ACCEPTING CHRIST

We have now seen that we can receive the gift of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ alone.  So the next step is for us to actually receive the gift of eternal life..... Let me clarify what this involves.  

First, we must transfer our trust from ourselves(ex. going to church, being a good neighbor, living by the Golden Rule etc.) to what Jesus Christ has done for us on the cross.  He takes our sin and we receive His righteousness.

 The next thing is to receive Christ as our Savior. This means that we are trusting in Jesus alone for salvation(getting to heaven)

The next thing is that we receive Christ as Lord of our life. This means to yield our lives to His control(very important, we will start to go into this next post)

And the last thing is to repent of our sins and follow Him. This means that we are willing to turn (U-TURN, not simply veer off) from the things that we have been doing that is not pleasing to God. We need to follow Him as He reveals His will to you in His Word(Bible)

I hope that the above explains what is involved when receiving the gift of salvation. Once we have sincerely decided to accept Christ into our lives we are to communicate it to God through prayer.

Simply tell God that you are willing to commit your life to Him and accept Him into your heart.

I pray that each and every one of you will make this commitment and that it is genuine and from the heart.

If you have made this commitment, be assured because Jesus says in John 6:47 .... Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes HAS eternal life.        Key word there is HAS, not might have, not could have, Jesus said HAS.  What a great feeling knowing that heaven is your destination.  Until next time.