NEW LIFE

 

     Blaise Pascal said that there is a void or vacuum inside every person that only God can fill and we will never feel complete until it is filled.  SO, we spend our lives trying to fill it but often leave God out of the equation.  The problem is sin gets in the way which is both a manmade problem and eternal one as well. 

     When man sinned the result was physical, emotional and eternal death.  This problem was passed on to all Adam’s children to this day.  This means that we are subject to death and why we leave God out of the pictured.  God is holy and can’t look upon sin, so he has allowed substitution.  First, it was animals and then ultimately, it was Jesus Christ who did in our place for sin.  Jesus fulfilled all the requirements because he was both God and man.  He was holy and perfect

     The result of His death was that we have been forgiven, have eternal life and now are residents for the Holy Spirit.  We have been given a wonderful gift by grace, and we have received it by faith.  Faith is not just believing in your mind it is trusting with your heart.  We have repented and now we live a life of obedience and trust. 

      We now live in the reality of the new birth.  We are part of the family of God.  We can now communicate with God through prayer and have the Bible as our instruction manual.  You are a new person inside and out because of the Holy Spirit who lives inside.  The old has passed away and now you are new.  Every part of your life changes.  Your goals, dreams, attitudes, actions and relationships.  You become like Jesus wanting to do the will of your Father.  It takes times but you change for the better.  Through the Bible prayer and choice, you become more like Jesus everyday. 

     Man is empty without God because we are separated from God by our sin but because Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin, we now have eternal and abundant life.  This is how God showed his love for mankind.  By faith we receive Christ and then live for Him.  God’s purpose is to make us like Jesus.  This is done by prayer, the bible, fellowship and circumstances.  Let us choose to follow him.