We all have a God-shaped void in our lives. Life is not complete unless that emptiness is filled. Only the grace of God can fill that void through having a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. That can only happen when we understand all that God did for us in bringing us into fellowship with Him. The Gospel explains this:
"...that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures." (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)
The truth is that we are all sinners and stand guilty before God deserving death and eternal separation from Him (Rom. 3:23, Rom 6:23) and that we're in need of God's forgiveness and to be set free from the slavery of sin.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
The good news is that God sent His son Jesus to die and pay the penalty for our sins. It was a rescue mission. God did that because He loved us and Jesus willingly took on the punishment that we deserved in our place.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." (John 3:16-17).
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
Because of all that, God calls us to come before him in prayer and ask for forgiveness, and he requires us to turn away from our sins (repent) and surrender our lives to Him through Jesus Christ.
"If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved." (Romans 10:9-10)
“Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool." (Isaiah 1:18)
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