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The Hope of Easter
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WHAT IS YOUR DECISION?Will you receive Jesus Christ right now and trust in
him alone for your salvation? The Bible says that’s the
only way to find peace with God!
> Admit your need—that you are a sinner
in need of God’s forgiveness.
> Be willing to turn from trusting in any-
thing else for eternal life and trust only
in God’s Son, Jesus Christ.
> Believe that Jesus died for you on the
cross, came back to life from the grave,
and is your only way to heaven.
> Accept Jesus’ offer to forgive your sins
and come into your life as your Savior.
The decision must be made in your heart, and if
you’ve made that decision you may want to tell him
in a prayer like this:
“Dear Jesus, thank you for dying and rising again
so that I can find peace with God! I do believe that
when you died, you were paying the penalty for my
sins. I now receive you as my Savior, so I can have
forgiveness and the ability to please you. Thank you
for the gift of eternal life!”
Understanding the true meaning of Easter has
caused many people to place their wholehearted trust
in the Christ who died for them and rose again. After
all, his death and resurrection made possible the only
way for sinners like us to become children of God! This
Easter would be an excellent time to trust Christ as your
Savior!
THE BIBLE SAYS . . .
“Your iniquities have made a separation between you and your
God.” Isaiah 59:2
“There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the
way to death.” Proverbs 14:12
“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. . . . the
wages of sin is death.” Romans 3:23, 6:23
People have tried many ways to bridge this gap between them-
selves and God. But no bridge reaches God . . . except one.
THE GOOD NEWS OF EASTER: GOD HAS PROVIDED A BRIDGEJesus Christ died a cruel death on a cross and rose from the
grave. Though he is God’s sinless Son, he became a human,
took our place, and paid the penalty for our sin, bridging the
otherwise uncrossable separation between God and us.
THE BIBLE SAYS . . .
“God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,
Christ died for us. . . . the free gift of God is eternal life in
Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 5:8, 6:23
“Christ…suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrigh-
teous, that he might bring us to God.” 1 Peter 3:18
“Christ died for our sins…he was buried…he was raised on
the third day.” 1 Corinthians 15:3–4
Through Christ, God has provided the only way to be
forgiven for our sins and receive the gift of eternal life. But
each person must make a choice.
YOUR CHOICE : ACCEPT OR REJECT THE TRUTH ABOUT JESUSTo be forgiven by God and to receive his gift of eternal life
we must agree that every other way is a dead-end, and
trust in Jesus Christ alone as our Savior.
JESUS SAYS . . .
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me.” John 14:6
THE BIBLE SAYS . . .
“To all who did receive [Jesus], who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God….for God so
loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever
believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
John 1:12, 3:16
Easter. Time for hiding candy eggs in the yard for the kids. A
special reason to dress up and attend church. Dinner with the
extended family.
Though over half of adults consider Easter a religious hol-
iday, a recent poll showed that relatively few of them think
of it as the most important one. That’s surprising because
Easter celebrates the one thing that separates Christianity
from all other religions—the fact that Jesus Christ, who died
on a cross, physically came back to life within three days!
Jesus claimed that he was the Son of God who had come
to earth for the purpose of substituting himself for sinners in
order to take the punishment for their sins. He even fulfilled
his promise to physically rise from the grave (recorded in the
Bible, John 2:19–22), proving that he was God’s Son.
Since Jesus willingly died for you, wouldn’t you like to
know how you can benefit by this ultimate sacrifice?
THE REASON FOR EASTER: OUR SEPARATION FROM GODGod did not create us like robots that automatically love and
mechanically obey him. The first man and woman chose to
disobey God and go their own willful way, causing a spiritual
separation from him. Not only have we inherited their bent
to sin, we have added our personal disobedience which all
results in our own spiritual separation from God.
The Hope of EasterAn Easter adaptation of the effective gospel presentation from the popular tract Steps
to Peace with God by Billy Graham.
Bible references: ESV. Package contains 25 tracts.
EASTER
Good News Tracts
Understanding the true meaning of Easter has
caused many people to place their wholehearted trust
in the Christ who died for them and rose again. After
all, his death and resurrection made possible the only
way for sinners like us to become children of God! This
Easter would be an excellent time to trust Christ as your
Savior!