GOD CREATED THE WORLD TO BE INHABITED BY PEOPLE BUT BECAUSE
OF OUR SINFUL NATURE  WE'RE UNABLE TO COEXIST PEACEFULLY.

The world, the earth, this planet in which we find ourselves living has divine purpose. It is not here by chance nor are we! God created the earth to be inhabited by people. Presently this is the case.

Isa. 45:18  For the LORD is God, and He created the heavens and earth and put everything in place. He made the world to be lived in, not to be a place of empty chaos.

There are 6 billion people on planet earth, however there's major problems that makes human coexistence virtually impossible. Right now as I'm putting this document together the military powers of the world have stock piled enough nuclear weapons to wipe out all human life and destroy the earth at least fifteen times. What does this tell us? It tells us very clearly that we believe there's good reason the fear each other. History strongly supports this. In the last one hundred years there's been two world wars and many of less significance but the numbers of people killed is horrendous.

THIS IS NOT GOD'S IDEA! THIS IS NOT WHAT HE HAS PURPOSED. It is however reality! As far back as human records go people have been killing each other? Why? Why do people hate other people enough to terminate their lives? There's few different reasons! None of which are anywhere close to be acceptable to God. Some wars are fought for money, some for power, others simply because ethnic hatred. Many people have been killed in wars that have been fueled by religious differences. On a global scale humanity needs to be saved from itself. Clearly, we speak peace and long for it yet it eludes us! If left to ourselves people will destroy the world. It's only a question of time and you know as well as I do that time is fast running out.

This kind of global violence in not new to this planet, however, it's important that we understand that this kind of behavior does not have God's stamp of approval on it. In fact it strongly has His disapproval. God has already judged the world once because of this kind of global behavior and He is about to do it again. The point is if God doesn't intervene, people left to themselves will literally destroy the earth. God will not permit this to happen though. God intends the earth to be inhabited peacefully and one day it will be.

We need to be saved from ourselves in order that God's plan for the world to be inhabited in peace and true love will be realized. The root of all violence lies deep within the human nature. Common to all races of peoples on the earth is the tendency to violence. Where has this originated? We're not talking about uneducated ignorant people here! World rules and political powers have never been more educated than they are right now and it not as if there's no history to learn from. Clearly if there's to peaceful coexistence among the various peoples of the earth then there needs to be a change in human nature. This only God can do. He's made complete provision for this change and it must take place in your own heart.

The root cause of global violence is the human sin nature. There is simply no other logical conclusion. peoples from every race and background have this in common. In this respect all peoples of the earth are the same and there need of being saved from the sin nature is the same. All peoples of the earth are born with the sinful human nature. All the families of earth have a common father, Adam. He's the federal head of the human race and through him all have inherited the sin nature. In order for things to be peaceful and loving on earth requires a basic change in the human nature. This is why Jesus said, "You must be born again". Meaning you must have a fundamental change of heart. Your nature must be changed. What you inherited through the natural birthing process, your human nature must be changed and the only way for this to happen is to experience the spiritual rebirthing by God's Holy Spirit.

        Jn. 3:5 - Jesus replied, "I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without         being born of water and the Spirit. 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the         Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life. 7 So don't be surprised when I say, 'You         must be born again'

Salvation of the world first begins with the salvation of your soul. I can't expect the world to be changed without me being changed! How can I be changed? We must be "born again"! We must be spiritually born by the power of God. Only in this way does human nature under the surgical knife of God's love. In order for people to coexist on earth in a peaceful, loving environment it means that human sin nature must be eradicated from the planet. This God has chosen to do, one person at a time. He seeks right now to give you a new nature, the nature of the Lord Jesus Christ, the nature of love and peace. Will you let Him do this for you? Will you let, Almighty God, the Creator of this world, your Creator, give you His eternal life? He wants you apart of His eternal family!

