Accepting Jesus As Your Lord and Savior

Accepting Jesus As Your Lord and Savior
The Short Version

Make peace with God by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and pray the following prayer:

"Lord Jesus, I have done things that are wrong (sins). I repent of (turn away from) my sins. I ask you to come into my heart; wash me with Your blood. I make You my Lord and Savior. Oh Lord, you are now more than my God; You're my Heavenly Father and I'm going to serve You all the days of my life. Jesus is my Lord. Amen."

Having prayed that prayer, the Bible says you have been born again.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV):

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the ld is gone, the new has come."

Once you are born again, the Holy Bible says you have been transformed and made into a new creature. Every sin you have ever committed, no matter how bad, is now completely and 100% forgiven and forgotten by God.

For a more complete explanation, read on.

The Long Version

In addition to praying the above prayer, you should read the information below to understand what it is to be a born again Christian.

1. Sin Separates Humans From God

Genesis 3:1-24
The whole story of original sin and how it separates humans from God is found here

Proverbs 14:12
"There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."

Isaiah 59:1-2
"Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear. But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear."

Romans 3:23-24
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus."

Romans 6:23
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

All human beings are sinners as defined by violating even one of the Ten Commandments given by God to Moses. Read more about the Ten Commandments here...

2. God Wants Us To Live With Him Forever

John 10:10
"The thief comes only to kill and steal and destroy; I am come that they might have life, and have it abundantly."

John 3:16
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

3. Jesus Is The Path Back To God

In order to provide human beings with a path back to God, He sent Jesus to earth.

Despite the fact that Jesus never committed any sin at all, he was offered as a living sacrifice to God. Jesus paid the penalty for all human sin for all time.

The shed blood of Jesus covers saved Christians so that when God looks at us on our judgement day, He will not see our sin but will instead see the blood of His Son.

That is how we are Saved By His Blood.

Romans 8:1-3
"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh"

Romans 5:8
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

1 Peter 3:18
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit."

1 Timothy 2:5-6
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time."

2 Corinthians 5:17
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new."

4. No One Goes To Heaven Unless They Are Born Again in the Spirit

Jesus told us in the scriptures that no one will see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.

Often this confuses people because it is obvious that a person is born from their Mother's womb and cannot be reborn physically.

Jesus was telling us that we must be born again in our spirit in order to go to heaven.

John 3:1-16

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicode'mus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him." Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicode'mus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.' The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." Nicode'mus said to him, "How can this be?" Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this? Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

5. Accept Jesus As Lord And Savior

Making peace with God is possible by accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.

If you have never accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, or if you have strayed from Jesus and want to get a fresh start and a new beginning with Him, you are encouraged to pray the following prayer:

"Lord Jesus, I repent of my sins. I ask you to come into my heart; wash me with Your blood. I make You my Lord and Savior. Oh Lord, you are now more than my God; You're my Heavenly Father and I'm going to serve You all the days of my life. Jesus is my Lord. Amen."

If you said that prayer sincerely from your heart, we believe you have been born again. Not born again as from your mother's womb but born again in your mind and heart and soul and spirit and getting a path back to God and admittance into Heaven.

Once you are born again, the Holy Bible says you have been transformed and made into a new creature. Every sin you have ever committed, no matter how bad, is now completely and 100% forgiven and forgotten by God.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV):

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the ld is gone, the new has come.

6. What To Do Next

1.Be baptised in water.
2.Get involved in a Bible-based church.
3.Don't hang around old friends who are not saved. Instead invite them to come to church with you.
4.Read your Bible every day even if you only read a few sentences every morning to start your day on the right path.
5.Turn away from your sins and ask God to forgive you of your sins every day. God's mercy is made new each and every day.
6.Invite your family, friends and loved ones to get born again too.
7.Spread the Word of The Lord (The Holy Bible) with everyone without feeling rejected if what you are saying is rejected. Plant the seed. Let God make that seed grow in other people's hearts.
8.Change your media consumption habits. Listen to Christian Music, read Christian Media and do your best to ignore things you know are not Christian.
9.If you slip, do not let your sin take root in your heart. Instead go immediately to God and ask for forgiveness again. He will grant that immediately if you are sincere in your desire for The Lord.
10.Realize that being a Christian means becoming more and more like Jesus and that it is not an instantaneous event but instead a life-long process.
PRAISE GOD FOR HIS SON JESUS! HE REIGNS!!!

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