
So are we hopelessly doomed then? Nope, their is good news! God sent His son Jesus "the Christ" to die in our place so that all our previous mistakes would be forgiven and never counted against us, in God's courtroom. Essentially, Jesus has paid the fines and removed our criminal record as long as we go to Him, believe in Him, and follow Him. (All this leads to a life lived for Him. This is the life of a true convert, not simply a Christian in title only.) This forgiveness is free and open to all who want it. Truly their is so much more to being Christian than rules; their is freedom, love, and peace. Their is also (as the video mentions) a struggle between all that which rejects and refuses God and those who live for and serve God.
Since God tells us that none can escape judgment just as none escape death itself in the end. Will you be counted among the friends or enemies of God? The choice is yours. Whose team are you on now? Is it were you aught to be? He's waiting to hear from you. He's waiting for you to come find out who He is.
A long time ago (in the beginning) two people made a couple very bad decisions to ignore Gods warnings and become self-serving, uninterested in a relationship with God above them. Since that time every person has done the same more often than not, choosing to do things our way or to ignore doing what is right only to get what we want be it a thing or a feeling. These bad choices are our "sins", which is another way of saying we broke Gods laws for us. We are then criminals, guilty of lawbreaking, and no good judge would let a criminal go unpunished; likewise God will not let us go without punishment. That of an eternity outside His protection in a place called hell. So can we avoid that? No, we can't on our own since we have no means of paying the fines for our "crimes", our sins.
So are we hopelessly doomed then? Nope, their is good news! God sent His son Jesus "the Christ" to die in our place so that all our previous mistakes would be forgiven and never counted against us, in God's courtroom. Essentially, Jesus has paid the fines and removed our criminal record as long as we go to Him, believe in Him, and follow Him. (All this leads to a life lived for Him. This is the life of a true convert, not simply a Christian in title only.) This forgiveness is free and open to all who want it. Truly their is so much more to being Christian than rules; their is freedom, love, and peace. Their is also (as the video mentions) a struggle between all that which rejects and refuses God and those who live for and serve God.
Since God tells us that none can escape judgment just as none escape death itself in the end. Will you be counted among the friends or enemies of God? The choice is yours. Whose team are you on now? Is it were you aught to be? He's waiting to hear from you. He's waiting for you to come find out who He is.
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