How To Become A Christian
The decision to become a Christian is the most important decision you will ever make. It is a personal decision. No one can make it for anyone else.
The steps to having a personal relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ include:
1. RECOGNIZE THAT GOD IS YOUR CREATOR.
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God created everything about the earth and everyone upon the earth. Because He is our Creator, we are responsible and accountable to Him (Genesis 1:26-27; 2:4-7; Hebrews 11:1-3 & 6). |
2. REALIZE THAT GOD CREATED YOU FOR A PURPOSE.
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God created each one of us for a purpose: to honor and glorify Him alone as God, through obedience and gratitude (Genesis 2:15-17; Romans 1:21). |
3. UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE TO GOD.
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Each one of us is responsible to God to fulfill the purpose for which He created us. Because we do not fulfill that purpose we have alienated ourselves from God (Genesis 3:16-19; Romans 5:12-14) |
4. REALIZE THAT YOU, PERSONALLY, ARE A SINNER BY NATURE AND BY CHOICE.
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God gave the Ten Commandments to show us that we need His mercy and grace. You cannot perfectly keep each one of those commands all your life. For example, the first command says that we must worship Him and Him alone. That means that nothing is ever more important to us than God alone. None of us can fulfill that command (Romans 3:10-20; Exodus 20:1-17). |
5. BELIEVE AND RECEIVE THE FACT THAT JESUS CHRIST LIVED PERFECTION FOR YOU AND DIED FOR YOUR SINS.
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Jesus Christ never sinned -- not even once! Yet, He died for sin. Whose sin did He die for? He died for the sins of those:
- who would believe in His death, burial, and resurrection.
- who would recognize their sin and grieve over it.
- who would desire and purpose to turn away from their sins.
- who would ask and receive forgiveness of their personal sins based on the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ.
- who would turn their lives over to Jesus Christ as Lord.
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