Well once again the Superbowl is played and over. Congrats to the NY Giants.  I am sure the Patriots are very disappointed especially since they were hoping for a perfect season. They found out as most do that everyone fails sooner or later.

What about living a Christian life? Have you failed at that? I have. Do you think maybe there is no hope for you - that you have gone too far, sinned too great to ever be saved or be used by God? If you have failed in living for God, you are not alone. Some of the greatest men we read about in the Bible failed at one time or another in their spiritual lives.

Abraham, who the Bible says was the Friend of God, faltered in his faith and lied (Gen 13 & 20)

David, who had faith in God to beat Goliath,  committed adultry and murder. (2 Samuel 11)

I could go on and site example after example - Elijah, Noah, Moses, Peter etc. but though each of these failed, they found forgiveness in the Lord and were used greatly by God. You too can find forgiveness in God and be used by HIM.

Jesus is the ONLY one who ever lived a perfect sinless life. He never sinned and never failed. Jesus died on the cross NOT for His sin but for yours and mine. He took our punishment. Because He was God in the flesh and perfect it was impossible that He would say dead. Instead He triumphed over the grave also and got up ALIVE with victory and justification for each of us who will turn from our sin and failings and trust HIM for our salvation.

If you try to earn salvation on your own or even to keep it through your works - YOU WILL FAIL! Jesus offers to clothe us in His perfect righteousness - THAT is the ONLY way we will ever get to Heaven. 

Romans 3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
 21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

That is what those verses tell us - there is no one perfect, we have all sinned. Only in believing that Jesus died for us personally and paid our sin debt and arose again can we have His righeousness and be saved.

There is a battle more fierce going on for your soul than for any superbowl victory. The devil wants you to believe lies that you can't be saved, you have gone too far or believe lies that you have to work and work for salvation. Jesus offers you the TRUTH - Salvation is a gift in HIM. I have won the victory through Jesus Christ. He IS my Saviour. I am eternally secure and guaranteed a place in Heaven with HIM. You can have that too. 1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. Win or Lose - the choice is yours.