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TO BE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS. JOHN 1:12.
BELIEVE PLUS RECEIVE EQUALS BECOME.
TO BELIEVE THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD WHO DIED ON THE
CROSS FOR YOUR SINS, WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD,
BUT NOT JUST TO BELIEVE THAT, TO RECEIVE HIM AS OUR FORGIVER
AND AS OUR LEADER.
AND IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW,
YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVERY QUESTION ANSWERED BUT YOU BELIEVE
THAT JESUS CHRIST IS FULLY GOD, FULLY MAN,
DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND IS OFFERING FORGIVENESS AND
ETERNAL LIFE AS A FREE GIFT. IF YOU BELIEVE THAT AND YOU WANT
TO RECEIVE HIM, YOU CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW BY PRAYING TO GOD AND
SAYING, "FATHER, THANK YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR SENDING JESUS
"TO PAY THE PENALTY
"THAT I DESERVED SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO.
"RIGHT NOW I DECLARE TO YOU THAT I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS YOUR
"ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT HE DIED ON THE CROSS FOR MY SINS,
"WAS RESURRECTED FROM THE DEAD, AND I PUT MY FAITH,
"I PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.
"I RECEIVE HIM AS MY FORGIVER AND AS THE LEADER OF MY LIFE.
"I WANT TO ABANDON THE PATH I'VE BEEN ON AND I WANT TO WALK YOUR
"PATH, GOD, STARTING NOW WITH YOUR HELP FOREVER AND EVER.
IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN."
IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER, THEN YOU HAVE MADE THE GREATEST
DECISION OF YOUR LIFE.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GROW
IN YOUR NEW RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS.
YOU CAN DO THAT BY PRAYING TO HIM, TALKING WITH HIM,
BY READING THE BIBLE THAT WILL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT HIM,
BY FINDING A GOOD CHURCH THAT BELIEVES IN THE TRUTH
OF SCRIPTURE, THAT YOU MIGHT GROW AND FLOURISH IN YOUR NEW
RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND WITH YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER
FOLLOWERS OF JESUS.
AND YOU WILL LOOK BACK ON THIS DAY AND YOU WILL CELEBRATE FOR
ALL OF ETERNITY THE DECISION THAT YOU MADE.