LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY FRIEND JESUS . . .
THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION
YOU WILL EVER ASK
Thank you for taking time to visit our website. There are lots of things in here, but the whole reason for the site is to let you know that God loves everyone and has a plan for everyone, and that “everyone,” includes YOU.
This page shouldn't take long to read, but it could last you forever. Don’t just read this with your head, read it with your heart, because that is where God wants to live.
We live in a complicated world which seems to have more questions than answers. We certainly don’t have answers for all of the questions our world faces. However, we do have the answer to the most important question anyone can ask; “HOW CAN I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS OK BETWEEN ME AND GOD?” The only reason we have the answer is because God told someone and then someone told us the answer. Now we want to tell you the answer.
Faith is not just "believing the facts" about Jesus. It is trusting in Jesus. We must surrender to Jesus as Lord.
Surrendering to Jesus as Lord means giving Jesus control of our lives. The Bible is our 'Road Map' on how to live as Christians. No one can live a sinless, spotless life even after salvation. By God's grace the saved will be forgiven for their sins that are committed and still have a mansion reserved in Heaven. He is an awesome God!!
GOD LOVES US
God wants every person to be OK with Him. See, He loves us. Yes, I know, we have not always loved Him or shown Him that we loved Him, but He still loves us anyway. Just like me, you have chosen to do things which were displeasing to our Loving Creator, and then we chose to do it again and again and then we couldn't help ourselves, we just kept on doing the things which we knew our Loving Creator did not want us to do.
WE HAVE LIVED FOR OURSELVES
We knew we should not do certain things and we did them anyway. We did those things even though we knew that we were moving farther and farther from God. We were putting more and more distance between ourselves and the God Who loves us. We did those things even though we knew that those things would separate us from God forever. That is why we are so bothered with life. Nothing satisfies and we know that we will be empty even after this life is over. Maybe we even know that we will suffer for the way we lived our life. There is so much emptiness and despair.
HE STILL LOVES US
It is never good for us to do terrible things, resulting in despair and confusion. Sometimes people do not look for help until they come to “the last straw” in life. Sometimes people do not look up to God until they are on their back in a hospital or in the gutter. It isn't because God wasn't ready and able to help all along, but we just didn't have time for Him. You would think God would not have time for us, but He does, He loves us, no matter what we did or said or thought, He loves us. In spite of all our mess-ups and failures and disobedience, He still loves us.
WE HAVE CHOSEN OUR OWN ROUTES
We kept on violating His laws and moving ourselves away from Him and now we realize that we can’t get back to Him. We got ourselves in over our heads with our mess. We know that we have done things which are displeasing to Him, like lie, steal, cheat, hurt others, defile our own bodies, give to others the love which we should have given to Him. We have lived for pleasures, which really have not satisfied. But we need to realize that this same Loving Creator is also a Righteous King and a Just Judge. The Bible says that our sins have separated between us and God, and the wages or punishment for our sin is death (separation and suffering).
GOD IS REACHING OUT FOR YOU
But God, Who is Loving, Righteous and Just was willing to do whatever necessary to get you out of trouble. He sent His Son to take away your guilt and punishment. Jesus was willing to remove your penalty by going to the cross, because He loved you. God was willing to give His Son and His Son was willing to give His life. And now His Spirit is speaking to you. He is drawing you to Himself. He wants you to turn around and come back to Him.
Someone once wrote a song which says:
"He loves me,
He loves me,
He loves me this I know.
He gave Himself to die for me,
Because He loves me so."
The Plain Truth is that no one will make an effort to escape danger until they recognize the fact that they are in danger. God's Word shows the danger of being lost.
"For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," Ecclesiastes 7:20
You are a sinner and don't deserve to go to heaven.
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23,
The only way you can pay for your sins is by spending eternity in hell.
We can't do anything good enough on our own to merit heaven.
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us."
Titus 3:5
We cannot save ourselves.
"Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:9)
But the Good News is that Jesus Christ Himself paid the price for our sins:
Jesus not only died, but also rose from the dead!
BELIEVE GOD
So… Do you believe you have broken God’s laws? You have. Do you believe you should be separated from God because of your lawlessness? You should. Do you believe God loves you? He does. Do you believe He wants to have a loving and living relationship with you? He does. Do you believe Jesus suffered and died for you? He did. Do you believe He rose again physically from the dead? He did. Do you believe He will forgive you and enter your life if you ask Him? Well, He will… …it is all true, and He did it for you. Do you believe it?
