© 20 Colin Melbourne
Created by Love
We saw in Pt. 1: Where You Came From: that you and I were designed, and created, by the perfect will and Word of Almighty God: Who never makes any mistakes.
You are not an accident of nature: You are God’s treasured creation, of infinite value to Him.
He made you in love, to live in divine love.
Then, Pt. 2: In God’s Image we realized that mankind is truly unique in God’s Creation, because we alone were made to walk in spiritual fellowship with Him.
So we understand how special each person is to their Creator.
Paradise Lost
Sadly, this state of perfection didn’t last, because the first couple chose to commit high treason by disobeying God’s Word, condemning themselves, and their progeny, to exist in sin, exiled from Our Creator’s Presence.
God Provides The Lamb
But God’s love and mercy drove Him to redeem His fallen creation: The LORD Jesus Christ has made the way for you to know God, just as Adam and Eve knew Him before they sinned.
God counted Abraham His righteous friend because he believed and followed God’s Word; the Holy Bible adds in Romans 4:24-5:2 KJV, that same blessing is imputed to those who follow Christ, it wasn’t just for Abraham;
But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Life From God
When God breathed Life into Adam it was a unique event, but that divine life was polluted by Adam choosing to sin, and every person inherits that corrupted life from God, through Adam and Eve’s bloodline.
Because of The Fall, humanity was alienated from God by sin, but nevertheless human life is still of God, so we remain eternal beings.
Death From Satan
Tract on Teen Suicide © Chick Publications. Used by permission.
When dealing with people who attempt suicide, you find they believe the lie that death will end their suffering, but death is definitely not the end; they are eternal beings, destined for either Hell, or Heaven.
Killing yourself is the antithesis of belief in Christ: Suicide is out-of-the-frying-pan into Eternal Fire.
All suicidal thoughts come from the Pit of Hell: Never from God, who has redeemed mankind from Adam’s sin, and offers free entry into the Kingdom of God, by simply repenting from unbelief.
Christ Paid for You to Enter Paradise
Therefore, even the worst sinners have limitless potential, if they will only repent and believe on Christ, because then the righteous life of God is restored to them as they were meant to be, unique, with particular talents from God.
Discover the real person God designed you to become, by living in God’s presence every moment of your life on Earth.
It is the greatest adventure of all.
© 20 Colin Melbourne
