Know Christ
God sent His Son, Jesus of Nazareth, in the form of a man to remove the sin which separated man’s heart from the heart of God. By entering the world as a man, God was able to take the sins of the entire world upon His own shoulders and pay the penalty of sin by allowing His Son, Jesus Christ, to be separated from Him for a moment of time. However, in forsaking His Son at that moment, God was extending salvation to humankind to have fellowship with Almighty God once again.
How Do I Know Christ?
See Your Sin
To know Christ, a person must first realize that he or she is “lost” – totally estranged from God, separated from God due to our sinful nature.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
Understand the Consequences
A person alone cannot reconcile the lost relationship between himself or herself and God. To provide a remedy, God sent his only Son, Jesus, to live the perfect life God demands.
Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
Know God’s Sacrificial Gift
Although humanity through sin has separated itself from God, the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross bridged that gap between man’s heart and the heart of God.
Romans 5:8: but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Confess Your Sins
God asks that a man and woman repent of his or her sins, turn from them, and accept the sacrifice Christ made on the cross for those sins.
Romans 10:9: 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.
Accept the Gift of Salvation
God promises in the Bible that anyone who accepts Jesus as Lord shall be saved.
Romans 10:13: For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Prayer of Salvation
We can call out our repentance to God in the form of a prayer, similar to this:
Lord, it is written in Your Word that if I confess with my mouth that Jesus is Lord and if I believe in my heart that You have raised Christ from the dead, I will be saved.
Lord, I confess that Jesus is my Lord. I believe in my heart that You raised Jesus from the dead. I repent of my past life and my sinful nature. Let Christ be Lord of my life.
I thank You for forgiving me of all my sin. Jesus is my Lord, and I am a new creation. Old things have passed away; now, all things become new in Jesus’ name.
Amen.