
The Creation
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Before
creation there was nothing. God created everything. He
created angels but some of the angels rebelled
against God and became demons. God put the demons on earth. Satan is the king
of the demons. God created all we can
see: Animals, trees, mountains, rivers, sky, stars, and sun. God’s creation was
perfect. The last thing God created was man and woman. He made the man from
dust and woman from man’s rib. The woman was to be man’s helper and companion.
God breathed the breath of life into them.
Adam and Eve
were naked but they were not ashamed. God put them in a garden. God said that
creation was good and He rested. So far, there was no sin in the world. God
told Adam and Eve to be fruitful, multiply, obey Him, and not to eat the fruit
of the tree in center of the garden. They were to rule over creation and fill
the earth.
Man sinned -- turned away from God Adam and Eve had wonderful lives in Eden.
They had no real work, no hunger, no thirst, no pain, and didn’t need clothes.
They were to rule over creation and give the animals their names. God talked to
them directly. God told them not to eat of the one tree, but Eve ventured close
to the forbidden tree. Then a Serpent called her and tempted her.
“Has God said
you cannot eat of this tree?” he asked. “You will not die if you eat of the
tree,” he said. The serpent lied to Eve.
Eve ate the fruit of the tree. She then
took it to Adam, and he ate the fruit, too. Then they discovered their
nakedness. They were both ashamed. Because of their shame, they made clothes
from leaves.
Then God called.
“Adam, where are you? Who told you that you were naked?” “Did you eat of the
tree?” Adam then confessed to God. Because of their wrongdoing (sin), God cast
them out of the garden.
God cursed them: Man will have to work and sweat, the
land will bring thorns. The woman will suffer in childbirth.
However, God
was merciful. He made clothes for them from skins of animal. He covered the
results of their sin through a sacrifice. Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, God
put a flaming sword to prevent re-entry into the garden. God told them to
spread out and populate the earth. Adam
and Eve had children and all of them were sinners, too. God still loved them
very much.
Adam and Eve's offspring were sinners like their
parents. Adam and Eve’s first- born son was Cain. He became a farmer, tending
to the land. Their second born, Abel,
became a shepherd, tending to the animals. They practiced a type of religion
with sacrifices. Cain gave part of
his farming produce to God but Abel gave God his very best—the first-born of
his flocks.
God
accepted Abel’s sacrifice but He did not accept Cain’s. Abel offered his sacrifice in faith and it
involved the shedding of blood. Because of this, Cain became very angry. God
asked Cain why he was angry and told him
not to let sin be his master. Later, Cain was still angry. He lured Abel
into a field and killed him.
God addressed Cain:
“Where is your brother?”
Cain said, “Am I my brother’s keeper? ”
God said, “Your
brother’s blood is calling out…”
God
punished Cain for his sin, and made him a wanderer. But God showed his mercy. He put a mark on Cain so no one would kill him.
God punishes sin, He keeps his promises, and provides a
saviorThe
children of Adam and Eve continued to commit many more sins against God.
They stopped loving and obeying God entirely. God was
displeased. He was sorry He made man. However, there was one righteous man named Noah.
God told Noah to build a boat, and that He was going to destroy mankind with a flood. Because God is the giver of life, He can take it away too. But this makes God very sad. Noah started building a very big boat of wood and tar. His family helped him build this boat. Noah preached and warned the people about the coming flood. The people laughed at Noah and mocked God.
Clouds gathered. Pairs of animals started coming. The animals and Noah's family entered the boat. Then God closed the door of the boat.
It started to Rain for 40 days and 40 nights. Water came
up out of the ground.
Everyone
was drowned except Noah and his family. They were on the boat for more than a
year. God was with them and took care of them the whole time. Eventually, the
water went down and there was mud
everywhere.
God
opened the door of the boat and then the animals came out with Noah and his
family.
Noah offered a sacrifice to thank God for sparing him
and his family.
God put
a rainbow in the sky as a promise that He wouldn’t destroy the world again with
water.
There were two cities - Sodom and Gomorrah that were very sinful. In Sodom lived a righteous man named Lot, his wife and two daughters. They were sinners, but they did not do bad things in the city.
Because of its sin, God
decided to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah.
God knew
that Lot was a righteous man, and He had mercy on him. God sent angels to warn
Lot to leave the city, for it would be destroyed in the morning.
