(Writer : Dessy Ariadna – Stand To JESUS)
John 14:6 (IMB) JESUS said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. ”
There are many ways to get to Rome via air, water and land, but only one way leads to heaven, namely through JESUS Christ. Why is that? Because He is the owner of heaven and only the owner of heaven can bring humans into heaven.
John 8:23 (IMB) He said, “You are from below, I am from above. You are from this world, I am not from this world.
JESUS Christ is from heaven, not from the world and only He who is from heaven, who came from heaven can take you to heaven. This is the absolute truth. Salvation can only be found in JESUS. You can’t buy safety and heaven in malls, markets and online stores. You can only get it through JESUS Christ.
Romans 10:9-11 (IMB) For if with your mouth you confess that Jesus is Lord and with your heart you believe that God raised Him from the dead, then you will be saved. For with the heart, a person believes, he is justified, and with the mouth, a person confesses, he is saved. For the Scriptures say: “Everyone who believes in Him will not be put to shame. “
JESUS Christ is the Messiah, and only the Messiah can provide salvation, why? Because He is God. You cannot earn salvation with your efforts and good deeds, why? Because God’s word says that human piety is like filthy rags, not perfect at all before God, that is why humans need a Savior (read Isaiah 64:6).
You can’t buy heaven and salvation with anything, you can only get it for free, how do you do that? Believe in the Lord JESUS Christ in your heart, acknowledge Him as Lord and Savior of your life, believe that He has risen from the dead, then you are saved.
Maybe many of you are saying “it’s that easy?”, my answer is “even if it’s that easy, many people refuse to believe it for various reasons.”
If humans can enter heaven with their own strength and efforts by doing this and that, then humans will have the opportunity to boast, be arrogant and proud of themselves and their actions, in this case humans will no longer glorify God.
1 Corinthians 1:29-31 (IMB) so that no one can boast before Him. But through Him you are in Christ JESUS, who through God made Christ JESUS wisdom for us, He justifies and sanctifies and redeems us, as it is written: “Whoever boasts, let him boast in the LORD. “
If you believe in JESUS, not only are you saved, but all your sins are forgiven and forgotten by God. Because human sins can only be washed away with the blood of JESUS and not the blood of animals like in the Old Testament times which could only cover for one year and not wash away the transgression.
John 1:29 (IMB) The next day John saw JESUS coming to him. He said, “Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Hebrews 10:17-18 (IMB) and I will never remember their sins and mistakes again. ” So if there is forgiveness for all of this, then there is no longer any need to offer sacrifices for sins.
Hebrews 10:3-4 (IMB) But precisely by the sacrifices offered, people are reminded of their sins every year. Because it is absolutely impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to wash away sins.
Hebrews 9:14 (IMB) How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself to God as a spotless sacrifice, cleanse our conscience from deeds that lead to death, so that we may worship God the living.
Hebrews 10:10 (IMB) By His will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of JESUS Christ, once for all.
Hebrews 10:14 (IMB) For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
What was the hardest thing for JESUS to do? Healing sick people? Cast out demons? Raising the dead? Bless the poor? Walking on water? All are easy things for Him to do. But what was difficult for JESUS to do? The answer is to forgive sins.
Why? Because to forgive our sins, JESUS had to die first in our place, He had to be tormented first, even in the Garden of Gethsemane JESUS said :
Matthew 26:39 (IMB) After that He stepped forward a little, then fell down on His face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, pass this cup from Me, but not as I will, but as You wish! ”
Matthew 26:42 (IMB) Then He came forward a second time and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass from Me unless I drink it, let Your will be done. ”
Why did JESUS say that? Because the most difficult thing is to forgive sins. JESUS had to suffer and die just to provide forgiveness of sins for all of us. Why? Because the wages of sin is death. JESUS had to go through suffering and death just to forgive us and free us from all our sins. Where we should all die because of our sins, JESUS took our position and was willing to die to bear all our sins, so that we who believe in Him will not perish but will gain eternal life. The Righteous One (JESUS) died for the sake of the disobedient.
Romans 6:23 (IMB) For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through JESUS Christ our Lord.
John 3:16 (IMB) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but may have eternal life.
Romans 5:12 (IMB) Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man and death entered through that sin, so death spread to all men, because all have sinned.
Romans 5:17-19 (IMB) For if, through the fault of one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive grace and the abundant gift of righteousness from God reign in life through one man, namely JESUS Christ . Therefore, as by one man’s iniquity came condemnation for all, so also by one man’s righteous deed comes justification which brings life to all. For just as through one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so through one man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
Do you want to be safe? Believe in the Lord JESUS Christ, then you will be saved because only JESUS Christ the Messiah is the only way of salvation.
