CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR DECISION!
Your decision to accept Jesus Christ as your Savior will
bring positive changes in your life.
This brief study will help you understand your new
commitment and show you how to grow spiritually.
LESSON
ONE: SIN
Man's greatest problem is sin: In Romans 3:23 we
read, "All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." The
Bible says all people are sinners and sin separates them from God.
The end results of sin: "For the wages of sin is
death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord"
(Romans 6:23). The end result of sin
is spiritual deathBseparation
from God.
God loves you and has provided forgiveness for your sins:
The Bible says, "This is how God showed His love among us: He sent
His one and only Son into the world ... as an atoning sacrifice for our
sins" (1 John 4:9-10). God loves you so much that He has provided a
way for your sins to be forgiven so that you do not have to reap the wages of
sinBspiritual death through separation from
God.
The answer to your sin problem: Jesus said, "I
am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me@ ( John
14:6). Acts 4:12 confirms,
"Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under
heaven given to men by which we must be saved." Jesus Christ is the answer to your sin
problem. He is the only way to God and
the only way to be forgiven.
You must accept Jesus as your personal Savior: Romans
10:9 declares, "If you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord: and
believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be
saved." If you prayed the
prayer accepting Christ as Savior, this
is what you did. You acknowledged your
sin, asked forgiveness, and accepted Jesus as Savior.
Your past sins: When you accepted Jesus as your Savior, He
forgave the sins you confessed, but He also cleansed you from all
unrighteousnessBeven
those sins you did not remember and acts you did not realize were sin. You do not need to confess these past sins
repeatedly. They are forgiven and God
has forgotten them. God says, A... for I will forgive their iniquity,
and I will remember their sin no more@
(Jeremiah 31:34).
Sins committed after you accept Christ: Part of the
daily prayer pattern in Matthew 6:9-13 includes asking forgiveness for sins you
commit after receiving Christ.
original source is Harvest Time International
