Salvation – How do I become a Christian
Christianity is not a religion but a call to have a personal relationship with God.
To become a Christian is to partake in the actual event of receiving God the Holy Spirit within our own human spirit, therefore creating a new Spiritual life inside of us. It is this Spiritual life that unites us and makes us a child of God our Father.
In other words Christianity is not an Idea nor a Philosophy. Christianity is an event, specifically the event of God giving us each personally a new Spiritual Birth. This new Birth is also called the “Born Again” or “Born from Above” event.
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be Born Again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold all things are become new.
Christianity is the series of actual events that are occurring throughout history
The Bible tells us what the basic series of events are that make Christianity real time events and not ideas or philosophies about life.
1. God created mankind to live forever so that we can get to know God forever.
2. Mankind disobeyed God and entered into a relationship with sin and with sin came death (separation from God).
3.Mankind is now separated from God. God as Jesus then came to mankind by taking on the form and appearance of a human. God became a human to interact with us on our human level.
4.God’s entrance into the physical world as the physical person Jesus was accomplished via the Virgin Birth by Mary.
5.Jesus then died on the cross. Sin requires death and only through death can sin be completely removed. To die is the end and fortunately for us the death of Jesus on the cross is the end of sin as it is His death that we acknowledge was for us. Sin is dead and never to be resurrected again.
6.Three days later Jesus Resurrected from death to Life providing the opportunity for a new Spiritual life for us in the Resurrection Life of Jesus.
1 Corinthians 15:1-4 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures:
Gospel means Good News. Eternal Life in the Resurrection Life of Jesus Christ is the Good News of Christianity.
Since Jesus died for us there is only one thing for us to do and that is to Accept what Jesus did for us. This is called Faith and Trust. We have faith that Jesus is Alive even after He suffered and died. We have faith that the same Resurrection Life that Jesus now lives we too also live.
You can receive Jesus into your life today by saying this prayer.
God I acknowledge you in the existence of Jesus and I acknowledge your Love for me to come as a human and to die on the cross for me. I too love you and I desire to live my life in a relationship with you. Thank you that you love me. Thank you that you hear me when I call upon your name. I accept Your death and Your blood as the full penalty for all of my sins and I acknowledge that by the blood of Jesus I am now clean. I ask that you, having cleansed me, will now in Your Spirit come into my life and make me Your child. God I give You my life this day to take and to do with whatever You will. I now walk in faith day by day and moment by moment in the love and Resurrection life of Jesus. To the glory of God and the praise of His Holy Angels and to the delight of all the Saints of Heaven I now confess that Jesus is my God, my Lord, my Savior, my Companion, and also my Friend. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen
Congratulations! You are now a child of God and you are qualify to receive the blessing of Abraham.
What you need to do now
1. Send an email to us at textword@info.org or bukolaadeosun@yahoo.com so that we can encourage you in faith. Subscribe to daily textword and posts on this website.
2. Look for a good church and attend. Check our website for link to some churches. The bible said we should not forget children of God assembly
3. Get baptised in water (by immersion and not by sprinkling of water) Check this site to learn more about water baptism.
4.Prayed and read the Bible.To become a Christian is to acknowledge that Jesus is God and to acknowledge that Jesus is Alive and with us at every moment. To acknowledge God is to talk to God, this is called prayer.
5. Serve in a local church and proclaimed Jesus to others.
