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12 Good N

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No matter how hard we try, we could never earn

pardon from God; we can only throw ourselves on

his mercy. “By grace [undeserved kindness] you have

been saved [from eternal punishment for your sins]

through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the

gift of God, not a result of works.”8

God wipes the judgment of our sins off the books not

because we deserve it but because he loves us so

much. The spiritual debt of your sins and mine has

been paid in full by God’s own Son, who “suffered

once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that

he might bring us to God.”9 Will you come to God

today for his forgiveness and the gift of eternal life?

Bible quotations: 1Ephesians 2:4; 2Romans 5:6; 3Romans 5:8; 4Romans 3:23, 3:10; 5Mark 10:45; 6Titus 3:4–5; 71 John 4:10; 8Ephesians 2:8–9; 91 Peter 3:18

God’s paymentPLAN

“The ungodly” describes all of us, since not one of us has

lived up to God’s standards for right living. “But God

shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,

Christ died for us.” 3

Now “ungodly” and “sinners” don’t just mean “those ter-

rible people down the street.” We’re all included. “For all

have sinned and fall short of the glory of God . . . None

is righteous, no, not one.”4 But Jesus Christ took our sins

upon himself and gave his life to pay the penalty for us.

Jesus described his mission on earth this way: “Even the

Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to

give his life as a ransom for many.”5 “When the good-

ness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he

saved us, not because of works done by us in righteous-

ness, but according to his mercy.”6

God didn’t say, “First get your act

together; take the first step—prove to

me you are worthy of my divine love

and forgiveness. Then we’ll see if I will

save you.” God’s love is unmerited and

undeserved. “In this is love, not that we

have loved God but that he loved us and

sent his Son to be the [atoning sacrifice]

for our sins.”7

Over the years we have heard much about government

bailouts of companies and groups of people that had

debts they were not able to pay. The list includes banks,

car manufacturers, insurance companies, and mortgage

firms. It even includes homeowners struggling under too

much debt to pay their mortgages. Such rescue plans are

put in place when it appears that without special help a

damaging financial disaster will happen.

The Bible tells us about God’s plan to rescue you and

me from a spiritual debt that we could never repay. His

purpose is to save us from disaster far beyond the loss of

possessions. Spiritually, we have all built up a debt of sin

that we can never repay. We have fallen short of God’s

commands often throughout life.

Spiritually, we are “dead in our trespasses”1 and could no

more take the first step to get ourselves out of our sinful

predicament than a dead person could walk away from

his grave! Our sinfulness separates us from God, and we

are helpless to do anything about it.

But the good news is that when we were still powerless,

“at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.”2

God’s Payment PlanThe spiritual debt of our sins has been fully paid by the undeserved, sacrificial death of

Christ for sinners!

Bible references: ESV. Package contains 25 tracts.

general gospel

good news Tracts

No matter how hard we try, we could never earn

pardon from God; we can only throw ourselves on

his mercy. “By grace [undeserved kindness] you have

been saved [from eternal punishment for your sins]

through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the

gift of God, not a result of works.”8

God wipes the judgment of our sins off the books not

because we deserve it but because he loves us so

much. The spiritual debt of your sins and mine has

been paid in full by God’s own Son, who “suffered

once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that

he might bring us to God.”9 Will you come to God

today for his forgiveness and the gift of eternal life?

Bible quotations: 1Ephesians 2:4; 2Romans 5:6; 3Romans 5:8; 4Romans 3:23, 3:10; 5Mark 10:45; 6Titus 3:4–5; 71 John 4:10; 8Ephesians 2:8–9; 91 Peter 3:18