Are you right with God?

Luke 19:10, "for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." When Jesus was on the cross, He took everyone's sins who had ever lived and who will ever live on this earth upon Himself. He said that His purpose was done, just before He died on the cross. John 19:30 says, "So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said "It is finished!" And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit." Having the right relationship with God starts with confessing your sins to Him. While we are on our knees in prayer with Him, we are to humble ourselves and confess all of our sins to God. Romans

10:10 says, "For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."

Our repentance must be followed with faith, the faith that we know that Jesus died on the cross for us and three days later was resurrected as our Lord and Savior.

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

Many other scriptures speak of faith being so essential to us, such as Ephesians 2:8-9: "For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; is a gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast." Also, Galations 2:16 says, "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law no flesh shall be justified."

Being right with God is totally up to you. When we consider all that He has so wonderfully done for us, from all the blessings we have received from

Him to the fact that He sent us a Savior, God provided the perfect sacrifice to take all our sins away forever. John 1:29 says, "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" And also Acts 2:21 says, "And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."

Not only do we need to know we are right with God, but we also must be a real Christian, not one that just says they are.

Would you believe someone when they said they played hockey professionally, yet they couldn't skate? Or would you give money for a cause of saving the forest, then find out the one who is in charge of the campaign works for a logging company?

Would you truly care about their cause?

We can actually ask the same question of anyone who claims to be a Christian. Can we