IT'S TRUE, GOD LOVES YOU!

Phyllis Mills

Yes. It’s true, God does love you. While you were still unlovely, God sent His Son to save you. "While we were still sinners Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8.

You do not have to become a good person for God to love you. No! He loves you just the way you are and wants you to have a place in Heaven with Him. "The Lord is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish." - II Peter 3:9.

Yet God could not allow sinners to live with Him in Heaven. "God is light; in Him there is no darkness at all." - I John 1:5. And "The wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God." - I Corinthians 6:9. God had to make a plan.

God decreed that "Without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness." - Hebrews 9:22. Therefore, Jesus, God’s dear Son, would shed His blood and die so that your sins could be washed away. "He washed us from our sins by His blood." - Revelation 1:5b.

God has done His part. Now you must do your part. Peter preached to the first believers: "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit." - Acts 2:38.

After baptism you become a new person. The old is gone. "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The Old has gone, the new has come." - I Corinthians 5:17. This new person will want to live a life pleasing to God.

"Live your life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God - and joyfully giving thanks." - Colossians 1:10-12.