“Worth Savin Me?”

“For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.”  John 3:16

How many times have we heard that verse before in our lifetime?  Have we heard it so often that we’ve become numb to its meaning?  If we have already been redeemed by Christ for our sins and know that we have eternal life, then this verse brings comfort to us.  But is that all this verse says?  We live in a world where it is not politically correct, or tolerant, to acknowledge the other portion of this verse.  The part about perishing.

There is a world that is perishing; a world that is dying in their sins today, tomorrow, and a month from now.  These same people are the ones with whom you work , share a bus or a subway, have lunch, or attend children’s birthday parties.  And we have been given a command — to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).

I viewed a music video (below) by the group Nickelback that absolutely changed me.  The song is called “Savin Me” and if you view it in terms of our unavoidable physical death and the spiritual depravity that this world faces without Jesus, I know you will never be the same again.  (A quick note about the video: those are numbers above everyone’s heads — the number of seconds left in their life.)  Jesus came to save every single person, but how many of them do not know it, and may perish?  How many of them ask daily, to anyone who will listen, if “it’s worth savin me?”

Which side of this verse (John 3:16) are you on?  If you do not have eternal life as the Bible promises to those who accept Christ, please visit the link below to find out how you can.  And if you have that life, do you have a prompting to care for those still on the perishing side?

http://heargoodnews.com/gospel/doyouknow.html

The Search

From the earliest moments of time, we have been in search of a journey, an adventure to call our own, and a pilgrimage to make even the least glamorous moments of life meaningful.  We have been in search of a love, one that fulfills us, one that completes us, and one that holds us close and whispers all the worries of the world away.  We long to love, to be loved, to be worth something to someone, to discover the very mix of tender and triumphant sounds of our heart and how we fit into the world’s symphony.  At times, we get so deeply involved in that search for love and meaning that things get a little blurry.  Instead of security, we find our lives filled with enough valleys to absolve many of the peaks, enough cries to challenge the laughs, and enough questions to outnumber the answers.

Could this be all that there is?  No rest for the weary?  No love for the lonely?  Are we meant to wander in search of something so real only to be mocked with misery, left starving, all in vain?

We walk the path of life and try to make the most of the fear and changing degrees of emptiness, but before too long, you notice weeks choking the path, the songbirds have stopped singing, and your feet are losing their footing.  Can we really find our way and all that we long for amidst all of this chaos?  Can we find that meaningful love that fills the longing inside?

There is One who loves us with a love that cannot be measured. ”I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with loving-kindness” (Jeremiah 31:3).  His love is neverending, perfect, and unfailing.  When we come to Him for love, He knows not how to reject us.  When we let Him down, it is against His nature not to forgive.  When the world hurts so terribly that we fear we will never be whole again, He heals us with a loving-kindness that is unmatched in all the world, and He fills us with a hope that will not disappoint (Romans 5:5).

We take chances every day. . .on the roads, in our jobs, with a new relationship that may not work out.  God is asking us to take a chance on Him.  He does not know how to fail us.  We were created for a relationship with Him, and because of Jesus’ death on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins–for we all have sinned, no matter how “good” we are–we can have a restored relationship with our Creator, and fill that longing inside us.  Our life can have meaning again.  Our hope can “soar on wings like eagles” again and we will “run and not grow weary; walk and not be faint” (Isaiah 40:31).  Our emptiness can be replaced with a fullness in Christ Jesus.

Our search leads us here, to Him.  Will we choose to accept this adventure?

“Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be.”

Do you know for sure that you are going to be with God in heaven?

http://heargoodnews.com/gospel/doyouknow.html

How to know God personally:

http://www.ccci.org/wij/index.aspx

A great video presentation on how to share the gospel with someone:

http://www.btbf.org/templates/System/details.asp?id=33300&PID=459399

An astouding video of Laminin. . .and how every one of us is God’s creation: