salvation.
Salvation is being saved or rescued from the punishment of our sin. Sin is a word used to describe choices that we have made that result in brokenness. So much time is spent chasing people and things to fill a void that only Jesus himself can fill. Today, just as in the past, Jesus allows us to be made right with Him and be forgiven of our failures through faith in Him.
1.) ADMIT your sin against God and ask for His forgiveness.
Ask God to forgive you and invite Him to lead you to live in a way that honors Him and blesses others. Each of us have a responsibility to confess our sin to God. The Good News is that Jesus is faithful, and He will always forgive us when we ask. In fact, forgiveness is already available for us.
Romans 6:23, ESV - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 1:9, ESV – 9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
2.) BELIEVE Jesus is God’s Son, died on the cross, and rose again.
Place your faith in what Jesus did for you by dying on the cross and rising again. Christianity is different from every belief system in that it’s not what we DO, but what Jesus has DONE for us.
John 3:16-17, ESV - 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Romans 3:21-25, ESV – 21 “But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.”
3.) COMMIT to follow Jesus as Lord.
This means recognizing Him as God and submitting to His way of life. If we truly are regretful for our sin, we won’t continue to live in the same broken ways. Following Jesus is not burdensome, but it leads us to discover purpose, meaning, and significance. It gives us assurance we will spend eternity with God in heaven.
1 John 5:1-4, ESV – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
1.) ADMIT your sin against God and ask for His forgiveness.
Ask God to forgive you and invite Him to lead you to live in a way that honors Him and blesses others. Each of us have a responsibility to confess our sin to God. The Good News is that Jesus is faithful, and He will always forgive us when we ask. In fact, forgiveness is already available for us.
Romans 6:23, ESV - For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 John 1:9, ESV – 9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
2.) BELIEVE Jesus is God’s Son, died on the cross, and rose again.
Place your faith in what Jesus did for you by dying on the cross and rising again. Christianity is different from every belief system in that it’s not what we DO, but what Jesus has DONE for us.
John 3:16-17, ESV - 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Romans 3:21-25, ESV – 21 “But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— 22 the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, 25 whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith.”
3.) COMMIT to follow Jesus as Lord.
This means recognizing Him as God and submitting to His way of life. If we truly are regretful for our sin, we won’t continue to live in the same broken ways. Following Jesus is not burdensome, but it leads us to discover purpose, meaning, and significance. It gives us assurance we will spend eternity with God in heaven.
1 John 5:1-4, ESV – Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.