How Do I Become a Christian?
How to Become a Christian
Becoming a Christian is the most important decision you'll ever make. Yet it can happen in a moment. The Bible says:
1. Each of us has disobeyed God's laws. We need to be forgiven for our sins and the rebellion that produced them.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
2. Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins. He offers us forgiveness based on His sacrifice. No one can earn forgiveness through works since man's outwardly "good" works have no merit in God's sight.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 3:10-12 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4. Those who follow Jesus and receive His free sacrificial gift on their behalf are "born again" into the family of God. Our sins are forgiven and we enter into a new relationship with God and receive eternal life.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
5. The ultimate test of our salvation is a pattern of obedience to Jesus and His teachings.
1 John 2:3-5 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby now we that we are in him.
Becoming a Christian is the most important decision you'll ever make. Yet it can happen in a moment. The Bible says:
1. Each of us has disobeyed God's laws. We need to be forgiven for our sins and the rebellion that produced them.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
2. Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sins. He offers us forgiveness based on His sacrifice. No one can earn forgiveness through works since man's outwardly "good" works have no merit in God's sight.
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Romans 3:10-12 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4. Those who follow Jesus and receive His free sacrificial gift on their behalf are "born again" into the family of God. Our sins are forgiven and we enter into a new relationship with God and receive eternal life.
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
5. The ultimate test of our salvation is a pattern of obedience to Jesus and His teachings.
1 John 2:3-5 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby now we that we are in him.