1) God loves you, and has a plan for your life.No matter what you have done in the past, no matter how good or bad you think that you have been, God has prepared a special plan for your life that only you can fulfill. The fact that He has designed a plan specifically for you proves that you are very important to God.
2) No one can earn God's favor through their own good deeds.There is a fundamental difference between Christianity and religions. All religions teach that it is through good works that one becomes right with God. There are also Christian cults that teach this doctrine known as 'works-righteousness.' However, the Bible tells us: 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 -New King James Bible While religions teach that doing good deeds earns the good-doer favor with God, the Bible teaches that righteousness (right-standing with God) is a free gift that God gives us through His son, Jesus Christ. Good works come as a result of finding favor with God. Ephesians 2:10 goes on to say: "For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them."
3) God sent His son, Jesus Christ, to die for our sins.No one is able to be good enough to please God on his or her own. No matter how we try we will always fall short because of our nature that causes us to sin. The Bible says: "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned" Romans 5:12 -New King James Bible Our sins demand a heavy price; death. The only way for us to be forgiven of our sins was for a substitute to die in our place. God provided this substitute by sending His son Jesus to die in our place on the cross. It is only through faith in Christ that our sins can be forgiven and we can gain righteousness with God.
4) It is only through faith in Jesus Christ that we can gain access to God.This is one of the most difficult things for most people to accept. The Bible says that: "Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed." I Peter 2:7, 8 -New King James Bible
God has every right to decide what He will accept as the correct way to come to Him. He is the creator of the universe. Fortunately God is also very kind and compassionate. He has provided a way for us to be forgiven, and that way is through faith in Jesus. The Sinner's Prayer:This prayer is designed to lead the one who prays it into a relationship with Jesus Christ. The idea of offering this prayer is to help the person who is unfamiliar with the Bible's teachings about salvation. This is by no means the ONLY prayer that will lead to salvation, but it is a suggestion based upon the following scriptures: "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9, 10 -New King James Bible Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.” Acts 4:12 -New King James Bible "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved." John 3:16, 17 -New King James Bible
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