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God Loves us
The four points are a really simple overview of the Bible and the first thing that you need to know is that God, the creator of the universe, LOVES you!
His love for you is unlimited and completely unconditional. This means there is nothing you can do to make God love you any more or less than he does right now.
Not only does God love you, he also has an amazing plan and purpose for your life.
God desperately wants to have a relationship with you, he doesn't want you to miss out on the incredible future he has for you. There is nothing that God wants more than to love and be loved by you.
Words of the Bible
And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
(1 John 4:16)
You make known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
(Psalm 16:11)
What do you feel hearing that you are loved?
We have been separated from God
Sadly we have been separated from God's amazing love by something that the bible calls sin. Simply put, sin is when we choose to live for ourselves rather than God. We sin when we ignore God, we break his laws and basically do things our own way.
Sin destroys relationships with friends, with family and with God. Instead of living the incredible life God intended, the bible says that sin has instead brought misery, pain and ultimately death.
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
(Romans 3:23)
But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
(Isaiah 59:2)
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Do you want to experience God's love?
Jesus gave everything for us
The third point is probably one of the most well known facts in the history of mankind.
What is important to realise is that the penalty for sin is spiritual death; separation from the God who created us to be in relationship with him.
The Bible says we've all sinned and we all deserve to be separated from God, in this life and for eternity.
But God who is full of mercy, loved you so much that he sent Jesus to come and die in your place, experiencing separation from his father God so that we don't have to. When Jesus died he made a way for us to have eternal life with God.
Words of the Bible
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
(John 3:16).
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.
He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.
(1 Peter 3:18)
Do you want to receive God's love?
We need to make a decision
God has done everything possible to show us how much he loves us. He offers us a fulfilled and eternal life through Jesus Christ. Every person is challenged to make a decision.
We can ask God to forgive us for living our way. And we can decide to live a life with God by trusting Jesus. What will your decision be?
Words of the Bible
Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
(John 1:12)
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
(Revelation 3:20)
Will you choose a life with Jesus?
How should I pray?
If you want to respond to God's love, you can say this simple prayer:
Dear God, thank You for loving me.
I realize that I have lived without You until now.
I’m really sorry about that.
Jesus Christ, thank You for forgiving me for going my own way and for all my sins and that You died for me and rose from the dead.
I want to trust You, and I ask You: Come into my life. Be my Saviour and Lord.
Let me experience Your love and Your good intentions for my life. I thank You.
Amen.