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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. –John 3:16-17 (KJV)

 

 

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Plan of Salvation

Creation of Man

Geoff Thomas. “The Creation of Man.” Banner of Truth.

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Origin and Nature of Sin

Ronald McCune. “The Origin and Nature of Sin.” A Systematic Theology of Biblical Christianity. Vol. 2: The Doctrines of Man, Sin, Christ, and the Holy Spirit.

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Punishment of Sin

Louis Berkhof. “The Punishment of Sin.” Systematic Theology

Jesus Christ, the Savior

John F. Walvoord. “Jesus Christ: Messiah and Savior.” Bible.org

God's Plan of Salvation

J. Hampton Keathley, III. “God’s Plan of Salvation.” Bible.org

There is much confusion about what makes a person a Christian.

Some believe that living a moral life makes them a Christian. Others believe that a Christian is someone who is a member of a “Christian” church or someone who lives by the “Golden Rule” treating others like they want to be treated. While all of these may be true about a Christian, they do not define what a Christian is. Simply defined: “A Christian is someone who is a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
 
According to the Bible, becoming a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ begins with an acceptance of His gospel. In Romans 10:9, this is determined by two important things: (1) a public, verbal confession that Jesus Christ is God, and (2) a belief that Jesus rose bodily from the dead.
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Think of it this way: you are not a Christian if you do not confess that Jesus is God, or if you do not believe He died and rose from the dead.

Jesus is God

There are many who profess being a Christian but do not believe that Jesus is God. They usually give Jesus special status as a great prophet or as a heroic martyr. But they refuse to acknowledge He is God.
 
The Bible clearly teaches, however, that Jesus is God. The Gospel of John opens with this thought.
John 1:1-3 In the beginning [before the world was created] was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Later, John states that the “Word” was Jesus Christ.
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
Jesus, (the Word) became flesh and lived among men and as people observed Him they saw the glory of God. Certainly Jesus believed that He was God.
John 10:30-33 I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus [asked, “Why] do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
There is no confusion in what Jesus was saying. He declared Himself to be God. When one of His disciples asked Him to “show them [God] the Father.”, Jesus stated that He is [God] the Father.
John 14:8-9 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it [will satisfy] us. Jesus saith unto him,…he that hath seen Me hath seen the Father….
Jesus is God. Unless you confess that this is true, you cannot be a Christian. Because Jesus claimed to be God, to say that Jesus is anything other than God is to make Him a liar or a crazy man. He cannot be who He is and be less than God.

He died and rose from the dead

The Bible teaches that Jesus was crucified outside Jerusalem by the Romans around 33 A.D. His death was a substitutionary atonement for our sins.
Romans 5:8 But God [recommends] His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
His death was necessary, because we are sinners.
Romans 3:10, 23 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (23) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
As sinners, we are worthy of eternal death in hell.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;
When Jesus died on the cross, He took our sins upon Himself. Without this, none can be saved from the wrath of God.
 
Yet Jesus did not stay dead. Three days after His death, Jesus rose bodily from the grave. When some friends of His went to the tomb they found it opened and some angels standing nearby.
Matthew 28:5-6 And the angel … said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen….
The gospel of Jesus is the “good news” that even though we are sinners, we can have salvation because He died in our place on the cross; that because He rose from the dead, we will one day rise like Him and live eternally with Him in Heaven.
 
Would you like to become a follower of Jesus Christ today? If you want to become a Christian, pray a prayer like this: “Dear Lord Jesus, I know that You alone can save me from sin. I am unable of saving myself. Because of my sins, I deserve punishment in hell. But I believe that You are God. I acknowledge that when You died on the cross, You died for my sin. I claim Your promise that those who trust in 
You will not perish, but have everlasting life. Please, become my Savior. Amen.”

The first part of accepting the gospel of Jesus

is to confess that He is God.

Are you a Christian?

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Heaven and Hell

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Heaven

John MacArthur. “Heaven: The Future of Christians.” Grace to You.

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Hell

Christopher W. Morgan. “The Biblical Evidence for Hell.” Ligonier Ministries.

Assurance

For Those Who are Living

Drake Osborn. “Spurgeon for Doubting Christians.” The Spurgeon Center for Biblical Preaching at Midwestern Seminary.

For Infants and Incapables

Daniel L. Akin. “Why I Believe Children Who Die Go to Heaven.”

Relevant Scripture

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The Doctrine of Hell and Eternal Punishment

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The Doctrine of Heaven and Eternal Reward

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Apologetics

–the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse.

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Assurance

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