๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ, “๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ,” ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ.
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?
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป - 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.
๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น 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.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป - ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐
The Bible explains how to become a Christian in very simple terms:
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ 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." ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ต. Romans 6:23 states: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ'๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐. 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).๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป - ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ% ๐๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ
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 ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ."
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.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ "๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป" ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฑ
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.๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฑ 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.
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ป
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).
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ณ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ
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).
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ & ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐!
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:
"๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง, ๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. ๐ ๐๐ข ๐ฉ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ฎ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐๐ซ๐ค๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ. ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ, ๐
๐๐จ๐ช๐จ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ข๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐ฌ๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐๐ง. ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐
๐๐จ๐ช๐จ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ง๐ช๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ฌ๐๐ง๐. ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ค๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ ๐ข๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ช, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ค ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐. ๐๐ฃ ๐
๐๐จ๐ช๐จ' ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฎ, ๐ผ๐ข๐๐ฃ."
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป - ๐'๐๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐; ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐?
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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