New Life

How do you receive the gift of pardon for sin, relationship with God, abundant and eternal life? You receive it through belief and faith in Jesus Christ, and repentance towards God. 3, 4, 15

BELIEVE:
Believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross in your place, for your sin and God raised Him from the dead, and receive Him through faith as your Savior and Lord. * 1-6

REPENT:
Acknowledge your sin has separated you from God, you stand condemned, and you need a savior. Confess your sin and turn your life toward God. 10-18

When you believe and repent you are born spiritually and strengthened with power through the Holy Spirit. This new life is a gift received through faith in Jesus Christ alone! There is nothing you can do to earn it. 20-26

God's desire for you is magnificent! Anyone in Christ, is a new creation. 23, 24

* SAVIOR – Jesus saving me from the penalty for sin.
* LORD – Jesus as the authority of my life.

References for Believe:
1 John 1:12-13
To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
2 Romans 10:9-10
If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
3 Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
4 John 3:16
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.
5 Acts 16:31
Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved.
6 John 3:18
Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

References for Repent:
10 Acts 3:19
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out…
11 Acts 17:30-31
God now commands all people everywhere to repent. For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice …
12 Luke 13:5
Except you repent, you shall all likewise perish.
13 Luke 24:47
Jesus said, repentance for the forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in His name to all nations.
14 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
15 Acts 20:21
Paul testified both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.
16 Philippians 2:9–11
Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
17 Romans 10:9-10
If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
18 2 Corinthians 5:15
And He died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for Him who for their sake died and was raised.

References for Spiritual Birth:
20 John 3:3
Jesus said “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
21 Ephesians 3:16-17
I Paul pray that out of God’s glorious riches He may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
22 Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
23 2 Corinthians 5:17
If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
24 Colossians 1:13-14
God has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
25 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
26 John 1:12-13
To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.