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People
think if they go to church enough, read the Bible enough, and pray
enough, somehow these religious exercises will satisfy God. But
James 2:10 reminds us that if we break even one of God's laws, we
are guilty of breaking them all.
We can't get ourselves out of our mess. Salvation
is "not as a result of (our) works" (Ephesians 2:9). We
can't earn it. All your striving and struggling won't free you from
your sin.
"The wages of sin is death" (Romans
6:23). The proof that we are sinners is that "It is appointed
for men to die once and after this comes judgment" (Hebrews
9:27). Physical life doesn't end with a party--it ends with a funeral.
You don't want to be caught dead without Jesus Christ!
But God did something truly awesome for us.
"God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). Jesus Christ
died for us, not when we got better, not when we fixed ourselves,
not when we came up with our own solutions, but while we were still
mired deep in our sins.
But Christ's death only benefits those who
recognize their guilt and accept His pardon. "If you confess
with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God
raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved" (Romans 10:9).
Your mother can't believe for you. Your father can't accept your
pardon for you. Your children can't get saved for you.
Allah
Allaah ???? = Al Ilaah = The God
Muslims
say Allah as their God but what people don't know is, Allah is the
Arabic word for God...
Jihad,
what many people believe to be holy war is taken and lost by many
and it reality it means to struggle...
(but that doesnt
stop people from using the word to mean the former)
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