JHN 3:17-18 NIV
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
God's mercy and grace is always best understood through the gifts that He has given. God claims that He loves us and the best expression of that love is seen by the giving of his one and only Son to pay the legal penalty for our sins. We deserved the death He died and He gave us the life that we did not deserve. That is the highest and purest expression of love that anyone could ever show to man.
This gift has been given now, and the invitation still stands. Jesus' call to us is still this: come unto me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. The world has devised various means and channels through which peace can be bought, but I have learnt from experiences and testimonies that these other channels do not last. It is only in Christ that true life is found and sustained.
The invite will expire when Christ returns to take those who have accepted his free gift of life and have believed in his name. He's not asking for mighty things; just a simple faith in him that guarantees eternal life.
Without trying to scare anyone, this present life, as we see it, will come to an end violently. It will be destroyed completely with fire. Only those who have believed and accepted the free offer of life will cross from physical death to eternal life. Are you one of those? His time of favour is here.
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