Introduction
To believe this message requires faith - faith in a God who wants to be known by you as the Creator and Author of your life. We all need a Saviour, and we all seek to earn salvation through attempts at good works, confession to a man, or devotion to a religious sect. If you were to look at the message of the Bible and the message of every religion out there, you could have two columns of thought. Under the heading of "All Religion,” you would find things like good works, being faithful to church, respecting others, praying for dead relatives, and not lying or stealing. In the column of "Message of the Bible," you would find a list like this: God paid for your sins, grace, freedom from religion, satisfaction, adoption, love, hope, fellowship, and forgiveness.
But why exactly do we need a Saviour? The answer is sin and separation. We are all born in sin, and we will all die in our sin outside of God’s redemption. Our very world is a sin-cursed world. Sin is so destructive that it can lie undetected in our minds, filling our thoughts and influencing our choices. But we have not always been this way - God created man sinless. We are God's ultimate creation, and He created us to love us and gave us the choice to love Him back. Man chose to turn from God, but God still loved us, and He made us a promise - a promise that He fulfilled because we could not. And through this promise alone, man can be with God again.
This book is taken directly from the Holy Scriptures and organized to provide a clear picture of the power of God, the penalty of God, the provision of God, and the protection of God. This is not our message; this is God's message. In the organizing of the scripture for the sake of flow and understanding, liberty has been taken to connect the thoughts in order to present the message of the Bible in a simple manner. I have attempted to maintain references for your own help in seeing each scripture in the original context in your own Bible. If you do not have your own Bible, please contact us today and we will get you your own copy. My prayer is for this message of God's redemption and grace to connect with you. May you see your need for a redeemed relationship that can only be found in Jesus Christ.
Compiled by Jason Mann
Reaching Europe Ministries in 2023
based on the KJV Bible
Please email [email protected] to have this translated into other languages.
To believe this message requires faith - faith in a God who wants to be known by you as the Creator and Author of your life. We all need a Saviour, and we all seek to earn salvation through attempts at good works, confession to a man, or devotion to a religious sect. If you were to look at the message of the Bible and the message of every religion out there, you could have two columns of thought. Under the heading of "All Religion,” you would find things like good works, being faithful to church, respecting others, praying for dead relatives, and not lying or stealing. In the column of "Message of the Bible," you would find a list like this: God paid for your sins, grace, freedom from religion, satisfaction, adoption, love, hope, fellowship, and forgiveness.
But why exactly do we need a Saviour? The answer is sin and separation. We are all born in sin, and we will all die in our sin outside of God’s redemption. Our very world is a sin-cursed world. Sin is so destructive that it can lie undetected in our minds, filling our thoughts and influencing our choices. But we have not always been this way - God created man sinless. We are God's ultimate creation, and He created us to love us and gave us the choice to love Him back. Man chose to turn from God, but God still loved us, and He made us a promise - a promise that He fulfilled because we could not. And through this promise alone, man can be with God again.
This book is taken directly from the Holy Scriptures and organized to provide a clear picture of the power of God, the penalty of God, the provision of God, and the protection of God. This is not our message; this is God's message. In the organizing of the scripture for the sake of flow and understanding, liberty has been taken to connect the thoughts in order to present the message of the Bible in a simple manner. I have attempted to maintain references for your own help in seeing each scripture in the original context in your own Bible. If you do not have your own Bible, please contact us today and we will get you your own copy. My prayer is for this message of God's redemption and grace to connect with you. May you see your need for a redeemed relationship that can only be found in Jesus Christ.
Compiled by Jason Mann
Reaching Europe Ministries in 2023
based on the KJV Bible
Please email [email protected] to have this translated into other languages.
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