How to Become a Christian - Outline Version
1. Admit that you're a sinner.
2. Believe that Jesus is God's Son.
3. Confess your sins and ask Jesus into your heart.
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How to Become a Christian - Expanded Version
Becoming a Christian is the most important step you will take in your life.
Salvation Begins With God.
His Spirit tugs on your heart.
John 6:44
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him ..." (NIV)
God desires an intimate relationship with us, but we cannot obtain it through our own efforts.
(NIV)Romans 3:10-12
"...There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one." (NIV)
Our sin separates us from God.
Romans 3:23
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (NIV)
Salvation is a gift from God.
He offers the gift through Jesus, his Son. By laying down his life on the cross, Christ took our place and paid the ultimate price, the penalty for our sin. Jesus is our only way to God.
John 14:6
"Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (NLT)
The only thing we must do is respond to God's call.
The response to God's call is explained in these simple steps found in God's Word:
1) Admit you are a sinner and turn away from your sin.
Acts 3:19 says: "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." (NIV)
Repent literally means "a change of mind that results in a change of action." To repent, then, means to admit you are a sinner.
2) Believe Jesus Christ died on the cross to save you from your sins and give you eternal life.
John 3:16 says: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." (NLT)
3) Come to him by faith.
In John 14:6 Jesus said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (NLT)
You can come to God by saying a simple prayer. Prayer is simply communicating with God. Pray using your own words. There is no special formula. Just pray from your heart to God, and believe that he has saved you. If you don’t know what to pray, here’s a prayer of salvation you can pray:
Lord Jesus, I confess that I am a sinner. I believe that you died upon the cross to pay the penalty for f my sin. I believe you rose from the dead and went to Heaven to prepare a place for me. I accept you as my Savior and friend. Come into my heart and set me free from my sin.
4) Don’t doubt
Salvation is by grace, through faith. There’s nothing you did, or ever can do, to deserve it. It’s a free gift from God. All you have to do is receive it!
Ephesians 2:8 says: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God." (NIV)
5) Tell someone about your decision
Romans 10:9-10 says, "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. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." (NIV)
Salvation Begins With God.
His Spirit tugs on your heart.
John 6:44
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him ..." (NIV)
God desires an intimate relationship with us, but we cannot obtain it through our own efforts.
(NIV)Romans 3:10-12
"...There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God. All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one." (NIV)
Romans 3:23
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (NIV)
John 14:6
"Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (NLT)
Acts 3:19 says: "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." (NIV)
John 3:16 says: "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." (NLT)
In John 14:6 Jesus said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." (NLT)
Ephesians 2:8 says: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God." (NIV)
Romans 10:9-10 says, "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. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved." (NIV)