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Good News!Most people - even Christians - have never heard the Gospel. We have a wonderful God. He is not angry or demanding, but loves you more than you can imagine. Jesus died to take care of all our imperfections and to pave the way for us to have a relationship with God. We can now walk as His friends and fellow-heirs to His kingdom. The literal meaning of the word "Gospel" is "news that is almost too good to be true"! So few have heard this news, even Christians. Most think that God is very exacting and stern. We think we have to serve Him in a slavish manner. To think this is to miss the point of the cross. In Jesus, we are forgiven and freed. What happens when we sin can best be understood by the story of the prodigal son, who reduced
himself to eating out of a pig trough. But his dad waited for him until he decided to come home.
Immediately he put his robes on his son and rejoiced. We can damage our lives by living away from
God, but there is no one who condemns you. If another Christian condemns you, he doesn't understand
the Gospel. Living away from your heavenly Dad is like choosing to eat mud instead of feasting. You
are loved. Someone is waiting with open arms and royal robes! The Lord loves you with all His heart, just as you are. When you ask Jesus to live in your heart, He comes immediately and without partiality. Because of His death, he removes your sin as far away from you as the East is from the West. From then on you have an open friendship with God that cannot be taken away, broken, or lost. Our relationship with God isn't based on our performance. And that fact is what separates it from every religion on earth. Some people feel that they have failed so badly that they could never have a relationship with God. We have all failed many times, but that will never change God's love and acceptance... a love so deep that we can scarcely begin to understand it. How to receive Jesus Right Now1. Admit you have a need (I am a sinner). 2. Be willing to turn away from your sin. (repent) 3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the cross and rose from the grave. 4. Through prayer, invite Jesus to come into your life so you will no longer be separated from Him, but have eternal life with Him as your Savior and Lord. Jesus said, "I have not called you servants, but friends..." Jesus died for everyone in
our world... but He doesn't force Himself on anyone. He needs to be invited into your life. Use your
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"Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?" - Galatians 4:16 I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil - Romans 16:19 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds - 2 John 1:9-11 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. - John 17:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. - John 14:23
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ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I
am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. - Matthew 28:19-20
