The Answer to the Need

Everyone has a need. We all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

The need is serious. The wages of sin is death.

The need presents a problem, but there is a solution to the problem. If the wages of sin is death, and we all deserve that wage or payment, is God going to solve our problem by lowering his standard of perfection? Is He just going to turn His head and pretend like we have never sinned? How can He be both just, and at the same a justifier?

God solved the problem in the person of Jesus Christ. 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. Indeed, while we were yet sinners, God commends (demonstrates, clearly proves) His love toward us in that He died for us.

God is just. He demands payment for sin, and He does not remove that requirement.

God is the justifier. When Jesus died on the cross, His death was an infinite death that could satisfy the payment for all sin.

The solution to the problem is that Jesus died for us. He died in our place.

Yet, He does not force us to love and serve Him.

How do we obtain the solution?
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you shall be saved.
Believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from the dead.
Confess Jesus as Lord. He has the right to rule the whole universe. When we confess Him as our Lord, we recognize that He has the right to rule our lives. We commit to following Him and His principles as set forth in the Word of God.
Receive Jesus as your Lord and Savior. To as many as received Him, to them He gave eternal life, even to those who believed on his name.
To clinch knowing that we have obtained the solution, call upon the Lord for salvation. Sometimes we may pray for safety on a trip. We may ask God to heal someone, or we may ask for something; but have you ever really asked God for salvation that is provided through Jesus Christ.

We had a problem.
God loved us enough to provide a solution for that problem.
We need to be grateful enough to accept that solution. If we don't we still have a problem!