God's spiritual family will live on this earth in peace one day. It will happen! Oh yes there's still a lot of heartache and much grief that will happen on earth before God establishes His Kingdom here on earth. God is for you! He desires and has made full provision for you to be apart of His glorious plan. God's plan for everyone begins "today". 2Cor. 6:2 - For God says, "At just the right time, I heard you. On the day of salvation, I helped you." Indeed, the "right time" is now. Today is the day of salvation. If what you have been reading rings true in your heart then be assured God is speaking to you, be assured God is calling you. He wants you to come to Him right now, no hesitation. You need to talk to God like you would another person and you need to seek His forgiveness for your sins. Ask for His cleansing and as you do accept Jesus Christ, God's son into your heart as your Lord and Savior. It was Jesus who died for your sins. He took upon Himself your sins. He took the punishment of your sins upon Himself. He died in your place as your substitute. He could do this because He was the sinless sacrifice provided by God to stand in for you. He died and, His death, was accepted by the Father as adequate payment satisfying His righteous judgment upon the sin of the human race. Payment for your sin and all peoples sin has been completed, now what God requires is that you accept Jesus for who He is and what He has done for you. How do we know Jesus' sacrifice was acceptable? How do we know that God the Father will forgive and cleanse us?

Because Jesus rose from the dead! His sacrificial death was full payment for sin and the Father was so pleased with Jesus' obedience in being the divine substitute that the Father raise Jesus from the dead and set Him on the throne in heaven and gave to Him full authority over everything that pertains to human life and this world. Jesus is the One that must be received by sinners. He's the One who died for them. He's the One who now lives to see to it that all who repent of their sin and fully embrace Christ making Him Lord of their lives will live for ever. Are you ready to accept Christ? Are you ready to repent of your sins? Will you, right now, fully turn to Jesus for cleansing and be saved from your sin. 2Pe 3:9 - The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. God does not want you to perish but you need to fully realize that you will unless you accept God's love demonstrated to you through the Lord Jesus Christ. His arms are open and outstretched to you right now. Will you come? Will you accept what Jesus has done for you. Will you accept the fact that God loves you? He longs for you to receive His forgiveness. You ask! He'll give it but you must ask Him for it. God is calling for you. Jesus came to this earth to seek and save the lost. He wants you to come to Him now. Will you come now.

Seeking God for His forgiveness in prayer. First off remember, prayer is you talking to God from your heart. It's not my business to put words in your mouth. This prayer below is merely intended to help those who may have never prayed to God before. It' intended to give the general idea in seeking salvation from God in prayer.

SIN HAS SEPARATED US FROM RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD

What exactly is sin? If you believe in a God who is the creator of all that's seen and unseen then you must also believe Him to be Supreme, at least as it pertains to all that He's created and that includes humanity. People are God's creation. If you look around at human behavior one must ask the question, "How can all this hatred, violence, sickness, starvation and death be of God". The thing is it's not of God. Satan, the devil is the one who has come to steel, kill and destroy. (Jn.10:10)  As is pertains to the human race this demonic destruction started with the first people God created. Through lying deception the devil was instrumental in causing Adam, the federal head of the human race to disobey God. Adam was given, clear simple instructions by the Lord! He chose instead to disobey. That is sin! Anything contrary to God's nature and His revealed will is sin. Sin is manifest rebellion. It's the cancer in His creation. It is not tolerated, nor can it be! God is love and therefore He must do everything in His power to remove the cancer of sin not only from humanity but from your life as well.

Because people are birthed into this natural world with a sin nature it can be difficult for us to grasp sin and its consequences. People simply do what comes natural to them. Dogs barks, cows moo, cats meow and people sin. We all do what comes natural to us. If it's human nature to sin then what's the problem. The problem is sin is not natural to God or His 's eternal kingdom. Sin to the human race is like cancer to the human body, left unchecked it will completely destroy. Jas 1:13-15 - Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. 14 But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. 15 Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.

Some people are bold enough to think and even say that they have not committed any sin. This is so because they are still ignorant of God's standards. They are weighing their actions own their own scales. One of the great mirrors of God to reflecting in is seen in this first of God's ten commandments. Deut. 6:5 - And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. What human in all honesty can say they have fully obeyed this? None! We're all guilty of loving our self more than God! Why? Because we've inherited from our father Adam the sin nature he received after he disobey God. He was clearly told that the day he disobeyed God he would die. Well he disobeyed God and he didn't physically die that day but spiritually he did. From the moment sin entered his life he and all who would be birthed through him down through the ages would be spiritual death and completely separated from God. Sin separates us from God! Col 1:21 - This includes you who were once far away from God. You were His enemies, separated from Him by your evil thoughts and actions. 

