Do not allow your feelings to get in the way of receiving God's unconditional, ever-lasting, and immeasurable love for YOU! You don't have to go the "extra mile" and do works to be saved! His grace is enough!
Certain people who have faced challenging experiences in life, such as a difficult upbringing and unhealthy relationships, struggle with a profound deeply rooted feeling of abandonment and unworthiness— they feel "unlovable". This makes it hard for them to fully embrace the Grace of God to its fullest extent. This feeling of rejection leads them to believe that they have to work extra hard to be accepted in any type of relationship, simply to make others appreciate them — pushing themselves to invest a lot of their time and energy into relationships, trying to compensate.
When they come to Christ, given their previous way of operating, they often try to make up for those feelings by mistakenly thinking that something beyond grace is necessary for salvation — and they fall for Satan's lie that points out that "works" are also necessary to salvation.
Our faith in salvation needs to be placed 100% on the blood of Jesus, as it has been since the beginning. The reason God rejected Cain was because he brought his own works to the altar. On the other hand, Abel's offering was accepted because he brought a blood sacrifice to the altar, symbolizing Jesus' work on the cross.
Since the beginning of the Church, people have persistently leaned towards believing in the importance of works. In discussions regarding circumcision, Peter emphatically clarified that salvation came through the grace of Jesus, no circumcision required — no works needed.
"Now therefore, why do you test God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we shall be saved in the same manner as they." Acts 15:10-11
Abraham is known as the Father of Faith because he trusted in God, and the Lord considered this trust as righteousness. He was declared righteous and justified even before he was circumcised.
" For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised." Ro 4:9-10
Across all ages, people have been considered righteous by believing—by grace through faith—without any works involved. In the Old Testament, they were looking forward to the cross, and after the cross, we are looking backwards. It has always been the BLOOD OF JESUS!!!
None of us are worthy of receiving forgiveness, but don't let the broken relationships you had in the past shape your relationship with Christ. Unlike the other people who hurt you in your life, Jesus will accept you as you are, love you unconditionally, with an immeasurable and everlasting love, and He will never leave you!!! You are worthy enough that He went to the cross to die for you!! He will never abandon you!!
Listen to what He is saying to you today:
"When my father and my mother forsake me, Then the Lord will take care of me.
"Receive God's love today to its full extent! Don't put the yoke of works around your neck! Jesus came to set us free from that yoke! Don't let the enemy deceive you with your past!! Receive His grace; He wants you to have it—no "extra miles," no works needed for your salvation!! He did all the work!
Once you grasp that salvation doesn't require works and you firmly trust in this truth, engage in good deeds out of your love for Him, guided by the Holy Spirit—not driven by your own desires to compensate! HIS GRACE IS FREELY GIVEN!!
"For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast." Eph 2:8-9
Accept His FULL grace today and be saved! There's no time to waste! He's coming for His Church!
Believe Jesus is the Son of God, who shed His blood on the cross for your sins, He was buried and resurrected during the third day, according to the Scriptures, so you can have that eternal life with Him.
The moment you believe in Him and that He died for your sins - you're saved, justified, sealed until the day of redemption, and rapture ready!
The Holy Spirit will come to live inside of you - He will help you, guide you, heal you, change you, and be with you FOREVER!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16-17
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