What are the benefits of believing in Christ?





What even is believing?





What are we believing in? In this generation of "Christians", there are many proclaiming Christians who do not even know the gospel. Are we supposed to believe just that Jesus existed? That He died? What do we need to believe in to be given the free gift of salvation? You have to believe in the gospel! The good news of Jesus Christ is the power of God for the salvation of all who believe.





So, what is the Gospel?





The gospel is the good news. God put humans on this Earth sinless and blame free. We freely walked with Him and had a perfect relationship. Sin didn't even exist. He gave us a choice, though. We could have Him or we could have sin. He made everything perfect. He gave us no reason to chose sin but we were tempted by a fallen angel named Lucifer and we chose sin. Our God, Yahweh, is the antithesis of sin and he can't be near it because He is just. We chose darkness and pushed the light out. Only through the shedding of blood came forgiveness. God even made the first sacrifice. He killed an animal and clothed us with its skin. He knew from the begining that these sacrifices would never be enough. He knew there was only one person worthy enough to be a sacrifice that would satisfy forever... Himself. So He sent himself in human form to Earth. He lived sinlessly. He lived out his life on Earth as a slave. He served others. He was to be that sacrifice. While He was still young in years as a human, He became that sacrifice. He was killed on the cross after extensive torture. Even worse than all of that, He endured His wrath for every sin that has ever been committed. Painful. He conquered death, and on the third day, He rose from the dead. He promised two things. First, He would return one more time after He ascended into Heaven. This world will pass away and He will take with Him all of the people who have been justified through their acceptance of Jesus' sacrifice. Second, He would send His spirit to dwell inside the believers.





What are the benefits, then?





As stated above, there is no way to have a relationship with God anymore unless we accept that sacrifice that Jesus made. When we believe and accept His sacrifice, we are forgiven . All of our sins were nailed to Jesus on that cross. We can be with Him again! He adopts us into His family because what He sees in us is not our sin, but His blood! We can once again have community with Him. His spirit can come and live in us while we accomplish His work in our short time here on Earth. All the while we look forward to being with Him in Heaven where our reward is!





What about on Earth? Don't we get health and wealth?





When you accept Jesus you belong to a different Kingdom... His Kingdom. The Earth is still filled with sin and temptation and the only cure is Jesus. Sin brings death . Sin brings illness . Sin brings everything bad . Sin is the reason we fell from perfection in the first place. While on this Earth, it is our job to bring that gospel to everyone. We are here to complete His will. Health and wealth do not always align with what needs to be done to advance His kingdom. Eleven out of twelve of Jesus' original apostles were martyred. In face, there have been more martyrs in the past decade than there were in the entirety of church history before then. Following Jesus doesn't always mean the best conditions and people over the last two millennium have given everything to get this message out.





This sounds like a love story.





This is. It is the greatest love story ever written. My prayer is that whoever knows this gospel takes it to everyone. God is love. There is no greater love than to lay down ones life and that is what he did. The creator loved his creation more than they loved Him and they killed Him. They beat and killed their own creator. Through all of that, He still loved us. His executors were the people for whom He died. His love is not even speakable. One can't put His love into the small vocabulary of any language. Love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. Love your neighbor as yourself and tell them this gospel we know that you would want to hear.





You are being prayed for. A sovereign all powerful, all loving God knows you. He knows your name. He knows your heart. Take the next step and follow Him. Accept that sacrifice and know the peace that passes understanding that followers of Jesus know. Talk to a follower of Jesus if you are ready to commit your life to the God who loved you enough to die for you. See below for a list of links and reading to get you started in your walk with Christ and answering some of your questions.





Click on any of the links below to learn more.

Ask For Prayer

Beginning Bible Study

Bridge to Life

Creation to Christ Story

How To Give Your Life to Christ