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4 Steps to God!
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GOD
LOVES YOU AND IS SEEKING TO HAVE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU!
"In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved
us, and sent His Son to remove the barrier of sin." (1 John
4:10)
God loves you and planned a wonderful, full life for you. He
wants to enter a personal and intimate relationship with you
that includes fellowship, inner peace, happiness, guidance in
life and power to fulfill His special plan for your life. |
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SIN
HAS CREATED A BARRIER BETWEEN MAN AND GOD!
“All have sinned and come short of the Glory of God.”
(Romans 3:23)
GOD is Holy, and cannot have a relationship with anyone who falls
short of His righteous character. Sin began when man went his
own independent way and rejected his relationship with God. At
that point, man became unacceptable to God’s Holy character.
The Ten Commandments were given to show us how good we would
have to be if we try to come to God in our own merit. But God
doesn’t grade our law-keeping on the curve. He said, “For
whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he
has become guilty of all.” (James 2:10)
No matter how sincere we are, or how hard we try, or how religious
we are, we can never produce a righteousness that God can accept.
Even our good deeds are not acceptable in God’s sight, “But
we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses
are like filthy rags …” (Isaiah 64:6)
So our sin has created a barrier that we cannot remove. Even
though God loves you, He cannot compromise His holy character
to receive you. Only God can remove this barrier. |
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JESUS
CHRIST CAME TO REMOVE THE BARRIER BETWEEN GOD AND MAN!
Jesus said of Himself, “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.” (John 3:16)
“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,
and to give His life a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:28)
You see, God so loved us that He stepped out of eternity into
time and became a man in the person of Jesus Christ. He lived
a perfect life as a man and thus qualified to die for the sins
of the world. He then willingly died in our place to purchase
a pardon for sins and satisfy the demands of His own perfect
justice. When He did, He tore down the barrier of sin that separated
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NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE BARRIER BETWEEN
YOU AND GOD YOU MUST RECEIVE THE PARDON JESUS PURCHASED FOR YOU!
Jesus Christ has removed every barrier that stood between you
and God except one -- you must receive the pardon He purchased
for you by an act of your will. You see, a pardon is not a pardon
until it is received. There is a pardon with your name on it
in heaven, but you must receive it to make it valid.
It is not a matter of how good you are -- or even how bad you
are. The issue is, will you talk to God and tell him you receive
the pardon he purchased for you. He wants you to come just as
you are and confess you can never be good enough for Him to accept.
YOU can change your eternal destiny right now. Wherever you are,
just bow your head and tell God you receive His pardon for your
sins. Ask Jesus Christ to come into your life and begin to give
you a new heart with new desires. He will come into your life
and bring a new power and motivation for living you never dreamed
possible.
Jesus gave us this invitation, “Behold, I stand at the door
and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will
come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.” (Revelation
3:20) The door represents your will.
The Lord Jesus Christ is knocking at the door of your will right
now. Just invite Him in and receive the gift of pardon He gave
His life to give you. Then thank Him for the pardon and that
He must keep His Word.
Don’t expect feelings right away. Some have them, some don’t.
The important thing is to simply believe God keeps His Word and
He now has come to live in you. Seek out a Church that is true
to the Bible and seek to learn about your new life.
“For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that
we might become the righteousness of God in Him.” (2 Corinthians
5:21)
Welcome to the Forever Family of God!
If you have made these four steps, please
send us an email to let us know so that we may personally welcome
you into the Family of God.
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