Our message is that Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead to save sinners who believe in Him.
Here is a summary of the Bible’s story:
In the beginning, God created human beings to be in a relationship of union and friendship with Him, which means we owe Him our highest love and loyalty.
The bad news is that human beings rebelled against God, broke His good laws, and turned away from Him, chasing after created things rather than God Himself. We broke our relationship with God and therefore deserve His anger and judgment and death. That’s why we are all dying. God would be perfectly just to leave us all to die in our sins forever in hell.
But there is good news! God mercifully looked down from heaven upon sinful human beings, and with perfect compassion and love in His heart, He chose to make a way for sinners to be saved from sin and death and to have the free gift of abundant life now and forever.
In eternity past, God graciously made a covenant with His Son about the salvation of sinners. And at the right time, God sent Jesus into this world to fulfill the terms of that eternal covenant. In willing obedience to His Father, Jesus perfectly obeyed all of God’s laws, died on the cross for poor sinners, and on the third day, He rose from the dead, having conquered death. Jesus died so that we do not have to die. He paid the penalty of our sins to reconcile us to God, and He rose from the dead, having purchased eternal life for all who belong to Him.
The Bible says that Christ comes to you with grace, forgiveness, and life in His hands, and He warmly invites you to Himself. He is a friend of sinners. He didn’t come into this world to save the righteous, but sinners. It’s not the healthy who need a physician but the sick. So, if you know you are a soul sick sinner, and if you trust Jesus to reconcile you to God and rule your life, you will certainly enjoy true life right now, and eternal life with God in heaven.
The Bible also teaches that one day the Lord Jesus Christ will return from heaven to establish a perfect kingdom on earth, where He will rule with perfect love over His people. One day in the future, this world will be a wonderful place of friendship and unity with God and with our fellow human beings, where we will enjoy Him and one another forever and ever.
Are you tired of your rebellion against God and of your love for things that can never make you happy? Are you weary of your guilt and shame? Do you want to be reconciled to God and to be a friend of God? If so, then God has already been merciful to you. He is already pouring out His grace upon you. So, close with Christ. Come to Jesus in faith, and you will live! Trust in Him, and He will forgive you. Rest in Him, and He will refresh you. Turn from your sins and live in Him, and you will know true life now and forever. Jesus keeps all of His promises and He will never disappoint you.
If you come to faith in Jesus and repent of your sins, the Bible says you need to be baptized as a sign of God’s saving covenant and as a testimony of your faith to others. You will also need to join a Bible teaching church where your faith will be strengthened in Christ and you will be able express worship to God corporately with other Christians, just as He commands you to do.