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Joe: Perfect

Christian: Are you perfect or imperfect?
Joe: Imperfect.

Christian: So if you entered heaven the way you are you would spoil heaven…it wouldn’t be perfect any
more, right?
Joe: Right.

Christian: Well, did you know that Christ can make you perfect?
Joe: No

I. YOU ARE A SINNER…..

Christian: Joe, you are imperfect because you were born…..everyone was born imperfect. Would you
read what the Bible says here in Romans 3:23? [Here you open your Bible to Romans 3:23 and ask Joe to
read the verse.]
Joe: “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God…

Christian: What is the first word of that verse?
Joe: All

Christian: Yes, “All!” That means you, Joe, and me…..and everyone! Everyone who has ever lived has
sinned and is therefore imperfect! Another verse, Romans 3:10 says almost the same thing. Here, read
it….
Joe: “As it is written, “There is none righteous, no, not one.”

Christian: And there are lots of other verses in the Bible that say the same thing…..that we are all sinners.
And because we are sinners, unless we can find a way to heaven, we will be forever separated from God.
Read Romans 6:23…
Joe: “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”

Christian: God loves us and wants us to go to heaven to be with Him, so He made a way to make us
perfect. He sent us His Son, Jesus Christ, who was perfect, to sacrifice Himself for us. Here, read John
3:16…..
Joe: For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Christian: What kind of life?
Joe: Everlasting.

Christian: That’s right….life that will never end….everlasting life in heaven with God! And we can have it
by trusting (believing) in Christ and receiving Him as our Savior. Here, read John 1:12:
Joe: “But to as many as received Him to them gave He the power to become the sons of God.”

Christian: What do we need to do to become a child of God?
Joe: Receive Christ.

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