𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 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
Realizing how to become a Christian is the most important discovery of your life! Becoming a Christian is more than joining a church or saying a prayer. It is a personal relationship that will last for eternity. Do you know what will happen to you the moment you die? Where will you find yourself? Where is your destination?
There are only two destinations - and both are eternal: You will either find yourself living for eternity in heaven or existing for eternity in hell. Where will you be?
𝗘𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻 - This destination is reserved for those who receive Jesus Christ's gift of eternal salvation. Contrary to popular belief, heaven is not for the church-goers, the devout, or the "good people." The only stipulation is receiving God's gift of salvation.
𝗘𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 is reserved for those who reject Jesus Christ and His Gospel. The Bible sums up the Gospel like this: : "...That Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Hell is described in the Bible as a fiery lake of burning sulfur.
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 - 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀
The Bible explains how to become a Christian in very simple terms:
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 and can not live up to God's standard of holiness. Romans 3:23 says, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵. Romans 6:23 states: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱'𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗳𝘁. God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die in our place, so we could be spared from hell. Romans 5:8 says, "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." According to the Bible, we aren't required to subscribe to a religious formula or do more good things than bad ones. God gives His gift freely to all who ask. "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" (Romans 10:13).𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗻 - 𝟭𝟬𝟬% 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲
Once you discover how to become a Christian and then accept God's gift, the Bible says that you can be 100 percent assured of your eternal designation.
1 John 5:11-13 says, "And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God 𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲."
Do you know for sure that you will spend eternal life with God in heaven? If not, this is a decision you don't want to put off.
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻" 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗚𝗼𝗱
The "prayer of salvation" is the most important prayer we'll ever pray.
When we're ready to become a Christian, we're ready to have our first real conversation with God, and these are its components:
We acknowledge that Jesus Christ is God; that He came to earth as a man in order to live the sinless life that we cannot live; that He died in our place, so that we would not have to pay the penalty we deserve. We confess our past life of sin - living for ourselves and not obeying God. We admit we are ready to trust Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗜𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗱 When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're letting God know we believe His Word is true. By the faith He has given us, we choose to believe in Him. The Bible tells us that "without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6).
So, when we pray, asking God for the gift of salvation, we're exercising our free will to acknowledge that we believe in Him. That demonstration of faith pleases God, because we have freely chosen to know Him.
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗶𝗻
When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're admitting that we've sinned. As the Bible says of everyone, save Christ alone: "For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).
To sin is simply to fall short of the mark, as an arrow that does not quite hit the bull's-eye. The glory of God that we fall short of is found only in Jesus Christ: "For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Corinthians 4:6).
The prayer of salvation, then, recognizes that Jesus Christ is the only human who ever lived without sin. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Corinthians 5:21).
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱
With Christ as our standard of perfection, we're now acknowledging faith in Him as God, agreeing with the Apostle John that: "In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made" (John 1:1-3).
Because God could only accept a perfect, sinless sacrifice, and because He knew that we could not possibly accomplish that, He sent His Son to die for us and pay the eternal price. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." (John 3:16).
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗜𝘁 & 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄!
Do you agree with everything you have read so far? If you do, don't wait a moment longer to start your new life in Jesus Christ. Remember, this prayer is not a magical formula. You are simply expressing your heart to God. Pray this with us:
"𝙁𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙄 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙖𝙬𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣. 𝙄 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙣, 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙨, 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧. 𝙄 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙. 𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙮 𝙔𝙤𝙪, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙄𝙣 𝙅𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙨' 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙮, 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙣."
𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝘁; 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁?
If you've prayed this prayer of salvation with true conviction and heart, you are now a follower of Jesus. This is a fact, whether or not you feel any different. Religious systems may have led you to believe that you should feel something - a warm glow, a tingle, or some other mystical experience. The fact is, you may, or you may not. If you have prayed the prayer of salvation and meant it, you are now a follower of Jesus. The Bible tells us that your eternal salvation is secure! "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
Welcome to the family of God!
We encourage you now to find a local church where you can be baptized and grow in the knowledge of God through His Word, the Bible.
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