Being eternally separated from God is a pretty major problem! How is it to be corrected? How can sinful people live with God? How can God allow the cancer of sin to completely destroy His creation? Something must be done. How can people remove the sin nature from their life? They can't and God knows that. People are born into this world as sinners. That's what we are and we are powerless to change it. Can a horse change itself into a cow or a dog into a cat? No they're powerless. Without God people are helpless and hopelessly lost in sin. People are unable to make themselves presentable to God. They are powerless to change their nature so that they are able to love God the way he wants and demands. Can you change your own thoughts and actions so that they fall completely in line with the heart of God? No you can't! No one can!

The Almighty God is relational and His purpose in creating people was for relationships, first with Him and then with one another. Sin is in absolute rebellion against God's intended purposes. It kills and destroys people because it kills relationship with God who is righteous and holy. Understanding that God is loving helps us to understand that He is not demanding something of people that they are incapable of giving. God knows full well that the human nature is a sin nature. It is in constant rebellion to God's standards. You need to understand that God is not demanding sinless perfection from you. He knows you are incapable of such a standard of living because you lack that standard of life. He gave the Law, the Ten Commandments so that we could see our shortcoming and our need of the Savior.

In order for relationship to be established with God the sin issue in our life must be dealt with. God cannot accept sin in His kingdom the same way you cannot accept cancer in your physical body. What's the solution? Jesus Christ! He's God's solution to the problem of severed relationship. Jesus came and died, He gave His life's blood as full payment for our sin. Because Jesus is God's Son He was the only One capable (because of His sinlessness) of giving to the Father an offering for sin that was acceptable to Him. As a result of Jesus' success in redeeming payment for sin relationship with God has not been made possible. Through Jesus Christ sinners, people like you and I, can experience the blessings of sins forgiven. We can experience being washed clean of sins by the precious blood of Christ.

Anyone and everyone who comes to the Father through Jesus Christ can have full relationship with God. Rom 5:18 - Yes, Adam's one sin brings condemnation for everyone, but Christ's one act of righteousness brings a right relationship with God and new life for everyone. Everyone who turns away from sin and turns to God in repentance of sin and fully accepts and embraces the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ, receiving Him as personal Lord and Savior will be cleansed and saved from their sins. This results in an established relationship with God. He becomes our personal Heavenly (spiritual) Father and we become his children. A whole new life begins as a result of a whole new relationship being established.

To become the spiritual child of God through the Lord Jesus Christ means a whole new beginning, a whole new life! This new life is exactly that! New! Salvation, being saved from sin, is the work of God in a persons life. The true salvation experience means being "Born of God", a whole new nature is birthed within the heart (spirit) of the people. 2Cor. 5:17 - This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun! This means the beginning of knew thoughts and actions, thoughts and actions that are in full agreement with God's word. This is realistic because Jesus has made it possible for people not only to experience being saved from the penalty of sin but also the power of sin. This is where continuous fellowship with a holy and righteous God becomes a living experience. 1Jn 3:4 - Everyone who sins is breaking God's law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God. 5 And you know that Jesus came to take away our sins, and there is no sin in Him. 6 Anyone who continues to live in Him will not sin. But anyone who keeps on sinning does not know Him or understand who He is.

Think of it. You can (by the power of God) life in continuous harmony and fellowship with the Father in heaven. This is His desire for you, and for everyone! God wants to forgive you! He wants to give you His eternal life. He has proven how much He cares for your soul. He did this when He sent His only Son Jesus to die on the cross in your place. He showed you how much He loves you when He did for you what you could never do for yourself. He's made it possible for you to have an eternal relationship with Him in love and peace. Will you receive God's love? He's reaching out to you right now. He's pleading with you to come to Him! Will you come? Will you let God bless you with His forgiveness and peace? Will you let Him bless you? Come just as you are. He welcomes you. You need to come and ask His forgiveness for your sin. You need to come right now, right where you are and receive Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord?

