Rev. A. Hocking has been an Assemblies of God minister for over 50 years and is now a retired Prime Timer within the Fellowship. He has served a number of churches along with his wife, Claire. Alan also was on the Radio Council and has greatly contributed in this ministry and still maintains and active interest and commitment. Along with me, he serves along the National Committee of Prime Timers and has proved most helpful. He is now writing some Christian articles to aid people to a faith in Jesus Christ.
WHO SAYS SO
I have often heard parents tell their children that God won’t love them if they’re naughty! What a thing to say. Perhaps your mum and dad used to tell you that, and as a result it is still with you, even after many years.
Let’s put that right. God never stops loving you. Even when you’re ‘naughty’!
The Bible says that God loves us so much that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. In other words, he took our punishment, for God had declared, “the soul that sins will die”. Jesus lived a perfect, sinless life. Even when he was on trial the only way they could convict Him was to find two ‘witnesses’ who would lie.
Even then their testimonies didn’t agree! He didn’t have to die. He had done nothing wrong. He took our sin upon Himself and died in our place on the cross.
Never let anyone tell you that God does not love you. A mother or father do not stop loving their child just because he is naughty. They may hate the naughtiness, but they still love the child. It’s the bad things he does that cause the trouble.
So with us; the sins we commit are the things God hates. They spoil our lives and take away the peace we ought to have. But God says if we will come to Him and ask for His forgiveness, He will freely forgive us, because Jesus died on the cross so long ago to pay the penalty of our sin.
Ask God to forgive you today. See the difference He will make! Pray this prayer. 2Lord God, I think you that Jesus died for me. Please forgive me my sin. I give you my life right now. Thank you for saving me.”
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