I Want

I Want

I am a Christian.

 And want the world to know,

Jesus said,

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, 

and you will find rest for your souls.  

For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” 

                                                        Matthew 11:28-30.

I am a Christian. 

And I want the world to know,

The Christian message in it’s simplest form is this. 

Jesus said,

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’  

But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,  

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous...”

Matthew5: 43-45

When asked,

“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” 

Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’  

This is the first and greatest commandment.  

And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’  

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” 

                                                             Matthew 22:37-40.

I am a Christian.

And I want the world to know,

Jesus said,

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,

 that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  

For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, 

but to save the world through him.” 

                                                                                           John 3:16,17.

 Jesus also said,

...“I am the way and the truth and the life. 

No one comes to the Father except through me.” 

                                                            John 14:6

I am a Christian.

And I want the world to know,

 The apostle Paul writing to the Romans said,

“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” 

                                                                                Romans 3:23,24.

Sinning is falling short of what God wants for you life. Sin separates us from God.

I am a Christian.

And I want the world to know,

The apostle John wrote,

John noting,

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just

 and will forgive us our sins

 and purify us from all unrighteousness.  

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.” 

                                                                                                            1 John 1:9,10.

I am a Christian.

And I want the world to know,

The apostle Paul wrote,

“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—

and this not from yourselves,

 it is the gift of God—  

not by works, so that no one can boast.” 

                                                                  Ephesians 2:8,9

I am a Christian.

And I want the world to know,

Salvation, belief in Jesus Christ, and God,

 is an act of faith. 

The writer of Hebrews saying,

“And without faith it is impossible to please God, 

because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists 

and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”

                                                                                                   Hebrews 11:6.

I am a Christian.

And I want the world to 

think about what I have written

because Jesus said,

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,

 that whoever believes in Him 

shall not perish but have eternal life.  

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 he has not believed in the name 

of God’s one and only Son”. 

John 3:16-18 

Please think about it.