The Most Important Question

Do you knowJesus?

Name: The Church of Eleven22
Address: 14286 Beach Boulevard Suite 2, Jacksonville, FL, US
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Do you know that a real person died on a real cross for the real you? The empty tomb and breath in your lungs is empirical evidence that God is not done with you. He is offering you the free gift of eternal life. There is nothing you can do to earn it. All you have to do is trust that when Jesus died on the cross, it counted for you. Is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior?

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John 3:16 · The Gospel of John

“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.”

The gospelIn Four Movements

The whole story
in four movements.

Movement 1God

Creation

In the beginning, God created everything good. He made us for relationship - with Him, with each other, with the world He made. We were never accidents. We were intended.

- Genesis 1:27

Movement 2Man

The Fall

But we walked away. We trusted ourselves more than God. Sin entered, the world fractured, and the relationship we were made for was broken. The wages of sin is death.

- Romans 3:23

III

Movement 3Christ

Redemption

But, God did the unthinkable. He sent His own Son, Jesus, to live the life we couldn't and die the death we deserved. On the cross He absorbed our sin. Three days later He walked out of the grave alive.

- Romans 5:8

Movement 4Forever

Restoration

One day God completes His plan of redemption. Christ returns and reigns over a restored new heaven and new earth, and God's people live in perfect fellowship with Him forever. The story ends where it began - God and His people, together.

- Revelation 21:5

The word means good news.

Not good advice. Not a self-help program. Not seven steps to a better life. The gospel is news - an announcement that something has happened in history, outside of you, that changes everything.

The first good news is that God created man and woman in His image to live in perfect fellowship with Him forever. We were made for relationship - with Him, with each other, with the world He made. We were never accidents. We were intended.

Then the bad news. We walked away. Every one of us has rejected Him - trusting ourselves and worshiping careers, comfort, romance, our own desires. The Bible calls that sin, and the wages of sin is death, separation from the only source of life there is.

But the better news comes last. While we were still running, God came running after us. Jesus, the Son of God, put on flesh and came to Earth. He lived the perfect life we never could. He was beaten, bruised, and crucified on a Roman cross where He absorbed the wrath we deserve. He died and was buried in a borrowed tomb. On the third day, He rose from the grave, defeating death once and for all. He ascended to the right hand of the Father in Heaven, where He is alive today!

Salvation is not something you earn by being good enough or religious enough or moral enough. It is a gift you receive by trusting in what Jesus has already done. That trust changes everything - your past, your present, your forever.

“But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

- Romans 5:8

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”

- Ephesians 2:8-9

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

- 2 Corinthians 5:17

Your ResponseA · B · C

The gospel demands a response.

Admit

Admit you are a sinner in need of a savior.

Believe

Trust that when Jesus died on the cross, it counted for you.

Confess

Confess that Jesus Christ is your Lord and Savior.

This isn't earning anything - it's receiving everything. Today is the day.

I'm Ready to Surrender

- A Prayer To Pray -

“Jesus, I know I am a sinner in need of a savior. I believe that when you died on the cross it counted for me. I confess that you, Jesus, are my Lord and Savior. I am yours.”

If you prayed that prayer and meant it from the heart, the Bible says you are saved. Now tell someone. Get baptized. Get into a disciple group. The greatest adventure of your life starts now.

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“Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”

- 2 Corinthians 6:2

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Whether you crossed the line of faith for the first time, or you have questions, or you just need someone to pray for you - we want to walk with you. Pick the path that fits.