Look at what God did for us

Hi everyone. Now is the time you have been waiting for. I have made several previous posts that all led to this. We have talked about who God is and what he is like. We have talked about how great it is to have a close walk with him. We have talked about how we have a tendency to want to do things our way, but the key to closeness with God is to follow his way. We have talked about why it seems so hard to have a close walk with God. Now it is time to learn about his plan. God is just like a father that stands behind his child and asks him/her to fall into his arms. The father has the ability to catch the child, but the child shows that he/she trusts the father by falling into the father's arms. God the father is waiting to catch you. Your part is to fall into his arms. So what is his plan? When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, that disobedience passed from generation to generation. As a result, we have all disobeyed God from time to time. As I have been telling you, God loves you and me. He did not want us to stay in a place of rebellion against him. In the previous post I mentioned that after Adam and Eve disobeyed God, he came to visit them. Do you remember what happened when God came to visit them? They ran and hid from God. You may or may not have children, but it would be just like your child hiding in the closet when you come to their room to visit. That would be tough to have a child that fearful of you. In a previous post, I told you about each member of the Godhead. If you have not read them, please go back and read all of the previous posts where I talk about this. I told you about God the son. God loved us enough, that Jesus Christ was sent by the father to the earth. He lived as a man. During his time on earth, he demonstrated the love of God to us. He lived a life without being disobedient to God. Before Jesus came, innocent blood was shed for the person that was disobedient to God. Why was that you might ask? Leviticus tells us that the life of the flesh is in the blood. The most precious gift that God has given us is life. The life of our body is in the blood. We receive eternal life by the shedding of blood. When Adam and Eve sinned, God made them a coat from animal skins. That innocent blood was shed for them. We find this in the other Old Testament books of the Bible. Now back to Jesus. Jesus lived a life without disobedience to God. His innocent blood was shed for us. What is our part? I am sure by now you have realized that all of us except for Jesus have disobeyed God. That is the first thing that we have to admit. God offers salvation to us as a gift. If I had a phone that I was going to give you, what would your part in the transaction be? You would have to receive it. God offers us a relationship with him as a gift. The blood that Jesus shed is to patch our relationship with God that has been marred by our disobedience. When Jesus died, he was raised from the dead after 3 days. He is now seated in heaven in his rightful place, so this is not a sad story of death and gloom. It is a story of victory. The book of Romans says, If we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised him from the dead we will be saved. Now, fall back in his arms and trust him to catch you. Now that you know how to have a relationship with God, lets start it out by talking to him. Pray something like this in your own words: Father, I realize that I have disobeyed your command from time to time. I am sorry for running from you. I run to you now. Thank you for making a way for me to have a close relationship with you. I believe that Jesus shed his blood so that I can be forgiven for disobeying you. Thank you Jesus for shedding your blood for me and for giving me a relationship with God. I receive you as my savior and Lord. Thank you so much. I hope that this has been a blessing to you. If you just received Jesus as your savior, please let me know. I would like to rejoice with you. This is the beginning of an adventure that will last forever. This is the most important thing that you will do to begin a close walk with God. Be blessed.