The Bible says in John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
The one word that I want to zero in on is "whosoever." I am so glad that all of us can find peace with God through Jesus Christ.
In the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Ruth, we have a wonderful example of the fact that God is no respecter of persons when it comes to who may be accepted in his kingdom.
The story goes like this. A man whose name was Alimelech and his wife Naomi took their two sons and left Israel to go to the land of Moab because of a famine. This was not God's will because the land of Moab was heathen territory. The Lord had spoken to that earlier in the Bible. But they went. And after they got there, Alimelech died. Then the boys married girls in this land of Moab. In about 10 years from the time they came to Moab, the two sons died also.
Now, the one son's wife's name was Ruth. She decided that she would worship and serve the one and only true God. Her mother in law returned to her homeland and Ruth went with her. In the book that is named after her, we read where Ruth told her mother in law: "whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. Ruth 1:....16-17, KJV.
Ruth, a virtuous woman, demonstrated a Godly life to Naomi's people. And as it comes to pass, Ruth is in the genealogy of the physical side of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Have you ever felt you are not good enough, don't have enough money, don't have the right background, or for some other reason you are out of reach of God. That is not true. The Bible says whosoever. That mean you, me, or anyone can come to God in faith, believing. We need to repent of our sins and receive Christ as our saviour from the penalty of our sin. Chris can do that because he died on the cross.
God bless you as you find your true identity in Christ.
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