Has anyone ever taken a Bible and
shown you how you can KNOW for sure
that you're going to heaven?

The Bible contains both BAD NEWS and GOOD NEWS

• You are a Sinner
  - Romans 3:23 says, "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."

           "Sinned" means that we have missed the mark.  When we
           lie, hate, lust, or gossip, we have missed the standard God
           has set.

           Suppose you and I were to each throw a rock and try to hit
           the North Pole.  You might throw farther than I, but neither of
           would hit it.

          When the Bible says, "All have sinned and fall short," it
          means that we have all come short of God's standard of
          perfection.  In thoughts, and deeds, we have not been
          perfect.

            But the BAD NEWS gets worse...

• The penalty for sin is death
  - Romans 6:23 says, "The wages of sin is death."

          Suppose you worked for me and I paid you $50.  That $50
          was your wages.  That's what you earned.

          The Bible says that by sinning we have earned death.  That
           means we deserve to die and be separated from God
           forever.

           But...since there was no way we could come to God, God
           came to us.

            This brings us to the GOOD NEWS

The good news is something about God.

• Christ died for you
  - Romans 5:8 tells us, "God demonstrates His own love for
     us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

         Suppose you are in a hospital dying of cancer.  I come to
         you and say, "Let's take the cancer cell from your body and
         put them into my body."  If that were possible:

*What would happen to me?
I would die in your place
*What would happen to you?
I would die instead of you

         The Bible says Christ took the penalty that we deserved fro
         sin,  placed it upon Himself, and died in our place.

        Three days later Christ came back to life to prove that sin
        and death had been conquered and that His claims to be
        God were true.

Just as the BAD NEWS got worse,
the GOOD NEWS gets better!

• You can be saved through faith in Christ
  - Ephesians 2:8,9 says, "For by grace [undeserved favor] you
    have been saved [delivered from sin's penalty] through faith,
   and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works
   lest anyone should boast."

           Just as you trust a chair to hold you through no effort of your
           own, so you must trust Jesus Christ to get you to heaven
           through no effort of  your own.  But you may say,

              * " I'm religious."                             * " I go to church."
                                           * " I don't steal."
              * " I'm a good person."                     * " I help the poor." 

          These are all good, but good living, going to church, helping
           the poor or any other good thing you might do cannot get
           you to heaven. 

          You must trust in Jesus Christ alone, and God will
          give you eternal life as a gift!

Does this make sense to you?

Is there anything keeping you
from trusting Christ right now?

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Think carefully. 
There is nothing more important than
your need to trust Christ.

     Would you like to tell God you are trusting Jesus Christ as
      your Savior?

      If you would, why not pray right now and tell God you are
      trusting His Son?

REMEMBER!

       It is not a prayer that saves you.  It is trusting Jesus Christ that
       saves you.  Prayer is simply how you tell God what you are
       doing.

John 5:24 explains, "He who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life."

• Did you "hear" God's word?

• Did you "believe" what God said and trust Christ as your Savior?

• Does "has everlasting life" mean later or right now?

• Does it say "shall not come into judgment" or might not?

• Does it say "has passed from death" or shall pass?

Eternal life is based on fact, not feeling.
Memorize John 5:24 today.

What do you do now?

Having trusted Christ as your only way to heaven, here's how to grow in your relationship with Him.

• Tell God what's on your mind through prayer
  (Philippians 4:6,7).

• Read the Bible every day (2 Timothy 3:16,17).
  Start with Philippians.

• Worship with God's people in a local church
  (Hebrews 10:24,25).

• Tell others about Jesus Christ (Matthew 4:19).

Remember to forward this good news to everyone you know.  

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Contents from the "May I Ask You a Question?" tract used with permission
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