~Viviana~
Friday, September 14, 2012
Saturday, September 8, 2012
An Evangelistic Letter
Hey! So yesterday I sent my Grandpa an evangelistic letter. I had written it a month ago but just had not sent it out. I felt guilty everyday, having thinking,"I still haven't sent it!" Now I feel great, hoping that it will change his thoughts on everything.
Here's what I wrote to him:
Dear Grandpa, please read what I am about to write very carefully. It is not only life-changing, but life-saving. I write it for the good of you, that you may personally know God. He changes lives, and I’m not just saying it, but I’m seeing it in others.
God loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die for us, to save us. Because of our sinful nature, it separated us from God, because of His holiness. We can say however many times that we’re faultless, but we’d be lying to ourselves.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. --Romans 3:23
But God wanted us to live with Him forever, He wanted us to know Him. We were made to know Him. Without knowing Him, we’re empty. We’d have nothing to live for, no purpose in life. We would try to fill that emptiness, but it couldn’t ever be filled. But with God, we have a purpose, a purpose to live for Him with our whole being! It would give us all a joy and happiness none could explain! But Satan doesn’t want people to know God. He wants them to be with him in hell. The way of the world (the way of Satan) leads to separation from God forever. Non-stop pain and hurting forever in hell. But all of us could keep from having that fate! We could live with God eternally, forever--no pain or suffering, no problems. Jesus saves!
Jesus didn’t come to earth to be served, but rather to serve others. The King of kings and Lord of lords serving others! He’s the Son of God, faultless, perfect. Jesus is the only way to heaven. Besides Him, there’s no other way.
Jesus said to him,”I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” --John 14:6
When you accept Jesus into your heart, believing Him to be God’s Son, you are made new, born-again as they say. If you repent of things, you’ll be forgiven! As easy as that!
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. --1 John 1:9
God wants you to turn to Him. He is waiting with open arms. He loves us like no one else can or ever will.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. --John 3:16
Every verse I have written on here are God’s words, His perfect words that are completely true, no lies or anything. Jesus is what allows us to be able to go to heaven when we die. The only way to heaven is by believing Jesus is Lord and Savior, that He died on the cross to save us, that He’s God’s Son. We can’t get into heaven by being a “good person,” because there’s no such thing. We’re all sinners, we’ve all done wrong. But His love is the reason why He died, because He loved us!
In this love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, that God sent His Son, to be the propitiation for our sins. --1 John 3:11
Nothing can ever stop God from loving you. He will no matter what.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. --Romans 8:38-39
God gives eternal life to those who follow Him. Satan gives death and destruction. God saves, Satan kills. The choice is yours. Who will you choose?
Please consider everything that I have written about. Every single word is true. I feel as if God has spoken to my heart to write these exact words to you.
May everything that I have said change things.
Love,
Viviana
Here's what I wrote to him:
Dear Grandpa, please read what I am about to write very carefully. It is not only life-changing, but life-saving. I write it for the good of you, that you may personally know God. He changes lives, and I’m not just saying it, but I’m seeing it in others.
God loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus to die for us, to save us. Because of our sinful nature, it separated us from God, because of His holiness. We can say however many times that we’re faultless, but we’d be lying to ourselves.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. --Romans 3:23
But God wanted us to live with Him forever, He wanted us to know Him. We were made to know Him. Without knowing Him, we’re empty. We’d have nothing to live for, no purpose in life. We would try to fill that emptiness, but it couldn’t ever be filled. But with God, we have a purpose, a purpose to live for Him with our whole being! It would give us all a joy and happiness none could explain! But Satan doesn’t want people to know God. He wants them to be with him in hell. The way of the world (the way of Satan) leads to separation from God forever. Non-stop pain and hurting forever in hell. But all of us could keep from having that fate! We could live with God eternally, forever--no pain or suffering, no problems. Jesus saves!
Jesus didn’t come to earth to be served, but rather to serve others. The King of kings and Lord of lords serving others! He’s the Son of God, faultless, perfect. Jesus is the only way to heaven. Besides Him, there’s no other way.
Jesus said to him,”I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” --John 14:6
When you accept Jesus into your heart, believing Him to be God’s Son, you are made new, born-again as they say. If you repent of things, you’ll be forgiven! As easy as that!
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. --1 John 1:9
God wants you to turn to Him. He is waiting with open arms. He loves us like no one else can or ever will.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. --John 3:16
Every verse I have written on here are God’s words, His perfect words that are completely true, no lies or anything. Jesus is what allows us to be able to go to heaven when we die. The only way to heaven is by believing Jesus is Lord and Savior, that He died on the cross to save us, that He’s God’s Son. We can’t get into heaven by being a “good person,” because there’s no such thing. We’re all sinners, we’ve all done wrong. But His love is the reason why He died, because He loved us!
In this love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, that God sent His Son, to be the propitiation for our sins. --1 John 3:11
Nothing can ever stop God from loving you. He will no matter what.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. --Romans 8:38-39
God gives eternal life to those who follow Him. Satan gives death and destruction. God saves, Satan kills. The choice is yours. Who will you choose?
Please consider everything that I have written about. Every single word is true. I feel as if God has spoken to my heart to write these exact words to you.
May everything that I have said change things.
Love,
Viviana
I truly hope that this letter will get to his heart, changing everything inside him. I felt God give me the words to write. They are not my own words.
We don't know when our time is up, when we'll leave this earth. We never understand the importance of spreading the word about Jesus, how He saves. Change that! Be an evangelist! Help change the life of someone! Imagine how many people's lives you can touch just by living out God's word. YOU can make a difference!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)