- Introduction
- How can you meet God's standard of righteousness?
- How does Jesus relate to you and me?
- What should you do now?
- How do you become a Believer?
- What is it basically all about?
- Sign-off

Introduction
Jesus Christ is God's way of making up with mankind. Throughout the ages mankind has been separated from God by sin and by their desire to live life in their own way. God has a standard and to be accepted by God we have to meet that standard which is to be righteous. However God realises that by the very nature of mankind it is near impossible for us to meet that standard by our own efforts ("for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" - Romans 3 verse 23).
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How can you meet God's standard of righteousness?
So how can you meet God's standard of righteousness and be accepted by Him if by your own efforts you are destined to fall short? The answer is quite simply belief in God's Son Jesus Christ. God sent His Son to live life on earth as a man to preach salvation and draw mankind back on to God the Father. Then when Jesus' time on earth drew to an end, He died on the cross so that we could have life ("For God so love the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life" - John 3 verse 16).

When Jesus died on the cross, He was taking our place, accepting our punishment for sin even though He was righteous and totally without sin. He took the blame for us so that we could be found blameless before God. He then rose from the dead on the third day and in doing so defeated the power of death and sin over those who believe in Him.
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How does Jesus relate to you and me?
How does all this relate to you and to me? Well before I said that it is near impossible (if not completely impossible) for us to meet God's standard of righteousness by our own efforts. However God sent His only begotten Son Jesus Christ who lived life on earth on our terms and conditions. He became a man,  He was tempted as a man, He hungered, felt pain and sorrow, but yet did not sin (Christ "made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross - Philippians 2 verses 7-8; Jesus can sympathize with our weaknesses as He "was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin" - Hebrews 4 verse 14; "He was hungry" - Matthew 4 verse 2; "He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed" - Matthew 26 verse 37; "He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities" Isaiah 53 verse 5).

Jesus Christ has met God's standard of righteousness for our sake on our level (i.e. as a human being) and now says that if we would believe in Him and in what He has done for us, He will reward our belief (faith) in Him with righteousness and God will accept us. This righteousness that we need to be accepted by God cannot be achieved by our own efforts. It  is a gracious gift from God which can only be accepted if we choose to believe in the death and the resurrection of the Son of God Jesus ("For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast" - Ephesians 2 verses 8-9; "But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness" - Romans 4 verse 5).
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What should you do now?
I would encourage you to accept God's gift of grace. The Bible says in Romans 6 verse 23 "the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord". God has given us a choice between eternal life in His son Jesus Christ, or death through sin. Anyone who accepts Jesus into their life does not have to accept the "wages of sin". 1 Peter 4 verse 8 says, "love covers a multitude of sin". God is full of that kind of love and wants to share it with us.
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How do you become a Believer?
How can you accept God's gift of grace? The Bible says in Romans 10 verse 9 "if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved". I would therefore encourage you to have a word with God and say something like: "God I believe in Your Son Jesus Christ and in what He has done for me though His death and resurrection. I thank You for the love You have shown me through Him. I would like to accept Your gift of grace. Please forgive me of my sins and come into my life".
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What is it basically all about?
It's about having a relationship with God. If you look at the typical relationship between close friends you will see that they communicate with each other on a regular basis. They turn to one another for help and advice. They try hard not to do anything that will offend the other, but if they do, they apologise and ask for forgiveness. However they will not keep doing those things which they know that their friend does not like. It should be the same for our relationship with God. We should communicate with Him regularly and make Him a part of everything we do. We should consult Him about decisions we have to make and seek for His direction ("Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths" - Proverbs 3 verses 5-6). We should make a good effort not to sin seeing that God is our friend, our father and we do not want to upset or offend Him, but if we do, know that God will forgive a repentant heart ("If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" - 1 John 1 verse 9).
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Sign-off
Accepting Jesus into my life is the best decision I have ever made. The more I relate with God, the closer I get to Him and the more I feel His presence in my life. He provides for my needs and has helped me through many tough situations. Although I slip up from time to time, the more I get to know God, the less these slip-ups occur and the stronger I get. He has given me hope and placed an inner joy inside of my heart. This strengthens me from day to day.

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