Good News SEPTEMBER 2023

P A G E 2
“None of
our good
works can
erase the
guilt of sin…
Salvation is
a gift”
T H E
G O O D
N E W S
The problem is that
none of our good works can
erase the guilt of our sin.
God’s word teaches that
“whoever keeps the whole
law and yet stumbles at just
one point is guilty of breaking
all of it” (James 2:10).
Just one sin is enough to
make us guilty.
If you want to be prepared
for Heaven, you need
to have your sins forgiven.
Because God loves us, He
has — at great expense —
provided the way. Our salvation
was paid for through the
suffering and death of Jesus
Christ on the cross. God sent
Him to die in our place, receiving
the punishment for
our sin. “God so loved the
world that He gave His one
and only Son, that whoever
believes in Him shall not perish
but have eternal
life” (John 3:16).
Do you want a passport
to Heaven? — First, you must
recognise that your sinfulness
makes you unfit for
Heaven. Next, you need to
realize that you cannot earn
God’s forgiveness. Finally,
you have to depend fully upon
Jesus’ sacrifice as payment
for your sins.
You will receive your
passport to Heaven when
you place your trust in Jesus
Christ as Lord and Saviour. “If
you declare with your
mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’, and
believe in your heart that
God raised Him from the
dead, you will be
saved” (Romans
10:9). Salvation is a gift. “By
grace you have been saved,
through faith — and this not
from yourselves, it is the gift
of God — not by works, so
that no one can
boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).
Accept the free gift of
salvation God offers you
through His Son. “Believe in
the Lord Jesus, and you will
be saved” (Acts 16:31). You
can ask God to give you this
salvation right now. All who
turn to Him in sincere faith
will be saved!