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.
Please contact us that
we might direct you toward good bible study in order that you might
come to know Jesus better.
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