#45 God Is Alive: He Still Saves People

God Is Alive: He Still Saves People

by Tom Malone

I know God is alive because He still saves people.  I have had people say to me, “Preacher, what do you mean by ‘saved’ “?

Sometimes they ask because they really want to know .  Then sometimes they ask because they are being critical.  I always answer, “I mean what ever the Bible means when it says, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.'”

We read in 1 Timothy 4:10, “For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.”  You will be surprised at how many times the Bible doesn’t just say God, but the living God.”

People say, “Well some just have an emotional experience.”

Listen!  Can you imagine an emotional experience lasting for seven decades?  Can you imagine the emotional experience becoming more precious every day of those years?  Can you imagine it becoming more real every day for over seventy years?

Someone says, “You just had an emotional experience and got all stirred up and got to crying.” 

I sure did!  I cried! I had lived with a vacuum and a void, and I had found a Friend.  I was so thrilled that I wept.

Someone, says, “Well, it was mob hysteria.” 

I get so tired of these Ph.D’s who think they know everything.  Talking about mob hysteria; there were about sixty people there, a handful of people in a little old country church.  Mob hysteria!  No, it wasn’t mob hysteria; it was God saving my soul.

The Lord not only saved me, but for a lifetime of years He has kept me.  Listen, friends! Saving someone like me was a problem, but keeping someone like me is a bigger problem.

You ask, “How do you know that the Lord is alive?”

He was alive the second week of August in 1935; and He has been alive every day since.  I know it because He has kept me.  In 1 Timothy 1:15, Paul says, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”

Paul is not the only one who ever felt that way.  When I came to the Lord, I felt I was the dirtiest young man, the wickedest sinner there was.  I felt I was the chief of sinners.  Yet God saved me, just like Paul said.

Folks say, “Preacher, if I believed I could hold out, I would be a Christian.”

Bless your hearts!  You don’t have to hold out.  Le me illustrate.

If I were going to cross the main road in traffic with one of my little grandsons—one, two years of age and the other, four—would I stick out one finger and say, “Now Tommy, hold on.  If you lose your  grip and a car hits you, it’s your fault.  If you get killed, it’s no problem of mine.  It’s your life, so hold on.”?

No granddaddy holds onto little children like that.  I wouldn’t  even get him by the hand.  I’d grab him by the arm and squeeze him so tight he would say, “Grandpa, you’re hurting my arm.”

I’d say, “I will let up when we cross the road.”  My grandson doesn’t have to hold on.  If he tired to get loose, he couldn’t.

It is not a matter of your holding on.  The Lord gets a grip on you.  “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).

Some years ago two brilliant young attorneys in England said, “If we could disprove just two things in the New Testament, we could knock the whole arc stone out from under Christianity.  If we could just prove that Jesus never came out of the grave and if we could disprove that the apostle Paul was ever really saved, we could defeat Christianity.”

Each agreed to study a year and then get together and share their findings.

When these two lawyers had given one year’s study to those two questions, they met again.

One asked, “What did you find about the resurrection?”

The other said, “As an attorney studying all the facts of the case, I am convinced beyond any shadow of doubt that Jesus Christ arose from the dead.  What did you find?”

The other said, “I find that the apostle Paul was saved on the Damascus Road just like the Bible said.  And not only that, but I have also found in studying about it that I have been saved.”

The Lord saves people.  It is a reality.  You can’t explain God’s taking a libertine and cleaning him up or taking a drunkard and making him honest—you can’t explain it apart from the reality of the Christian experience called in the Bible the new birth.

I know God is alive because He still saves, and He will save you if you are not saved.

#33 Do All Religions Teach the Same Truth?

Do all religions ultimately teach the same truth? 

No. There are many differences in doctrine in each religion that make this view impossible.  Consider the doctrine of God—the most fundamental doctrine of any religion.

Jesus taught that there is one and only one personal God who is triune in nature (Mark 12:29; John 4:24; 5:18, 19).

• Muhammad taught that there is only one God, but that God cannot have a son.
• Confucius was polytheistic (he believed in many gods).
•  Krishna believed in a combination of polytheism (belief in may gods) and pantheism (the belief that all is God).
• Zoroaster believed in religious dualism—that is, he believed there is both a good god and a bad god.

How can it be said that these religions are teaching the same basic truth when their respective leaders set forth such utterly contradictory and diametrically opposing concepts of God?

Jesus was very exclusivistic in His truth claims, indicating that what He said took precedence over all the others.  Jesus said He is uniquely and exclusively man’s only means of coming into a relationship with God.: “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.”  (John 14:6).  Jesus’ exclusivity caused Him to warn:  “Watch that no one deceives you.  For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many”  (Matthew 24:4,5,23).

