Good News

"For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him, would not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

Click on the above picture to download the movie. The file is 339kb in size and should take around 2 minutes to download with a 56k modem. The film depicts the significance of Jesus' death as it is understood by Christians in the Gospel story.

You can know that you're one of God's people.

There is a romance-drama at the very heart of our universe. It's plot is incredible but simple.

God loves you.
He'll do anything to woo you.

He loves you so much that he came to be one of us in his Son, Jesus Christ.

Such is his love, he even took my place and yours on a cross. He died for my sins and yours.

Sin is simply me saying, "I'm my own god".
Sin is rebellion against my Maker.
Sometimes sin is actively doing wrong.
Most times its simply ignoring God.
Sin cuts me off from Him, similar to the way sin creates a black cloud when we hurt each other......

Sin should be punished with separation from God. But God loved us so much that he gave his only Son Jesus Christ to pay our penalty.

"What do I do to become God's Child?"

Nothing!
The good news is that Jesus has done it all. He's our saviour, He died on the cross. It sounds gruesome but amazingly true:

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He washed away your sin and mine with his own blood. Now, he yearns to forgive you. All you can do is to accept his free gift of forgiveness, then ask him to come into your life as your God. Just talk to him. You might use words such as...

"Jesus, I want you to come in and change me. Please give me your free gift of forgiveness, I am sorry for being my own god. I want to turn to you as my Lord and King. Thank you for dying in my place. Now let your Spirit come in to me so that I might live for you. Amen (so be it). "

Some helpful parts of the Bible:

John's gospel, Chapter 3. verse 16.

Genesis (first book in the Bible) Read the first three chapters.

Letter to the Romans Chapter 3: verses 10 & 11 & 23

Letter to Ephesians. Chapter 2: verses 8 to 10

We run Emmaus - a course which helps people to see the real Jesus.

On the Day of the resurrection of Christ, he met two of his disciples on their way home to Emmaus, not far from Jerusalem. During that journey he opened their eyes to see who he was and how their lives could be radically and abundantly changed with his Good News.

If you would like to know more, please contact kevinlogan@fish.co.uk