Wednesday 11 July 2012

I want to become a christian...But How?




HI..today you have sought an answer and if your heart is true and receiving you will be full of joy as i proclaim to you this good news. This is the good news that Jesus the messiah has come to save the world. You are loved by God. It may be hard to believe that but yes he cares for you and wants you. Bible says "As the Father has loved me, so have I (Jesus) loved you. Now remain in my love (John 15:9)" and elsewhere he says "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future" (Jeremiah 29:11).Yes this is his will but we sometimes feel that we don't experience it. You may say that I don't see his love in my life well the fact is that He knows you don’t feel his love but he still loves you. Why is that? ,the problem is sin and it’s not just your problem it is the whole world’s problem(But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.-isaiah 59:2).The fact is that as Bible says that when the first man who was created by God, sinned IT entered the body of Adam and through him every human who is born is a "born sinner". Yes and because of sin we all die ("It's only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, 'You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.'"-Genesis 3:3).Death reigns in every human being because of that sin.




  We have gone against the will of God....God who is perfectly holy and true had created humans just like him (So God created human beings in his own image. In the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.-Genesis 1:27) but when we went against his will or command sin corrupted our spirits. Today  every person who is born is sinful, even without committing a sin(When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death, so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.-Romans 5:12).Since creation fell from holiness and fellowship of God from that very time God had made a redemption plan. A plan to reconcile to God the entire mankind.
Every man who is born and is mature enough to know what is right and wrong is in God’s sight sinful. Sin is like a cancer, its like a disease or a virus. God hates the virus or disease but he loves the person affected by it. We are all God’s children and lost are we because the sin has blinded our spiritual eyes and dosent let us see God. Since sin has come in the world the world has come under the dominion of Satan or the devil.When God made us he made as rulers of earth(God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."-Genesis 1:28) but we by sinning turned over the rule over to Satan. God made Hell for Satan and his angels but since we are as sinner under Satan’s control, we die and go to hell for eternal punishment. God saved us!!



He made a plan to bring you to Himself and free us from Devils rule and he did it by he sendng his Son on a mission. He sent him on a mission to die. He sent his son Jesus to die for my sin, your sin and the whole worlds sin. Before this plan came about God had sent prophets who prophesied about the coming savior and there are many prophesies in the Bible and one of them was that he will be born of a virgin ((The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"--which means, "God with us."-Isaiah 7:14).He was born in human flesh but since he was conceived by the holy spirit’s power he was sinless. God chose him as the sacrificial lamb for the world. This lamb had to be perfect and since humans are sinful God chose his own son who is pure and without any sin to be that lamb. Read psalms 14:3 and then Isaiah 59:16.He preached the truth of God yet no body received that truth. He told him who he was yet no body received his word. He himself prophesied that he will be crucified by men and raised to life and that’s what exactly happened. When he lived on earth he attracted sinners but people who were self righteous hated him. Sinners loved to hear him because they knew they were guilty of sin and wanted freedom from their bondage and He showed them the way. Jesus did not show some other way we had to follow but claimed that “He is the truth and the way and the life and nobody comes to the Father except through me”-John 14:6. He told people who were tired of the burden of sin “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest”-Matthew 11:28. He was holy, without any sin, righteous and full of love and compassion. He claimed to be God and proved his claims by different miracles. He multiplied 7 loaves of bread into 5000.He walked on water .He healed the blind, the sick, the leper. He raised the dead to life. Everything he did or say is written in the first four books of the New Testament in the Bible.




This is the pivotal point of the plan. God is “just”, He cannot let us enter the kingdom of God in sinful state and since we are under sin and under the authority of Satan we will have to go to hell when we die. He cannot let us enter his kingdom until and unless we are made clean and holy. If he allowed us in heaven then that is not justice. We all deserve to die and that is true justice. We all have to go to Hell because we all are under the dominion of darkness. Our sin has to be judged. God sent his own Son Jesus into the world, His mission was to take up on his body the sins of entire mankind. He had to die instead of us. He was punished instead of us. He was cursed instead of us. He was condemned instead of us. So much so that the Father who once said   "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!"-Matthew 17:5,  now left him alone because our sin entered the One who is Holy. He died for our sins and rebellion. This is the good news: on the third day He rose again from the dead just as He said before. He told them about his body that they will kill but God will raise it up on third day (Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days."-John 2:19).He is risen and was seen by 500 witnesses(After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.-1 Corinthians 15:6) and his disciples who later proclaimed their gospel to every nation because Jesus said so(Therefore go 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 ).If now we believe in him we will have eternal life.This body will die but our spirits will enter the kingdom of God.




 This was his claim “"I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life-John 5:24).Bible says in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.-1 Peter 3:9. He wants you to repent of your sins and believe in Him and the One who sent Him.Believe He died for you. Bible says that only the name of Jesus can save us from our sins.Two years ago I tried to know him and he led me to believe in Him. He is alive and not dead. He is a personal God. He is who he is. Denying him wont refute his existence. He has changed my life. He has given me a purpose and surely He can give you too remember this one thing He will love you for all eternity but brother/sister it’s up to you weather to accept him as your Lord and Savior. He will never force you to believe in him but , his actions by dying a cruel shameful death on the cross he showed you how much he loves you(But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.-Romans 5:8).The choice is yours.Yes a day is coming as he promised that he will come back to judge and this time he will be like a lion full of wrath. He died for us so that we can be saved from that wrath. Today the good news has reached you, today 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.Yes he loves you and wants to be friends with you. He wants to be your father. He wants to be your shepherd. Jesus loves you! J