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How Much Sin?

How much sin does it take to cause a person to spend an eternity in Hell?

How big does the sin need to be to cause a person to be found guilty of eternal punishment?

How many good works would it take to pay for my sins?

The Bible says that we are all guilty of sin. It's true. But, you say, my sins are small – a little lie here, a stolen pencil from work there, just a little foul language. No big deal. Surely all the good that I’ve done would out weigh all of the bad!

When Jesus came upon the crowd that was getting ready to stone to death a woman found guilty of adultery, he wasn’t so much concerned about the amount of sinning that she had done but that she was a sinner. He convicted the hearts of her accusers by asking that the first person to throw a stone be sinless - not just to have sinned less or that their sins be of a lesser degree of importance. He did not ask who in the crowd had done so many great works that their sin would no longer count against them. The people knew in their hearts that they were not completely innocent and, of course, no one could throw that stone. All of them were sinners! All were guilty!

No one is able to work off their own sin debt. It just can’t be done. There is nothing that we can do to cover them up or to make them disappear. So how can we ever hope to have an eternal life in Heaven? The Bible plainly says that no one guilty of sin can enter into that Kingdom. What then can we do? It's simple. Let someone else pay for your sin debt. Let that person be found guilty and take your punishment for you. “Who on earth”, you say, “would or even could do that for me?”

Jesus knew, even before the earth was formed, that He would one day need to be sacrificed in order that we might be saved. Yet, knowing this, He still set everything in motion for our creation. He was born as a man, flesh and blood, and was sacrificed on the cross. The sinless Lamb of God, whose blood was shed as the ultimate sacrifice for our sins, has given us the gift of eternal life. Not because we are good and not because we work so hard but because we believe and put our trust in Him.

How much sin does it take to condemn a person to Hell? Any and all that we’ve done.

What can we do to exonerate ourselves? Nothing.

How can we be saved? Jesus already took care of that. Just believe.

...He stood up and said to them, "Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her" (John 8:7.25).

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

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all (James 2:10).

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

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me (John 14:6).

Your Decision to Receive Christ as Your Savior:

Confess to God that you are a sinner. Believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for your sins on the cross and was raised for your justification. Receive and Confess Him as your personal Savior.

Assurance As a Believer:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved (Romans 10:9).

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