I AM A SINNER

Matthew 5:48, to sum it up, says we have a “God-created Identity.”

God, in Genesis 1:26-28 says, “Let Us make human beings in our image, make them reflecting our nature so they can be responsible for the fish in the sea, the birds in the air, the cattle, and yes, Earth itself, and every animal that moves on the face of the Earth. God created human beings; He created them godlike, reflecting God’s nature. He created them male and female. God blessed them.
Prosper! Reproduce! Fill Earth! Take Charge!”

2:7 – God formed man out of the dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life. The man came alive – a living soul.

2:18 – God said, “It’s not good for man to be alone; I’ll make him a helper, a companion.”

2:21-22 – God put the man into a deep sleep. As he slept He removed one of his ribs and replaced it with flesh. God then used the rib He had taken from man to make woman and presented her to the man.”

Thus it all starts. As you read here, we are nothing more than a created being formed by God, to reflect God’s nature, and that alone is quite a bit. To be a created person is one thing. To be a created person to reflect God’s nature, is another thing, it is huge. It means that our life must in some way try to reflect, represent, who God is, His nature. When thinking about this, it boggles my mind to think how hard this truly is because I am a sinner.

I AM A SINNER!
It is impossible to truly be like God!
It is impossible to truly be like Jesus!
I AM A SINNER!
God is perfect!
God is the creator of the Universe!
Jesus is God’s one and only begotten Son!
Jesus is perfect!
To say I can be like Jesus, can I truly say that?
I am not perfect!
Jesus is Perfect!
Jesus never sinned once!
Most importantly, God, and Jesus, is perfect!
I AM A SINNER!

It is very clear when Jesus says, “This is how much God loves the world; He gave His Son, His one and only son. And this is why: so no one need be destroyed. John 3:16”

Jesus also tells us after this, very clearly again, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father apart from me. If you really knew me, you would know my father as well. From now on, you do know Him. You’ve even seen Him.”

We are all sinners, whether you want to accept that or not, it is true; we are all sinners!

Through one man, Adam, sin entered into all of creation. Since Adam sinned the first time, it has been in motion ever since, for all of history, up to today, except for in one person.

Jesus!
God’s Son!
His One and Only Begotten!
Just as you have read, Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life!
Period!
That’s it!
One Way!
One Way Only!
No Exceptions!

There has never been, nor will there ever be, any other way to our Father in Heaven except through Jesus Christ, Our Savior.

The only way to learn is to study!
The only way to study is to learn to read!
The only way to pass a test is by gaining knowledge about what the test of over!
The only way to win a game is by hard practice and determination!
The only way to get from point A to point B is through know the directions!
The only way to know the correct directions is by knowing how to read (again)!
The only way from an eternity in hell to an eternity in heaven is by knowing the right path to travel down, and that path is the path God shows us in the bible, the path Jesus traveled, the path that leads us directly to the cross!

Luke 9:23-27 – Then he told them what they could expect for themselves: "Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You're not in the driver's seat—I am. Don't run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I'll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? If any of you is embarrassed with me and the way I'm leading you, know that the Son of Man will be far more embarrassed with you when he arrives in all his splendor in company with the Father and the holy angels. This isn't, you realize, pie in the sky by and by. Some who have taken their stand right here are going to see it happen, see with their own eyes the kingdom of God." The Message

Luke 9:23-27 – And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.
"For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself?
"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
"But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." NASB

Through Jesus alone can we get to heaven!
Fully believing and Bible message God has given us!
Fully believing that Jesus died on the cross!
All of it!
Every word that is in the Bible!
New Testament and Old Testament!
Fully believing that we can do nothing alone!
Alone means being cut off from all things!
Being cut off from all things would in turn mean being cut off from God!
God is the creator!
Nothing can be alone from God!

God sent His One and Only Begotten Son so that we could be redeemed. He was the perfect sacrificial sacrifice. He was the blood that needed to be spilled to purify the earth. He was the sacrifice that was needed to clear our debt, our sin. God keeps no record of our past sin. He has given us a clean slate to start from.

I AM A SINNER!
I NEED GOD!
I NEED JESUS!

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans 5:8 – But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free figt of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 3!
Romans!
Read all of Romans!
Real the entire Bible!
Read with passion!
Zeal!
Expectation to be changed!
The Bible is Life Changing!

I CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!
YOU CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!
NO ONE CAN DO THIS ALONE!
NO ONE CAN DO THIS APART FROM GOD!
NO ONE CAN DO THIS APART FROM JESUS!
NO ONE CAN DO THIS APART FROM THE CROSS!
WE CANNOT TAKE THE CROSS OUT OF THE EQUATION!
WE CANNOT TAKE THE CROSS OUT OF THE CHURCH!

WE ARE ALL SINNERS!