The Good News
There are two paths laid out before all of us; one leads to eternal damnation apart
from God, the other leads to eternal life with God. Before we die, we must
all choose which path we will follow. This has written so that you might know
the way which leads to eternal life.
The Bible says that God has written His law on our hearts (Romans 2:15) and that
all of us have broken that law (Romans 3:23). If we take an honest look at
ourselves we find this is true. There are two facts everyone knows:
1)
There is a certain way we should act
2)
We don't act that way
When we don't act the way we know we should we are breaking God's laws. The
Bible refers to the breaking of God's law as "sin". Sin is the path that leads
to damnation apart from God. God is just and so He must deal with sin.
Now someone might say, "God will simply pardon our sin." But think about
how angry we get when someone who commits a crime gets away with it. Why do
we get angry? Because a crime went unpunished. Just as a judge must
deal with a man's crime, so must God deal with our sin, and "the wages of sin is
death" (Romans 6:23).
But there is another path. The God is "merciful and gracious, slow to anger, abounding
in mercy and takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked" (Psalm 103:8 & Ezekiel
33:11). He has provided a way to escape damnation. Jesus Christ is that way.
God loved the world so much that He gave His only Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the
cross for our sins. If you believe in Him as your Savior you will not perish,
but have eternal life (John 3:16). Our sin was laid on Jesus (Isaiah 53:6)
and the punishment that He took on at the cross brought us peace with God (Isaiah
53:5). And just as Jesus rose from the grave, so will we be raised after we
die and be with Him in heaven forever.
Jesus said, "I am the door [to heaven]. If anyone enters by Me, he will
be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
The thief does
not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may
have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." (John 10:9-10)
The Bible offers this hope: “Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives
the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy. (Mic. 7:18).
And again, "If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things
have passed away; behold, all things have become new(2 Cor 5:17)
"Whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved” (Rom. 10:13). Call on Christ
for forgivenness of sin and follow Him today.
You can learn a little more about being a Christian by going through the easy to understand
New Believers Booklet.
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