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The First Step is to be born again. Why is that important? Most people think they’re pretty good. How do you feel about yourself? God is absolutely Holy.
The image above represents the first step and every step after that is one more step in Christ being fully formed in you. It might look complicated at first, but it’s very simple. If you want truth instead of lies, you want to be born again. If you want to do good instead of evil, you want to be born again. It’s as simple as believing and receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior from sin, lies, and evil. If you haven’t been born again, He’s calling you right now through this class. Just say, “I receive you, Lord,” and it’s done. If you are already born again, God is going to bring you into conversations with people who need to hear this good news.
The fact that you’re starting this series of devotionals means you’ve probably taken the first step of being born again by believing and receiving Jesus Christ as your Savior and Lord. You have realized the futility of trying to be righteous by your own strength and have accepted the price Jesus paid by dying on the cross for your sins. You have turned to Jesus and asked Him to be Lord of your life and have yielded yourself to His Holy Spirit. If not, you must realize that mankind separated itself from God by obeying the devil in the Garden of Eden a few thousand years ago. Since that time, every person born had a sinful nature that rebelled against God and did things that were wrong. God is just by nature, so rebellion must be punished. God had a plan from the beginning to pay the price of your sin. Jesus, God’s spoken Word Who proceeds from God and is God was born miraculously to a virgin named Mary. He lived a perfect life and never once obeyed Satan. Then, He was obedient to the point that He died on a cross to pay for your sins and the sins of the whole world. To meet God’s requirement of justice, God Himself paid your debt. He not only pardons you, but He also sets you free. And if you should sin again, He wall again pardon and set you free if you simply confess your sin to Him and ask for forgiveness. If you haven’t received Jesus as your Savior, do that now. He’s with you right now. Speak to Him. Tell Him you’re sorry for the wrong things you’ve done and ask Him to cover those sins with the blood He shed on the cross. He will then forgive you. Ask Him to set you free from habits and bad ways of thinking. Turn your mind over to Him and ask Him to begin leading you. Ask Him to fill you with His Spirit. He will do that for you.
Follow the by grace through faith way.
Ask God to answer these questions.
- What is the first step in following Jesus?
- What does it mean to be born again?
- Why can’t you be righteous by your own strength?
- Who paid the price for your sins?
- How did Jesus pay for your sins?
Bonus question:
- What should you do if you sin again after believing in Jesus?