The people of the city came to Lot’s house and
wanted to attack the angels.
The angels blinded the people of the city. That night, Lot, his wife, and daughters fled the city. The Angels told them to trust God and follow God’s plan: not to look back. As they ran away, Lot’s wife looked back and she turned into a pillar of salt.
Lot
and his daughters were saved because God had mercy on them.
God punished the wicked people
in the cities.
There
was a righteous man whose name was Abram. God chose him because he was a man of
faith. He trusted God. Abram (Abraham) had a wife called Sarai (Sarah). He had
no children, but he was the uncle of Lot.
God
asked Abram to migrate from where he lived to a place he didn’t know.
Abram
gathered his possessions and moved. Because Abram had faith, God made some
promises to him: He would have a land all of his own. He would have many
children. All the peoples of the world will be blessed through his offspring.
Abram
believed God, but became an old man without his wife having a child. Sarai was
far beyond childbearing years.
About the time Sodom and Gomorrah
was destroyed, angels came to Abram and told him that in a year he would have a
son. Abram and Sarai laughed, because they were both very old. One year later
they had a son they called him Isaac, which means “laughter”. They loved Isaac
very much, and took excellent care of him.
One
day, God told Abram to take Isaac and some wood to a place where Abram would
kill Isaac as a sacrifice. Abram
had faith and did this. Isaac asked, “Where is the animal for sacrifice?” Abram said, “God will provide.” They then came to the right place. Abram made
the altar, put the wood on it, tied Isaac up, and prepared to kill him. An
Angel appeared and stopped him. “Don’t hurt the boy!” the angle said. Abram saw
a ram that God provided. God told Abram that He was pleased with him, because
he had faith. From then on their names changed to Abraham and Sarah.
God reminded Abraham of his
promises (land, children, and to bless the world).
Isaac grew and had children and grandchildren of his
own.
God keeps his promises and blesses those who
have faith in him
The descendents
of Abraham moved to Egypt to escape a famine. They were given a piece of land
by the king. It was a good land. They lived there for 400 years without
trouble. God blessed them and they grew big in number and in wealth. Egypt got
a new King who said, “Abraham's family is too big, perhaps they will conquer
us.” This King made them slaves by making them build a city of mud bricks.
Still, because of God’s blessing, they grew in number. The King made their
lives even worse. Still, they were blessed. Then, the King started killing the
male children. Times were very hard indeed. There was crying and wailing and
God heard the cries of the offspring of Abraham. He knew their suffering. Because
of their suffering, God planned to send someone to rescue the family of Abraham
because they are His people and He has mercy and love for them.
God calls someone to rescue his people One family had faith and hid a
child, named Moses. Because of the
King’s orders to kill all the male children, when Moses grew too big to hide anymore, his family put him in a basket and
let him float along the river Nile. The
King’s daughter happened to find Moses while she was taking a bath along the
river and raised Moses up. When Moses became a young
man, he killed someone who was beating one
of the offspring of Abraham - the people of God. Moses fled to the
wilderness where he wandered as God
prepared him to deliver the family of Abraham. One day while Moses was herding sheep, he saw a bush burning, but it was not consumed.
He heard a voice saying, “Take off your shoes, you are on holy ground.” God also said to Moses “You are to go to Egypt and rescue my
people.” God told Moses, “I Am who I Am.”
God revealed Himself to Moses.
Moses was afraid. God gave him miracles by turning a
staff to a snake, and turning a healthy hand into a disease hand. Moses found
faith in God and returned to the King of Egypt asking the King to release the
Israelites. The King of Egypt refused. Moses spoke to the people of God and
told them that he would help them escape to the land God had promised to
Abraham, their forefather.
God is very powerful. Because of the King’s
stubbornness, He sent ten plagues, and even killed all the first-born children
except those who put blood on their doorposts. Finally, the king of Egypt told them to leave. The
Israelites left and went into the wilderness following Moses, their savior.
God expects righteousnessThe descendents of Abraham
left Egypt. The Egyptians were very angry and sent an army to go after them.
God’s people were many and it was easy to find them in the wilderness. They
came to the edge of a large body of water and were trapped! God opened the
water and they walked through on dry land. The Egyptian Army entered the path
through the water, and God made the water close on them and all of the Egyptian
army were killed.