Below you'll find a salvation prayer. It's meant only to give you an idea of what kind of things you should talk (pray) to God about. Remember the salvation of your soul is about you and God. You need to talk to Him about it. He is listening to your heart right now. I encourage to simply vocalize to Him what is in your heart.

Salvation praying: Father in heaven I want to acknowledge my sins to you. They are too many to mention by I ask your forgiveness for every thought and action that I have done in the past that has violated you and your holy standards. Forgive me and wash me clean in blood of your Son Jesus Christ. I now invite you Lord Jesus to come into my life and make me a child of God and help me to live the rest of my life in a way that honors you and your love to me. In Jesus name. Amen

THERE'S A JUDGMENT DAY COMING SOON

Physical death is one thing all peoples have in common regardless of nationality, education, wealth or religion. The temporalness of physical life is one of the things that causes most people to think about "after death". God's Word is very clear on this point point. Heb 9:27 - And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment. Everyone who has ever lived or will ever live is destined to at least two things, physical death and God's judgment.

We live in a world created by the Almighty God! He has determined it to be a place of contrast. We experience day and night, heat and cold, black and white. The spirit contrast however is critical to recognize. There's good and evil, right and wrong and there's heaven and hell! We live during a time when many people don't prefer to hear about hell. One thing is certain to deny it will not make it go away. Just as heaven is the eternal destiny for those who have embraced God's method of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ so hell is the destiny for who reject it.

There's an argument that goes something like this, "If God is love how can there be a hell and how can there be there such a thing as God's judgment. In North America the past two or three generations has seen a steady decline in the moral fabric of society. One of the major areas of concern is that of  responsibility and accountability. If we're not responsible then we can't be held accountable. This may be our present social trend but it certainly is not so with God. This kind of thinking however does tend to sway our thinking about God this is why we must revert to the God's unchanging standards. We my change but God never does. Mal 3:6 - "I am the LORD, and I do not change.

God has always held people responsible for their actions. Make no mistake this God characteristic is present this very moment and always will be. Without Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior there is no escaping the Day of Judgment. This one major factor that every people needs to put in their eternity equation before they do their final calculations. Hell is real, just as heaven is real! God's judgment is real just as His mercy is real. Because of what Jesus did by giving up His sinless life on the cross, by pouring out His life's blood in full payment for human sin it is now possible for everyone to experience God's mercy. No one needs to end up in the flaming fires of Hell.

The prophetic words thundered loudly during the days when Jesus was on earth. The cold, hard hearted religious leads were warded by John the Baptist to flee the wrath of God. That message is still an extremely valid one today, 2Thes. 1:7 -... when the Lord Jesus appears from heaven. He will come with His mighty angels, 8  in flaming fire, bringing judgment on those who don't know God and on those who refuse to obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus. 9  They will be punished with eternal destruction, forever separated from the Lord and from His glorious power. Why the severity? Jesus and His sacrificial death on the cross as full payment for the sins of the world is the physical manifestation of God's love. God so love the world that He gave His only Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. The agony the Father must have endured as He witnessed, Jesus' suffering and death on the cross, from Heaven,is incomprehensible. This was not glib! This was serious and still is! To reject Jesus is to reject God's love. To reject Jesus is to reject God's gift. To refuse God means He refuses you! There are no exceptions.

To reject Jesus is to disobey God's command. Act 17:30 - "God overlooked people's ignorance about these things in earlier times, but now He commands everyone everywhere to repent of their sins and turn to Him. 31  For He has set a day for judging the world with justice by the Man He has appointed, and He proved to everyone who this is by raising Him from the dead."  The sacrifice for sin has been paid by with the blood of Jesus and as a result God is calling everyone everywhere to repent of their sins, that is to whole heartedly turn away from them and turn to God, to forsake all sin and purpose to live in obedience to God. God is not only commanding people to repent He is commanding them to believe in His Son the Lord Jesus Christ. He is pleading with people. He is pleading with you right now to turn from your sin and to accept Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.1Jn 3:23  And this is His commandment: We must believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us.

Rev 22:12-17 - "Look, I am coming soon, bringing My reward with Me to repay all people according to their deeds. 13  I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes. They will be permitted to enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life. 15 Outside the city are the dogs-the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.16 "I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to His throne. I am the bright morning star." 17  The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." Let anyone who hears this say, "Come." Let anyone who is thirsty come. Let anyone who desires drink freely from the water of life.

