29: Foundations

Welcome back to Season 3!

There are some amazing stories coming down the road and I hope they will bring you great encouragement of the Lord’s faithfulness!

At the outset of this season, I want to make sure we’re all on the same page. I know there are many notions and ideas about “God” and I want to be clear to share my heart and the Truth from His Word, the Bible.

When you listen to stories on this podcast, the God these women have encountered is the One True God. He is the Creator of all things, the God of Abraham. He is perfect in all His ways. He is so perfect that nothing corrupt can come near Him. We, as mankind, are corrupt. We are all guilty of lying, or jealousy, or greed or selfishness. The Bible calls these things sin and they separate us from this perfect God. So now we have a problem. The Bible teaches us that the consequence for sin is separation from Him and if we are still in that state when our body dies, we will remain separated for all of eternity in a real place, called Hell.

If God is perfect and we are not, and we can’t do enough “good things” to pay for our sin, then the solution must come from outside of us. It must come from the Creator, Himself. So, God left His throne in Heaven and became a man, just like us. His name was Jesus, but he never sinned like we do. Therefore, He chose to take your sin and my sin and pay the penalty in our place by dying on the cross. Three days later He rose back to life, proving He has full authority over sin and death and to forgive our sins.

If anyone would admit they are a sinner, and believe Jesus has done this work on their behalf and choose to make Jesus their personal King, then they can be restored back to the Father. We can have a relationship with the Creator of the Universe. We can talk to Him and He can talk to us. He can lead us, teach us and transform us to become more like Jesus.

Of course, this episode goes into a bit more detail, but if you’d like to talk more about this, please reach out via email or social media.

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Scripture references:

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
Romans 3:23

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 6:23

“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8

“That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."
Romans 10:9

"For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Romans 10:13

More great info here: What is the Gospel?
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