I've been a sinner for too many years, therefore I could never become a Christian

I could never become a Christian because I've been sinning for way too long.
Have you ever felt that way? God could never forgive me. Look at all the stuff I’ve done. I’ve had lots of opportunity to turn my life to Jesus and I’ve put it off and put it off for decades.

That was my story. I deliberately turned away from Jesus for the first thirty years of my life. But Jesus loved me until I couldn’t run any more. In fact, Jesus says that he won’t turn away anyone who wants to come to Him even if it’s at the last possible second.

On the down-side, experience shows that for most people our ability to make a decision for Jesus ends abruptly. Heart attacks, strokes, overdose, violent storms and accidents etc. see to it that making a decision for Jesus should never be put off.

History records that Jesus died with two other criminals. Eyewitness accounts record that the final hours of Jesus’ life contained this drama -
One of the criminals hanging alongside cursed him: "Some Messiah you are! You can’t even save yourself!"
But the other one made him shut up: "Have you no fear of God? We deserve this, but not him——he did nothing to deserve this." Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you enter your kingdom."
Jesus said, "Don't worry, I will. Today you will join me in paradise."

Isn’t that amazing? This guy had done nothing to deserve acceptance into paradise. He had no time to make amends for the life that he’d led. By his own account he deserved to be crucified. Yet all he needed, and all anyone needs in order to receive the love and mercy and grace and freedom from guilt that Jesus has to offer is to humble himself and ask for forgiveness.

No body is so good that they don’t need forgiveness from God. No body is so bad that they cannot receive forgiveness from God upon repentance.