Are you lost and looking for a purpose to your life? Do you feel you are missing something important in your life? If you don’t have Jesus Christ in your life, you are missing out on God’s many and wonderful blessings. God gives us the choice to accept his Son as our Savior and to live eternity in Heaven or the choice to go to hell. Which road are you on? Where do you want to spend your eternity, Heaven or hell?
How do you become saved and a follower of Christ? The answer is very simple. Romans 10:9 – 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. You have to truly believe deep down in your heart that God sent his only son to earth to be our savior and was crucified on the cross and raised him from the dead three days later. Romans 10:10 – With the heart one believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses, resulting salvation.
Jesus had to die on the cross for our sins. Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. The penality of our sins had to be paid according to the scriptures and if we had to pay the price for our sins, everyone would be in hell. So God, being a loving and forgiving God, sent his Son to pay the price of our sins. Jesus died on the cross without committing a single sin, living a perfect life, just so we can enter the kingdom of heaven and have eternal life with him. Romans 5:9 – Much more then, having justified by his blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him.
After taking the step to be saved, you will receive the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the way for God to talk to us and he uses the Holy Spirit to guide us through our lives. The Holy Spirit fills our heart and soul with God’s words and commandments. The closer you become to God the stronger the Holy Spirit will become. To become closer to God, you must read the Bible and believe in it. Study the Bible daily and ask God for the Holy Spirit to help you understand and live by what the Bible says. Prayer is also an important part of becoming closer with God. Confess your sins to God and try live your life as Jesus lived here on earth. Follow his word and live according to what the scriptures says and pray for the Holy Spirit to lead you. Romans 15:13 -Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Life isn’t easy and the road to Heaven is not a smooth road, but stay strong in your faith and God will get you through whatever this world throws at you and you will have eternity in Heaven.
In God We Trust
Sandra Davis