God loves you and wants you to know Him so He can fill you with peace and give you real life — forever.
The Bible says:
- Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1).
- For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
Jesus said:
- “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).
Since God planned for us to have peace and real life right now, why are so many people missing out on it?
God created us in His own image so we can know Him personally and have a joy-filled life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him, but gave us a will and a freedom of choice. Since the beginning of time, we have chosen to disobey God and go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God and ends in misery.
The Bible says:
- For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23).
The Bible says that disobeying God results in being separated from Him.
We can never be united with God by our own attempts. Through the ages, people have tried many ways to bridge this gap and reach God — without success.
The Bible says:
- Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned (Romans 5:12).
- There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death (Proverbs 14:12).
There is only one way to experience forgiveness for our sins and be united with God.
Jesus Christ is the only answer to this problem. He is the only One who can bring us back to God. He died on the Cross and rose from the grave, paying the penalty for our sin and bridging the gap between God and people.
The Bible says:
- For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:5).
- For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit (1 Peter 3:18).
- But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).
God has provided the only way — we must make the choice.
We must trust Jesus Christ to forgive our sins and determine to follow Him for the rest of our lives. That way we can know God and find peace.
The Bible says:
- If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation (Romans 10:9-10).
Is there any good reason why you cannot turn your life over to Jesus Christ right now? Will you do so now?
Have you prayed this prayer?
