Would you like to know this Man of love, Jesus Christ, and receive His gift of salvation and eternal life? All you have to do is believe that Jesus died for you, and accept Him and His free gift of forgiveness for your sins. Then you will be pardoned, brought into fellowship with God, our heavenly Father, and when you die, you’ll live with Him forever in Heaven! You can receive Him and His salvation by sincerely praying a prayer like the one which follows:

Dear Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God and that You died for me and arose from the grave. I need Your love to cleanse me from my mistakes and wrongdoing. I need Your light to drive away all darkness. I need Your peace to fill and satisfy my heart. I now open the door of my heart and I ask You, Jesus, to please come into my life and give me Your free gift of eternal life. Thank You for suffering for all of the wrong I have done, and for hearing my prayer and forgiving me. Amen.

Jesus was no ordinary man, nor was He merely a great teacher, rabbi, guru, or even a prophet. In a way, He was all of these, but much more. For unlike the other great religious teachers who came before or after Him, Jesus not only spoke about love and God, but He was love and He was the Son of God. The Bible tells us that “God is a Spirit,” and that “God is love.” (See John 4:24; 1 John 4:8.)

Two thousand years ago God sent His own Son down to Earth to become one of us. He came down and adopted the life of a lowly carpenter. At the age of thirty, He began His ministry as a wandering prophet and religious teacher.

Jesus spent His time going around everywhere doing good—feeding people who were hungry, healing those who were sick, cheering and comforting those who were sad and brokenhearted. He loved everybody, even those whom everybody else looked down on.

He never had any religious buildings, denomination, or formal congregation. He simply went out and met people on the streets, by the seashore, in the market places—wherever He could reach them—and shared His message of love with all who would listen. His religion of love was so simple that He said that you must become as a little child to receive it. (See Matthew 18:3.) He never preached or taught any compli­cated ceremonies or difficult rules.

In order to bring us to God, Jesus, the sinless Son of God, took the sins of all man­kind upon Himself. He took the punishment for our sins, and suffered the horrible pain of death by crucifixion. Three days after His lifeless body was buried, He arose from the dead, the victor over death and Hell forever.