ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR SIN

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 3:23

   First, see yourself for what you are...a sinner. Sin is tragic, vile...it blights, degrades, destroys. It has dire consequences: “The soul who sins is the one who will die.”¹ “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”²

REPENT OF YOUR SIN

Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out....
Acts 3:19

   You must also repent. Repentance is not making a resolution to do better. It is not just conviction of sin, for a person may be convinced that he is wrong and still not repent. D. L. Moody liked to describe repentance this way: “Man is born with his back toward God. When he truly repents, he turns right around and faces God. Repentance is a change of mind, a change of heart, and it results in a change of action.”

   As the Bible says, “Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord...for He will freely pardon.”³ You must change your mind about sin and want God to end its mastery over you. After all, sin is so bad it took Christ’s death to make forgiveness possible for you.

BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST

God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16

   Believe in the completed work Christ accomplished on the cross. You must believe that Christ substituted Himself for you, that He died for your sins (though He never sinned), and that He was resurrected from death. “The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him.”4 Our sins nailed Him to the cross, and “by His wounds we are healed.”⁴ “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.’’⁵

MAKE YOUR DECISION

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. Romans 10:9

   You must believe in Christ and receive Him personally into your life by faith if you are to be saved from the power of sin and its consequences. “To all who received Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God.”⁶

   Will you pray to God something like this?

“God, I’m convinced I am a sinner, and that Christ alone can save me. I willingly repent of my sinful life and believe Jesus Christ died for me. I want to receive Him as my personal Savior.”

   If you have just now received Christ as your Savior, please let us know by signing the decision space and mailing it to the address below. We want to help you get started in this new relationship with God.

MY DECISION

Being convinced that I was a lost sinner, I now believe that Christ died for me so God could forgive my sins. I have now received the Lord Jesus Christ as my personal Savior.

Bible references: ¹Ezekiel 18:4, ²Romans 6:23, ³Isaiah 55:7, ⁴Isaiah 53:5, ⁵Acts 16:31, ⁶John 1:12.