The first thing I want to tell you is that God does not hate you! If you look at the above verse again, it says that God sent His Son so that the world (we) could be saved. Don’t get me wrong. God is a Holy God. He hates your sin but He loves you.

"But you don’t know what I’ve done...someone told me I can’t be saved." I hate to tell you this, but someone lied to you. There is only one sin that Jesus can’t forgive and if you want to be saved and have read even this far on this page, you haven’t committed it! How do I know that?

Romans 2:4 says that the goodness of God leads you to repentance. If you are even curious about Salvation, then you can be sure that God is still drawing you to Him.

"But I’ve tried and I can’t be good enough to be saved." Neither can the rest of us. You see, it all started when Adam disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden. (You can read about that in the first book of the Bible, Genesis.) Adam was a sinless man and when he disobeyed God, he opened the door to all the evil we now see in the earth. A sinless man had caused the problem and only a sinless man could solve it. The big problem was, there weren’t any sinless men left because all of the people on Earth came from Adam and thus had his sinful nature. That’s why God sent His Son, Jesus.

When Jesus hung on the cross, He took all the sins of the world and covered them with His own blood.

"If that’s true, then why don’t I automatically get saved?" Good question.... Although Jesus took all of the world’s sin on Himself, God has given all men free will. He will not violate it even to save you. You have a choice to make. You can either choose to accept the sacrifice Jesus made for you, or you can reject it.

"So how can I accept it?" Look at the following verses:

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

This simply means that if you believe that Jesus died on the cross and that God raised Him from the dead, then you can talk to Him. Tell Him that you know you have sinned and done bad things. Ask Him to be your Lord and Savior so that the sacrifice He made on the cross will be for you too. Ask Him to clean you up on the inside and help you start living the way He wants you to.

If you decide to take this step or have any questions, please e-mail me and let me know about it. It is so exciting to know I have a new brother or sister in Jesus Christ.

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