In your heart can you hear God calling out to you? He loves you and wants only good for you. He's proven that to you by giving His Son as the sacrifice for your own sin. Do you understand that Jesus bore your sin. He took the punishment that was rightfully yours upon Himself and faced the judgement of the Father for your sins. He's done that for you. You don't have to face God's holy anger and wrath for your sins. Jesus has already faced it. He took it for you. You can receive forgiveness of sin! You can receive God's mercy and be cleansed from your sin in the blood of Jesus! Will you come to Jesus now and let Him wash you clean? Will you come to Christ in repentance of sin and receive Jesus as your personal Savior? Will you accept and receive God's love expressed to you through the Lord Jesus Christ. You don't have to face God's anger when Jesus' comes you can face His love and compassion. The chose is yours. The responsibility is yours and make no mistake you will be held accountable.

I urge you in Jesus name to repent now, to accept Jesus now. Do not put it off! Do say, I'll do it another day. In all sincerity I ask you, "Do you have control of your tommorows?", "Can you guarantee me that you'll be alive tommorow?" Today, right now, this very moment is your day of salvation, not tommorrow! I urge you, "Do not let this moment pass without making your peace with God. He longs to forgive you, longs to bless you, but you must come. Don't worry He will not reject you. He will not turn you away. He is inviting you into His eternal family! This is His invitation and so will not turn you away. You might be thinking that you've simply done too much to offend Him! Maybe you feel you sinned too much, hurt too many people, done too many things wrong. Jesus came to seek and save the lost. he came for you. He died for you and He now lives for you. He will receive you if you humble yourself and come to Him now.

Salvation Prayer: Father in Heaven thank you that you love me. Thank you that I can come to you. I come now! With my whole heart I turn from my life of sin and I turn fully to you. Come into my life and make me fully yours. From this moment on help me to live for you, help me to spend the rest of my days living in obedience to you. Father do not let one drop of Jesus blood to have been shed in vain on my behalf. I want now my life to honor you, to be a thank offering to you each day. Father I come now to be washed and cleansed from my sins in the blood of Jesus Christ. Lord Jesus, thank you for taking my sin upon yourself and dying for me. Thank you that you died so that I can live. I accept you now and I receive you now as my personal Lord and Savior. I vocalize my belief by saying aloud, Jesus Christ you my Lord and Savior and thank you for all you have done for me. Amen

God doesn't promise you an easy road but He does promise to be with on the road. He is a faithful God in every way. You will never regret having turned away from sin and turned fully to the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, some people may misunderstand what you have done, old friends may say their good byes but it's worth it all. People may fail you. Christians may let you down along the way but never Jesus. I encourage you to look to the Lord and His eternal Word not to people, situations or circumstances.

If you feel that God has been speaking to your heart through what you have been reading here and you what you fallow through with salvation I encourage you to click here. There you will find simple steps that are meant to help you with your decision to receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior.

I want to say that if you have any questions or if Carol and I  can help you in any way we are available to you, just drop us an email at  newliferealities@gmail.com

Remember, your new spiritual life has just begun. There's a growth process similar to the natural. We're born to grow. So your glorious journey with Jesus has just begun. As you continue to yield your life to His Lordship your pathway will only get brighter and clearer as you go. Pro 4:18 - The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day.

I encourage you to start a daily devotional time with the Lord. Don't wait until you find time start right now to make time for prayer and Bible reading. One growth tool to consider is our  New Believers Daily Devotional. (click here) This should help you to get started while you look for a Bible believing, Jesus loving, church in your area.

God bless you as you seek God's will in your life.

John & Carol Wassell

I know what it is to experiences the blessings of sins forgiven. I know the power of God in forgiveness. I still remember as vividly as though it were last night, the peace that overwhelmed me as I asked God's forgiveness of sin and personally asked Jesus into my heart and life. It was in February 1975 that I was given new life  by the power of God and I'm still enjoying with God in a very personal and intimate  way. I want to personally encourage you. I have found over the past 34 years that Jesus has never failed me. His Word has proven to be absolutely true in every situation of life.