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THE GOOD NEWS OF JESUS!
Our greatest desire is for
people to come to know God
personally. The simple truth
is that there is a God who
created you and loves you
very much.
(Genesis 1:1)
He gave us life and deserves
our gratitude and love.
We, however, have chosen to
disobey Him and sin against
Him; all of us have done
wrong and failed to do what
is right.
(Romans 3:23)
We may not be more sinful
than our neighbor, or we may
be far worse than anyone we
know, it does not matter.
Either way, we are guilty
before God.
(1 John 1:8)
God is perfect, completely
good, always right and fair.
He cannot tolerate sin. He
cannot simply overlook the
fact that we have chosen to
disobey Him. The Bible says
"the wages of sin is death."
(Romans 6:23)
This means that the fair
payment for our rebellion
against God is death. It is
the punishment that we
deserve.
Jesus, the one and only Son
of God, came to earth and
lived a perfect sinless
life. He was crucified even
though He was completely
innocent. He received the
punishment that we deserved.
He was the perfect
sacrifice, He was put into
our place and took on
Himself the sentence of
death that should have been
ours.
(Romans 5:8)
Jesus did not, however,
remain dead. After three
days, He rose from the grave
and later ascended into
heaven. He will return for
all those who are trusting
in Him as their Savior.
Jesus died for you. You can
be saved by asking Him for
forgiveness from your sins.
If you are willing to repent
of your sin, He is waiting
to forgive you. It doesn't
matter what you have done in
the past, if you cry out to
Jesus for forgiveness, He
will not reject you. The
word "repent" literally
means "to turn away from."
You need to look at your
life, admit that you are a
sinner, genuinely desire to
turn your back on that sin,
and ask Him to forgive you.
If you do this, He promises
to forgive you.
True Christianity is not
about attending a particular
church, or how your parents
raised you, or what country
you were born in. Being a
Christian means that you
have a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ, that He
is your Savior. It's not
good enough that your
priest, pastor, mother, or
aunt knows Jesus, you must
know Him for yourself. They
cannot believe in Him for
you, you must believe for
yourself. They cannot repent
for you, you must repent for
yourself.
Jesus is everywhere all the
time. He can hear you now if
you ask Him for forgiveness.
Please turn your life over
to Him NOW. Time slips by so
quickly, don't miss this
opportunity. If you want to
pray and ask Jesus to be
your Savior, you can say a
prayer something like this:
"Jesus, I know that I
have sinned against you. I
know the truth is that I
have sinned by my own
choice, and I am the one
responsible for it. I know
that I have earned
punishment from You, and
that the fair punishment
would be death. Jesus, I
believe that You died in my
place. Forgive me for my
sin. I cannot cover or take
my sin away, I am relying
totally and only on You. You
are the only one who can
save me. I reject my sin, I
turn away from it, I repent.
Come into my life, take away
my sin, and show me how to
live my life in a way that
is right and pleasing to
You."
If you have prayed this, YOU
ARE SAVED! You are now
completely forgiven, a new
creation, innocent in the
eyes of God. Welcome to the
family of God!
It is important for you to
start to grow in your
relationship with Jesus.
Just like any relationship,
you need to spend time with
someone if you want to know
them well. The way to know
God is through the Bible. We
have a few different Bible
studies here that will help
you get going. It's also
important to find a church
you can attend where they
teach the Bible. This will
allow you to talk with a
pastor who will help explain
questions you might have,
and it will give you a
chance to spend time with
other Christians who can
encourage you.
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