[Elsie]

Scripture teaches that men are lost unless they accept Him.

But.. but... I thought that GOD LOVES us and wants us to be HAPPY???

--AverageManOnTheStreet(John 3:18)

John 3:16-18

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.

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

[Elsie]

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.

The above has apparently been edited.

Many versions have after '...in him...' this phrase: "and does all the things the church requires".