What will you do with Jesus? Will you accept him or reject him? The choice is yours. You cannot be neutral about Jesus; you must decide. The gift is already wrapped and ready for you to open it and receive the gift of salvation. It costs you nothing. Jesus has paid for it in full when he died on the cross for your sins and rose again the third day. The gift of salvation is offered to "whosoever will". That means anyone can be saved right now if they want to be. All you have to do is call upon the name of Jesus and tell him you know you are a sinner and that you deserve to go to hell, but you are now putting all your trust in what He did for you to save you from the penalty of your sin. The penalty of sin is an eternity in hell, the lake of fire, for all eternity. If it wasn't for Jesus, we would all be spending an eternity in hell, where there is fire and brimstone, weeping and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. We are all sinners. Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Romans 10:13: For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Matthew 13:42: And shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 25:30: And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Revelation 21:8: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Revelation 20:15: And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Jesus loves you so much that he doesn't want you to go to hell. He loves you so much that he suffered immensely, with much more pain and agony then we could ever imagine. No one ever suffered like Jesus. What a great love that is. Jesus didn't deserve to die on a cruel cross because he was the sinless lamb of God who never ever sinned, but he was taking our place and had all our sins placed upon him so he could pay for them. His salvation is a free gift to us because he paid for it and he offers this gift to anyone and everyone. All you have to do is accept it and receive it. Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
When Jesus was dying on the cross, he was taking upon himself all of our sins and the sins of the whole world. I Peter 2:24: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. All of our sins were placed upon Jesus as if he did it. He was taking our place, paying for our sins, and taking our punishment for us, so we wouldn't have to pay for our sins ourselves and go to hell forever. That is why salvation is a free gift to all who will receive it, because Jesus purchased it with his own shed blood on the cross and the sufferings he went through. He was beaten, whipped, mocked, and spit upon, and he endured it all because of his great love for us sinners, so that whoever trusts in him could go to heaven instead of hell. After that he was buried and arose from the grave three days later, proving that He was the Son of God and is preparing a place in heaven for all those who will receive his free gift of salvation. That is how much He loves us. I John 2:2: And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world. Jesus died for everyone, so anyone can be saved if they want to be. The free gift is there waiting for you to receive it. Jesus longs for you to receive it, but he won't force you to. It must be your own decision from your own heart. It is just like you can't force someone to love you; it has to come from their own heart and be their own decision whether to love you or not. Just imagine how you would feel if you offered someone a gift for Christmas that you purchased for them, and you put so much love into it, and they wouldn't receive it, they wouldn't open it, and said "I don't want it." That would make you feel very sad, but you can't force them to receive it. That is how Jesus feels when you reject his gift of salvation, after he loved you so much that he shed his blood and suffered for you. When Jesus was hanging on the cross he had you in mind and every other person ever born in the world too. Since Jesus died for all the sins of the whole world, that means that salvation is available to anyone, not forced upon anyone, because you must receive the gift yourself for it to become yours. You must apply Jesus' shed blood to your own heart as his payment for your very own sins. Jesus has paid for all your past, present, and future sins. All your sins were future when he was dying on the cross. Salvation is a personal decision that you must decide by yourself whether to accept it or reject it. John 1:12: But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name. Notice how it says you have to receive Jesus to become a child of God. It is not that since Jesus paid for all the sins of the world that everyone gets to go to heaven. No, it means that it is available to everyone, but you have to receive it by believing on Jesus.
To sum it all up is a famous verse in the bible, John 3:16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. The word "believe" means not to just believe the facts about Jesus, it means to put all your trust in him and rely on him totally to forgive your sins and take you to heaven when you die (his wonderful gift of salvation) because of the price he paid. When you receive Jesus, you are believing on him (putting your total 100% trust in what he did for you and 0% trust in anything you could ever do yourself).
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