—Ron Rhodes

#32 Why Christianity is the Only Truth

Why Christianity

(IS THE ONLY TRUTH)

 

#31 Will Christians Stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ?

Is it true that Christians will one day stand before the judgment seat of Christ? 

Yes, all believers will one day stand before the judgment seat of Christ (Romans 14:10,11).  At that time each believer’s life will be examined in regard to the things done while in the body.  Personal motives and intents of the heart will also be weighed.

The idea of a “judgment seat” relates to the athletic games of Paul’s day.  After the races and games concluded, the emperor himself often took his seat on an elevated throne, and one by one, the winning athletes came up to the throne to receive a reward.  This reward was usually a wreath of leaves, a “victor’s crown.”  In the case of Christians, each of us will stand before Christ the Judge and receive (or lose) rewards.

This judgment has nothing to do with whether or not the Christian will remain saved.  Those who have placed faith in Christ are saved, and nothing threatens that.  Believers are eternally secure in their salvation (Ephesians 4:30).  This judgment rather has to do with the reception or loss of rewards.

—Ron Rhodes

#29 How Easy Is Salvation?

By Cameron Buettel

Few things are more destructive than misinterpreting God’s Word. A wrong interpretation can lead to physical harm (e.g., handling snakes based on Mark 16:18) or spiritual harm (e.g., consternation over one’s salvation in the absence of speaking in tongues).

Aside from misunderstanding the text as it is written, misinterpretation often happens when we ignore, or are ignorant of, the historical background of the text. We can easily forget that the divine words we read in each biblical account rise out of the milieu of each human author’s cultural context. And when we do, we run the risk of wrongly assuming why the authors wrote certain things, and what they meant, and how it applies to us. On the other hand, Scripture becomes so much clearer and more profound when understood in its original context.

Christ’s warning to the lukewarm Laodicean church takes on a new flavor when we understand how the city of Laodicea sat on an aqueduct of putrid water that was neither hot nor cold (Revelation 3:14–16). Exhortations to the suffering Philippians carry a greater force once we realize that Paul wrote them from his prison cell (Philippians 1:28–30). And Christ’s confrontations with the Pharisees are all the more condemning when we understand the blasphemy and hypocrisy of their works-righteousness (cf. Luke 20; John 8:12–59).

The modern trend of Christian contextualization is antithetical to a historical interpretation. Rather than taking the audience back to the original setting of the text at hand, many of today’s preachers labor to sever the biblical text from its historical moorings and transport it into a contemporary setting. Hence the explosion of sermons based on pop culture, racy subject matter, and social justice. Even the WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) juggernaut is symptomatic of this problem, by speculating about what Jesus might do, rather than examining what He did do.

Moreover, such an approach relegates the biblical text to the role of supporting cast in the preacher’s consumer-driven production. And when Scripture no longer holds primacy, the ability to play fast and loose with the biblical text grows. Nowhere is that trend more evident than in churches where growth is measured numerically rather than spiritually. By widening the narrow gate, seeker-sensitive churches have filled vast auditoriums with people who do not understand the cost of faith and repentance. Instead of being sensitive to the only true Seeker, they have pandered to the preferences of unbelievers.

Recently we discussed the dangers of a man-centered theology of salvation. Seeker-sensitive pastors routinely provide a path of least biblical resistance for the unbeliever to gain entry into God’s kingdom. And for many, Romans 10:9 is the shortcut they’ve been looking for: “If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”

Paul could never have imagined his glorious, hope-filled promise would be exploited 2,000 years later as a two-step altar call formula—simply confess and believe. It has become a comfortable, spiritual Fast Pass for people who have no interest in submitting to the lordship of Christ.

Joseph Prince, a mega-church pastor, best-selling author, and TBN regular, offers this cheap invitation to those who visit his website:

The Bible tells us how to be saved and have eternal life: Believe in our hearts that Jesus died for our sins and was raised from the grave, and confess with our mouths that He is our Lord and Savior. . . . To be saved and to receive all that Jesus has done for you, you can make Him your Lord and Savior today by praying this prayer: “Lord Jesus, thank You for loving me and dying for me on the cross. Your precious blood washes me clean of every sin. You are my Lord and my Savior, now and forever. I believe that You rose from the dead and that You are alive today. Because of Your finished work, I am now a beloved child of God and heaven is my home. Thank You for giving me eternal life, and filling my heart with Your peace and joy. Amen” (emphasis added). ^[1]

Unfortunately, Joseph Prince’s textploitation is nothing unusual in the current evangelical climate. Regardless, reading the rest of Romans would be far more beneficial than tuning into Prince’s next broadcast. Paul made it clear elsewhere that our confession and faith are proven false if there is no fruit of repentance in our lives (Romans 6:1–18).

