How to follow Jesus?

Conviction of Sin

Before a person can accept Jesus as their Savior and convert to Christianity, he/she must realize that he/she is a sinner in need of salvation. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There isn't a man, woman or child who hasn't sinned against God.

From the beginning when sin entered into man, God has always a required a sacrifice for sin. The sacrifices are called sin offerings. The blood of the offering is shed to atone for the sin(s) committed.

God can Heal a Broken hHeart

Once Sin is Realized

Once a person realizes there is sin in their life, guilt and shame will come. Their heart will be broken unless the person resists, then their heart will be hardened. Jesus want to heal the brokenhearted. God is the One who made the way for man to come back to Him.

Once a person decides to give his/her life to God they would then repent of their sins and ask for forgiveness. They will have to believe that Jesus died for them and that God raised him from the dead.

Rom 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.

Rom 10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

God didn't make it hard for men to come back to Him. Man makes it hard and complicated, but as you can see it is really rather simple. It is a free choice of each and every person to receive or deny God through Jesus Christ.

What Are we Saved From?

For this part I am going back into the Old Testament. The book of Ezekiel has a great reference to the condition of men before Jesus comes into their lives.

Eze 16:5 None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

Eze 16:6 And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.

God spoke only one word to Jerusalem in these passages. He must only say that Word and a person can then live. God compared Jerusalem to a child being born and cast into a field with the placenta still attached. The baby wasn't washed and was in it's own blood even. This is how all of us are before we are saved. We are in our own filth, but then God speaks a Word to us, (live), and we are no longer dead in our filth and blood.

What Comes Next?

After accepting Jesus' offer of salvation and repenting of your sins, you must follow Jesus. Read the bible on a daily basis, find a church and go there. It is best not to run around to different churches. A tree cannot grow roots if it is moved constantly. Be sure and listen to what God has to say to you. He will lead and guide you, but He will not force you to do anything.

You will grow in knowledge and grace, much like a baby grows and learns as he goes through life.

Joh 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.