YOU NEED JESUS -
UNDERSTAND THE GOSPEL
Then Call Upon the Lord in Faith - Pray Something Like This
Dear Lord Jesus, I am sorry for my sin. There are things I do not understand, but I know I have sinned and I need forgiveness. I believe you are the Son of God and died to pay the penalty for my sin. I believe You rose again and can save me. Send Your Spirit to live in my heart.and I accept You right now as my personal Savior and Lord.
I desire to repent of self ownership and surrender my heart to You. From this day forward, I belong to You. I trust your promise to forgive me and give me eternal life.
Summary of the Gospel
You need Jesus to give new life to your dead spirit. If you had cancer, would you want the doctor to tell you the truth or hide it to make you feel good?
Those who have hope face the truth about their sin and spiritual cancer. The Bible says we are dead in sin.
But Jesus can give new life to our dead spirits. He does that when you repent and trust Him to forgive you.
He does that when you trust Him to forgive you.
He paid the penalty for your sins on the cross. It was like if you broke out the window of my car, but you had nothing to pay. Then my son came and offered to pay for you so that you could be free from that penalty.
When Jesus forgives and saves any person, He sends His Holy Spirit to live in that persons life. He then brings the dead spirit to a new life.
That causes any person to love God and hunger for God. A sign of life is hunger. When a person is alive spiritually, they hunger for God in spirit and truth.
In John 3 Jesus said, "You must be born again". This is what He was talking about. Jesus was your substitute. He was called the "Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world". The lamb would die as a sacrifice or a substitute. Abraham offered his son, but a lamb died as a substitute for the son.
You need a substitute to die for you. And there is only One possible substitute for you. No one can take your sins except Jesus. He was born without sin. He lived without sin. He died to be punished for your sin. He will become your substitute if you will repent and believe. For those who refuse Him until the end, He will reject them.
There is a living and true God that created all things. He made man special to have an eternal spirit. In the Words of Genesis One, "God made man in His own image". Mankind was made to Worship God and walk with God. He was made to have an eternal spirit like God that will live forever. No one can cease to exist.
Man was made to live forever in the image of God. Originally mankind had beautiful peace with God. But when the first man sinned against God, his living spirit died. That means that he was separated from peace with God.
The price for sin was death. If God left us in that condition, we would be eternally existing separated from Him. That is what the Bible calls "hell". Yet God made a plan to send His only Son to leave heaven and come to earth. Jesus is the eternal Son of God. He was born from a virgin in order to become a man without sin on this earth. He was Son of God and Son of Man.
He was born different from any man in order to become your substitute. He came to die in your place. He was alive in the spirit. He had right to fellowship with the Father. You had to die. When He suffered and died, it was to give you His righteousness.
He takes your sin and gives you His righteousness. And that is the only way God can ever accept you into His Kingdom. When you call upon Jesus in faith, believing that He is the Son of God Who can save you, then your sins will be forgiven.
Jesus said,after He rose from the dead, "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten, be zealous therefore, and repent. Behold I stand at the door and knock. If any one hears My voice,and opens the door, I will come into him and dine with him and he with Me." Revelation 3:19-20.
Ask Jesus to save you. Ask Him to send His spirit into your heart. He loves you and paid your penalty.
Just as He rose again, He will give you new life. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead will also raise you up to a new life. Then you will have peace with God - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The same power that was at work in raising Jesus from the dead is working in believers to help them to grow. All things work together for good.
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Understand the Gospel
Then Call Upon the Lord in Faith
Pray Something Like This
Dear Lord Jesus, I am sorry for my sin. There are things I do not understand, but I know I have sinned and I need forgiveness. I believe you are the Son of God and died to pay the penalty for my sin. I believe You rose again and can save me. Send Your Spirit to live in my heart.and I accept You right now as my personal Savior and Lord.
I desire to repent of self ownership and surrender my heart to You. From this day forward, I belong to You. I trust your promise to forgive me and give me eternal life.
LORD JESUS SAVE ME