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"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him."
John 3:16-17
“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/eph.2.9.NKJV
Hi, I'm here to spread some good news!
You might've heard it before, but Jesus loves you!
But do you know the depths of that love, a love so profound that He would go to a cross and die a humiliating, horrible death, being mocked, slapped, whipped, and spat on -- and He wanted to go through that?
He wasn't a sucker for pain, no. In fact, He was quite overwhelmed with sorrow about it. But He knew it was the only way to save you.
You see, we're a very sinful people. We lie, and we cheat, and we steal, and we take God's Holy and Precious Name and use it as a word to show disgust or as a replacement for a filth word, and we do all sorts of horrible stuff, and besides all that, we feel shame, and guilt, and worthlessness, and depression, and anxiety -- all these things -- maybe even, at times, hopelessness.
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But Jesus loves you. And He is love, but He is also just. He is a fair judge, and wrongs cannot go unpunished. And our wrongs are so serious to our Holy God that He's given us all the death penalty. God's standard is perfection. And none of us are perfect -- but Jesus was, and He loves you, so He went to the cross and took the death penalty for you
So you don't have to do it.
But you still can.
By not accepting what Jesus did for you, by not believe in Him, by continuing to live in your sins (your wrongs), you can ignore what Jesus did for you and take the death penalty for yourself.
But that wouldn't be good for you. And it would break Jesus's heart.
So I ask you to consider this: do you know for sure where you'd go after you die? Really, truly know? Or do you just hope you'll get to Heaven?
Here's how to know: do you believe Jesus is who He says He is? do you believe He did what He said He did? Are you truly sorry for your wrongs, do you truly want a new life?
Ask God to forgive you for it all -- and He will. Believe in Jesus, because only He can save you.
And you will be a new creation, a new person with a changed heart, your record will be wiped clean in God's eyes, and you will be saved forever. Nothing can take it away.
And it really is that simple. Some people may get tripped up over how simple it is. But it really is that simple. You can't earn it. You can't do enough good to make it to Heaven, you can't be a good enough person to get there. But God will make sure you get there -- all you have to do is turn away from your wrongs (truly turn from them), and believe in Jesus.
No catch, no fee, no fine print, no anything. Jesus loves you. He really does.
