How to Know Jesus Christ as Your Personal Lord and Savior

Realize you are a sinner.
Romans 3:23, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
1. No one is good enough to go to heaven. Romans 3:12, "...there is no one who does good, not even one."
2. Being forgiven gets us to heaven, not being good.
Realize the wages of sin.
Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord."
1. The wages of sin is seen in Luke 16:22-23, "...the rich man also died and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, where he was in torment...."
2. The wages of sin or the gift of God. Which do you want? It's your choice.
Realize you are loved.
Romans 5:8, "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
1. Jesus took our sins and gave us His righteousness. II Corinthians 5:21, "For He made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might became the righteousness of God in Him."
2. The death of Jesus, if received by faith, will make you as if you had never sinned. Romans 5:9, "Much more then, being now justified (totally cleaned) by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him."
Realize that accepting salvation is up to you.
Romans 10:8-10, 13 "The word is near you, it is in your mouth and in your heart," (that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming): That 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. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
For whosoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
1. If you believe that Jesus died for your sins and was buried and rose again (you don't have to understand this, just believe it), then ask Jesus to forgive you and save you.
2. How do you ask for salvation? With your mouth-from your heart.
Pray this prayer:
Lord Jesus, I know You love me even though I am a sinner. Please forgive all my sins as Your Word has promised. Come into my life now and be my Savior and Lord. I thank You for saving me.
Amen
Read Romans 10:13
Realize that now is the time.
II Corinthians 6:2, "...now is the day of salvation."
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