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New Life

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation;
old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17

Christians are brand-new people on the inside. The Holy Spirit gives them new life, and they are not the same anymore. We are not reformed, rehabilitated, or reeducated - we are re-created (new creations), living in vital union with Christ (Colossians 2:6,7). At conversion we do not merely turn over a new leaf; we begin a new life under a new Master.

You do not become a Christian by asking Jesus into your heart. You become a Christian when you are born again. Jesus said, “Unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3). Saying a prayer or making a public commitment or signing a decision card will not save you. Only being born again will do that. The apostle Paul said that when you are “in Christ,” the old things pass away. In the moment of your salvation, every sin you ever committed is forgiven. Healing for every hurt you have ever suffered is available. Love and acceptance are yours despite every failure you have ever experienced. Your past, no matter how difficult or painful, is completely and thoroughly provided for.

Some will seek to diminish the awesome reality of your spiritual rebirth. You will hear them say, “Even though you're now a Christian, you must still undergo years of counseling to overcome the hurts you've experienced” or “You may be born again, but you'll continue to struggle with your sin, and hopefully you will eventually gain victory in areas of your weakness.”

The problem is that we seek changes by our own will rather than by turning our lives over in faith to the One who has given us new life. The profound testimony of Scripture is that the blood of Jesus Christ and the death of the Son of God is sufficient to completely free you from your sin. Satan will seek to convince you that it is not. Whom will you believe?

- Excerpt from “Experiencing God Day-By-Day” by Henry and Richard Blackaby

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Am I Really Saved?

๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ?
First let us understand what salvation is.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?
Firstly, we need to talk about salvation. If we do not have a scriptural understanding of salvation, how can we know whether we truly have it? Salvation is simply the deliverance from sin through faith in Jesus Christ. A person is truly saved when He accepts that he is a sinner, repents for his sins, and by faith, accepts the free gift of salvation made possible by Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross as revealed in the Bible.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
To know whether you are saved, you need to look at yourself in the light of the Scriptures. If you are sure that you have repented of your sins, and believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins, you will doubtless see the following evidence in your life.

๐Ÿญ. ๐—” ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ – ๐—” ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜
Once saved, the Bible says we are new creations in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). We are no longer slaves of sin. Jesus has set us free not only from the condemnation and effects of sin, but also from the power of sin over us.

Romans 8:1-2

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘š๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ , ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ โ„Ž, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž. 

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป
Freedom from sin does not mean that we should continue to sin:

Romans 6:1-5
๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›? ๐‘†โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘? ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘. ๐ป๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›? ๐พ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž? ๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘š ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž: ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐น๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ค๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›.


Note that the Bible says we are dead to sin. How can a believer who is now freed from the power of sin and who is now free to serve God fully, choose to remain in a life of sin?

Romans 6:6-23
๐พ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘ , ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›. ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘–๐‘“ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š: ๐พ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’; ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘›๐‘œ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘š. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘, โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘๐‘’: ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž, โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘. ๐ฟ๐‘–๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘˜๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘. ๐ฟ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘–๐‘”๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘“. ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›: ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข: ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›? ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ค, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘’? ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘–๐‘‘. ๐พ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ก, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ, โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ; ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž, ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ? ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘š ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข. ๐ต๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ . ๐ผ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘˜ ๐‘Ž๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ โ„Ž: ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ž๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ; ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘ฆ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ . ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ . ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘Ž๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘? ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž. ๐ต๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘๐‘’๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘’ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘, ๐‘ฆ๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘œ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’. ๐น๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž; ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘–๐‘“๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐บ๐‘œ๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐ฝ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐ถโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐ฟ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘.

This chapter says very clearly that as Christians, we have freedom from sin and that we should not continue to live in sin.
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How Do I Become A Christian?

 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
๐—˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
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?
๐—˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป - 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.
๐—˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น 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.
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป - ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€
The Bible explains how to become a Christian in very simple terms:
▪️ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ 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."
▪️ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต. Romans 6:23 states: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."
▪️ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ'๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜. 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).
๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ% ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ
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 ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ."
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.
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๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ "๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป" ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—š๐—ผ๐—ฑ
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.
▪️ We ask Jesus to come into our heart, take up residence there, and begin living through us.
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