Friday, September 10, 2010

Start Following Christ


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God loves you.  He wants to start a relationship with you.

 

Here's what you must do.

Or if you have prayed to receive Jesus during one of our services,

activities or events...


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you some materials to help you grow in your faith.

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Start a relationship with God today.

Good works cannot save you!

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves,

it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

 

 

Here's what you must do:

Step 1: Admit you are a sinner.

 

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Romans 3:23)


Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through

sin,and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned (Romans 5:12)

 

If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word

has no place in our lives. (1 John 1:10)

 

 

Step 2: Be willing to turn from sin (repent).


Jesus said: I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish.

(Luke 13:5)


In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people

everywhere to repent.  (Acts 17:30)

 

 

Step 3: Believe that Jesus Christ died for you, was buried,

and rose from the dead.


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. (John 3:16)


But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still

sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)


That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in

your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

(Romans 10:9)

 

 

Step 4: Through prayer, invite Jesus into your life to become your

personal Savior.


For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with

your mouth that you confess and are saved.  (Romans 10:10)


For, everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. (Romans 10:13)

 

 

What to pray:

"Dear God, I am a sinner and need forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ

shed His precious blood and died for my sin. I am willing to turn from sin.

I now invite Christ to come into my heart and life as my personal Savior."

If you just prayed that prayer... CONGRATULATIONS!

 

 

We'd love to celebrate this life-changing moment with you and send you

some materials to help you grow in your faith.

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"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in His name, He gave

the right to become children of God (John 1:12)

 

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone,

the new has come!"   (2 Corinthians 5:17)

 

What's next?


If you have received Jesus Christ as your Savior, as a Christian you should:

 

 

1. Read your Bible every day to get to know Christ better.


Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does

not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

(2 Timothy 2:15)


Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. (Psalms 119:105)

 

 

2.  Talk to God in prayer every day.


If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer. (Matthew 21:22)


Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with

thanksgiving, present your requests to God. (Philippians 4:6)

 

 

3. Be baptized, worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians in a

church where Christ is preached and the Bible is the final authority.


Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of

the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19)


Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let

us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the day approaching.

(Hebrews 10:25)

 

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and

training in righteousness. (2 Timothy 3:16)

 

 

4. Tell others about Christ.


He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."

(Mark 16:15)


Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe

to me if I do not preach the gospel! (1 Corinthians 9:16)


I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation

of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. (Romans 1:16)

 

If you have invited Jesus into your heart, let us know. Click here.


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