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  1. GOD LOVES YOU!                                                                  
  2. Did you know that God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your               
  3. life?                                                                           
  4.                                                                                 
  5. Well He does!  Look at this verse:                                              
  6.                                                                                 
  7. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,                
  8. that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have                     
  9. everlasting life."  (John 3:16)                                                 
  10.                                                                                 
  11. Think of it like this:                                                          
  12. For God so loved YOU, that he gave his only begotten Son, that if               
  13. YOU believe in him, YOU should not perish, but have everlasting                 
  14. life.                                                                           
  15.                                                                                 
  16. References:                                                                     
  17. God loves you and offers you a full and meaningful life.                        
  18. 1 John 4:9:                                                                     
  19. "In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that                 
  20. God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live               
  21. through him."                                                                   
  22. 1 John 5:11 :                                                                   
  23. "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life,                
  24. and this life is in his Son."                                                   
  25.                                                                                 
  26. This full and meaningful life is abundant.                                      
  27. John 10:10:                                                                     
  28. "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to                    
  29. destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might               
  30. have [it] more abundantly."                                                     
  31.                                                                                 
  32. This full and meaningful life is everlasting.                                   
  33. John 3:16:                                                                      
  34. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,                
  35. that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have                     
  36. everlasting life."                                                              
  37.                                                                                 
  38.                                                                                 
  39. YOU ARE A SINNER:                                                               
  40. Yes, IT IS A FACT THAT YOU ARE A SINNER.                                        
  41.                                                                                 
  42. The fact is, we are all sinners:                                                
  43.                                                                                 
  44.  "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"                     
  45. (Romans 3:23)                                                                   
  46.                                                                                 
  47. You have sinned against God in thought, word, and deed.                         
  48.                                                                                 
  49. Won't you admit to yourself right now that you are a sinner and                 
  50. that you need God?                                                              
  51.                                                                                 
  52. References:                                                                     
  53.                                                                                 
  54. Failure to turn yourself over to Jesus Christ is sin.                           
  55. John 3:18:                                                                      
  56. "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth               
  57. not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the                   
  58. name of the only begotten Son of God."                                          
  59. Romans 5:12:                                                                    
  60. "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death                 
  61. by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have                     
  62. sinned:"                                                                        
  63.                                                                                 
  64. Sin is not believing in God and not believing in Jesus, God's                   
  65. Son.                                                                            
  66. 1 John 5:10:                                                                    
  67. "He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself:               
  68. he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he                      
  69. believeth not the record that God gave of his Son."                             
  70.                                                                                 
  71. All unrighteousness is sin.  You have committed sins of                         
  72. commission (doing what is wrong) and sins of omission (not doing                
  73. what is right).                                                                 
  74. 1 John 5:17:                                                                    
  75. "All unrighteousness is sin: ..."                                               
  76.                                                                                 
  77.                                                                                 
  78. YOU ARE NOW DEAD IN SIN:                                                        
  79. Look at this verse:                                                             
  80.                                                                                 
  81. "For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is]                      
  82. eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."  (Romans 6:23)                     
  83.                                                                                 
  84. You have already admitted that you are a sinner.  God would have                
  85. you to know that "the wages of sin is death".  You are dead in                  
  86. sin until you accept Christ as your personal Savior.                            
  87.                                                                                 
  88. To be saved means to be made alive.                                             
  89.                                                                                 
  90. Do not despair, there is hope . . .                                             
  91.                                                                                 
  92. References:                                                                     
  93.                                                                                 
  94. You are dead in sin until you accept Christ as personal Savior.                 
  95. Ephesians 2:1:                                                                  
  96. "And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and                   
  97. sins;"                                                                          
  98.                                                                                 
  99.                                                                                 
  100. Death is spiritual separation (your sins have separated you from