On the way to the Promised Land, God provided food and water in
the wilderness, but the people complained. They were not very thankful for what
God had given them. Moses climbed a mountain to pray alone. While Moses was on
the mountain, God's presence came in a storm. Thunder and lightning came, and
this frightened the people very much. God gave Moses the Ten Commandments: One:
there is no other gods before me. Two: do not worship idols. Three: do not use
my name for evil purposes. Four: Don’t work on the 7th day, but keep
it holy. Five: respect your father and mother. Six: do not murder. Seven: do
not commit sexual sin. Eight: do not steal. Nine: do not accuse anyone falsely.
Ten: do not desire another man’s house, his wife and his possessions. God wrote these on flat stones.
Moses stayed on the mountain for many days. The people began to
doubt as they thought Moses had died. Then the children of Abraham made a god
they could see, an idol. They gave earrings and money to make a man-made calf idol and worshipped it. They also
committed other sins.
Moses came down and found what the people were doing. When he
saw what they were worshipping, he became very angry. Moses threw down the
writings of the laws of God. Moses had the worshipers of the calf idol killed.
Moses made new stone tablets and God re-wrote the 10 commandments upon them.
[The people were killed
because they disobeyed God. He wants us to obey Him. As much as God loves us, sin must be
punished.]
God is merciful and provides a way of salvation. He wants us to do
things His way.
While God’s people
were migrating, they continued to complain and did not trust God. They came to
the edge of the Promised Land. God directed Moses to send a few people in to
look at the land. The land was very good, but because there was danger they had
to depend on God.
The people refused to enter what God had given to them. Because
of their lack of faith, God decided to destroy His people, but Moses prayed and
God heard his prayer. God told Moses to tell His people that they would wander
in the wilderness for 40 years. God said that all who refused to enter the
Promised Land would never enter it.
While wandering in the wilderness, the people complained more
and disobeyed God. God sent snakes to bite
the people and many people were bitten. Moses prayed again and God heard his
prayer. God told Moses to make a metal serpent and put it on a pole. Anyone who
would look at the serpent would be healed. If they did not look, they would
die. Moses took the bronze serpent out among the people. Some looked and they
were saved. Others who refused to look were not saved. Some would not even consider something new like this and so
they died.
After this, Abraham's family wandered for
many more years. God loved them. He gave them food and water. Their clothes and
shoes didn’t wear out. Slowly all the people who refused to enter the Promised
Land had died. After many years, God brought them into the Promised Land and
gave them the land. They built cities and farms, and lived in the land for many
years.
God keeps his promises and
sends a special child
God had sent many prophets who
told them He was sending someone who would save them from the punishment of
their sins.
Living in Promised Land was a man named
Joseph who was engaged to a young woman, named Mary.
Mary had never had relations with a man, but God created a
child in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit. Joseph found out that she
was pregnant and planned to divorce her. Angels visited Joseph and Mary,
saying, “This is of God.” Joseph married Mary as the angel of God had told him
to do. But he had no sexual relationship with Mary before she gave birth to her
son.
At that time the government made everyone return to the town of
their ancestors. Mary was very close to delivering. As they traveled to
Bethlehem, they couldn’t find a room and ended up staying in a stable. Mary
delivered Jesus among the animals.
Angels went to the shepherds and said, “Today a savior is born.
God is with us.”
The shepherds went and worshipped the baby
Jesus.
When Jesus
was a baby, they took him to the temple to give a sacrifice of thanksgiving to
God. A man by the name of Simeon was at the temple every day. He was a very old
man. God had told him he would not die until he saw God’s savior. When Mary and
Joseph brought in Jesus, God told Simeon that this was the savior. An old woman
named Anna was there also. She also remembered God’s promise that he would send
a savior. Anna and Simeon rejoiced, shouting in the Temple that the savior had
come.
When Jesus was 12 year old, they went to the festival as
usual. While his parents headed home after the festival, they could not find
Jesus. So they went back to Jerusalem and found Jesus in the temple, sitting with
the Jewish teachers, listening to them and asking questions. All who heard him
were amazed at his intelligent answers.
Jesus started his ministry with baptism
God sent a prophet named John.
He was a cousin of Jesus. He preached in the wilderness, not in town.