TURN TO GOD
All He wants you to do is trust Him for His forgiveness, renewing and cleansing. It isn't just a matter of religious jargon or exercises or head stuff. It is a loving and trusting relationship. Trust Him to do what He says and love Him for what He did. If you do, you will then do what He wants you to do, because He will actually come to live in your life and give you the power to do His will. You accept the gift by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, and by confessing Him with your mouth
CONFESS TO GOD
If you are ready to turn from your own way and follow Him and His way you can talk to God right now. Do you want things to be right with God? They can be. Stop right now and listen inside your heart for Him to speak to you. He is speaking to you. Maybe it is guilt, emptiness, disappointment or shame. But God is showing that you need Him and that He loves you. Surrender yourself to God as you pray this prayer(or something closely like it!)…
Dear God… thank you for loving me, thank you for talking to me right here. I know that I have sinned against You, and that I deserve to be punished. I believe Your Son Jesus loves me and died for me on the cross. I also believe Jesus came out of the grave alive because He is God, my Savior. I ask you to forgive me, and change me by coming into my life. I turn from my sins, and I will follow You as You lead me and empower me. Thank You for Your undying love and kindness. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
This is God’s lifeline to us. If we will receive this truth by faith, God will save us, deliver us, rescue us from our sins and our eternal separation from God.
The Bible says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9-10
So, Now What?
If you have repented and believed, you are now saved from condemnation, from hell. You are secure in the promise of God to you that by doing this, you are now a new creature, reborn and brand-new! He will never forsake you and you are never alone.
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand."
John 10:27-28
This page shouldn't take long to read, but it could last you forever. Don’t just read this with your head, read it with your heart, because that is where God wants to live.
We live in a complicated world which seems to have more questions than answers. We certainly don’t have answers for all of the questions our world faces. However, we do have the answer to the most important question anyone can ask; “HOW CAN I KNOW THAT EVERYTHING IS OK BETWEEN ME AND GOD?” The only reason we have the answer is because God told someone and then someone told us the answer. Now we want to tell you the answer.
Faith is not just "believing the facts" about Jesus. It is trusting in Jesus. We must surrender to Jesus as Lord.
Surrendering to Jesus as Lord means giving Jesus control of our lives. The Bible is our 'Road Map' on how to live as Christians. No one can live a sinless, spotless life even after salvation. By God's grace the saved will be forgiven for their sins that are committed and still have a mansion reserved in Heaven. He is an awesome God!!
GOD LOVES US
God wants every person to be OK with Him. See, He loves us. Yes, I know, we have not always loved Him or shown Him that we loved Him, but He still loves us anyway. Just like me, you have chosen to do things which were displeasing to our Loving Creator, and then we chose to do it again and again and then we couldn't help ourselves, we just kept on doing the things which we knew our Loving Creator did not want us to do.
WE HAVE LIVED FOR OURSELVES
We knew we should not do certain things and we did them anyway. We did those things even though we knew that we were moving farther and farther from God. We were putting more and more distance between ourselves and the God Who loves us. We did those things even though we knew that those things would separate us from God forever. That is why we are so bothered with life. Nothing satisfies and we know that we will be empty even after this life is over. Maybe we even know that we will suffer for the way we lived our life. There is so much emptiness and despair.
HE STILL LOVES US
It is never good for us to do terrible things, resulting in despair and confusion. Sometimes people do not look for help until they come to “the last straw” in life. Sometimes people do not look up to God until they are on their back in a hospital or in the gutter. It isn't because God wasn't ready and able to help all along, but we just didn't have time for Him. You would think God would not have time for us, but He does, He loves us, no matter what we did or said or thought, He loves us. In spite of all our mess-ups and failures and disobedience, He still loves us.
WE HAVE CHOSEN OUR OWN ROUTES
We kept on violating His laws and moving ourselves away from Him and now we realize that we can’t get back to Him. We got ourselves in over our heads with our mess. We know that we have done things which are displeasing to Him, like lie, steal, cheat, hurt others, defile our own bodies, give to others the love which we should have given to Him. We have lived for pleasures, which really have not satisfied. But we need to realize that this same Loving Creator is also a Righteous King and a Just Judge. The Bible says that our sins have separated between us and God, and the wages or punishment for our sin is death (separation and suffering).
GOD IS REACHING OUT FOR YOU
But God, Who is Loving, Righteous and Just was willing to do whatever necessary to get you out of trouble. He sent His Son to take away your guilt and punishment. Jesus was willing to remove your penalty by going to the cross, because He loved you. God was willing to give His Son and His Son was willing to give His life. And now His Spirit is speaking to you. He is drawing you to Himself. He wants you to turn around and come back to Him.
