Introduction

Christians talk about "being saved" a lot. But, being saved from WHAT? What does it mean to be "saved from your sin", and what's so wrong with people that they need saving? After all, most people don't go around murdering others or anything.

Christians believe that there is more to life than what you see with your eyes. They believe there is a spiritual side to what goes on in the world, and that people have a soul, which doesn't die when your body dies. But that soul is in great need of rescue, because people have a basic problem with spiritual dirtiness, or sin. And we are completely, hopelessly lost and unable to get ourselves fixed from this spiritual rottenness.

Christians believe in Jesus Christ, Who is the Son of God. They believe that He died for everyone in the world, and in doing so, He did something amazing - He offered to clean our souls for us and rescue us spiritually. To get this cleaning, we must simply become a true believer and follower of Jesus.

That's a bare bones outline of what is called "The Gospel". Read on to find out about it in a bit more detail, and learn how to actually be spiritually saved. First we will discuss the Bible and God.

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