Know God
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."
