Because of Adam's disobedience, mankind was ALREADY on the way to Hell and God could have just walked away and that would be the end of it, BUT HE DIDN'T.....In His absolute grace and mercy and love for fallen man, He sent His Son to pay the price for OUR sins, that we might go free....That is, whoever WANTS to GO FREE from satan and be SAVED. God does NOT decide for us. He is giving us a WAY OUT....God is not willing that ANY of us should perish for eternity, but He is leaving it up to each and everyone of us to decide if we WANT to be saved and receive the most PRECIOUS gift that we could ever have.....God is NOT a tyrant or Dictator. He is absolutely loving, but He will ALSO not compromise His absolute righteous-ness.... That was what satan was counting on when he got Adam and Eve to do what God told them NOT to do. He figured he would have leverage to force God to take HIM back into Heaven, but he found out otherwise. God did not COMPROMISE His righteousness in order to save us. He sent His Son to pay the price and He did....perfectly and completely. The fact that God raised Him from the dead is absolute PROOF that the sacrifice of Jesus was totally accepted and God's promise to all who would come to believe in Him that they too would have eternal LIFE in Heaven..... God's word WARNS mankind in order than we WOULD turn to Him and be saved, just as a doctor warning a patient about cancer or a heart attack. God tells us what we NEED to know......If you LOVE someone, you do all you can for their well-being and protection....NOT because you want to frighten them or whatever. Jesus warned people quite often about Hell....and perishing there..... as in JOHN 8:24.....He did so out of His love and concern for us. THAT is why He came, that we might be saved. See JOHN 3:17.
Yes.....I just like the Jewish variation of His name.....That's what people called Him while He was here in this world..... YESHUA -- JOSHUA in ENGLISH - means "JEHOVAH SAVES" :-)
The # is for 700 CLUB, a ministry that has been in existence since the 60s. I got saved through their ministry. They are based in Virginia and have a worldwide outreach.