Someone once wrote a song which says:
"He loves me,
He loves me,
He loves me this I know.
He gave Himself to die for me,
Because He loves me so."
The Plain Truth is that no one will make an effort to escape danger until they recognize the fact that they are in danger. God's Word shows the danger of being lost.
"For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not," Ecclesiastes 7:20
You are a sinner and don't deserve to go to heaven.
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23,
The only way you can pay for your sins is by spending eternity in hell.
We can't do anything good enough on our own to merit heaven.
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us."
Titus 3:5
We cannot save ourselves.
"Not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:9)
But the Good News is that Jesus Christ Himself paid the price for our sins:
- "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
- "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
- "For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him," II Corinthians 5:21
Jesus not only died, but also rose from the dead!
- "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." I Corinthians 15:3,4
BELIEVE GOD
So… Do you believe you have broken God’s laws? You have. Do you believe you should be separated from God because of your lawlessness? You should. Do you believe God loves you? He does. Do you believe He wants to have a loving and living relationship with you? He does. Do you believe Jesus suffered and died for you? He did. Do you believe He rose again physically from the dead? He did. Do you believe He will forgive you and enter your life if you ask Him? Well, He will… …it is all true, and He did it for you. Do you believe it?
TURN TO GOD
All He wants you to do is trust Him for His forgiveness, renewing and cleansing. It isn't just a matter of religious jargon or exercises or head stuff. It is a loving and trusting relationship. Trust Him to do what He says and love Him for what He did. If you do, you will then do what He wants you to do, because He will actually come to live in your life and give you the power to do His will. You accept the gift by believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, and by confessing Him with your mouth
- "...but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23
- "If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For...with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10: 9-10)
CONFESS TO GOD
If you are ready to turn from your own way and follow Him and His way you can talk to God right now. Do you want things to be right with God? They can be. Stop right now and listen inside your heart for Him to speak to you. He is speaking to you. Maybe it is guilt, emptiness, disappointment or shame. But God is showing that you need Him and that He loves you. Surrender yourself to God as you pray this prayer(or something closely like it!)…
Dear God… thank you for loving me, thank you for talking to me right here. I know that I have sinned against You, and that I deserve to be punished. I believe Your Son Jesus loves me and died for me on the cross. I also believe Jesus came out of the grave alive because He is God, my Savior. I ask you to forgive me, and change me by coming into my life. I turn from my sins, and I will follow You as You lead me and empower me. Thank You for Your undying love and kindness. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
This is God’s lifeline to us. If we will receive this truth by faith, God will save us, deliver us, rescue us from our sins and our eternal separation from God.
The Bible says, “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Romans 10:9-10
So, Now What?
If you have repented and believed, you are now saved from condemnation, from hell. You are secure in the promise of God to you that by doing this, you are now a new creature, reborn and brand-new! He will never forsake you and you are never alone.
- Follow Him - obey His commandments found in the Bible. Jesus said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." - Matthew 22:38-40
- Read your Bible daily and - always, always - put the Word of God before the words of any created being.
- Pray daily, and often; repenting and seeking forgiveness for any sins you may have commit and resolving to not do so again, with God's help;also - praying for the needs of others and praying for the unsaved to be saved.
- Find fellowship with other believing Christians to worship and praise God together with, to pray with and to support one another with the love and comfort God gives to each of us. The fellowship of our fellow believers is the main avenue God uses to give us comfort, provide for our needs and to encourage us in our walk with Him in this life.
- Tell others about what God has done for you - and what He can do for them. You don't need to be a preacher or a missionary to tell people the Good News! Just tell them about your friend - Jesus!
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand."
John 10:27-28
We care about about where you will spend eternity. If you have repented and believed, and have chosen to make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life - we rejoice with you and want to help you learn what this means for you! Please call or e-mail* us and we'd love to talk with you about your first steps as a new Christian - and how you can deepen your walk with the Lord.
Please call: (920) 568-0497
or e-mail at: [email protected]
If you would like a Bible as you begin your new life in Christ, email us and we will be glad to send or give you one - completely free of charge.
*We will not contact you unless you request it and we will not use the information you give to us for any other purpose.
Please call: (920) 568-0497
or e-mail at: [email protected]
If you would like a Bible as you begin your new life in Christ, email us and we will be glad to send or give you one - completely free of charge.
*We will not contact you unless you request it and we will not use the information you give to us for any other purpose.