This booklet is in three parts. The first part is much shorter than the others and you should read it all through

at one time. The second and third parts refer to verses of Scripture so have your Bible ready to look up the

references given there.

The Lord Jesus Christ is called in the Bible a Saviour, that is, One Who saves. He is called this because He

was sent by His Father to save us from the punishment due to us because we are sinners. All people who have

ever lived have been sinners and the punishment for sin is death. The Lord Jesus Christ, Who was not a sinner,

accepted the punishment of death which was due to us, when He died on the cross. He died in our place and for

our sins.

On the third day after His death, He rose from the dead, and showed that He had broken the power of death,

for it was not able to hold Him. He was made alive again, and through Him God now gives everlasting life to

those who believe in Him.

God requires that we should believe in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and trust in what He has done for us.

We are to believe that He died and rose again for us. If we do this then we are saved and have everlasting life.

The Lord Jesus not only saves those who believe, from the punishment of sin, but also from its power. He

will help them not to give in when they are tempted to sin.

When they look to Him and remember that He has saved them from sin and death, they find that they are

able to lead lives pleasing to Him. God never meant anyone to be a sinner, but to live according to His wishes,

and through the Lord Jesus Christ, will give believers the necessary strength to live such lives.

God showed His love to us when He sent the Lord Jesus Christ to deal with sin and death. Believers can

show their love to Him by the lives they live. When they are kind, helpful and loving to parents, friends and

even those not liked so much, then they show their love to God and please Him. Are you one of these believers?

If you have not understood this first part of the booklet read it again. The important thing is to believe in the

Lord Jesus Christ and so be sure of everlasting life. If we reject Him we will be judged for it.

We are now going to think about our need for a Saviour, how we all became sinners, and what it means to be

a sinner.

The word `sinner' is used by men of some particularly bad person, but God says that we are all sinners.

Read Romans chapter 3, verses 9 and 10 and notice these words:

`both Jews and Gentiles ... they are all under sin; as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one'.

Since `Jews and Gentiles' includes all people, then all are under sin, and there is not one righteous person by

God's standard. If we are honest, we will already know that we are sinners, for every time we do wrong it

shows us that we are not righteous, and are therefore sinners. Some people live very good lives and some very

bad lives, but this does not alter the fact that God has said that all are sinners, and all therefore need to believe in

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the One Who saves them from sin. It will help us to understand how that even good people are looked upon by

God as sinners when we answer our next question.