Greetings beloved,
Getting back to Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus in the Gospel of St. John chapter 3. Jesus had told Nicodemus that God freely offers eternal life in His kingdom, and He spelled out the broad outlines of the offer.
Jesus tells him that everyone is under the death penalty of sin and they can accept Jesus as their savior only during their lifetime. He says; "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (John 3:18).
You see God requires a perfect keeping of His laws (the Ten Commandments). Unfortunately none of us can keep His laws perfectly, as it is written: “ There is none righteous, no, not one; there is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; they have together become unprofitable; there is none who does good, no, not one” (Romans 3:10-12). Sin is the breaking of these laws and all have sinned and fall short of God's glory (I John 3:4; Galatians 3:22; Romans 3:23). Furthermore, the penalty for breaking God's law is spiritual death. God has said in His word, "The soul who sins shall die... " (Ezekiel 18:20). Through faith in Jesus and His substitutionary death on the cross of Calvary our sins can be forgiven and we can be saved.
There are thousands of men and women in prisons around the world who are under the sentence of death and live out their days waiting for it to happen to them. Likewise, the death sentence has already been passed on to all of us (Romans 5:12), But God in His great love has provided a way to save us from it (II Peter 3:9; John 3:16). Are you still under the death penalty of sin or have you accepted God's pardon?
Pray with me... Heavenly Lord Jesus, because of You we are eternally safe from the death penalty of sin. Thank Youfor pardoning us. AMEN!
God's blessings to you all,
Fr. Ernest+
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