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How To Become a
Child
of God
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For
God.......................So
Loved....................The
World
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God
Made Everything--earth, sun,
moon and stars. and ALL
PEOPLE. He is the King of
kings, ultimately Sovereign
over the whole universe. God
is Three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
What
Things Make
God So Special?
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The
ruler wider than planet earth
(across the globe to the left,
above) stands for how much God
loves us. Psalm 103, in the
Bible, God's Word says: "As FAR
AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST..."
so great is Jesus' love and
forgiveness for us! That is
GREAT NEWS! God's love is so big
that it is beyond being
measured. Jesus (the Christ
& Messiah, our Saviour), is
God the Son. Jesus was sent by
His Father, Father God, to do
something no one else could do.
Jesus took on the form of a
human being and showed us in
person how much God wants to
reach us with his love.
Who
Does God Love So Much?
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The
world means people. We are
very special to God because He
gave us a spirit & soul
(the real us inside) which
will live forever. Even after
each person's body dies, the
real person INSIDE will live
on forever. However, we all
have a problem that the Bible
calls sin (sin means to "miss
the mark" or fall short of who
we were meant to be). We have
all disobeyed God's
rules--lying, cheating,
stealing, disobeying parents,
not loving God, His Word or
other people.
We have all sinned.
Romans 3:23
How
Does God Address The Problem of
our Sin?
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That
He Gave........His One and
Only Son.........That Whoever
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God
wants to give us a very special
gift. You cannot buy or earn it.
Or try to be good enough to get
it. It is a GIFT. "For the wages
of sin is eternal separation
(from God & Heaven), but the
FREE GIFT of God is eternal life
IN JESUS our Lord." (Rom. 6:23)
When God offers us this gift, we
can say "yes" or "no" to it.
Jesus is God's gift to us. Jesus
wants to give us eternal life,
forgiveness of sins, a home in
heaven, and His Holy Spirit to
be with us forever. That's why
Jesus came, so that we could be
with God the Father, in Heaven,
forever.
What
Free Gifts Does Jesus Love to
Give Us?
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Jesus
is God's only Son. He died on
a cross for our sins. Dying
this way was a punishment
usually only for the very
worst criminals. But Jesus had
never done anything wrong.
While hanging on the cross,
God the Father placed all of
the punishment and penalty for
our sin on Jesus. Jesus
suffered and was punished for
us. Jesus died that way on the
cross, but three days later
came back to life again!
I Peter 2: 24
Why Did Jesus Die on the cross
for our sins?
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Anybody
who believes, any kind of
person, no matter how many wrong
things they have done, can be
placed on God's Christmas gift
list. Whether they seem
better or worse, older or
younger, whether red, yellow,
black, white, whether rich or
poor. All people are
sinners. And need the gift
of salvation. Forgiveness
is a Gift provided through
Jesus' sacrifice on the
cross. And anyone who
believes can receive God's
precious gift!
Who Does God Long to Give His
Gift of Eternal Life to?
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Believes
in Him......Shall Not
Perish......
But Have Eternal Life in Jesus
Christ, our Lord
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With
your heart each person needs
to receive God's gift
personally. The Bible uses the
word, "saved," to describe
those who are rescued by Jesus
from hell, the ultimate
punishment, deserved by anyone
who has sinned. Hell is not
just for really bad people. It
is for anyone, even people we
think are "good." Because the
Bible says that "ALL have
sinned and fall short of the
glory of God." Romans 3:23 And
"no one is (really) good
(enough, way deep down), no
one except God Himself." The
death of Jesus, then, was the
punishment we
deserve. But
when we believe in Jesus, He
forgives our sins and He is
able to give us new lives.
From then on, Jesus calls us
children of God. That, the
Bible says, is like being
"born again." John 3 This time
though, our Father is not on
earth but in
Heaven. Now that is great
news!
John 1:12
Romans
10:9
What
Happens to Those Who Reject God
& Refuse to Trust Jesus
and Reject the Offer of Christ
to Save Them?
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Separation
from God forever in a very
real place called Hell.
John 3:36
Luke 16:23,
26
What
Does Jesus Give to Those Who Trust Him for
Salvation?
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Eternal
life means knowing God
personally. God is both your
Father & your Friend. He is
also to obeyed like your Boss.
The only difference between God
and earthly bosses is that God
is always right and always has
your best in mind. So it always
makes the best sense to do what
God says. Because God knows
everything. And always knows
what's best.
Once we
receive eternal life as a gift
from Jesus, God said He will
always be with us and someday
will take us to be with Him in
His heavenly home.
Do You
Know today that You Can Accept
Jesus As Lord & Receive His
Gift of Eternal Life? Then
Walk with God Lifelong - in a
Close Relationship with Christ?
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A prayer you can pray:
"Dear
Jesus, I may have made the
mistake sometimes of
thinking myself a pretty
good person, but now I
know everyone needs Your
forgiveness. I know that I
am a sinner and cannot
save myself or do anything
to earn a home in Heaven.
I believe You are the Son
of God, and that You died
on the cross for MY sins.
I believe You rose again
from the dead for ME.
Right now, the best I know
how, I tell You I am sorry
for my sins. I ask You to
forgive all the wrong
things I have done (or
even thought about) in my
life. Please come into my
heart and life today and
be my Savior & Lord.
Jesus, help me to seek You
and know You. I know You
are worth more than
anything in this whole
world! Help me to follow
You faithfully all the
days of my life. Father
God, please send Your Holy
Spirit into my life to
open up the pages of the
Bible to my understanding.
I want to read the Bible
every day so I might learn
how wonderful You are and
grow to live as a
Christian is meant to. A
Christian is someone Who
is related to You and I
want to be in the eternal
family of Jesus Christ!
Please send Your Holy
Spirit to live within me
and teach me and help me
every day. I want to spend
forever with you, Jesus. I
believe you are God, the
Christ, the Everlasting
Prince of Peace, the
Messiah, my Saviour.
Jesus, I know that your
Father is the true Lord
over all. Jesus, help me
to know You. I want to be
with You, forever.
I pray these things to you
now, in Your Amazing Name,
Jesus, the Name of God!
Amen."
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