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 HOW TO BEGIN A RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST
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How to Know God Personally
What does it take to begin a relationship
with God? Devote yourself to unselfish
religious deeds? Become a better person so
that God will accept you?
You may be surprised that none of those
things will work. But God has made it very
clear in the Bible how we can know Him.
The following principles will explain how
you can personally begin a relationship with
God, right now, through Jesus Christ...
Principle 1:
God Loves You and Offers a Wonderful Plan
for Your Life
God's Love
"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." 1
God's Plan
[Christ speaking] "I came that they might
have life, and might have it abundantly"
[that it might be full and meaningful]. 2
Why is it that most people are not
experiencing the abundant life? Because...
Principle 2:
All of Us Sin and Our Sin has Separated
Us from God
We Are Sinful
"All have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God." 3
We were created to have fellowship with
God; but, because of our stubborn
self-will, we chose to go our own
independent way, and fellowship with God
was broken. This self-will,
characterized by an attitude of active
rebellion or passive indifference, is
evidence of what the Bible calls sin.
We Are Separated
"The wages of sin is death" [spiritual
separation from God]. 4
The third law explains the only
way to bridge this gulf...
Principle 3:
Jesus Christ is God's Only Provision for
Our Sin. Through Him We Can Know and
Experience God's Love and Plan for Our Life.
He Died in Our Place
"God demonstrates His own love toward
us, in that while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us." 5
He Rose From the Dead
"Christ died for our sins...He was
buried...He was raised on the third day,
according to the Scriptures...He
appeared to Peter, then to the twelve.
After that He appeared to more than five
hundred..." 6
He Is the Only Way to God
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and
the truth, and the life; no one comes to
the Father, but through Me.'"7
It is not enough just to know
these three principles...
Principle 4:
We Must Individually Receive Jesus
Christ as Savior and Lord; Then We Can Know
and Experience God's Love and Plan for Our
Lives.
We Must Receive Christ
"As many as received Him, to them He
gave the right to become children of
God, even to those who believe in His
name." 8
We Receive Christ Through Faith
"By grace you have been saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of God; not as a result of
works, that no one should boast." 9
When We Receive Christ, We Experience
a New Birth
We Receive Christ by Personal
Invitation
[Christ speaking] "Behold, I stand at
the door and knock; if any one hears My
voice and opens the door, I will come in
to him." 10
Receiving Christ involves turning to God
from self (repentance) and trusting
Christ to come into our lives to forgive
our sins and to make us what He wants us
to be. Just to agree intellectually that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that
He died on the cross for your sins is
not enough. Nor is it enough to have an
emotional experience. You receive Jesus
Christ by faith, as an act of the will.
The following explains how you can
receive Christ:
You can receive Christ right now by faith
through prayer
Prayer is talking to God. God knows your
heart and is not so concerned with your
words as He is with the attitude of your
heart. The following is a suggested prayer:
"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying
on the cross for my sins. I open the door of
my life and receive You as my Savior and
Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and
giving me eternal life. Take control of the
throne of my life. Make me the kind of
person You want me to be."
If this prayer expresses the desire of your
heart, then you can pray this prayer right
now and Christ will come into your life, as
He promised.
Does this prayer express the desire of your
heart?
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