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The Citizen, 1988-04-27, Page 36PAGE 36. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1988. From the Minister's Study God will not condemn us if we put our faith in Christ BY REV. VIC JAMIESON BELGRAVE AND BRUSSELS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES We may think that because Easter is past that we can forget about it for another year. But God wants everyone to have the blessing of his forgiving love in their hearts at all times. This blessing is received by us by the work of God’s Holy Spirit and His Word which urge us to trust completely in what He has done for us through His Son, Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary about 2,000 years ago. God offers everyone the assurance of being pardoned for sin through Jesus’ blood, whether or not we deserve it. But like any offer it has no value for us until we individually decide to receive it. Receiving God’s forgiving love begins with realizing through God’s Word and Holy Spirit that we are condemned and need to be saved from sin which produces separation from God and other people. Most of us at some time or another have experienced not living up to someone’s expecta­ tions. We remain under condem­ nation until we pay the penalty and our record is cleared. We become separated from that person who has authority over us until our wrongs are overcome. According to the Bible all of us are born condemned. That is, all of us are born as people separated from God. Romans 5:12 says, “sin entered the world through one man (Adam), and (spiritual) death through one man, and in this way death (external condemnation) came to all men because all sinned.’’ Psalm51:5says, “Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time that my mother conceived me.” Jeremiah 17: 9 really shows us our sinful, condemned nature that we may think is good or can be made right by our actions: “The heart is deceitful and beyond cure.” In order for us to be no longer condemned, we need to know the way of overcoming our separation from God. We cannot overcome it merely by what we do in or out of church. it is an act of faith, the work of God’s Word and Holy Spirit in us. In John 14:16 Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth and the life no one comes to the Father except by me.” Romans 8: 1-4 explains the benefit received by those who are led by God’s Holy Spirit and Word to confess thav they are separated from God’s love by sin and ask Jesus to save them from its penalty, eternal death and punish­ ment: “There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit, which brings us life in union with Christ Jesus, has set me free from the law of sin and death. What the Law could not, because human nature was weak, God did. He Food film to debut In less time than it takes you todo your weekly grocery shopping you can see how your food grows, how it is processed and sold. The Ministry of Agriculture and Food is launching its new film “Growingfor You - The Story of Ontario Food” at the Ontario Science Centre, Sunday, May 1, 1988 at 2 p.m. The action-packed fihn features more than 560 glimpses of the people, the products and the processing that puts Ontario’s high quality food on your table. The film was produced as a Centennial project of the ministry. The first provincial minister of agriculture was appointed May 1, 1988. Following the film showing, everyone is welcome to enjoy the Centennial birthday cake. condemned sin in human nature by did this so that the righteous sending his own Son, who came demands of the Law might be fully with a nature like man’s sinful satisfied in us who live according to nature, todoaway withsin. 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