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Remarkable Courage at Remarkable Rocks

When Jesus was crucified all those years ago, he took upon himself all the sins of humankind: past, present and future. Because God accepted Jesus as being the only perfect, sinless sacrifice that would satisfy his righteousness and justice, he can now forgive us, if we accept Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior.

However, the exciting and wonderful news doesn’t end there. On the third day, after Jesus was crucified on the Cross, God raised him back to life and, in so doing, defeated death forever, thus completing his plan.

In the same way, if we believe in and accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we, too, because of Jesus’ s sacrifice, will defeat death and be reconciled in our relationship with God the Father and his Son, Jesus Christ, forever, in a place the Bible calls Heaven.

The alternative, if we reject Christ (making no decision is to reject him by default) is to live forever separated from God, the source of all love, light and life.

While God is filled with perfect love, grace and forgiveness towards us, he is also a God of perfect holiness and justice, the demands of which must be met. God’s holiness means that no sinner can survive in God’s presence any more than darkness can survive where there is light. Furthermore, God’s justice demands that all sinners must be judged, the penalty of which is eternal death, which is eternal separation from a God of holiness. However, it was God’s love that gave his own Son, Jesus Christ, to die in our place to meet the demands of God’s justice—death—so we could be fully forgiven for all our sins and qualify to meet the demands of God’s holiness and be made fit for God’s Heaven when we die.

It was God’s love that gave his own
Son, Jesus Christ, to die in our place to
meet the demands of God’s justice.

Our hearts and thoughts go out to the families involved in the tragedy on Kangaroo Island, and we can only stand in awe of the remarkable courage shown by the two men who paid the ultimate price for the love and concern for their fellow human being.

By his sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary, Jesus Christ paid the ultimate price for each one of us. We are now faced with a choice. The starting point is to say ‘yes’ to God’s Son, Jesus, and to ask him to be your personal Savior.

If you truly believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that he died in your place on the cross of Calvary to pay the penalty for all your sins, I encourage you to accept God’s forgiveness today for all your sins by praying a simple prayer such as the following:

“Dear God, I believe that Jesus Christ is Son of the living God (your Son) and that he died on the cross in my place to pay the just penalty for all my sins. For this I will be eternally grateful. And Jesus Christ, I invite you to come into my heart and life and in so doing accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. Thank you for hearing and answering my prayer.”

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1. The Advertiser, Adelaide, South Australia, November 10, 2003.
2. Ibid. Used by permission.

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