Communicating Christ’s love

HOW TO BECOME A  CHRISTIAN

Christian faith is based on Jesus Christ.  He is the way that God has revealed Himself to us. 

By His death on the cross He has bridged the gap that exists between a Holy God, and a sinful people.   This means that we can now be in relationship with God – in fact the Bible says that we become His children

Jesus’ claim to be God, and the effectiveness of His death on the cross in bringing us to God, was proven by the fact that He was raised from the dead and appeared to many before He returned to God in heaven.

However Jesus not only came back to life 2000 years ago, but remains a living Saviour and Lord.  A Christian is a person who has the life of Jesus within them (which is eternal life).  This life brings us the comfort and strength of God to help us live, and because Jesus is eternally alive, it means we will live beyond death.

So how do you invite Jesus to live within your life?

1. Accept that a full and meaningful life, is available because Jesus died and rose again.Sin (wrongdoing of any kind) is the rejection of God’s standards and creates a divide between God and us.
   
   However, God’s grace (which is undeserved love) caused him to send Jesus to bridge the divide.There is no way that we can earn, or deserve, the acceptance of God.  It is only because Jesus died and rose again that we can be accepted and forgiven by God, and become His children.
   
   
2. Confess (admit with sorrow) our sin, and ask for the forgiveness that is offered to us in Jesus.
   
   
3. Invite the living Jesus to come into, and become Master of, our life and living.
   
   That means we need to repent (change the way we live from self centeredness to always trying to do what Jesus wants us to do.)  The Spirit of God in us will help us to do this, as we allow Him to work in our life.

You could pray this prayer:

“Jesus, I realize that I am not in relationship with you. I would like to become your child, and to be forgiven my sin and receive eternal life.  I ask you to come into my life, so that forgiveness and eternal life will be mine.   I repent of my wrongdoing, and ask your Holy Spirit to help me live a life doing what You want me to do.”

If you prayed that prayer, and meant it, your life has begun the most significant change it will ever make.  You are now a child of God. 

We suggest you attend an Alpha course at this, or another church, to further explain the change that is now happening in your life.

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