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Have you
ever heard about a place called Heaven? Heaven is God's
home. The Bible tells us that in Heaven, the street of the
city is pure gold, like clear glass.
And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate
was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold,
as it were transparent glass. Revelation 21:21
God tells us many other things about
His home. No one is ever sick there. No one ever dies. There
is no night there. Every person in Heaven will always be
happy.
God made Heaven and earth. He made you, too, and He loves
you very much.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but
have everlasting life. John 3:16
This means He loves each person,
including you and me. Because God made you and loves you, He
wants you
to be part of His family and be with
Him in Heaven
someday.
But there is one thing that can never
be in Heaven. That one
thing is sin. Sin
is disobeying the rules God has given
in
His book, the Bible. God's Word
tells us we are all sinners.
For all have sinned, and come short
of
the glory of God.
Romans 3:23
All means every one of us, including
you and me. Sin separates you and
me from God because He is
perfect, without any sin at all. God cannot
allow sin where He is. God has said
sin must be punished. The punishment for
sin is death, or separation from
God forever.
For the wages of sin is death; but the
gift of God is
eternal life through
Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6:23
God knew there was nothing you could
do to get rid of your sin. He knew you could not be good
enough to please
Him. But He loves you and wants you
to be
His child. So He made a way for you to be forgiven, so that
you can go
to Heaven.
God loves you so much. He sent His
own Son, the Lord Jesus
Christ, to
earth from Heaven. He was born as a tiny baby. We
celebrate His birth on Christmas day. He grew up and became
a man. Jesus was different than any other person who lived
on the earth.
He never did even one wrong thing. He
is
perfect. One day wicked men put a crown of thorns on His
head and nailed the Lord Jesus to a cross. The Bible
says
while He hung there, God put
all your sins on Him.
All we like sheep have gone
astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the
Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6
When Jesus was nailed to the cross,
what came from His hands
and His feet?
The answer is blood.
Without shedding of blood is no
remission. Hebrews 9:22
Jesus took your punishment of death
for sin. He suffered so
much. Then
He cried with a loud voice, "It is finished."
When you finish a job, how much is left to do? Nothing. The
Lord Jesus came to earth to take our punishment for sin. And
He finished
the work when He died on that cross.
The Bible
says, "Christ died for
our sins ... and was buried."
For I delivered unto you first
of all
that which I also received, how that Christ died for
our sins according to
the scriptures; and that he was
buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to
the scriptures:
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
Three days after Jesus was buried a wonderful thing
happened. God gave Him life again. He raised Jesus from
the
dead. Jesus is a living Savior.
He wants to be your Savior -
to save
you from your sin.
For God so loved the world,
that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life.
John 3:16
God loves you. God says if you believe
in Jesus you will not
perish - you
will not be separated from God
forever. He will
forgive your sins. God says, "whosoever believeth." We could
put your name in the place whosoever."
If you believe in Jesus as your Savior,
He will give you
everlasting life.
That's the kind of life you need to live
in Heaven with God.
If you believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior,
He
will forgive your sin. And He will
be with you always and
give you power
to obey God. You can tell Jesus today
that
you have sinned and that you
believe He died for you.
You can pray and ask Jesus to forgive
you of your sin and to
be your Savior.
Simply pray:
Dear Jesus, forgive my sins and be my Savior. I believe that
You died on the cross, and I want You to save me so
that someday I
can be with You in Heaven.
Thank you for being my Savior.
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