John told the people to repent, to follow God, to do
right. He baptized people. Baptism is like becoming a new person. The old
person is washed away, dead and
buried. John told the people to work and be happy with what they had, and to do
good. People asked John if he was the savior. He said, “Someone is coming after
me who I am not fit to remove his shoes.” He also said, “prepare the way of the
Lord.” He meant Jesus.
When Jesus was about 30 years old, he
started his ministry by traveling to where John was preaching.
When John saw
Jesus, he said, “Look at the sacrifice that will take away the sins of the
whole world.” Jesus entered the water. John didn’t want to baptize him, because
John knew that Jesus was holy. But, Jesus said, “Baptize me to show what is
right.” John put Jesus under the water.
When Jesus came up out of the water, they heard a loud voice, “This is my Son* in whom I am well-pleased.” The spirit of God came down like a dove and lighted on Jesus.
This way Jesus began His ministry.
[This
way we begin our walk with God.]
After Jesus’ life on earth, one of his followers met a man from
Africa. The man was studying God’s Word but didn’t understand God’s promises.
Jesus’ follower explained it to him. The African asked, “ I believe. Why cannot
I be baptized now?”
Jesus’ follower went into the
water with the African and baptized him.
[Jesus showed us what is right
and now we have to do what is right. When we become believers, we are
baptized].
Jesus had power over the natural world.
After Jesus was baptized, many people started coming to him to hear him
preach. He also healed people and did other miracles. Jesus selected 12
followers who he taught and who traveled with him.
One day he spent all day preaching
and healing. He was very tired and got into a boat to go away from the crowds
of people who came to him. When on the boat, he went to sleep. He was at peace.
A storm came up and blew very hard. Jesus’ followers were fishermen and they
knew about boats. The storm was very
bad and they were afraid. They wake Jesus up asking him, “Don’t you care if we
die?” Jesus got up and asked, “Why are you afraid? Where is your faith?” Jesus
stood up, stretched out his hand saying, “Peace, be still.” The wind stopped.
The rain stopped. The waves stopped. It became very calm. Jesus' followers
asked, “What kind of man is this that even the wind and waves obey him?”
[Jesus showed them that he had
the power of God over the natural world] They brought the boat to the other side of the
lake.
Jesus heals a demon-possessed man![]()
Jesus has the power over evil
In the last story, Jesus calmed a storm. There was a man who lived on the other side of the lake. He was demon-possessed. The Demoniac usually lived in places where dead people were buried. This man was naked. The people tried to tie him up with chains, but he always escaped. He hurt himself because he was totally out of his mind.
When Jesus
and his followers came to that side of the lake the man ran up to them and
threw himself down.
The demons in this man cried out: “Jesus, son of the
most high, what do you want with me?”
Jesus asked, “What is your name?” The demons replied, "Multitude, for we are many."
The demons
didn’t want to come out. They knew Jesus could destroy them. They begged Jesus
to send them into a herd of hogs, nearby. Jesus sent them into the hogs. The
hogs ran into water and drowned. [The hogs would rather die than have a demon] The demon-possessed man regained his senses and put
on clothes. He wanted to go with Jesus.
Jesus told him to go home to his people. He did and spread the Gospel,
city to city.
People from
the town heard what had happened, they came out and begged Jesus to go away.
They thought they were happy but they missed the truth. Jesus and his followers
got back into the boat and left.
Jesus has power over death
Jesus
was teaching and healing and many people came to him with problems. One time a
leader in the house of prayer came to him begging him to come and heal his
daughter. She was very sick. The girl's father said, “If you come and lay hand
upon her she will be made well.”
Jesus followed him to his house. Before arriving, he
heard wailing and mourning. People said, “Your daughter is dead.”
Jesus said,
“Don’t be afraid, believe, don’t lose faith, she is not dead, she is only
sleeping.” The people mourning laughed. [They knew what death looked like.]
Jesus sent
the people out of the room except for the girl's parents, Peter, James and
John.
Jesus told
her, “Little girl, get up.” She opened eyes and got up. This surprised
everyone. Jesus told them to give her something to eat [She was not a ghost or a zombie.]
Jesus left
the house. The girl was fine.
[What your response would've been if you had gone to a funeral and this
had happened!]
