God's plan of Salvation
The first step in our walk with God and the most important is choosing to follow Him. There is no greater decision that you can make in your life. If you don't know Christ you can know Him by following these important steps of Salvation:
If you feel that you are ready to give your life to Christ you can simply make this your prayer:
Dear God, I know that I am a sinner. I recognize that I am eternally separated from you because of that sin. I have no power to be reconciled to You. However, I know that you loved me enough to send your own Son to die in my place and to bear my sin and shame. I desire to be reconciled to you through the sacrifice of your Son. I repent of my sin and accept your free gift of salvation. I believe that Jesus is God and Lord over this world and commit to following you for the rest of my days. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!
If you sincerely prayed that prayer, you can know that from this moment on your are a Child of God and born again into His family. However, with that salvation comes a commitment and lifelong process of sanctification. So what are your next steps?
- We must acknowledge that we are sinners! Romans 3:23 says that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. God created all things and when He created them they were good and perfect. However, man sinned in the garden and corrupted all that God had created. As a result our sin separates us from a Holy and Righteous God. We must acknowledge our own sin and separation from God!
- We must acknowledge that our sin deserves death! Romans 6:23 says that the wages of sin is death, but that the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Because we are sinners, we are separated from a righteous and Holy God and we are destined to die apart from Him.
- We must recognize God's love for us! Because our sin separates us from God, we needed a way to be reconciled to God. John 3:16 says, that God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. God sent His own son to the the eternal and perfect sacrifice for our sins. There is nothing we can do to be reconciled to God apart from the sacrifice of Christ! He loved you enough to send His son to die for You!
- We must accept God's free gift of salvation! Romans 10:9-10 says that if we will confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in our hearts that God raised Him from the dead we shall be saved. It goes on to say that with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto righteousness. There are three important steps to accepting God's free gift of salvation:
- We must repent of our sin that separates us from a Holy and Righteous God.
- We must believe that Jesus is God and accept the sacrifice of His shed blood for our salvation.
- We must confess that He is Lord and commit to following Him as Lord and Savior.
If you feel that you are ready to give your life to Christ you can simply make this your prayer:
Dear God, I know that I am a sinner. I recognize that I am eternally separated from you because of that sin. I have no power to be reconciled to You. However, I know that you loved me enough to send your own Son to die in my place and to bear my sin and shame. I desire to be reconciled to you through the sacrifice of your Son. I repent of my sin and accept your free gift of salvation. I believe that Jesus is God and Lord over this world and commit to following you for the rest of my days. In Jesus name I pray, Amen!
If you sincerely prayed that prayer, you can know that from this moment on your are a Child of God and born again into His family. However, with that salvation comes a commitment and lifelong process of sanctification. So what are your next steps?