You Had To Do It, Didn't You!
The link said "Don't click here," but you did
anyway. You had lots of other choices on Pleasantview Alliance's
menu, but you deliberately chose to go where you were told not to.
In the midst of many 'Yesses,' you were attracted to the one
'No.'
This is similar to another incident a long, long time ago.
God made a wonderful paradise and gave it to Adam and Eve. They
could go anywhere, do anything, enjoy the whole creation - with a
single exception. One tree - the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil - was off limits. However, just as you clicked on a button
that said "Don't go here," Adam and Eve ate from the tree that was
off limits. They stopped trusting God and so chose to disobey God's
warning.
When Adam disobeyed God, he brought sin into the world. Sin
brought many terrible consequences, but the most terrible was
death. Sin brought physical and spiritual death into the world and
would seperate all people from God forever.
The penalty for sin is death. But God loved us so much that He
took on humanity, in the person of Jesus, and came to earth. He
lived the way that we were supposed to live (completely trusting
God). Then Jesus took upon Himself the punishment that we deserved.
He rose from the dead three days later so that He might give life
to all whom He pleases - and it pleases Jesus to give life to all
who have faith in Him.
We must accept His gift of forgiveness, it cannot be earned. How
do we accept this gift? When we can verbally confess that Jesus is
our Lord (that we will yield our lives to His rule - that we will
turn from our sinful lives) and believe in our hearts that God
raised Jesus from the dead, then we have accepted this gift.
You can make that confession right now simply by praying that
God would forgive you through Jesus and that you want to live your
life for Him.
If you have prayed that prayer or have additional questions,
please don't hesitate to contact one of our pastors or call us at
814-763-4880.