Sin is what separates man from God. This chasm between God and man happened in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve rebelled against God and ate the forbidden fruit, thereby giving the authority and dominion they possessed on earth over to Satan. Because of that original sin, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23, KJV).
All wrongdoing is sin (1 John 5:17, ESV). Wrongdoing is anything that violates God’s Word and His righteous ways, or His right ways of doing things. This would include the obvious things like murder, stealing, cheating and lying; as well, as the not-so-obvious sins like envy, pride and jealously, to name just a few.
In the Hebrew, sin literally means “to miss the mark.” Think of shooting an arrow intended to hit the bull’s-eye, but it misses the mark, again and again. No matter what you do, you can never hit God’s righteous mark on your own because of sin. Romans 6:23 tells us the wages of sin is death. Those who physically die in sin will be forever separated from God to spend eternity in hell.
But there’s good news! Because God loves us so much, He made a way to solve the sin problem. He gave His only Son, Jesus, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16).
What did Jesus do? First Peter 2:24 tells us that Jesus personally carried our sins in His body on the cross, so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. All you have to do to go from being eternally separated from God by sin to being joined with God forever in eternity is accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior!
How do you do accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior? It’s simple.
If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans 10:9).
Jesus did all the hard part. All you have to do is pray the prayer.
And it is without question the best decision you will ever make! Have you accepted God’s FREE gift of salvation? If not, we urge you to do it today—don’t wait! One of our licensed prayer ministers is standing by to pray with you right now. Please call us at 817-852-6000.
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