4 Things God Wants You to Know
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1. You need to be saved from sin’s penalty
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way. Isaiah 53:6
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death. (Proverbs 14:12)
For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23)
The wages of sin is death. (Romans 6:23)
Each of us will give an account of himself to God. (Romans 14:12)
It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)
2. You cannot save yourself
Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3)
He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy. (Titus 3:5)
For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. (James 2:10)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6)
3. Jesus has provided for your salvation
For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. (1 Timothy 2:5)
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God. (1 Peter 3:18)
For our sake he [God] made him [Jesus] to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:21)
God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
4. You can be saved today
Whoever hears my word and believes has passed from death to life. (John 5:24)
Behold, now is the… time; behold, now is the day of salvation. (2 Corinthians 6:2)
Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. (Isaiah 55:6)
Your part:
Believe: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved. (Acts 16:31)
Repent (turn from your sins): Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. (Luke 13:3)
Confess your sin to Jesus: For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus. (I Timothy 2:5)
Confess Jesus before others: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. (Romans 10:9)
Trust Him to keep you: [He] is able to keep you from stumbling. (Jude 24)
That’s what God wants you to know!
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