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About God

Do you know who God is and how you can relate to him? Read these four points and experience the life for which you were created.

1. God loves you and created you to know Him personally.

God loves you
“For God loved the world so much that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

God wants you to know him
“And this is the way to have eternal life – to know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one You sent to earth.” John 17:3

Why do you think most people don”t know God personally?

2. We are separated from God by our sin, so we cannot know Him or experience His love.

What is sin?
We were created to live in a relationship with God but we rejected Him and the relationship was broken. This rejection of God and the building of our lives around anything else is what the Bible calls sin. We show this attitude by being selfish towards others, openly disobeying God or by simply ignoring Him.

Everyone is sinful
“For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God”s glorious standard.” Romans 3:23

Sin has consequences
“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23

We are all guilty before God and will be judged for our sin. The punishment for this sin is eternal separation from God. This is what the Bible calls hell. (2 Thessalonians 1:8-9)

God is perfect and we are sinful. There is a great gap between us and God because of our sin. Something is missing in our lives that nothing else – relationships, money, work or health – can satisfy. We may try to bridge this gap through doing good, helping others or following a religion. But all our efforts fail because they can”t deal with the problem of sin.

The third point provides the only solution to this problem…

 

3. Jesus Christ is God”s only solution for our sin.

Through Him alone we can know God and experience His love and forgiveness.

“Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation.” Colossians 1:15

Jesus died in our place
“Christ suffered for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but He died for sinners to bring you home safely to God.” 1 Peter 3:18a

Jesus rose from the dead, He’s alive!
“During the forty days after His crucifixion, He appeared to the apostles from time to time, and He proved to them in many ways that He was actually alive.” Acts 1:3a

His resurrection proved that He was God and that He had suffered God”s punishment in our place.

Jesus is the only way to God
“Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No-one can come to the Father except through Me.”" John 14:6

Although we deserve to be cut off from God forever, in His love God sent Jesus to pay the penalty for our sins by dying on the cross. Through Jesus, God has bridged the gap that separated us from Him, and provided a way for us to be forgiven and restored to relationship with Him.

It”s not enough just to know these facts…

 

4. We must each respond by asking Jesus to come into our lives.

To allow Jesus to come into our lives means that we will put God first instead of our own egos. It means that we trust that Jesus has come into our lives, that He has forgiven us our sins and that He will transform us in such a way that we will become the people He wants us to be.

We must accept Jesus Christ as our Savior
“But to all who believed Him and accepted Him, He gave the right to become children of God.” John 1:12

Accepting Jesus involves:

• Agreeing with God that we are sinful and deciding to turn from our sin.
• Trusting God to forgive us completely because Jesus died for our sin.
• Choosing to follow Jesus; putting him first in our lives.

Jesus promises to come into our lives when we accept Him.

“Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear My voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.” Revelation 3:20

It”s not enough just to know or feel that this is true. We have a choice to make.

These circles illustrate two types of people and two ways of life.

1. Self-centered personSelf is on the throne. Jesus is outside this person”s life. People like this have never accepted Jesus into their lives. They remain guilty and cut off from God by their sin.

 

2. Christ-focused personChrist is on the throne. Self is following Jesus as Lord. People like this have accepted Jesus into their lives. They have been forgiven and experience God”s love.

 

Which circle best describes you?
Which circle would you like to describe you?

To enter into a relationship with God, you must put your life in His hands. God is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. Don’t you want to make that choice?

Here is a suggested prayer you could pray

You can accept Jesus by faithful prayer… Praying is speaking with God, no more, no less. He knows you. It’s not the words that matter, but what you believe in your heart. An example of such a prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I need You. I know I’ve been arrogant and disobedient. I open the door of my life and accept You as my Saviour and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins. Please, lead me from now on. Change me, so I’ll become the person You want me to be. Thank You for hearing me and for answering my prayer by entering into my life. Amen.”

Does this prayer reflect what’s in your heart? If so, pray this prayer and trust in Gods promise. Jesus Christ will come into your life.

This explanation was taken from www.IkzoekGod.nl. Follow the link to read more about God, Jesus and people whose lives were changed because of Him.