God wants you to be sure ... click here to find how.

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You may access his inspired art at the following link:

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God wants you to be sure.

 The Bible Says, "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the
Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life" (1 John 5:13)

Another question to consider is:

 Suppose you were standing before God right now and He asked you,
"Why should I let you into My heaven?"  What do you think you would say?

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You may not know what you would
 say, But...
 You Can know, because God loves you and has a purpose for your life.

The Bible states it this way,

 "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"
 (John 3:16).

Our Need Is To Understand Our Problem ...

We are all sinners by nature and by choice.
 "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).

We cannot save ourselves.
"Not by works, so that no one can boast" (Ephesians 2:9).

We deserve death and hell.
"The wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).

 It is true that:
 God is holy and just and must punish sin, yet He loves us and has provided
 forgiveness for our sin. Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

 The good news is that God has provided for the forgiveness of our sins.

God's Provision is Jesus Christ ...

Jesus is God and became man.
 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the
 Word was God...The Word became flesh and made His dwelling
 among us" (John 1:1,14).

Jesus died for us on the cross.
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the
 unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but
 made alive by the Spirit" (I Peter 3:18).

Jesus told a parable in Luke 15

Some individuals are sure their sins cannot be
forgiven ... the only sin that cannot be forgiven is 'blaspheming the
the Holy Spirit'... giving credit for the Holy Spirit's actions to someone
else, like the devil. If you do not think your sins can be forgiven,
perhaps, you should click on Luke 15

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Jesus was resurrected from the dead.

 "He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our
 justification" (Romans 4:25).

 That is good news...but the only way Jesus can affect our lives is for us
to receive Him. The Bible says, "Yet to all who received him, to those who
believed in His name, he gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:12)

            The choice is ours. Thus...

Our Response is to follow Jesus ...

We must repent of our sin.
"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out"
 (Acts 3:19).

 Repentance is not just feeling sorry for our sin.
"They should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by
 their deeds" (Acts 26:20).

Repentance is turning to God through Jesus and away from our sin.
 It's like making a U-turn.  We must repent of our sin.
"Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out"
 (Acts 3:19).

 Repentance is not just feeling sorry for our sin.
"They should repent and turn to God and prove their repentance by
 their deeds" (Acts 26:20).

 Repentance is turning to God through Jesus and away from our sin.
 It's like making a U-turn.

As we turn...

We must place our faith in Jesus.

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not
from yourselves, it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8).

Faith is not just believing facts about Jesus. "You believe that there is
one God. Good! Even the demons believe that--and shudder" (James 2:19).

Faith is turning to Jesus.

It's like taking a trip on an airplane. You will never make the trip until you
trust the plane enough to board it.

We must surrender to Jesus as Lord.

"If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart
that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your
heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you
confess and are saved" (Romans 10:9-10).

Surrendering to Jesus as Lord is not just saying we give our lives to Jesus.
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven,
but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21)
 

Surrendering to Jesus as Lord means giving Jesus control of our lives. That
is, we must give all we know of ourselves to all we know of God.

To give Jesus control of our lives is like driving down the highway with
another person. As long as you are driving, you are in control. If you realize
you don't know the way, but the other person does, you might say, "You
take the wheel and drive."  Then the other person is in control and the two
of you take the route he or she chooses.

As evidence of giving Jesus control, you will want to identify with Him. The
New Testament way of identification is to confess Jesus publicy (Matthew
10:32-33) and to follow Him in baptism and church membership (Acts 2:41).

THREE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:
Does what you have been reading make sense to you?
 Is there any reason you would not be willing to receive God's gift of
eternal life?  Are you willing to place you faith in Jesus right now and
turn from you sin?

The Bible says,
"For, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved'"
(Romans 10:13).

You need to ask the Lord Jesus to save you.