BEST THING TO HEAR: I NOW BELIEVE IN JESUS

There is great joy and celebration in Heaven over one sinner that repents and accepts Jesus (Luke 15:7,10). There is no one that is too sinful to be saved. God sent His Son for all and He wants all to come to Him.

The day I made a personal decision to accept Jesus, there was great jubilation in Heaven. The day that person who was once an armed robber decided to accept Jesus, there was great jubilation. The day the fraudster, or the drunkard, or the womanizer decided to accept Jesus, there was great jubilation in Heaven. Why? Because that was God's desire when He came down to earth. That is what He wanted. That is a display of the fulfilment of His plans.

Prior to the coming of Christ, all of man's best efforts to attain the level of righteousness that God originally intended for us, were just temporary measures having temporary effects. All the animals slain—lambs, goats, sheep, birds, bulls and all others, could never have been enough to restore man. The sin of Adam and Eve in the Garden had repercussions of great magnitude for by them all of mankind, unborn generations, were automatically placed under sin. This is why a child born into the world need not even do anything wrong per se before being rendered a sinner. The Bible says for all have sinned (Romans 3:23). There was no distinction, it wasn’t “all adults have sinned” or “all above the age of 5 have sinned”. All have sinned, all of mankind have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God because of that singular act of disobedience by Adam.

Sin is accompanied by everything bad, culminating eventually in death. But for they that are in Christ, we have a way out for though we die, yet shall we live again (John 11:25). The first death for us will merely be a way of shedding our mortal bodies, getting rid of the dust. Our souls the main content will be transmitted to eternal life. We will not be subjected to the second death which is the ultimate end of sin. The Bible says the soul that sins shall die (Ezekiel 18:20a) and the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). So a person who doesn’t have Christ will end in eternal damnation if he/she continues that way. The person need not commit obvious sins such as murder or lying or stealing. The mere fact that he/she doesn’t believe in Jesus and hasn’t accepted Him into his/her life, has qualified the person for the second death.

Imagine how sad and unfortunate it is that all of mankind by default, is subject to sin and by extension, death. No one had a say in it before Adam gave us all up. Now, if the sinful act of a man had such grave consequences on all humanity, you can imagine the great and glorious benefits which the righteous act of God Himself has brought to us. 

When Christ came, He healed the sick, opened the eyes of the blind, cast out demons and even raised people from the dead but all these wonderful things weren’t the main purpose of His coming. They were reflections or will I say evidences of His main purpose. He came to correct the error of Adam’s act. He came to take away the consequences of Adam’s act. This time around, there were no limitations unlike the sacrifices of animals. The sacrifices of animals were limited to one sin alone. That is to say if Mr. A steals and Mr. Z also steals, the sacrifice of Mr. A will not atone for the sin of Mr. Z. Further, if after making sacrifices to atone for that act of stealing, Mr. A steals again or maybe this time around, he commits a different sin, the sacrifices he earlier made will not atone for his subsequent sin. Another sacrifice has to be made, and so on. That was how limited sacrifices were before Christ came.

But when Christ came, He took all the sins of mankind away. By getting crucified on the cross, He atoned for the sins of both those who were in existence at the time and those yet to be born for as long as the earth remains till He returns the second time. He is the ultimate sacrifice, the last sacrifice. Through Him, all the sins of Mr. A, Mr. Z and everyone else have been atoned for. However, much as He has done this for us, each person has the task of either accepting it or refusing it. Take an example of a person who was unwillingly locked in a room—Adam by his disobedience, locked all humanity in sin. And a rescuer brings the key to the room and gives it to the person—Christ came to rescue us and the key is believing in Him. The person has two options to select from, he either uses the key—believing in Jesus and leaving sin. Or he refuses to use the key—doesn’t believe in Jesus and remains locked in sin. 

But it isn’t the will of God that any man should perish this is why He brought the key to us (2 Peter 3:9). And He is patiently waiting and hoping that more and more people will choose to use the key to unlock the door and be freed from sin. And every time a person unlocks the door and leaves the room, God is overjoyed, the heavens are overjoyed, His whole kingdom is overjoyed, it is like welcoming a prince who was missing for long but has now returned to the kingdom.

For anyone who is yet to believe in Jesus, use the key this moment and unlock the door. Leave sin. Simply say a simple prayer. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess to God, believe that Christ is Lord and He came to save you. Ask Him to be your Lord and accept Him into your life. God is waiting to welcome you into eternal life.