Step 1: God loves you and wants you to experience peace and eternal life with Him.
The Bible says:
"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." -Romans 5:1
"For God so loved the world, that He gave us His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life." -John 3:16
Step 2: The problem. Our Separation from God.
God created humans in His image and gave us free will to choose to follow Him or to choose not to follow Him. We all choose to break His rules and not to follow Him. This is sin. Our sin separates us from God.
The Bible says:
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" -Romans 5:1
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. " -John 3:16
"But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear." -Isaiah 59:2
We are separated from God and there is only one way to reach Him.
Step 3: God's bridge: the cross.
Jesus died on the cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin. He bridges the gap between us and God, providing the healing that we need since our sin separates us from God.
The Bible says:
"For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that He might bring us to God." -1 Peter 3:18
"Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." -John 3:16
"In him [Jesus] we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace," -Ephesians 1:7
Step 4: Our response: Receive Christ.
We must trust Jesus. Ask Him to forgive our sins and receive Him as our Lord and Savior.
The Bible says:
"But to all who did receive Him, who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God" -John 1:12
"because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." -Romans 10:9