So with that in mind, what do we make of Paul’s simple confession of faith? Is it really all that’s required for salvation? This is why the original context is vital.

Paul wrote his theological magnum opus to Christians whose lives were under constant threat from the Roman government. The god-complex carried by deluded emperors developed into a cult of Caesar among the residents of Rome. Citizens needed to express their primary allegiance to their self-deified ruler by confessing “Caesar is lord.” Failure to do so was usually met with a grizzly death.

Paul’s readers needed to be encouraged to remain steadfast in their faithfulness to Christ under the threat of execution. The promise of salvation through confession and belief was never intended to provide a ticket to heaven by jumping through two easy hoops. It was the promise of eternal life to Christians who could very well lose their physical life because they confessed Jesus—not Caesar—as Lord.

The greatest tragedy of Prince’s mishandling of Romans 10:9 is that he has taken a profession of faith that cost many Christians their lives and turned it into a profession of faith that avoids any personal cost whatsoever. It may create more converts, but what exactly are they converting to?

John MacArthur warns strongly against treating Romans 10:9 as a minimum requirement for salvation. He points out that words like “Lord” and “believe” are loaded with implicit meaning that far exceeds a path of least resistance into God’s kingdom:

Many people acknowledge that Jesus is both the Son of God and Lord of the universe. But Paul is speaking of the deep, personal, abiding conviction that, without any reservation or qualification, will confess . . . Jesus as Lord, that is, will confess that Jesus is the believer’s own sovereign, ruling Lord, in whom alone he trusts for salvation and to whom he submits.

James teaches that even demons acknowledge truth about God. In a purely factual sense, they are completely orthodox in their theology. “You believe that God is one,” he writes. “You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder” (James 2:19). In other words, demons are monotheists. Satan and his fallen angels are also confirmed creationists, having watched God form the heavens and the earth simply by speaking them into existence. . . .

James’s point is that men can hold such demon belief, belief that is theologically correct but that does not include reception of Jesus as Lord. People may be well aware of their sin, be under deep conviction about it, and even have a great emotional sense of guilt from which they long to be delivered. But they do not repent and forsake the sin that causes the guilt, nor do they trust in the Savior who can forgive and remove the sin. Speaking about such people, the writer of Hebrews gives one of the most sobering warnings to be found in Scripture: “For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God, and put Him to open shame” (Hebrews 6:4–6). ^[2]

In other words, a person can verbally confess Christ’s lordship and affirm His resurrection, and still go to hell. Confession and belief are not hoops to be jumped through. They are the affirming signs of genuine repentance from sin, true saving faith in the resurrected Savior, and authentic obedience to His commands.

—gty.org/blog

#18 Memory in Hell

Memory is like the tiger that sits at the corner of every turn. You can’t forget.  There are some people reading this who have done some heinous, wicked things; and you would do anything under God’s Heaven to erase them from your mind, but you can’t.

When I was little, a wicked fellow used to get a bunch of us kids off and tell us filthy stories.  Those stories hang on the walls of my mind like pictures in an art gallery.  Would to God that I could forget them—God can forget, but I can’t.

How long will memory last?  That a poor rich man down in Hell is being reminded, “Son, remember! Son, remember! Son, remember!”

Durwood Williams and I were standing in front of the union Gospel Mission several years ago. A fellow came along.  Williams said to him, “We’ll let you come in for the service.  After that, you get a bath, and we’ll give you a good supper, and you will have a place to sleep for the night.”

This fellow said, “Sleep? I haven’t slept in five years.  I have gotten catnaps, but I don’t sleep.  Every time I sleep, I can see the last man I murdered.”

That man had killed five people.  He had taken a knife and cut the last one’s throat, and the man drowned in his own blood.

“I can hear the gurgling sound now every time I close my eyes.  I don’t care if I never sleep again.”

Memory is a horrible thing.  And those poor souls in Hell remember the times they could have been saved but weren’t.

They will be there forever!

—Dolphus Price

#16 What is the Gospel?

In an age of many voices, all vying to be heard, we must be careful to find out God’s definition of the “gospel” and not someone else’s definition.  Here is a short explanation of what the true gospel is:

Perhaps the best single definition of the gospel in Scripture is found in 1 Corinthians 15:3,4:  “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: 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.”  

