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Turn from sin and trust Jesus!
Being perfectly holy, God stays separate from sinners. Because we are all sinners (Romans 3:23), we cannot get closer to God on our own. We all deserve to die for our sin in an eternal place of punishment away from God.
But in love, God sent His perfect Son Jesus to take the punishment for believing sinners by dying on the cross (John 3:16). God can give sinners grace to turn from sin and trust Jesus to pay for their sin and make them righteous in God’s sight.
If Jesus has saved you, you are God’s own child (John 1:12) and you will one day live forever close to Him in heaven. Before that time, God will help you get closer in knowing and loving Him, as you trust and obey His Word, the Bible. God uses your Bible reading, listening in church, and praying to draw you closer and closer to Him.
Bible Truth
- “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear” (Isaiah 59:2).
- “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” (1 Peter 3:18).
- “Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Grieve, mourn and wail. Change your laughter to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up” (James 4:8-10).
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