Knowing God in a Personal Way
This is a class designed for new, old, or recommitted believers that are interested in growing in their faith. We meet every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. in the Community Center Board Room (at the top of the stairs, to the left).
How do I become a Christian?
God's Plan of Salvation
The Bible says there is only one way to Heaven
"Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6
Good works cannot save you.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast." Ephesians 2:8-9
Trust Jesus Christ today! Here's what you must do:
1. Admit you are a sinner.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;" Romans 3:23
"Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned—" Romans 5:12
"If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." 1 John 1:10
2. Be willing to turn from sin (repent).
"No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." Luke 13:5
"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." Acts 17:30
3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you, was buried, and rose from the dead.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
"But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
"Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus into your life to become your personal Saviour.
"For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved." Romans 10:10
For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13
"But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17
If you have received Jesus Christ as your Saviour ...
1. Read your Bible every day to get to know Christ better.
"Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth." 2 Timothy 2:15
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." Psalms 119:105
2. Talk to God in prayer every day.
"And whatever you ask in prayer, you will receive, if you have faith." Matthew 21:22
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God." Philippines 4:6
3. Be baptized, worship, fellowship, and serve with other Christians in a church where Christ is preached and the Bible is the final authority.
"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19
"not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." Hebrews 10:25
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness," 2 Timothy 3:16
4. Tell others about Christ.
"And he said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation." Mark 16:15
"For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!" 1 Corinthians 9:16
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek." Romans 1:16
