good news!
there is hope!
There's GOOD NEWS! God LOVES you and wants to have a relationship with you! JESUS came that you may have LIFE, and that you may have it more ABUNDANTLY (John 10:10)! HE is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father except through JESUS (John 14:6). How do you have a relationship with JESUS? Read on...
the bad news
The Bible says that sin and death entered the world through one man, Adam (Romans 5:12). Everyone of us is born into sin and none of us are good (Romans 3:23, Romans 3:10). The payment of sin is death (Romans 6:23). We all think we're good, but we're not compared to God's standards. We can't earn our way into heaven. No matter how hard we try, we fall short. Now for the Good News!
the good news!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever BELIEVES in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) JESUS loves you and took your place for your sin! (Romans 5:8) He made the payment. We were once enemies of God but now we can be reconciled to Him through JESUS' death. (Romans 5:10) Then God raised JESUS from the dead (Romans 6:4) The Bible says, "If you CONFESS with your mouth JESUS as Lord, and BELIEVE in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved." (Romans 10:9)
CHANGE DIRECTION
God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should REPENT because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness. (Acts 17:30-31) The word repent means to change direction, to TURN AWAY from unbelief to belief and from sin to righteousness. Allow God to CHANGE you, "Now may the God of peace Himself SANCTIFY you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord JESUS Christ". (1 Thessalonians 5:23)
recieve forgiveness
Do you want to be free from the penalty of sin and death? Know that when you die you will go to heaven? Begin a life of joy and peace? Do you want a relationship with JESUS? Pray...
"Lord, I know that I AM A SINNER. I know that I need Your forgiveness.
I BELIEVE that You paid the price for my sins on the cross.
I BELIEVE that You rose again from the dead and want to have a relationship with me. Come into my life.
FORGIVE me. Be my Lord. Be my God. I want to TURN AWAY from my sins and begin to follow You. CHANGE me. Empower me with Your Holy Spirit to live my life for You.
In JESUS name I pray, Amen."
rejoice!
If you prayed that prayer, and meant it, you've begun a personal relationship with JESUS, and God has FORGIVEN you of your sins! 🙌 You have been set FREE! (John 8:36) You have been SAVED by GRACE, through FAITH! (Ephesians 2:8)
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