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Dear Lost Sinner (this is each of us at one point in our lives),
We are so glad you clicked on this page!  We love you!  First of all, everyone is a sinner.  Saved people are simply sinners that have been forgiven.  Being saved, born again, does not mean that we will never sin again; it simply means that when we do sin, we can ask His forgiveness because Jesus has already paid the price for our sins.  And He is faithful and just to forgive us!  The Bible, God's Word, tells us that there is none righteous, no not one.  Nothing good could any of us ever do to earn our way to Heaven or to escape Hell.  Nothing you have done is unforgivable because Jesus died to save you from every single sin you have ever committed or will ever commit.
Jesus was the perfect Lamb of God, sent by His Father who did so because He loved every person in the world, and Jesus took on Himself the sins of all the world - including yours and mine - and became the sacrifice for every single one of those sins on the cross at Calvary.   John 3:16 tells us "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."  He paid our sin debt; He took our place - yours and mine.   This is the gift of Salvation.  All a sinner has to do is believe and accept it.  He did all the work, and He did it for you.  That's how much He loves you!

Salvation is as simple as ABC:
A - Admit.  Admit that you are a sinner.  Jesus loves you just as you are!
B - Believe.  Believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He was crucified to pay for our sins, and He rose
      (was resurrected) from the grave, in victory over death.  Hallelujah!
C - Confess.  Confess your sins to Jesus.   He already knows about them and loves us anyway!

Jesus Had to Die to pay for our sins:
We know that forgiveness, cleansing from sin, requires a blood sacrifice.  Hebrews 9:22 confirms this.  Jesus was that perfect sacrifice, and as Isaiah explained, "by His stripes we are healed."  
How is that possible?  That we can be forgiven and be saved for all eternity? 
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, came to Jesus at night and asked Him that very question.  Jesus replied, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water (naturally) and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.   That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is  spirit.   Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again" (John 3:5-7). 

How can a person be born again? 
Acts 16:31 explains simply "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..."   Again John 3:16 says "...whosover believeth in Him..."  We are saved by grace, through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.  It is not of our works, but by His grace through our faith, that we are saved.  Believe it in your heart, for it is true.  Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.  There simply is no other way, and there is no other peace in this world, except through  Jesus Christ.  Just as a person cannot be physically born but one time, a person can only be born again one time.  When Jesus saves an individual, that soul is sealed and he or she is saved forever.    

If you don't know Him as your personal Savior, please go to Him in prayer and ask Him to save you.  Believe in Him, trust Him.  He will never, ever leave you or forsake you.  Call upon Him now, while you have the opportunity.  We do not have the promise of tomorrow, and this life is but a vapor whereas eternity is forever.  You will never regret it!