Filing Bankruptcy

   Some people file bankruptcy because their indebtedness is more than they can bear. Perhaps it was due to the misuse of credit cards, or it may have been due to unexpected calamities of some kind. Attempts are being made to change the laws of bankruptcy. When debt is incurred, it must be repaid. Taxpayers often end up paying the debt of those who file bankruptcy.

   Financial bankruptcy is bad, but spiritual bankruptcy is much worse. When we stop to think about our spiritual condition and the bottom line, we're all in deep trouble. The Scriptures tell us that all of us have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The wages (payment) for our sins is death (separation from God). If we got what we deserved, we'd all be in hell.

   There is no way that we could pay our way out of the debt we owe to God.
God knew that we couldn't pay the debt. So He came up with a plan to rescue us. It involved His Son's paying the debt we owed. After living a sinless life, Christ went to the cross to die for our sins. While on the cross, God the Father placed all the sins of all mankind on Him. Then Christ died and satisfied the outraged holiness of God against sin. The debt was paid in full. We know this because He rose again from the dead.

   The only thing we have to do today to be saved from an eternal hell is to accept the gift of eternal life by believing in Christ Who died in our place for our sins, was buried, and rose again bodily the third day. Those who refuse to believe in Christ will have to pay their debt to God by being eternally separated from Him in hell.

   Salvation is always by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, as found in the Scriptures alone. Have you been forgiven the debt your owe?
Are you headed for heaven? Make sure today.

Submitted by Kelsey Pietsch