Is there more to life than this?

1God made us and loves us

God created everything, including you, to know Him and enjoy Him forever. He is good, and He is holy.

Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth."Genesis 1:26-28 (NASB)

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

2Sin separates us from God

We were made for God, but every one of us has turned away from Him and gone our own way. That is sin, and it is not just a mistake, it is rebellion against a holy God. Because He is just, sin deserves His wrath. We cannot fix this by being good enough.

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

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

3Jesus took our place

Here is the good news. God did not leave us in our sin. Jesus, God's own Son, lived the perfect life we never could and then died on the cross in our place. The wrath we deserved fell on Him, so that it would not fall on us. Three days later He rose from the dead, proving that the payment was accepted and that death has been defeated.

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.Romans 5:8 (NASB)

Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.Romans 5:9 (NASB)

4You are invited to respond

Forgiveness and new life are a gift, received by faith and not earned by effort. God invites you to turn from sin, trust Jesus alone to save you, and follow Him as Lord.

That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.Romans 10:9 (NASB)