The Gospel of Jesus Christ
• 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. 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. 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.
• 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." 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.
• 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.
• You can start to study the Bible by going through the Book of 1 John. This has the essential doctrines for the believer in this little book. I call it the new believers handbook.
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