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I'm glad that you have made your way to this website. Perhaps you have stumbled here by mistake or are just passing through as a family member or friend. Before you leave this site I want you to consider one thing. Who is Jesus Christ to you? If you were to suddenly die today, would you be present with the Lord in Heaven? Are you saved?
Everyone has this problem in their life... It's SIN
We've all done things that are wrong, that are against the law of God.
Our lawlessness is SIN in God's eyes. 1 John 3:4
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23
Because God is Holy and Just, SIN can not go unpunished.
He is fair to punish those who do wrong.
What kind of judge would God be if He allowed evil to go unpunished?
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord"
Romans 6:23
The sin in our life leads to our eventual death.
BUT, God in His gracious and loving character has given you and me a way to avoid eternal death and to have eternal life.
Good works will not get you to Heaven,
Putting your trust in your moral character will not do it,
Faith in money or vain religion will not do it either
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us"
Titus 3:5
"For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is a gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" Ephesians 2:8,9
"There is a way which seems right to a man, but it's end is the way to death" Proverbs 14:12
If our righteous works, moral character, religion or money will NOT get us to Heaven, what is the answer?
The answer simply is Jesus Christ, God the Son.
God the Father sent His sinless Son to pay for the penalty of our sin by dying on the cross.
"But God commends His love while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" Romans 5:8
"For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God"
1 Peter 3:18
Now that you've seen your sinfulness, now that you've seen your inability to get to Heaven on your own work, now that you've seen who Jesus Christ is and what He has done for you and me, there is only one thing to do.. Repent of your sin and..
BELIEVE IN HIM
This is not an academic belief in facts about a person. But a trusting in the sufficiency of the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Believing that Jesus is your only hope for eternal life, and you are clinging to Him. Jesus Christ, God the Son, became a man. He lived a perfect, sinless life and became the perfect sacrifice to atone for my sin and yours. When the righteous judgment and wrath of God the Father should of fallen on you and me, it fell on Jesus instead. Jesus suffered the wrath of God in our place. Then 3 days later Jesus resurrected and conquered both death and sin. And He just asks that you believe in Him.
"I am the way the truth, and the life; no man come to the Father, but by me" John 14:6
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved" Acts 16:31
"For who so ever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved" Roman 10:13
"And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved" Acts 4:12
If you believe in Jesus Christ you are eternally saved by Him and for Him.
Do not take this matter lightly, the response to the person of Jesus Christ is going to be the biggest decision you have ever made.
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