When I was a little boy, I thought God was like Santa Claus with a long beard--making a list and checking it twice, trying to find out if I was naughty or nice.
I thought then when life was over, we would face him and he would pull out these massive scales and weigh our good works against bad ones to see if we would make it to Heaven.
This type of thinking made me fearful that at the end of my life I would face God and He would say, "Brad. I'm sorry, but according to my calculations, you didn't make it." Then, I would have to turn and ashamedley walk past family and friends. Friend, maybe you even believe this, but let me set the record straight. Salvation is not an attainment, it is an atonement.
Study Romans chapter 5. What better way to start the New Year off than to remember what God taught you about His salvaton.
"Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, i say, at this time his righteousness: That He might be just, and the justifier of Him which believeth in Jesus.
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