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Recognize...that you are not a Christian because you are good, for God's Word declares "...no one...does good, not even one," Romans 3:12.
Recognize...that you are not a Christian because you are doing the best you can, for God's Word declares that "...all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23.
Recognize...that you are not necessarily a Christian because you are a member of some church, for again God's Word declares that many are "having a form of godliness but denying its power," Timothy 3:5.
Confess...that you are a guilty sinner in God's sight for you have broken His commandments, and all the world has become gaily before Him, Romans 3:10
Confess...that you cannot save yourself, "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God," Ephesians 2:8.
Confess...that you are hopelessly lost under condemnation without Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, for He said: " ...the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost," Luke 19:10.
Believe...the good news that Christ died for the ungodly, Romans 5:8. He therefore died for you and settled your sin debt on Calvary's Cross.
Believe...the glorious news that Christ was raised from the dead, and by the power of God is now able to save all who come unto God by him, Hebrews 7:25.
Call...on the name of the Lord Jesus, in prayer, acknowledging your sins, for God has promised that "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness," I John 1:9.
Rely...on God's sure promise, not upon your feelings, and by faith declare you are saved by the blood of Jesus Christ, shed for the forgiveness of your sins, and openly confess Him with your mouth as your Savior and Lord, Romans 10:9, 10.
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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, the international Version. Copyright @1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society.
Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
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