"If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? But there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared." Psalm 130:3,4.
What verse 3, "If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?" is reminding us is, we have all sinned, and because of this, none of us can stand before God. "There is none righteous, no, not one... for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans 3:10,23. The first step of being saved (born again), is coming to grips with the fact that you are a sinner, and that your sin has separated you from God, and there is nothing you can do on your own, to bring yourself back to favor with God. Please consider this very earnestly, because if you die in this condition, you will go to Hell, and be eternally separated from God.
But now for the good news! "There is forgiveness with Thee." God knows there is nothing we can do of ourselves to cleanse us from our sin, so He displayed His great love to us, by sending His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, to come down to this world, to suffer, to shed His precious, sinless blood, and to die, to pay the price for our sin. Jesus alone can bring us back into favor with God, and bridge the gap that our sin put between ourselves and God!
Dear friend, the price has been paid, the free gift is there waiting for you, but you must reach out and receive this gift by believing that Jesus died for you! "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23.
It will not do you any good to read these words, or to hear the gospel message, and then walk away and neglect it, or say to yourself I will consider this again at another time, we are not guaranteed tomorrow, tomorrow may be too late. Please make this important decision today!
"If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Romans 10:9. "For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13.
