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contents gone. Before giving you the box, I want to share with you a gift you can receive that will last
forever. And we find out about this gift in the Bible, God’s book.”

1. (SIN) The first book in the Bible is Genesis. It tells us all about the beginning of all things. God
is the Creator and Lord over all. He created Adam and Eve to have fellowship with Him. He
asked them to simply obey Him. When they disobeyed in the Garden, they rebelled against His
command to not eat of a specific tree. When they disobeyed, sin entered the world. Sin is
disobedience against God. According to Romans 5:12, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world
through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all
sinned. Ask them if they have ever sinned against God. If they say NO, then stop and give
them their food. If they say yes, then continue…..

2. (SIN) The consequence of sin is death. Everyone has died since Adam. Romans 6:23a says, “For
the wages of sin is death….” As soon as Adam sinned, he was cast out of the Garden and lost
fellowship with God. He then began to die. In like manner, you are dying and you have no
fellowship with God. Sin breaks our fellowship with God. Sin brought physical and spiritual
death.

3. (SACRIFICE) God shed a lamb and took his skin to cover Adam and Eve’s nakedness. In fact,
after that, God told people that the only way that sin could be forgiven is if blood was shed for
that sin. Heb. 9:22 says, “In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood,
and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. “ The people of Israel were told to
bring a lamb to the temple every year and slay it and offer it up to God as a sacrifice for their sin.
However, this was only a temporary solution to sin.
4. (SACRIFICE - SAVIOR) The only sacrifice that could possibly remove our sin from us is if God
Himself became a man and was willing to die and shed His blood for our sins. Perfect sinless
blood had to be shed for our sins. That is exactly what happened when Jesus came to earth…He
came to die on a cross to shed His sinless blood for your sins and mine. The Bible, in II Cor. 9:21,
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the
righteousness of God. Jesus Christ died on the cross to pay the penalty for your sins.

5. (SAVIOR) Why would He do this? He is a God of great love. John 3:16 "For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal
life.”

6. (SURRENDER) God offers you a special gift. It’s called eternal life. He paid the penalty for your
sins, but it is not yours until you receive His gift. John 1:12 says “But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name…”

7. (SURRENDER) If you want to have your sins washed away and be totally pure before God, all you
must do is by faith, receive Christ and what He did for you at the cross. Your motive for doing
this is that you are sorry for your sins and want to turn from them to Christ, who can save you.
You can accept Him as Lord of your life, rather than trying to please God by your own efforts.
Ephesians 2:8-9 says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of
yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

8. (SURRENDER) The Bible says there is a special BOOK in heaven called the Book of Life. When
you are born, your name is absent from that book. When you receive Christ’s offer of

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