Jesus cares for people’s needs
More and more people followed
Jesus. They wanted to hear him. They wanted to be healed. Thousands of people
were with him day and night.
Once, Jesus and his followers left them behind and went to a
desolate place. More than 5000 people
followed him to this place. Evening
came and the people were hungry. Followers said, “Send them away so they can
find food.” Jesus said, “Where will they find food? You give them food.” Food
for this many people = 200 day's salary.
The followers said, “All we
could find is this one boy’s food” (this boy has 5 loaves and 2 fish). They sat down in groups. Jesus took the boy’s
food, thanked God, and broke the bread. Jesus gave each of his 12 followers
some food and had them distribute it (to
10-15,000 people!) After everyone had enough, disciples picked up the
leftovers. Twelve baskets of food
remained when the people were full.
Because of this, the people wanted to make Jesus their king. Jesus knew this was not God’s plan, so he left and went
away to a lonely place to pray.
Jesus has power over illness
Jesus went to the place of
prayer on the day of prayer. As He left the place of prayer, He saw a blind man
begging.
Jesus’ followers asked, “Who
sinned and made this man blind?”
“No one sinned”, said Jesus.
“He is blind to show the power of God.”
Jesus took clay rubbed it in blind man’s eyes. Jesus told the blind man to go and wash eyes. The blind man went and washed his eyes and began to see! The people saw him and asked, "Is this not the blind beggar?" Some said, "It is not him¼ it only looks like him… It is him!"
Religious leaders asked the
blind man, “How were you healed?”
The blind man said,
"Jesus healed me. He is a prophet. He took some mud and put it in my eyes.
I washed it off and now I can see." “No, he is a sinner.” [They
feared Jesus and anything new.] “Can a sinner heal someone?” You are leaders but
you refuse to see the truth!
Ex-blind man said, “If any man
worships God and does his will, God hears him. No one since the beginning of
the world has healed a man born blind. If he was not from God he could do
nothing.”
Later Jesus found him and
asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of God?”*
“Who is He that I may
believe.” The blind man said.
“It is the One you now see,
speaking to you.” Jesus said.
“I believe.” The blind man
said.
Jesus showed us what good leaders are like and showed us how to
remember him
Jesus was in Jerusalem and had preached until the religious
leaders were angry with Him. The religious leaders were prepared to arrest Him.
Jesus gathered his disciples for a meal and teaching. His ministry was coming
to an end.
Jesus told them this was their last meal together for a while. Jesus got up, took off his outer clothing and put a towel around waist. Jesus told his followers “You need to wash each other’s feet.” The disciples hesitated, but Jesus insisted that he wash their feet. Jesus said, "This is an example for you, that leaders should be servants."
He also reminded
them, "Follow my commands." After this, Jesus identified Judas as a
betrayer. Judas got up and went out to betray Jesus.
Then Jesus gave thanks for the food and broke the bread.
He said, this is another example for you:
“This is my body broken for you, remember me when you eat it.”
Then Jesus
took the drink and passed around the cup and said, “This is how my blood will
be poured out for you. This is an example of God’s new promise to you. Remember
me when you drink.” After this, Jesus talked to His followers and then went
outside the city to pray.
He gave his life for us.
After
the last supper, Jesus and His followers went outside the city to pray.
While Jesus was praying, Judas brought the soldiers to arrest
Jesus. The soldiers took Jesus to the religious leaders. The soldiers beat
Jesus and tried to get Him to confess.
Jesus refused. The leaders took Him to the king.
The King said "This man has done nothing
wrong." But, the religious leaders said, “Kill Jesus. ”
The King had Jesus whipped 39 times. The leaders still
wanted him dead. The soldiers beat and mocked Him and finally, the King agreed
to kill Jesus.
The soldiers took Jesus outside the city and laid him down
and nailed him to a cross. The soldiers put big nails in His hands and feet
& thorns on His head, and they stood the cross up. On the cross, Jesus had
horrible pain and couldn’t breathe well. The soldiers offered Jesus wine but
Jesus refused.
Jesus died,
saying, “It is finished.”
Jesus took
the punishment for the sins of the whole world. One innocent man paid the
penalty for every sinful man.
God promised
that the whole world could become His people through one person. When Jesus died, the noonday sun turned
black. The chief of the soldiers speared Jesus to prove that he was dead.
