We are so excited you have decided to follow Jesus. This is the best decision you will ever make! I want to help you better understand your decision by explaining the 5 most important words:
1. Love (1 John 4:8) - God is love, and He loves you. He created you to love you!
2. Sin (Romans 3:10-12) - Sin is choosing to go our own way instead of God's way. Sin separates us from God.
3. Cross (1 John 4:9-10) - God became one of us (Jesus) so that he could pay the penalty of our sin, and now we can be forgiven and made right with God.
4. Repent (Matthew 4:17) - Repent means to turn away from our own way and turn back to God. We are then forgiven and accepted by God!
5. Receive (John 1:12-13) - It's not enough to know all this, we must receive it for ourselves.
Now that you have made the decision to follow Jesus, what happens?
Justified (Romans 3:22) - You are made right with God!
Eternal life (John 3:16) - The good news is that when you follow Jesus in this life, you live eternally!
Set free (John 8:36) - You are set free from our sin. The more you follow Jesus, the more freedom you will find.
Undeserved (Ephesians 2:4-6) - You are saved by grace! Grace is God's power to do in us what we can't do on our own.
Saved (Romans 10:8-10) - You were lost and doomed in your sin, but when you turn to Jesus and put your faith in him, you are rescued!
Next Steps:
1. Love (1 John 4:8) - God is love, and He loves you. He created you to love you!
2. Sin (Romans 3:10-12) - Sin is choosing to go our own way instead of God's way. Sin separates us from God.
3. Cross (1 John 4:9-10) - God became one of us (Jesus) so that he could pay the penalty of our sin, and now we can be forgiven and made right with God.
4. Repent (Matthew 4:17) - Repent means to turn away from our own way and turn back to God. We are then forgiven and accepted by God!
5. Receive (John 1:12-13) - It's not enough to know all this, we must receive it for ourselves.
Now that you have made the decision to follow Jesus, what happens?
Justified (Romans 3:22) - You are made right with God!
Eternal life (John 3:16) - The good news is that when you follow Jesus in this life, you live eternally!
Set free (John 8:36) - You are set free from our sin. The more you follow Jesus, the more freedom you will find.
Undeserved (Ephesians 2:4-6) - You are saved by grace! Grace is God's power to do in us what we can't do on our own.
Saved (Romans 10:8-10) - You were lost and doomed in your sin, but when you turn to Jesus and put your faith in him, you are rescued!
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