Sometimes worries and anxieties plague us. We live in a troubling world. Our world is broken and there are many shipwrecked people crashed upon the shore of hopelessness. There are many people who need to be rescued. There are many people who need to be thrown a lifeline and be saved.
There is hope for the hopeless. There is indeed a rescuer to help those people who have been broken and nearly crushed against the rocky shore of sin. That rescuers name is Jesus Christ. God sent the Lord Jesus Christ to this earth on a rescue mission to save us from our sins.
We have all sinned and we have all fallen short of the glory of God. We have all missed the mark. Picture someone using a bow and arrow. They try to hit the target with the arrow, but they fall far short and never make it to the target at all. That is what sin is. We have all fallen short of the target.
The Bible tells us that we have all sinned and the wages of sin is death. We are all born into this world with a sin nature. We are born separated from the Living God. We are all deserving of being placed into a literal hell for all eternity because of our sin.
The good news is that God loves us and He made a way for us to be reconciled back to Himself by sending His one and only Son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to save sinners such as you and I. Jesus came to this earth as a baby placed in a manger and He lived a perfect and sinless life. Jesus went obediently to the Cross where He laid down His life for our sins. Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the Cross for you and I.
Jesus took the punishment that we so rightly deserve so we could be reconciled back to God and into a right relationship with Him. God raised Jesus to life on the third day to show us that He is indeed God. Jesus defeated the devil and death. Jesus rescued us from eternal damnation and hopelessness.
We must receive this gift of forgiveness and salvation however. We do this by going to God in prayer and confessing our sins to Him and be willing to repent of our sins. That means we agree with the Lord about our sinfulness and we are willing to turn away from our sins and that we want to turn to Him. We must receive Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and trust in His grace through our faith in His finished work on the Cross.
When we come to know Christ as our Lord and Savior the Holy Spirit comes to live within us and we are sealed by the Holy Spirit forever. We can never be lost again if we are truly trusting Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. We may stumble and fall along life's journey, but if we are trusting in Jesus Christ and His payment for our sins then we have nothing to fear or worry about.
One day the Lord Jesus we come back to this earth as the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He will judge the living and the dead. Those of us who have trusted the Lord Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior will be allowed into Heaven, but those who have rejected Jesus Christ will be placed into a literal hell forever because they refused to repent of their sins and trust in Jesus Christ and His finished work on the Cross.
Do you feel like you have been shipwrecked and in dire need of being rescued? I have good news for you. There is someone who can rescue you right now, right where you are, and His name is Jesus Christ.
Take this moment to go to Him in prayer and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Savior if you haven't done so yet. If you are a believer in Christ already and you feel shipwrecked as well I would encourage you to draw near to the Lord Jesus and continue to read the Bible. Continue to run the race before you with endurance and your eyes upon the Lord Jesus.
Lord,
Thank You for rescuing a wretched sinful man such as I.
I am weak, but thank You that You are strong.
I can't save myself because I am not good enough.
Thank You Jesus for dying for my sins which are many.
Thank You for taking the punishment that I so rightly deserve.
I praise You O Lord my God my redeemer.
I pray that many people will come to know You Lord Jesus as their Lord and Savior over the next few weeks.
Pour out Your Holy Spirit upon us and grant us the courage to live for You.
In Jesus Name we pray,
Amen.
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