Sunday, March 19, 2017

What does it take to become a Christian?



How do we become a Christian? there is no secret in knowing the truth that will set you free from sin. Understanding right and wrong is easy. What we need to understand is making the choice to live Godly and holy for the Lord.
First let's look into what makes us a non-Christian believer. And the answer is sin. What is sin? It's the wrong that we do that the Lord Jesus Christ has reviled in the word of God. What started the sin was disobedient to God in which caused us to choose options to right and wrong. This created a direction for temptation to do the oppose to right. This began sin. Satan deceived the very first humans in the world called Adam & Eve. Adam & Eve only knew the right, because God made them a living soul, and blessed them with the earth. What caused Adam & Eve to fall into the temptation of sin?
The Forbidden Fruit that started the sin in this world
Genesis 2:15-17 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Satan tempted Eve to eat of the forbidden fruit. 

The Serpent's Deception
 Genesis 3:1-7
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
We all were born into this world as sinner
Psalms 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
I Peter 1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever.
And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
I Timothy 2:14-15 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
When Adam sinned, sin entered the world. Adam's sin brought death,
so death spread to everyone, for everyone sinned.

Romans 5:15 But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
The lust of the eyes, and the pride of life is of the world
I John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Keeping ourselves unspotted from the world takes prayer, and always reading the bible.
We all were born into this world as sinner
Psalms 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
What is our first steps to becoming a Christian?
1. Believe that Jesus Christ is the son of God.
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
2. Be sorry for all the sins that you have done 
Romans 10:9 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
3. Leave your old past sin on the cross after you've repent and return no more to your old ways. 
Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
4. Go to a church that is preaching the true word of God, and always read your bible and, pray every day, for you and, others that you may know.
5. Always believe in faith through Jesus Christ our Lord that all things are possible.
Matthew 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.   
6. We must be saved in order for us to enter into heaven
John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The Lord Jesus Christ Loves you dearly
Written by Pastor Rolando Ramos  3/19/2017

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