NU169273@vm1.nodak.edu (04/05/91)
GUILTY AS CHARGED!
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If a person that is guilty of a crime goes to court, his only hope is a
plea for MERCY and not justice.
If he gets justice according to the law, there is no hope for anything
but the maximum penalty.
Friend, if you received justice for your crime, you would not be walking
free on this earth. Your crime has nothing to do with the laws of the
land, but with THE LAW OF GOD.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS GUILTY.
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"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who
are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may
become guilty before God." Romans 3:19
God says you are guilty. You may say, "I don't FEEL guilty." God has a
WRITTEN case against you. Trying to lead a good life and keep the
commandments won't work. The Bible says, "For whosoever shall keep the
whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." James 2:10
THE CHARGE AGAINST YOU.
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"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
YOU are a born sinner that commits sin against God. You are guilty of
"being a sinner" and "committing sins". Perhaps part of the sin in your
life is ADULTRY, PREMARITAL SEX, HOMOSEXUAL ACTS, DRUGS, DRUNKENNESS, MONEY
WORSHIP, COVETOUSNESS, HATRED, STEALING, LYING, ENVY, or others. You may
say, "Not Me! I'm a pretty good and decent person." But God says, "There
is none righteous, no, not one:" Romans 3:10. "They are all gone out of
the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth
good, no, not one." Romans 3:12
THE PENALTY.
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You already know! It is hell. Jesus preached more on hell than He did
on heaven, because He said more people are going there. Jesus said hell is
a place in the heart of this earth where there is weeping, wailing,
gnashing of teeth, and the fire is not quenched! The Bible says, "The
wicked shall be turned into hell..." Psalms 9:17
WAIT! YOU CAN BE JUSTIFIED.
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You cannot be justified, (just like you never have sinned), by the LAW of
GOD. You have broken it. Its purpose is to define sin so that you see
yourself a guilty sinner. "Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall
no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of
sin." Romans 3:20 But you can be justified through Jesus. "Being
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus:" Romans 3:24
SOMEONE PAID FOR YOU CRIME.
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You don't have to die and go to hell. The law and justice have been
satisfied by Jesus Christ, when He died on the cross to pay the penalty
that was against you. "Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that
hangeth on a tree:" Galations 3:13 He then rose from the dead to show His
power and victory over sin and death. He is alive in heaven and waiting
for YOU to turn from your sins and cast yourself at His feet, pleading
GUILTY and asking for MERCY.
If you will come to Jesus in this manner, He will save you and change
your life. You will have peace in your soul, because you will justified
and no longer condemned. "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but
he that believeth not is condemned already," John 3:18.
SEEK CHRIST TODAY!
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"Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is
near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon
him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." Isaiah 55:6-7
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Romans 10:13
If you will call on God in prayer right now, and really mean business by
letting go and trusting your soul to Him, He will save you.
K. Paulson
222 Stockbridge Hall
N. D. S. U.
Fargo, ND 58105