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Can You Have This Gift?Sure! If you believe with all your heart (having

faith) that Jesus died for you, and if you trust him

to take care of your sin payment forever, he will

forgive your sins and help you live in a way that

pleases God right now. To ask Jesus to forgive your

sins and come into your life, you can tell him in

words like these (called a prayer):

“Dear God, I am sorry for all of the bad things that I have done. I do believe that Jesus died for me, and I want you to forgive my sins and help me to live the way that you want me to. I want to learn to please you with my life now and live with you in Heaven forever someday.”

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Best GiftThe

of All

But the Bible also says that “everyone who

believes in [ Jesus] receives forgiveness of sins”

(Acts 10:43) and “whoever believes in him should

not perish but have eternal life” ( John 3:16). Since

you could never do enough good things to pay

the penalty for your sins, Jesus—God’s Son who

never sinned—came to earth to pay the penalty for

you! He was God’s perfect substitute who took the

punishment of your sins. That way you don’t have

to be punished for your sins—Jesus has already

paid the penalty for you when he died on the cross.

Three days later, he rose from the grave. Now he

is alive in Heaven with God and you can join him

there someday.

The Bible says that salvation—Jesus saving you

from the punishment for your sins—is “not your

own doing; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians

2:8). This means that you can’t pay for it,

and you can’t earn it. God is offering

it to you as a gift. It’s a costly gift,

because it cost God his only Son. But

God offers it to you and me freely!

What is the best gift of all?Is it getting the newest video game on Christmas

morning? Or getting the one toy that you’ve been

wanting all year? These things are great, but there’s

an even better gift—and it’s one that none of us

could ever be able to pay for! Do you know what

this gift is? I do, and I want to tell you about it.

The Best Gift Ever! God sent his only Son, Jesus, to earth a long time

ago to do something for us that no one else could

do. God’s book, the Bible, says that “God shows

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

[ Jesus] died for us” (Romans 5:8).

Why would Jesus do that? Because it was the only

way for you to become a member of God’s family.

All the bad things you have ever done

separate you from God. The Bible

calls those things sins and says

that “the wages of sin is death”

(Romans 6:23)—that means

separation from God forever.

CHRISTMAS

The Best Gift of AllHelps kids see that God’s gift of salvation

through Jesus is far better than video games, toys, or any other gifts at Christmas.

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Good News Tracts

Can You Have This Gift?Sure! If you believe with all your heart (having

faith) that Jesus died for you, and if you trust him

to take care of your sin payment forever, he will

forgive your sins and help you live in a way that

pleases God right now. To ask Jesus to forgive your

sins and come into your life, you can tell him in

words like these (called a prayer):

“Dear God, I am sorry for all of the bad things that I have done. I do believe that Jesus died for me, and I want you to forgive my sins and help me to live the way that you want me to. I want to learn to please you with my life now and live with you in Heaven forever someday.”