The central theme of the New Testament is God’s love for you as an individual.  This love was revealed through Christ’s coming into the world and living among people, dying on the cross, and rising from the dead. Through Christ’s death, God offers you forgiveness of your sins. Through His resurrection the promise of everlasting life. Christ died and rose again for the whole world, but for you to become a Christian is an individual matter.  The only way to establish a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is to accept His offer of forgiveness and everlasting life. The following Scripture passages show God’s part and yours.  Read each verse and believe it, for it is the Word of God speaking to you.

God’s Love is Revealed

“For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.” 

John 3:16

Man is Sinful

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” 

Romans 3:23

Sin has a Penalty

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

 Romans 6:23

Christ Paid the Penalty

“But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.” 

Romans 5:8

“He (Jesus) saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.”

Titus 3:5

Salvation is a Free Gift

“For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is a gift of God, not of works, so that no one can boast.”

Ephesians 2:8-9

We Must Receive Christ

“Yet to all who received Him (Christ), to those who believed in His name, he gave the right to become to children of God.”

John 1:12

Receive Christ Now

You can invite Jesus Christ into your life right now by praying to God something like the following:

Dear Lord, I know that I am a sinner and that I need your forgiveness...I believe that Christ died in my place to pay the penalty for my sin and that He rose from the dead. I now invite Jesus Christ to come into my life as my personal Savior. Thank you for making me your child. Help me learn to please you in every part of my life. Amen.

Promises from the Word of God

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved” Romans 10:13. If you just now received Christ by calling upon the name of the Lord, the following took place:

Your sins were forgiven (Colossians 1:14);

You became a child of God (John 1:12);

You were made heir  to all of God’s blessings (Romans 8:16-17);

You now possess everlasting life (1 John 5:12-12).

You became a Christian the moment that you received Christ. Don’t trust in your feelings, for they will change; but take God at His Word and believe in His promises. Review the above passages whenever doubts arise. You should be able to say with assurance, “I have received Christ. On the authority of God’s Word, I have eternal life.”