Jesus has power over his
own death
Jesus’ followers went to the
place where the soldiers killed him and collected his body and took it to a
cave: a cool place. The soldiers put a big rock across the opening of the cave
and guarded it. Jesus' followers could not prepare his body for burial because
it was a holiday.
Three days later, after the holiday, the women came to prepare
Jesus' body for burial. When they got to the cave, the soldiers were gone, and
the stone was rolled away. Inside the tomb, they found two angels. The angels
asked, “Why are you seeking the living among the dead? He is not here, He is
risen.” Jesus was no longer dead. He was alive because he had power over His
own death.
The women who saw the angels ran back to town where the
followers of Jesus had gathered. Jesus' followers went to the cave and found
that He HAD risen.
Later Jesus appeared to his followers, taught them. He ate with
them. Over 500 people saw Jesus alive, raised from the dead. Jesus reminded
them that they were to go and tell all the peoples of the world about God’s
promise that He had made to Abraham.
One day, Jesus left his followers and returned to heaven. His followers spread out into the whole
world, telling people about Jesus and telling them to glorify God.
Jesus is still
alive and people can glorify God through him.
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Like
Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, we are all sinners.
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As
we saw in the story of Noah and Sodom and Gomorrah, God hates sin. He punishes
sinners.
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As
we saw in the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, Noah, Moses, and Jesus, God has
mercy on those who He loves.
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Long
ago God promised to Abraham that all people of the world would glorify Him
through one of Abraham’s descendents. These descendents of Abraham became the
people of God.
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God
knew that all people would sin and could not glorify Him.
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God
sent a savior to rescue all people in the world from their sins.
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That
savior is Jesus.
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Long
before Jesus was born, prophets told that He was coming and that He would give
his life for many.
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Jesus
came. He had power over nature. He had power over evil. He had power over
death. He loved people. He had power over sickness. He was full of power and
love.
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Many
people were afraid of Jesus. They were happy in their religion and traditions.
They liked the power over other people they got from their religion. They
feared new things.
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They
harassed Jesus, arrested him and put Him to death. Jesus knew this would happen.
He predicted it, but He told his followers that He had the power over His own
death.
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To
prove this, Jesus rose from death after three days.
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Jesus
is alive. He is the first and the last. He said, “I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No man comes to the father except by me.”
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The
scripture says “Without faith it is impossible to please God.” Jesus said,
“Whoever believes in me, God gives them power to become his children.”
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Won’t
you have faith in Jesus, now? He is waiting on you to give your life to him. He
is waiting for you to turn away from sin. You cannot do it on your own. But, He
will make you a new person.
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Then
you can glorify God.
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He
is waiting for you, for every man, woman, boy, girl and teenager to follow him.
After reading the story of Jesus, you may have asked yourself such
questions as, "What is a Christian? How do I know I am 'saved'? What will
happen to me if I do not 'receive Christ'? Is it true that all I have to do is
'believe'?"
Know that God made you and keeps you. Without Him
you would be nothing. Admit to yourself and to God that you are a sinner. The
consequences of your sin are physical and spiritual death because of God's
wrath upon you. Confess your sins to God, and believe that Christ went to the
cross for you, taking your guilt upon Him and enduring God's judgment in your
place. This means that God has forgiven your sins and you are justified in
God's sight. Believe that Christ rose from the dead, conquering sin and death,
and that he ascended to the Father in heaven to reign as Lord. This means that
Jesus is alive today to help you live a new life that is pleasing to God.
Would you like to receive Jesus Christ as your
Savior from sin and Lord of your life? If so, would you please pray this
prayer?
"O God, I know I have sinned. I
thank you for sending the Lord Jesus Christ to pay for my sin and guilt. I
thank you for raising Him from the dead and giving Him authority over my life.
I receive Him as my Savior and Lord. I receive your free gift of eternal life
in Christ. I will turn from my sinful life to serve you, my Creator and
Redeemer"
Trust that having received Christ into your life,
you are sealed with God's Holy Spirit and stamped with God's name on you. There
are continuing steps that will help you to know God and trust Him with your
whole life. First, confessing Christ openly before others. Second, witnessing
to others by telling others the wonderful changes that have taken place in your
life. Third, dedicating yourself to pleasing God by obeying and trusting Him
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