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The Way back to God

 1. God is the creator of all things visible and invisible. (Colossians 1.16)

2. When Gid made the first human being, Adam, he put him in The Garden of Eden and gave him a single law: “The Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every fruit of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day you eat of it you shall surely die.”” (Genesis 2.16)

3. But the first man did not keep God’s law and, as a result, earned the curse of suffering and death. (Genesis 3)

4. The curse of suffering and death goes on to affect the descendants of Adam and Eve since mankind inherits her nature from him. (Romans 5.14)

5. Practically, once a person fails to do what God commands he becomes a child of Satan. (1 John 3.8). 

6. If he turns from the sin, repent, and turns back to God, he becomes, once more, the child of God. (Mathew 3.2)

7. To receive forgiveness for sins, a price is required since the Word of God states that “The soul that sins shall die.” (Ezekiel 18.20)

8. No human being can pay the price for his sin since he has to be sinless, perfect, to offer himself but he is not perfect at all as the Word of God states: “There is none righteous, no not one.” (Romans 3.23)

9. This is where Jesus Christ steps in. He pays the price for the redemption of all mankind. (1 Peter 3.18)

10. Jesus willingly gave himself: “I lay down my life that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself.” John 10.17-18)

11. Thus, Jesus died and shed his blood so human beings would obtain forgiveness from God for their sins: “This is my blood of the New Covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.” (Mathew 28.28)

12. “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins.” (Acts 3.36)

13. “As many as received him, to them he gave the power to become the children of God.” (John 1.12)

14. If you do not already have a local congregation of Christians or a Church, please go to the nearest congregation and you can continue your Christian walk from there. 

15. It does happen that people outgrow their congregation form their maturing faster in the teachings and may find themselves so far spiritually more enlightened. That is no problem at all. Ask God to show you the next step. It may be you have to start serving or that you have to do some work that needs to be done. 

16. “May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” 2 Corinthians 13.14)


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