HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN:
REMEMBER: PRAYERS DON'T SAVE PEOPLE....JESUS SAVES PEOPLE.
The first thing that must happen before someone can be saved is to realize that you are lost. It is no use in throwing a life preserver to someone in the ocean when they are just swimming. They will think that you are crazy. But if they are drowning they seriously need and will greatly welcome a life preserver. So, if someone desires to become a Christian, known as "being saved" or "to be born again", he/she first needs to realize his/her life is drowning and he/she is in need of help and salvation that exists outside of himself or herself.
There must be a conviction or realization of three things:
1. That you are a sinner and cannot save yourself.
2. That because you are a sinner you will die and be judged and will spend eternity in hell.
3. That Jesus Christ is both God and the Son of God, that He died on a cross for your sins, rose from the dead, and is the only way a person can be saved and escape the judgment of hell.
The first thing that must happen before someone can be saved is to realize that you are lost. It is no use in throwing a life preserver to someone in the ocean when they are just swimming. They will think that you are crazy. But if they are drowning they seriously need and will greatly welcome a life preserver. So, if someone desires to become a Christian, known as "being saved" or "to be born again", he/she first needs to realize his/her life is drowning and he/she is in need of help and salvation that exists outside of himself or herself.
There must be a conviction or realization of three things:
1. That you are a sinner and cannot save yourself.
2. That because you are a sinner you will die and be judged and will spend eternity in hell.
3. That Jesus Christ is both God and the Son of God, that He died on a cross for your sins, rose from the dead, and is the only way a person can be saved and escape the judgment of hell.
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John 16:8-11 ESV And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: (9) concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; (10) concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; (11) concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. |
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NOW...If you believe the 3 points above you can pray and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to receive your life because you are giving it to Him and that you are receiving His life in you. Ask Him to forgive you. If you do this with a heart of faith the Bible says that you will be saved and forgiven. You will be known as a Christian and a child of God. |
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Lets look at what the Apostle Paul said in his Epistle to the Romans which is commonly known as the Roman Road to salvation.
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."
Romans 5:6 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord."
Romans 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Romans 10:17 "So, then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"
Romans 12:1-2 "I beseech you therefore, brethren by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.""And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."
Romans 5:6 "For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly."
Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ, our Lord."
Romans 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." "For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
Romans 10:13 "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
Romans 10:17 "So, then, faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God"
Romans 12:1-2 "I beseech you therefore, brethren by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.""And be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."