The Good News

The bad news: We are sinners destined for God’s wrath

• Romans 3:10 “As it is written, ‘there is none righteous, not even one”
• Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
• Romans 5:12 “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned.”

The good news: Jesus died and rose again, so we may be saved from hell

• Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
• Romans 5:8 “But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”

How can I be sure of going to heaven?

• Romans 10:9-10 “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth, he confesses, resulting in salvation.”
• Romans 10:13 “For whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved.”

How do I become God’s child?

• Galatians 3:26 “For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.”
• 2 Corinthians 6:18 “And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me,” Says the Lord Almighty.”

The promises of Jesus

• John 10:10 Jesus said, “A thief comes only to steal and to kill and to destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance…”
• John 14:21 “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
• 1 John 5:12 “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.”