Are you confused about how to be saved? If so, you are not alone! Many
do not how to correct their relationship with God, but it is very easy
to "come to a knowledge of the truth" (2 Tim. 2:25; Tit. 3:7).
By using the links on this page you will be able to "know the truth" and "be free" (Jn. 8:32).
The first thing a person must do to become a Christian is know the "good news" about someone named Jesus Christ.
By using the links on this page you will be able to "know the truth" and "be free" (Jn. 8:32).
The first thing a person must do to become a Christian is know the "good news" about someone named Jesus Christ.
JESUS, OUR SAVIOR
He was not born into the most prestigious family. He was not a particularly handsome man, neither was He very popular in His hometown. His closest friends were fishermen, and He spent much of His time with the sick and outcast of society. He was a sorrowful man who was rejected by His own people. He was loved by many but hated by most, and He was abused and brutally murdered by His enemies. Yet, He was the greatest man who ever lived. He was loving, kind, and generous. He fed the hungry and healed the sick. He was a servant to all, even those who mocked Him and harmed Him. He chose to leave the splendors of heaven to become God in the flesh. He chose to humble Himself and endure a most horrifying death, after which He arose from the grave and sat down on the throne at the right hand of God, where He rules His kingdom to this day. He is the Son of God. He is the Prince of Peace. He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. He is Jesus, our Savior (cf. Isa. 53:1-12; Phil. 2:5-11; John 1:1-51, etc.).
Before Jehovah placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, He knew that man would sin. He knew that sin would drive a wedge between Himself and His creation (Isa. 59:1-2), and He knew that He would have to deal with it. Thus, in Genesis 3:15, God began to reveal His divine scheme of redemption. Paul referred to this plan as “the eternal purpose” of God in Ephesians 3:11. This divine arrangement included one very important component—blood. The Hebrews writer wrote, “…and without shedding of blood there is no remission” (Heb. 9:22). During the Mosaic dispensation, God required the blood of bulls and goats, but this was only a temporary solution. The Law of Moses was only a shadow of something better. Under that covenant, sacrifices were offered continually, year after year: “For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins” (Heb. 10:1-4). The ultimate solution to the problem of sin was not the blood of a lamb, but it was the blood of The Lamb; thus, when John saw Jesus coming, he appropriately proclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).
Jesus was born to be our Savior. Before His birth, an angel said to Joseph, “And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins” (Matt. 1:21). Jesus was “manifested to take away our sins” (1 John 3:5). He gave His life for us (Eph. 5:25); He suffered for us (1 Pet. 3:18); He redeemed us and bought us back with His blood (Eph. 1:7); He bore our sins in His body (1 Pet. 2:24); He was made to be sin for us (2 Cor. 5:21); He “loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood” (Rev. 1:5). He did what we could not. We died when we sinned, and had no power to restore life, but by His grace, God provided for us the perfect sacrifice by which we are reconciled and brought near to our Father (Eph. 2:13, 16). Paul said, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Eph. 2:8). When wrath was owed, goodness was bestowed! “The Lord laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isa. 53:6), and He became our wrath-appeaser (1 John 2:2)!
Imagine being in a place of absolute darkness, a place of sorrowful torment in a burning flame that cannot be quenched. Imagine being there for all eternity. Without Christ, that is the destiny that awaits us all, but “thanks be unto God for His unspeakable gift” (2 Cor. 9:15). Peter said we are redeemed “with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you” (1 Pet. 1:19-20). Before God ever said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3), He knew that I would sin and would need to be saved from its consequences. Because of His great love (Eph. 2:4), He provided that solution in the person of His only begotten Son, Jesus, the Christ. Even though He did not embody the human ideal of what a King or Savior should be, He accomplished more than any man could ever dream. Therefore, we may say with confidence that we “know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world” (John 4:42).
--Cody Westbrook