The Doctrine of Original Sin: The Effects of Sin and Our Hope Part 4. The Conclusion.

I have been thinking of all of this and let me just say this.  We are miserable creatures.  Miserable, how?  This does not mean that we are literally miserable but that we are separated from God.  We no longer have free access to God.  We have no hope outside of Jesus Christ.  If God is drawing you to Himself respond to Him by repenting of your sins.  Outside of Jesus Christ we have no hope of deliverance.  There would never be peace between you and God.  God would continue to be a terror to you because of the sin in your life.  For those who do not believe this is what God is to you.  You will always have this sense of condemnation that just will not go away.  Nature tells us that there is a God and that you are accountable to Him.  The Word of God tells us about the way of deliverance for your soul.  Without Jesus Christ you are doomed because He is the blood sacrifice for those who will believe and repent.  If you are convicted of the fact that these things are true run to the Lord.  He is there for you.  Quit running from God and die to yourself.  You are not going to make it out of this life alive.  You will die.  I promise you.  Some would condemn the Jews for crucifing Jesus.  Let me remind you that it was every nation on earth that crucified Jesus Christ.  You killed Jesus Christ.  It is your fault.  It is my fault.  It is the fault of sinners world wide in every ethnic group.  Someone had to pay for sin and it will either be Jesus Christ for His people or it will be paid for by those who reject the truth of the Gospel wo is Jesuis Christ.  Turn from your sins and live your life to the glory of God.  Trust in Jesus Christ and in Him alone for your deliverance from sin.  It is not an easy life but the guilt of sin will be washed away and the gift of the Holy Spirit will be yours.  What is the gift of the Holy Spirit?  It is exactly what it says, the gift is the Holy Spirit who will live within you to guide and direct you.  He is the One that applies the life, death, and resurrection to your miserable little life as well as mine.  Repent, rejoice, take up your cross and follow Him.

Matthew 16:24-26

24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?