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\"salvation\"<\/a><\/p>\n

What is Your Greatest Treasure?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

What do you have that you value most? Is it your health, your job, your wealth? Maybe it\u2019s your family or network of friends. While each of these are desirable and can help to enhance one\u2019s quality of life, if your answer is any of these it implies that you have not met Jesus.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The value of all that we have and have achieved pales in comparison to the eternal<\/em> value of knowing Jesus Christ through whom we become children of God, thus we can call Him \u201cOur Father\u201d.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Knowing Jesus is much different than knowing about<\/u><\/em> Him. Many people have an academic knowledge of Jesus but have not experienced by FAITH<\/em> (Hebrew 11:1) God\u2019s \u00a0life changing GRACE<\/em> by which our sins are FREELY<\/em> forgiven (Ephesians 2:8) and we enter into a secure (Ephesians 4:30) and everlasting relationship with God and Jesus, His Son (John 3:16).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The end result of life without Christ is devastating. \u00a0The Bible is clear in explaining the consequence to those who have no relationship with the Father \u2013 Matthew 7:23 \u201cAnd I will declare to them, \u2018I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

You may have this Great Treasure<\/em> already. But if not, let me explain how to receive it:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

First<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 You must settle in your mind and acknowledge that you are estranged (relationally separated) from God because of your inherent sinful nature<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 3:23 \u201cfor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Second<\/strong> <\/span>\u2013 You must believe that only God can remedy your \u00a0sinful condition and that He has made that provision through His Son, Jesus Christ<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Romans 6:23 \u201cFor the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Third <\/strong><\/span>\u2013 You must confess (admit) that Jesus is the Savior of the world and in confessing repent of your sins (turn away from them) and accept by faith Jesus\u2019 completed sacrificial work \u2013 He was crucified and died as a ransom for all sinners (all of us) who will believe and accept Him and that He was raised from the dead three days later and is now at the right hand of God making intercessions for all who have received Him.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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What is Your Greatest Treasure? What do you have that you value most? Is it your health, your job, your wealth? Maybe it\u2019s your family or network of friends. While each of these are desirable and can help to enhance one\u2019s quality of life, if your answer is any of these it implies that you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-274","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbcga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbcga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbcga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csbcga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csbcga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csbcga.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csbcga.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}