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Good News Tracts 1300 Crescent Street Wheaton, IL 60187 For helpful Christian literature, please write to the address above or visit our web site at www.goodnewstracts.org. Bible references: ESV. ©2013 Good News Tracts. Printed in U.S.A. Cover image: CreationSwap. 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!

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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!

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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.

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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!