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Take These Important Steps of Salvation to Discover These Vital Answers STEP #1: Understand that God's desire for you is life, abundant, and eternal. The Bible declares: Giving you abundant life required the supreme sacrifice: God desires fellowship and companionship with you. What a wonderful gift the Father has given, yet if God gave His own Son to provide an abundant and everlasting life, why don’t more people have what He has designed for us to receive? It is a question answered by this sobering realization. STEP #2: Realize that you are separated from God. There is a gap between God and mankind. He has provided a way for us to receive an abundant and eternal life, but people throughout the ages have made selfish choices to disobey God Almighty. These choices continue to cause separation from the Father. God’s Word shows us that the result of sin is death. He says in His Word: And God also said, Paul the apostle states in Romans 3:23, And in Romans 6:23 we read: Every human was created with the ability and need to know God and fellowship with Him. Augustine, a minister who lived during the fourth and fifth centuries, called this longing in each of us "that God-shaped vacuum." Every day we hear of people who are rich, famous, achievers, star athletes—people who seem to have the best life can offer—yet they try to fill that empty void in their lives with "things." They even try good works, morality, and religion. Yet they remain empty, for only God, through His Son, can fill that emptiness.
STEP #3: Accept the fact that God has provided only one solution to sin and separation from Himself. Jesus Christ, His Son, is the only way to God. Only He can reconcile us to God the Father. Mankind may seek other solutions and worship other gods, but Jesus Christ, alone, died on the Cross for our sins and rose in triumph over the grave and eternal death. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and mankind. The Bible explains: We are also told, There is only one way provided: For in John 14:6 we read, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." God Almighty has provided the only way. Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin and rebellion against God by dying on the cross, shedding His blood, and rising from the dead to justify and reconcile you back to God the Father. STEP #4: Pray to receive Jesus Christ into your life. You can be brought back to God, and your relationship with Him can be restored by trusting in Christ alone to save your life from destruction. What an incredible exchange: Your worst for God’s best! This step happens by asking Jesus Christ to take away your sin and to come into your heart to be your Lord and Savior. God’s Word is very clear: And the Bible tells us, Are you willing to let go of your burdens and sins? Are you willing to turn away and repent from your sins? Are you willing to receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior now?
Pray to Receive Jesus Christ into your life. At this moment you can pray the most important prayer of your life by simply saying:
Dear Lord Jesus, By praying this prayer, confessing your sins, and receiving Jesus Christ into your heart, God has given you the right to become His forgiven child. The Bible gives you this assurance: "But as many as received him, to them he gave the power to become the sons of God, even to them who believe on his name" (John 1:12). If you have just received Jesus Christ into your life, we want to rejoice with you. PRAYER REQUEST |
