1) God loves all people regardless of their sins or past mistakes. His love is shown through sending Jesus to die for people's sins. 2) All people are sinners who fail to live up to God's standards. No good deeds can erase sin and make people right with God. 3) To be saved from sin and death, people must admit they are sinners, believe that Jesus died and rose from the dead to save them, and confess their faith in Jesus. Accepting God's gift of salvation through Jesus is represented by baptism.

1. GOD YOU Many people are confused about the way to God. Some think they will be punished or rewarded according to how good they are. Some think they should make things right in their lives before they try to come to God. Others find it hard to understand how Jesus could love them when other people don't seem to. But I have great news for you! God DOES love you! More than you can ever imagine! And there's nothing you can do to make Him stop! Yes, our sins demand punishment. But, because of His great love, God sent His only Son Jesus to die for our sins. This is how you know that God loves you. “ This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:3 ) and

2. There is just one thing that separates you from God. That one thing is sin. People tend to divide themselves into groups - good people and bad people. But God says that every person who has ever lived is a sinner, and that any sin separates us from God. No matter how we might classify ourselves, this includes you and me. We are all sinners. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that He will not hear you. (Isaiah 59:14) GOD YOU

3. For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. (Romans 3:23) The Bible describes sin in many ways. Most simply, sin is our failure to measure up to God’s holiness and His righteous standards. We sin by the things we do, choices we make, attitudes we show, and thoughts we entertain. We also sin when we fail to do right things. The Bible affirms our own experience – “there is none righteous, not even one.” No matter how good we try to be, none of us does right things all the time. GOD YOU

4. For you to come to God you have to get rid of your sin problem. In our own strength, no one can do this! You can't make yourself right with God by being a better person. Only God can rescue us from our sins. He is willing to do this not because of anything you can offer Him, but simply because HE LOVES YOU! For the wages of sin is DEATH, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23) GOD YOU DEATH

5. God's grace allows you to come to Him. You can't earn it. It's a free gift. God's gift to you is His son, Jesus, who was punished in your place when He died on the Cross. Jesus’ resurrection proves that He effectively dealt with our sin. Now, Jesus provides the way for you to know God and have a relationship with Him. When you realize how deeply your sin sorrows God and how desperately you need a Savior, then you are ready to receive God's offer of salvation. For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring you to God… (1 Peter 3:18) GOD YOU

6. There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12) Are you ready to accept the gift of eternal life that Jesus is offering you right now? If so, let me explain a little about how to make that decision. It’s as easy as A… B… C… A Admit B Confess C Believe

7. Admit Admit to God that you are a sinner and ask to be forgiven To admit we are sinners means turning away from our sin and selfishness and turning to follow Jesus. The Bible word for this is "repentance" - to change our thinking about our sin, and start seeing it the way God sees it.

8. Believe Believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that He died for you In his letter to the Romans Paul teaches that "If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." (Romans 10:9-10 ) Believing is not something that you do in your head, belief comes from the heart. Have you ever said to yourself “I’m not 100% sure, but I have a good feeling about…” That’s belief or having faith, it’s a choice you make. Having faith in Jesus is the choice that God wants you to make.

9. Confess Confess your faith in Jesus as your Savior and Lord Confessing is another aspect of having faith in Jesus. In the book of Mark we read of John the Baptist “preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins” and that people were coming to him and being baptized in the Jordan River. (Mark 1:4-5) In that time, this was a very public way of identifying yourself as a believer in Jesus Christ. God is wanting the same commitment from you. Today we still use baptism as a way to tell others that we believe in Jesus. God also wants us to open our mouths and tell people about our faith in Christ.