27/11/2025
• The Bible tells us that we're all sinners, less perfect than God.
* "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not" (Ecclesiastes 7:20).
* "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
• To sin is to miss the mark of God's perfection. We have all violated His word and broken His commandments. The price that God demands for payment of sin is death. If you choose to pay for your own sin, you will have to die and spend forever separated from God in Hell.
* "Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die" (Ezekiel 18:4).
* "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23).
• God's Word also says that no sin can enter Heaven because Heaven is a perfect place and sin would bring death. Man must be sinless in God's eyes to enter Heaven.
* "For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee" (Psalm 5:4).
* "And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life" (Revelation 21:27).
• There is absolutely nothing you can do to obtain the sinless perfection God requires for eternal life. No amount of good works or sincerity can give you the righteousness needed. The Bible says,
* "For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ" (Romans 5:17).
* "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).
• Because God loves you, He sent His Son Jesus Christ--God in the flesh-- to earth to take your place and make the complete payment for all your sin by shedding His innocent blood, dying on the cross.
• Three days later, He came back from the dead proving the payment was accepted by God the Father.
* "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).
* "For He (God the Father) hath made Him (Jesus, God the Son) to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" (2 Corinthians 5:21).
• All you must do to possess everlasting life is believe, or trust, that Jesus Christ alone paid the price for 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).
* "And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith" (Philippians 3:9).
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