New Believers Guide
Step 1: Be Sure You are a Christian
If you have truly asked Jesus Christ into your life to be your Lord and Savior, you are now a Christian. You are not a Christian just because you go to church or do good things. All of us have done or thought things that are wrong. What makes us a Christian is that we believe in God and in His Son Jesus Christ; we have asked forgiveness for our sins; and we have asked Jesus Christ to be our Savior and Lord.
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The Bible says when we accept Jesus Christ we are born again. There may be days when you don't "feel" like a Christian. But your feelings don't determine your salvation; your faith in Jesus does. Just like when you are born into your family, you are now a child of your father; when you ask Jesus Christ into your life you are now a child of God. The Bible says "Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God" You can thank God every day that He loves you and you are a Christian if you have truly accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord.
Step 2: The Holy SpiritKey Verses
"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him."
John 3:16, 17
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Romans 10:13
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God-not by works, so that no one can boast."
Ephesians 2:8-9
"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."
Romans 10:9