The “gospel,” according to this passage, has four components:

1. Man is a sinner
2. Christ is the Savior
3. Christ died as man’s substitute
4. Christ arose from the dead

This is the gospel Paul and other apostles preached; it is the gospel we too must preach.

If anyone, any organization or any religion tells you that you must add some type of works to the gospel for it to be the truth; then you need to run away as quickly as possible from them.  It is very simple, we need a personal relationship with Christ.   It isn’t about joining a church, doing penance, going to confession, getting baptized, feeding the poor, etc. etc.  It is about a personal relationship with Christ the Son of God.

How do I have a relationship with Him?  First, start by reading the Bible (God’s Holy Word).  Start by reading and then in prayer asking God to reveal Himself to you in a way that only you will understand.  If you seek God with all your heart, He will be found by you.  Seek Him like a person who is lost in a desert would seek for a drop of water.  Seek with your WHOLE HEART and God WILL reveal  Himself and the way of salvation to you through His Word.

Isaiah 55:6  “Seek the Lord while he may be found;  call on him while he is near.”

Matthew 7: 7,8:   “Ask and it will be given to your, seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.  For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”   ( See Romans 10:9,10).

Salvation is the MOST important thing that you can ask and seek for.  Remember, there are many voices vying to be heard and will tell you the wrong way to God. In fact the Bible calls them wolves (false prophets)  in sheep’s clothing because they come to you saying that they have been sent by God, when God did not send them  (see Matthew 24:24; Jeremiah 23:16)

These false prophets (wolves) or religions preach “another gospel” (Galatians 1:6-9).  Let’s take a look at what the Apostle Paul said here:

“I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all.  Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.  But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!  As we have already said, so now I say again:  If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!”

Remember to enter by the narrow gate:  ” Enter through the narrow gate.  For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.  But small if the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”  

Sad to say, the majority of people will take the broad road that leads to destruction. So do not listen to the crowds, listen to God.

#14 Must a Person be Baptized to be Saved?

Acts 2:38

“And Peter said to them, ‘Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus  Christ  for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.'”

No. Admittedly, this is not an easy verse to interpret.  But a basic principle of Bible interpretation is that difficult passages are to be interpreted in light of the easy, clear verses.  One should never build a theology on difficult passages.

Now, the majority of passages dealing with salvation in the New Testament affirm that salvation is by faith alone.  A good example is John 3:16-17:  “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.”  In view of such clear passages, how is Acts 2:38 to be interpreted?

A single word in the verse gives us the answer. The verse reads, “Peter replied, ‘Repent and be baptized, every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.  And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” (emphasis added).

Students of the Greek language have often pointed out that the Greek word “for” (eis) is a preposition that can indicate causality (“in order to attain”) or a result (“because of “).  An example of using “for” in a resultant sense is the sentence.  “I’m taking an aspirin for my headache.”  Obviously this means I’m taking an aspirin as a result of my headache.  I’m not taking an aspirin in order to attain a headache.

An example of using “for” in a causal sense is the sentence, “I’m going to the office for my paycheck.”  Obviously this means I’m going to the office in order to attain my paycheck.

Now, in Acts 2:38 the word “for” is used in a resultant sense.  The verse might be paraphrased, “Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus Christ because of (or as a result of ) the remission of sins.”  The verse is not saying, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ in order to attain the remission of sins.“

Hence, this verse properly interpreted, indicated that water baptism follows the salvation experience.

—Ron Rhodes

Note: When a person is born-again ( means repent and receive Christ as Savior and Lord of your life; John 3:6), he or she becomes a child of God (John 1:12), and becomes a new creature in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), the Holy Spirit baptizes that person into Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13,14).

As long as Christ lives and where He is— you will be with Him. Through immersion, the individual identifies himself with Christ’s death, burial and resurrection.

 (see also: Mark 16:16; John 3:1-5).

# 10 What is Repentance?

First of all, let us define true repentance.

Repentance can be defined this way: It involves a change of mind. The individual must stop living a sinful lifestyle, or determine to refrain from committing a particular sin.  Usually accompanied by regret and the desire for forgiveness.  The key element is a change of mind and attitude from one’s former outlook or way of life.

Many people only regret their sins when they get caught.  They do not have a change of mind or lifestyle.  They may even “cry ” convincingly.  But that is not true repentance either.

True repentance is going to God with a broken spirit, humble attitude and  contrite —  seeking forgiveness.  There MUST be  a change seen in that person’s life.  Not just talk but action.  They will need the strength of the Holy Spirit to enable them to change, but when a person sincerely comes to God for forgiveness and power to overcome sin in their life;  He grants it to them.

