Which
Team?
Football is loved by millions worldwide. It arouses fierce
passions and loyalty. Whether we are following our national or local team
we want them to be victorious. Although our team may be limited in their
ability, as long as they give one hundred percent they can count on our
wholehearted support.
Life can be like a football match - two opposing teams
- good and evil, right and wrong, righteousness and sin, God and Satan.
Whether we know it or not we are all on one side or the other. We all like
to think that we are on God's side, on the side of good, on our way to
Heaven, supporting the winning team.
Deceived!
How can we know we are on the Victory side? God's Word,
the Bible, says:
If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1 v.8)
God makes it very clear that each of us is on the side
of sin and Satan.
For the wages of sin is death.
(Romans 6 v.23)
Satan has tried to deceive us into thinking that we are
good people. Let us not be deceived but understand that we face eternal
death and the judgement of God unless we can have our sin forgiven.
FORGIVEN
How can I have my sin forgiven?
God
commendeth
his
love
toward
us,
in that,
while
we were
yet
sinners,
Christ
died
for
us.
(Romans
5 v.8)
God gave His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to die on the
cross at Calvary to bear the punishment for our sin.
For
God
so loved
the
world,
that
he gave
his
only
begotten
Son,
that
whosoever
believeth
in him
should
not
perish,
but
have
everlasting
life.
(John
3 v.16)
If we are willing to come to Christ, repenting of our
sin and putting our faith and trust in Him then He will forgive us and
give us eternal life.
When
the final whistle of the football match blows and our team has won, we
can celebrate the victory. When the final whistle of life is blown and
death is before us, we who know the Lord Jesus Christ have no fear, because
the Bible clearly says:
...Death is swallowed up in victory.
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? But thanks
be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
(1 Corinthians 15 v.54, 55, 57).
If you desire to know the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour,
send us your name and address, in block capitals, and we will send you
a free copy of the booklet Pardon for Sin and Assurance of Peace with God,
by W. J. Patton.
Send to:
Revival Movement Association
10 Kinallen Road, Dromara,
Dromore, BT25 2NL, Northern Ireland
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