Mark Shutts Ministries
"Preaching and shewing the glad tidings
of the kingdom of God" Luke 8:1.
FIRST....
How To Find JOY In CHRIST!
KNOW THAT GOD LOVES YOU, COMPLETELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY!
No matter how bad you think you are, no matter how low you have fallen, the reach of God's hand extends far beyond your lowest point.NEVER think that you are not worth loving and NEVER feel that you are not worth saving. God loves you so much that He sacrificed His
one and only Son Jesus Christ as an atonement to pay for your sins and make it possible for you to live with Him forever. He wants
you to have His joy right here and now. He wants you to be happy. God has set Heaven before you, and there is nothing greater than
discovering the eternal joy of Christ.
MAN'S PROBLEM is that he is a sinner, and sin separates us from God. The Bible says that
we have "all sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23), and that "the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life (and joy) through Jesus Christ" (Romans 6:23).
THE ONLY ANSWER to this problem of separation is JESUS CHRIST. We must meet Jesus at the Cross - the meeting place between God and
man which was established the very moment that Christ willingly shed His blood upon the Cross. JESUS SAID "I am the way, the truth,
and the life; no one can come to the Father (God) except through Me" (John 14:6).
WE MUST RESPOND! Through the death
of Christ upon the Cross we are justified (just as if we had never sinned). Christ paid the ultimate penalty for our sins, but we
must RECEIVE HIM and FOLLOW HIM. Jesus said "I stand at the door and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come
in to him" (Revelation 3:20). We must accept this personal invitation of Jesus.