|
Home >
Heaven > 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:
-
There is a certain way we should act
-
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)
If you want to accept Jesus as your Savior you need to acknowledge that
you are a sinner, turn from that sin to God and ask Jesus to be your
Savior. You can do that by saying a prayer 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!
What now? You can learn a little more about being a Christian by
going through the
easy to understand
New Believers Booklet. After that, we recommend that look for a church in your area.
You can find a church near you
here. You can also
click here to
email us questions and comments
|