Can Being Good Save Us?

Physical format

• Flat sheet: A6 landscape, 148 × 105 mm
• Fold: one vertical centre fold
• Finished item: A7 portrait, 74 × 105 mm
• Panels: four
• Outside order: back cover on the left, front cover on the right
• Inside order: test on the left, verdict and rescue on the right

This follows the request literally: an A6 sheet folded in half. If the intended finished size is A6, the same content should instead be placed on an A5 landscape sheet.

Front cover

ONE HONEST QUESTION

• Yes
• No
• Not sure

Unfold for the 30-second test.

Inside left

THE 30-SECOND TEST

Against God’s standard, can I honestly answer YES?

• I have always loved God with all my heart.
• I have always loved others as myself.
• I have never lied, hated, lusted, cheated or taken what was not mine.
• I have always done the good I knew to do.

One honest no is enough. You are not alone. The Bible calls our failure sin.

“All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23, NIV

Inside right

THE VERDICT

Good deeds cannot erase guilt.

Sin is more than making mistakes. We have rejected God’s rightful rule. Our good deeds cannot erase our guilt. After death, we face His just judgment.

THE RESCUE

Jesus did what we could not.

Jesus Christ, God’s Son, lived without sin. On the cross, He willingly bore the judgment sinners deserve. He rose bodily from the dead. In Him, God offers forgiveness, peace, new life and eternal hope.

2 Corinthians 5:21; 1 Corinthians 15:3–4

Back cover

REPENT
Admit your sin and turn from ruling your own life.

TRUST
Rest your whole hope on Jesus, not your goodness, religion or effort.

FOLLOW
Confess Jesus as Lord and learn to obey Him.

Jesus said, “Whoever comes to me I will never drive away.”
John 6:37, NIV

Start here: Read the Gospel of John.
Questions? Speak with a Bible-teaching church.

QR destination: https://www.bible.com/bible/111/JHN.1.NIV

You cannot save yourself. But Jesus welcomes all who come to Him.

Copy rationale

• The cover uses a personally relevant question, supported by Crossway bestseller patterns and rhetorical-question research.
• The checkboxes borrow the proven interaction principle of popular conversation-starting tracts without copying fake currency, phones or another publisher’s wording.
• Shared language such as “we” and “our” reduces an accusatory tone without softening sin or judgment.
• Judgment is immediately followed by a clear, sufficient rescue in Christ.
• The response defines repentance, faith and following Jesus in ordinary language.
• No prayer formula is used. The tract points directly to Christ, Scripture and a faithful local church.