While we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. ~Romans 5:6
Jesus has come "to seek and to save" you. ~Luke 19:10
Now is the acceptable time, behold, now is the day of salvation. ~2Corinthians 6:2
Repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord. ~Acts 3:19
All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment. ~Isaiah 64:6
It's not as though God sends innocent people to hell. We deserve it. We simply can't bee good enough to live with a pure and holy God.
However, "God has sent His only begotten son into the world so that we might live through Him." ~1 John 4:9
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. ~1 Peter 2:24
By His death, He made invalid the very idea that you are unloved and devalued. If you have ever felt that way, you're not looking at the cross. He proved His love for you there.
Love like this cannot be fully understood. Romans 5:7-8
Nor can love like this be earned. Romans 6:23 and Ephesians 2:8-9
But it must be received. Romans 10:9-10
And when you have received this new life and love as your own, you are free to love in ways you've never been capable before.
1 John 3:13, 23
1 John 4:8
True love is found in Christ alone. And after you have received His gift of new life by accepting His death in your place and His forgiveness for your sins, you are finally ready to live the dare.
TODAY'S DARE
DARE TO TAKE GOD AT HIS WORD. DARE TO TRUST JESUS CHRIST FOR SALVATION. DARE TO PRAY, "LORD JESUS, I'M A SINNER. BUT YOU HAVE SHOWN YOUR LOVE FOR ME BY DYING TO FORGIVE MY SINS, AND YOU HAVE PROVEN YOUR POWER TO SAVE ME FROM DEATH BY YOUR RESURRECTION. LORD, CHANGE MY HEART, AND SAVE ME BY YOUR GRACE."
In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them. ~Isaiah 63:9
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