Yes, that's our special message to you. God loves you very much. The Holy Bible says:
For God so loved the world (you) that He gave His only begotten son that whoever would believe in Him would never perish, but have eternal life with Him. John 3:16
AND
.... Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, he was buried, and he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. I Corinthians 15:3,4
Why is this so important to know? Because God loves you enough that though He is a spiritual being, He was willing to come to us in fleshly form (as a man - Jesus) to suffer and die to pay the penalty for our wrongs. It's also important that though Jesus died for us, he was raised back to life by the power of God and lives eternally as our saviour and Lord. I'd like to briefly explain with a little help from people much smarter than I. ;-)
The following are excerpts from the wonderful book 'So What's The Difference?' by Fritz Ridenour with notes inserted by me. My notes are in italics.
"Most people wouldn't want to say that we are all good; neither do they want to admit that we are all bad. They prefer the little-bit-of-both approach. Most of us like to think we're bad enough to be fun (i.e., a regular type-not dull or holier than thou) But of course we like to think we're also good enough to do the right thing when it counts.
The Bible teaches that all human beings are born with a crucial flaw in their natures, and that flaw is sin. In Ephesians 2:1 Paul tells us, "You were dead in your transgressions and sins." The reason for our spiritually dead condition is the sin of the first man, Adam. According to Genesis 1:26, Adam was made in the image of God. He was a free moral agent. Of his own choice, Adam sinned (disobeyed God), and the entire human race was plunged into sin. (See Gen.3 and Rom. 5:12-21)
Many religions and cults admit the problem of sin, but their answer is to seek salvation from sin through good works or by keeping rules and laws. The Christian's Bible teaches that Jesus Christ redeemed us from sin by dying on the cross. Nowhere is this more clearly stated than by the apostle Paul: "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified (made blameless) freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."
Justification by faith...When we place our faith and trust in the fact that Christ died to pay the penalty for our sins, we are justified, meaning that God's justice has been satisfied through the substitutionary death of His Son Jesus Christ. To satisfy God's absolute holy nature, a penalty for our wrongs had to be paid. Jesus did that in our place.
How can Scripture say that Christ's single death is adequate payment for the sins of the entire world? It is adequate because Christ is God. No one less than God could make payment for the sins of everyone. God is the one who set the holy standard. Who could fulfill its requirements but God Himself? [End of excerpts from 'So What's The Difference?']
To sum up this very important message:
God loves us.
He knows we have sin.
Sin separates us from God.
God wants to be reconciled to us.
He made a way - He came as Jesus.
Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sin.
Jesus rose again to live eternally.
To receive the absolutely free gift of salvation from our sin, all we have to do is believe. Romans 10:9 says "If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." Saved from what? From separation from God, now and forever, in this life and eternally after this life.
If you have decided today after reading this very special message to believe, then the steps are very simple:
Confess to God that you realize you are a sinner
and lost forever without His forgiveness.
Ask God to forgive you. He will do this based on
the sacrifice Jesus already made.
Receive God's free gift of salvation.
Understand that when you do this, you are "born again".
The spiritual part of you is re-born as a "new creature in Christ".
Ask Jesus to be Lord of your life. (Living to please Him, serving Him)
Find a good Bible-believing church to attend. You need to learn and grow in your new faith.