God loves you and wants you to experience peace and life--abundant and eternal.

The Bible says...

"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ." Romans 5:1

"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

"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10

Why don't most people have this peace and abundant life that God planned for us to have?
 

Step Two
The Problem: Our Separation

God created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love and obey Him. God gave us a will and a freedom of choice.

We chose to disobey God and go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God.

The Bible says...

"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

Our Attempts to Reach God

People have tried in many ways to bridge this gap between themselves and God...

The Bible says...

"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." Proverbs 14:12

"But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." Isaiah 59:2

No bridge reaches God...except one.
 

Step Three
God's Bridge: The Cross

Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and people.

The Bible says...

"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ." 1 Timothy 2:5

"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." 1 Peter 3:18

"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8

God has provided the only way. Each person must make a choice.
 

Step Four
Our Response: Receive Christ

We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior personally asking him into your life and obeying his commands.

The Bible says...

"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12

And how do we believe in his name?  Belief is more than mental agreement.  Biblical belief involves both mental agreement and also action.  We do not really believe unless we are obedient to bible commands.  Read this verses.

MENTAL AGREEMENT------
"... if you confess 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

OBEDIENCE---
...."What shall we do?  Peter said to them, "repent and be baptised for the forgivness of your sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit."  Acts 2:38

Where are you?

Will you make Jesus Christ Lord of your life right now?

Here is summary of how you can make Jesus Lord of your life and become one of his followers: According to the Bible You must...
1.Admit your need (I am a sinner).
2.Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
3.Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.
4.Confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, receiving him as your savior.
5. Be baptized (immersed) into Christ. 

Next Step
Connect yourself to a Bible believing and Christ preaching local congregation.  Become a member of the church and let them help you in your new life in Christ. They are a community of believers (the church). We need the fellowship of other believers and their accountability in order to grow in strength and in the likeness of Christ.  You can not be a lone-ranger Christian and mature as a follower of Christ.

God's Assurance: His Word

If you have given your life to Christ and followed the steps outlined in the scripture then...

Be Assured....the Bible says...

"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."

"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13

Did you sincerely ask Jesus Christ to come into your life? Did you confess your sins and repent of them? Were you baptized into Christ for the remission of your sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit? 1 John says "these things are written that you might know that you are saved."

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast." Ephesians 2:8,9

In receiving Christ then, we are born into God's family through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. This is called regeneration, or the "new birth."

This is just the beginning of a wonderful new life in Christ. To deepen this relationship you should: