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Getting to Know God
How Can I Become A
Christian?
A Christian is someone who knows, trusts and obeys
Jesus Christ as their “rescuer”, friend and the Lord
of their life. Through this relationship the
Christian knows that all he has ever done wrong is
forgiven. He enjoys a confident relationship with
God as his Father in Heaven and, helped by the
powerful presence of the Holy Spirit, he serves God
as part of a local church – Gods family on the earth
– until Jesus returns and draws history as we know
it to a close.
Obviously, then, none of us are born Christians –
rather it is something we need to become. The good
news is that although we all start off far from God,
he wants us all to come home to him. He sent his Son
Jesus Christ who is fully God and fully man, to
rescue us! Jesus lived the perfect life we could
never live and then died publicly on a cross, taking
our punishment from his Father in place of us! On
the third day he rose from the dead – alive for
ever– showing that sin (wrong doing and away ness
from God) and death had been defeated! Jesus
promised that whoever came to him personally asking
for forgiveness and trusting in him would be
forgiven and accepted as a child of God. Jesus said
it would be just like being “born again”!
You can become a Christian, you can be “born again”,
even today! But how?
Firstly, you need to ADMIT that you are away
from God because you have ignored Him, and that you
deserve God’s punishment. You need to tell God that
you are sorry for having lived this way and
consciously turn away from sin. Left to yourself you
have no hope of putting this right – you need Jesus
to rescue you.
Secondly, COMMIT yourself to Jesus, trusting
in who he is and what he did on the cross. Take his
promise of forgiveness and new life personally -
thanking him for it and believing it is effective
for you now.
Thirdly, SUBMIT your life to Him, day by day.
He wants to change you into the person he wants you
to be. He has a destiny as part of the church he
wants you to fulfill. He will guide you and
strengthen you by the Holy Spirit who will come and
live in your life.
Jesus is the way to God. If you want to know God,
then talk to Jesus from your heart, admitting,
committing and submitting your life to him. He will
not ignore you. Better still, talk and pray it
through with an experienced Christian. Your local
church can help you with this. Also millions of
people worldwide have been tremendously helped by
attending a
Alpha Course which looks at the
basics of Christianity.
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