There are two areas  in a person’s life to seek forgiveness and where repentance is required.  One is the sin nature that was inherited. We need to receive God’s remedy for sin and receive salvation that was bought and paid for on the cross by Jesus Christ.   Two, we all need to  come to God and repent for the sins in our lives; so that we can receive forgiveness and have our fellowship with God restored once we have been born-again from above.

What is “original sin”?

First of all, there is the problem of original sin that needs to be dealt with. When Adam and Eve sinned, it didn’t just affect them in an isolated way.  It affected the entire human race.  In fact, ever since then, every human being born into the world has been born in a state of sin. Every human being that is born is under the curse of sin that was passed down to us through Adam and Eve.  We inherited the sin nature and it is passed on to us from conception.  See: Romans 5: 12;  I Corinthians 15: 21,22; Ephesians 2: 3-5.  By nature we are objects of wrath.

Was death the result of sin? 

Yes, I believe so.  In Scripture there is a direct connection between sin and death (Romans 5: 12).  One causes the other.  Death came into the universe as a result of sin (Genesis 2: 17).

This means that death is not natural.  It is an unnatural intruder.  God intended human beings to live. Death has arisen  because of our rebellion against God; it is a form of God’s judgment.

By sending a Savior into the world—the Lord Jesus Christ—God made provision for taking care of the sin problem (John 3: 17).  Those who believe in Him (and receive Him as personal Lord and Savior) will live eternally at His side, the sin problem having been banished forever. (See Romans 10: 9,10–to see how to receive Christ and be born-again).

Repentance Once We Receive Christ As Lord and Savior

However, once we receive Christ as our Lord and Savior, we must deal with the ongoing sins that we commit while here on earth in our natural bodies.  Once we are with God in Heaven, we will have gloried bodies, which will not be subject to sin and death.  Until then, we are commanded by God’s Word to live according to God’s commandments (Bible) and repent of known sins as soon as we are aware of them.  He has promised to never leave us or forsake us but guide us while we are living in this evil world.  Every Christian should be growing closer to the image of Christ. (Sanctification is a process).   We are to grow in the image and likeness of Christ until the time that we are in Heaven and will be “glorified” (glorification).

I John 1:8-10:  “If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.”  

Like it was said at the beginning of this short blog, a person must first receive Christ as Lord and Savior in order to deal with the “original sin problem” and then after receiving Christ and being born-again, we need corporate with God and be obedient to Him and grow into mature Christians that bring our God glory.

 

#7 Steps to Peace With God

STEPS TO PEACE WITH GOD

STEP 1

God’s purpose: Peace & Eternal Life

God loves you, and He wants you to live in peace with Him and to receive eternal life.

 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

“. . . the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Romans 6:23b

Since God planned for us to be at peace with Him and to have eternal life, why are so many people not enjoying this experience?

STEP 2

Our Problem: Sin & Separation

God did not make us robots to mindlessly love and obey Him.  Instead He gave us a will and freedom of choice.

But like Adam, we often choose to disobey God and go our own selfish ways (read Genesis chapters 2-3).  This side of our nature is called sin, and it separates us from God.

Our sin separates us from God.

The Bible says:

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. . .the wages of sin is death.”  Romans 3:23, 6:23

“So [after Adam sinned] the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden. . .” Genesis 3:23a

“But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not bear.” Isaiah 59:2

STEP 3

The Cross

Jesus Christ is the only answer to this problem of separation from God.  He died on the cross and rose from the grave to pay the penalty for our sin—completely bridging the gap between us and God.

God has provided the only way. . .and we must make the choice.

The Bible says:

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”  Acts 4:12

“I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word [Jesus] and believes Him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.”  John 5:24

STEP 4

Our Response: Receive Christ

We can receive Jesus Christ when we believe in His message and trust Him alone to save us.

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

HOW TO RECEIVE CHRIST

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. Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit.  (Receive Him as your Savior).

WHAT TO PRAY

Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am sinful and I need Your forgiveness.  I believe that You died to pay the penalty for my sin.  I want to turn from my sin nature and follow You instead.  I invite You to come into my heart and life.  In Jesus Name, Amen.

GOD’S ASSURANCE: HIS WORD

If you sincerely prayed this prayer and asked Jesus Christ to come into your life, do you know what He has given you?

YOUR NEW LIFE

When you receive Christ, you are born into God’s family through the supernatural work of the Holy Spirit, who indwells every believer. . .this is called regeneration or “new birth.”  God bless you as you begin your wonderful new life in Christ.

The Bible says:

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

“He who has the Son has life: he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.  These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life….”  1 John 5:12-13

“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ”  Romans 5:1

—-Billy Graham, Evangelist