THE GREAT MAKEOVER

   Today, makeovers have become very popular; we see them on talk shows all the time.  We see the before and after pictures and say, “Wow! What a difference! You look so much better.” But the truth is that we can dress ourselves up on the outside, wear expensive clothing, and even be rich, and never be completely happy.

     In our lives there is a cavern (or a void) that seems never to be filled. This void in our lives is the result of sin.  Everyone is born with this sin (Romans 3:23). This void in our souls is crying to be filled, and we try by our feeble attempts to fill it with drugs, drinking, music, money, clothes, and many other things but they always seem to come up shallow.   God ordained that this void could only be filled completely with Jesus Christ.  God sent His son to die on the Cross for this void.  Now if you’ll look back to the cover you will see my picture before and after and you will see a definite outward change, but what really matters is the inward change in my heart.

     This came about in a very simple way:

   1st , I realized that I was a sinner. 

 “for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God”(Romans 3:23)

You know that you’re a sinner, don’t you?

2nd , I realized that because of this sin, I earned death. 

“For the wages of sin is death,”(Romans 6:23)

This not only refers to physical death but also to a spiritual death (Which is Hell).

3rd , I saw that God made a way for me to escape the spiritual death and Hell.

 “But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

Now I know that God’s word says that Salvation is a gift.  A gift is something that you do not earn. For example, if you go to work, your employer does not give you money freely, you earn it.  Salvation is not work; it is a free gift, unconditional, without any ties.      

4th , I realized that I needed this free gift.

 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”  (Romans 10:9)

Now I have a few questions for you:

Do you know you’re a sinner?

Do you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ rose from the dead?

Are you willing to trust Christ and His resurrection for the forgiveness of your sins?

This means giving your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ.

If so, then you need to talk to God in prayer:

  (Pray this simple prayer from your heart)

    Lord, I know that I am a sinner and, I know in my heart that Christ’s resurrection, from the dead, paid for the forgiveness of my sins. I believe this in my heart, and I am confessing with my mouth the Lord Jesus as my Savior.