HE DIED FOR PEOPLE HE DIDN'T KNOW

WHEN I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, THE VIETNAM WAR WAS GOING
STRONG. THE DRAFT WAS LAW AND ALL MALES 16YRS AND
OLDER WERE REQUIRED TO REGISTER.....EVERY NIGHT WALTER
CRONKITE REPORTED THE DEATHS OF U.S. SOLDIERS, AVERAGE
OF 100 PER WEEK. FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS I LIVED IN FEAR OF
BEING DRAFTED AND SENT TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM....I DIDN'T
WANT TO GO, I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE IN SOME JUNGLE THAT I
COULDN'T FIND ON A MAP....I DIDN'T WANT TO DIE FOR A
BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW......BUT THAT'S
EXACTLY WHAT JESUS DID!!!

THE DAY HE WAS CRUCIFIED AND HUNG ON THAT CROSS HE
DIED FOR ME AND YOU, HE DIED FOR GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE
HE'D NEVER MET, PEOPLE YET TO BE BORN.....WHY??
BECAUSE OF HIS LOVE FOR HUMANITY. HUMANITY WAS LOST
BECAUSE OF ADAMS SIN, CONDEMNED TO PHYSICAL DEATH
AND ETERNAL SEPARATION FROM GOD, OUR CREATOR....
GENESIS 2: 16-17
AND THE LORD GOD COMMANDED THE MAN, SAYING, OF EVERY
TREE IN THE GARDEN THOU MAYEST FREELY EAT:
BUT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, THOU SHALT NOT EAT OF IT: FOR IN THE DAY THAT THOU EATEST
THEREOF THOU SHALT SURLY DIE.

BOTH ADAM AND EVE DISOBEYED GODS COMMANDMENT
AND WERE EVICTED FROM THE GARDEN......SIN ENTERED THE
WORLD (THROUGH ADAM) AND CORRUPTED EVERYTHING.

SO, YOU AND I, THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR OWN, WERE
CONDEMNED TO DEATH AND ETERNAL DAMNATION
THANKS TO ADAM...IT WASN'T FAIR.

GOD SENT HIS SON JESUS TO PAY THE DEATH PENALTY
FOR US AND HIS SHED BLOOD WASHED AWAY OUR SINS....
1 JOHN 4: 9-10
IN THIS WAS MANIFESTED THE LOVE OF GOD TOWARD US,
BECAUSE THAT GOD SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON INTO
THE WORLD, THAT WE MIGHT LIVE THROUGH HIM.
HEREIN IS LOVE, NOT THAT WE LOVED GOD, BUT THAT HE
LOVED US, AND SENT HIS SON TO BE THE PROPITIATION
(PAYMENT) FOR OUR SINS.
1 JOHN 2: 2
AND HE IS THE PROPITIATION  FOR OUR SINS:
AND NOT FOR OURS ONLY, BUT ALSO FOR THE WHOLE
WORLD.
EPHESIANS 1: 7
IN WHOM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH HIS BLOOD, THE
FORGIVENESS OF SINS, ACCORDING TO THE RICHES OF HIS
GRACE.
REVELATIONS 1: 5
AND FROM JESUS CHRIST, WHO IS THE FAITHFUL WITNESS,
AND THE FIRST BEGOTTEN OF THE DEAD, AND THE PRINCE
OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. UNTO HIM THAT LOVED US
AND WASHED US FROM OUR SINS IN HIS OWN BLOOD.....

BUT....YOU MUST CONFESS YOUR SINS AND ACCEPT JESUS
AS YOUR SAVIOR IN ORDER TO PARTAKE IN THE REDEMPTION
PLAN....
ROMANS 10: 9-10
THAT IF THOU SHALT CONFESS WITH THY MOUTH THE
LORD JESUS, AND SHALT BELIEVE IN THINE HEART THAT GOD
HATH RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, THOU SHALT BE SAVED.
FOR WITH THE HEART MAN BELIEVETH UNTO RIGHTEOUSNESS;
AND WITH THE MOUTH CONFESSION IS MADE UNTO SALVATION.

I AM GLAD THAT HE DIED FOR ME..........


                                                              RONALD J LAMB