Every day pray that everyone you know will either become a Christian or influence others to become a Christian, and please share this online book with others - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com
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Faith Is The Closer
Romans 3:21-26 declares -
21But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets (We can't recieve salvation by keeping the requirements of the Old Testament law. Moses and the Old Testament prophets taught this truth.); 22Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference (We recieve salvation when we believe in Jesus Christ, no matter who we are.): 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Everyone has sinned and missed God's requirement to be sinless.); 24Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus (Eventhough we have sinned and deserve to go to hell, God declares that we are not guilty of our sins, because while Jesus was on the cross, God took our sins (past, present, and future) and placed them on Jesus, who became guilty for every sin. “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.” (Isaiah 53:6). Instead of us paying the penalty for our sins, Jesus paid the penalty we deserved to pay.): 25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood. (When people sinned during Old Testament times, they had their sins temporarily erased through animal sacrifices, and the animals had to be spotless. The innocent animal would take the punishment and death the person deserved. But God needed a perfect and final sacrifice that would permanently erase sins. Since Jesus never sinned and was perfectly innocent like a spotless animal, His blood was the only sacrifice that God could use to make this happen. We become Christians when we believe that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and trust the blood He shed to erase our sins.), to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (God forgave all sin through Jesus' death on the cross, and this includes sin before Jesus was born over 2,000 years ago. The people in the Old Testament recieved salvation if they believed in God and knew He was going to send the Messiah. Therefore, God was fair to these people Old Testament people and forgave their sins.)
After reading these things, it seems that the only thing involved in becoming a Christian is having faith in Jesus. Although, if you have read chapters 1, 4-7 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com you will see that repentance, discipleship, and Jesus' Lordship (which you will see basically mean the same thing) prepares someone's heart to recieve Jesus, and after their heart is prepared, they are ready to become a Christian by having faith in Jesus.
In conclusion, if you have never prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, please follow chapter 41 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com
If you have asked Jesus into your heart, believed that Jesus is your Savior, or trusted Jesus' death on the cross and His shed blood to erase your sins and let you into heaven, etc., but you haven’t repented and began to follow Jesus (This lifestyle is described in chapter 39 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com), please follow chapter 10 of this book - www.areyousureyouaresaved.com
If you have prayed or made a decision to become a Christian, but you are not sure you are really a Christian (Hebrews 11:6, Matthew 21:18-22, 1 John 5:14, and Hebrews 11:1), please follow this website - http://chriswaug5.wix.com/howtogotoheaven