This is the most important question that you can ask yourself. The Scriptures make it clear that it is impossible to get to the Father except through Jesus Christ (John 14:6). It is also clear that there is no such thing as not making a choice since those that do not put their faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior are already under condemnation for their sin (John 3:18). The choice that you make is between eternal life and eternal death (which means that you will spend an eternity in the lake of fire).  So the Bible contains both bad news and good news. The bad news is something about you. The good news is something about God. Let’s look at the bad news first.

Bad News #1: You Are A Sinner
Romans 3:23 says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” “Sinned” means that we have missed the mark. When we lie, hate, lust, gossip, etc., we have missed the standard God has set.

Bad News #2: The Penalty For Sin Is Death
Romans 6:23 says, “The wages of sin is death.” Suppose you worked for me for one day and I paid you $50. That $50 was your wages. That is what you earned. The Bible says that by sinning we have earned death. That means we deserve to die and be separated from God forever. BUT. . .since there was no way we could come to God, God came to us.

Good News #1: Christ Died For You
Romans 5:8 tells us, “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Suppose you are in a hospital dying of cancer. I come to you and say, “Let’s take the cancer cells from your body and put them into my body.” If that were possible, what would happen to me? And what would happen to you? I would die in your place. I would die instead of you. The Bible says Christ took the penalty that we deserved for sin, placed it upon Himself, and died in our place. Three days later Christ came back to life to prove that sin and death had been conquered and that His claims to be God were true.

Good News #2: You Can Be Saved Through Faith In Christ
Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” Faith means, “trust.” This means you must depend on Christ alone to forgive you and to give you eternal life. You might say, “I am religious,” “I go to church,” “I don’t steal,” “I’m a good person,” etc.

These are all good, but good living, going to church, helping the poor or any other good thing you might do cannot get you to heaven. You must trust Jesus Christ alone, and God will give you eternal life as a gift!

Would you like to tell God that you know you are a sinner and in need of trusting Jesus Christ to take away your sin. If you do, you can simply tell God by praying to Him.
“Dear God, I know I’m a sinner. I know my sin deserves to be punished. I believe Christ died for me and rose from the grave. I trust Jesus Christ alone as my Savior. Thank You for the forgiveness of sin and the everlasting life I now have. Help me to live a life pleasing to you. In Jesus’ name I pray, amen.”

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