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But if you refuse to accept all that Christ has

done for you…who’s to blame?

Taking your chances?Some people seem to think they get “points”

for each religious act and good deed they do.

They believe that they’ll do enough “good” to get

into Heaven and offset the “bad” they’ve done.

That’s like a confessed murderer trying to con-

vince a judge that he has done so many good

things that he deserves to get off unpunished!

God’s justice demands absolute righteousness.

If anything less would have been enough, Christ

would not have had to die!

Why don’t you quit trying to build up enough

points to get into heaven? You and I could nev-

er be absolutely righteous, for we are already

lacking…we’re already sinners! The Bible says,

“Not by works of righteousness which we have

done, but according to His mercy He saved us…

through Jesus Christ our Savior” (Titus 3:5-6).

Jesus Himself died for our sins to provide the

righteousness we need to please God.

Many people today believe that Jesus Christ

exists and that He is powerful, but they’ve nev-

er received Him as their own Savior from sins.

Will you put your trust in all that Christ did for

you, expecting Him, as the Son of God, to save

you right now? The offer of the Bible holds true:

“As many as received Him [as Savior], to them

gave He power to become the sons of God, even

to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).

Come to Him right now and pray something

like this:

Dear God, I’m sorry for all I’ve done wrong. I be-

lieve you that Christ took the blame for my sins and

died for me. I accept Him as my Savior right now.

Please credit my account with His righteousness.

Thank You, because You promised to save me when

I trust in what Jesus has done for me.

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HE TOOK THE

BLAME

sinned” (Romans 3:23). Deep down inside we

know it. God also tells us “the wages of sin is

[eternal] death” (Romans 6:23). We’re all in the

same boat.

Now, look at “Christ’s Record of Righteous-

ness.” The record of God’s unique Son, Jesus

Christ, is absolute righteousness. The Bible

says Jesus was “without sin” (Hebrews 4:15).

That “blame” arrow shows how God took all

the sins on our record and transferred them

to the account of Jesus Christ. Jesus took the

blame for what we did, and suffered and died

for our sins! The Bible says that Jesus suffered

once “for sins, the just [Christ] for the unjust

[all of us], that He might bring us to God….

while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us”

(I Peter 3:18, Romans 5:8).

Christ’s death on a cross for our sins is a fact

of history. Three days later Christ came back

to life (proving God had accepted His full pay-

ment of our sin debt), and was seen by hun-

dreds of people (1 Corinthians 15:1-6).

Who gets the credit?Notice the “credit” arrow. God offers to take all

the righteousness of Christ and transfer it to

our account so that we get credit for what Jesus

did—as if we actually had done it ourselves!

God says in the Bible that the righteousness

of God is for all who believe (Romans 3:22). By

trusting in what Christ did as your substitute,

you can be assured of a new life right now and

a home in heaven with God—and Christian

friends and relatives—when you die.

Let’s look at it this way…if you agreed to allow

me to deposit one million dollars in your bank

account, even though you didn’t earn a penny

of it, you’d immediately become a millionaire,

wouldn’t you?

If you agree with God about your spiritual

bankruptcy and accept His offer to forgive your

debt of sin and to deposit Christ’s righteous-

ness in your spiritual account, then your debt

will be cleared! You’ll be made right with God,

and be assured of Heaven…all because of what

Christ did for you!

Has someone ever received credit for something you did right? Have you

ever been blamed for something wrong some-

one else did?

I know someone who took the blame for all

the wrong you and I have ever done so that we

can get the credit for all the right He ever did!

Let me illustrate with this diagram…

Who gets the blame?Look at “Our Record of Wrongs.” We’ve all done

things that have offended others—our fam-

ily, friends, co-workers. Those wrongs also

offend God. In His book, the Bible, God calls

those wrongs “sins” and tells us that “all have

CREDIT

BLAME

NO SINSSINS

Christ’s Righteousness

Our Sins

He Took the BlameA compelling illustration of how through

the cross, Christ took the “blame” for all of our sin, and credits us with His

righteousness.

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GENERAL GOSPEL

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Many people today believe that Jesus Christ

exists and that He is powerful, but they’ve nev-

er received Him as their own Savior from sins.

Will you put your trust in all that Christ did for

you, expecting Him, as the Son of God, to save

you right now? The offer of the Bible holds true:

“As many as received Him [as Savior], to them

gave He power to become the sons of God, even

to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).

Come to Him right now and pray something

like this:

Dear God, I’m sorry for all I’ve done wrong. I be-

lieve you that Christ took the blame for my sins and

died for me. I accept Him as my Savior right now.

Please credit my account with His righteousness.

Thank You, because You promised to save me when

I trust in what Jesus has done for me.