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ATTENTION: YOU HAVE JUST GIVEN UP THE RIGHT TO PLEAD IGNORANCE WHEN YOUR

           CASE IS BROUGHT BEFORE ALMIGHTY GOD!!!




It's both wonderful and most unfortunate that you chose to read on.
You see, now you know my little "secret" -- that Jesus died specifically
for you.  He thought about your life when He hung on the cross 2000 years
ago.  He knew every deep secret about you and every sin you would commit
or think of committing.  Yet He loved you so much He died for you so that
you wouldn't be responsible for them anymore.

But because you read this file, you have taken on a new responsibility.
See, now you know this wonderful thing that Jesus did for you, so you have
no excuses anymore.  Unless you accept Jesus and his act of Love for you,
one day you will stand before the throne of Almighty God who will remind
you of this day, when you read these words and closed your heart.  You
will have consciously chosen to refuse his death for you, so you will
assume FULL RESPONSIBILITY for all the sins in your entire life!

The penalty for sin, just in case you're curious, is death...  Not just
mortal death, but eternal death.  This is such a hideous concept that
it defies a finite description.  It entails

   1) Never-ending torture

   2) Total isolation -- from everyone and ESPECIALLY FROM GOD

This second point may not scare you now, but when your soul is released
from its Earthly chassis at your death, your weeping will probably center
around it more than the first point.




Let me clarify by first telling you something that surprisingly few people
know or believe...

The loving God that you have heard about requires a penalty for the things
you've done, the penalty of your DEATH.  Yes, God is love, BUT, His justice
is perfect and His nature is pure.  Had you been perfect you could have
just waltzed into Heaven after your death.  But, the sad truth is that you
can't do that due to your condition.  None of us can.

This fact will come as a rude awakening to all who die thinking that there
isn't a God or that he is so loving He won't hold them accountable for their
actions.  They will be in shock when they realize that God most certainly
does exist and that He cannot, as much as He wants to, hold company with
them because of their sinful condition.  HIS PURITY CANNOT BE MIXED WITH OUR
IMPURITY!

God chose, however, to give us a break.  The grandest, hugest, mind-
bogglingly biggest break anyone has ever given to anyone else.  He
devised a plan that would allow us a way out of our mess, but without
compromising His absolute justice.  He gave His own Son, Jesus, into
the hands of men to be killed on our behalf.  The magnitude of Jesus'
sacrifice is so great (because of His being God himself), that His
death is able to pay the price for the sins of every man, woman, and
child that ever lived (that's more than 10 billion!).

The only thing that we have to do is to believe in Jesus and ACCEPT what
he did for us.  That's it!  That zeroes out all our past, all our sins.








But enough of my yackin', let me outline God's plan by quoting God directly:


REALIZE YOU ARE A SINNER --

   For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
                                                           Romans 3:23

YOUR PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH --

   For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is etenal life
   in Christ Jesus our Lord.
                             Romans 6:23

CHRIST PAID YOUR PENALTY --

   But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet
   sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, having now been justified
   by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.  For
   if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death
   of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His
   life.
         Romans 5:8-10

YOU MUST REPENT --

   Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in
   order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the
   Lord.
          Acts 3:19

YOU MUST ACCEPT CHRIST BY FAITH --

   For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of your-
   selves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one
   should boast.
                 Ephesians 2:8,9




This famous verse splits the whole world into two groups, those that face
death and those that can look forward to eternal life:

   For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that
   whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
                                                                   John 3:16



Normally, I wouldn't have to tell you much about Satan, the devil.  Because
of the incredible times we live in, however, I must warn you about him.
He is selling a lie to the whole world, the lie that Jesus wasn't God, or
that He didn't die for YOU, or that He sinned, or ANYTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
He selfishly wants you to miss out on God's greatness just like he missed
out on it.  Don't you hate when somebody does that to you--takes you down
with them--boy, I do.  Anyway, listen to this:

   Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ?  This
   is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.
                                                            I John 2:22

Remember the lie that Satan used to cause man to fall back in the Garden
of Eden?

   "You surely shall not die!  For God knows that in the day you eat from
   it [the fruit of the forbidden tree] your eyes will be opened, and
   you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
                                                Genesis 3:4,5

The New Age is just a rework of the same old lie, that you can be a God,
or that you already are God.  Listen to what your creator thinks about
those who spread the New Age lie:

   You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of
   your father.  He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand
   in the truth, because there is no truth in him.  Whenever he speaks a
   lie, he speaks from his own nature; for he is a liar, and the father
   of lies.
            John 8:44




I have spent the time to tell you these things so that you will be well
prepared to face God after your death.  I want you to have consciously
decided to accept or deny Jesus so that there will be no surprise.  I
accepted His gift thankfully and you know, it not only changed my ultimate
destiny but also my life here on Earth.

I've done all I can do to alert you.  You know the truth.

IT'S UP TO YOU NOW...





            Marty Flickinger           15 Sep, 1990