Accepting Jesus as Your Personal Savior

It will cost you something accepting Jesus as your Savior. It will be the biggest life-changing choice and experience you can make. You will realize that there is a holy, just God who is offended by sin. You will recognize your sinful state and your inability to make yourself better in order to escape death (Romans 6:23). But then you acknowledge that there is Someone who loves you so much that he died for your sins so that you could have eternal life (John 3:16). Oh, and once you accept Jesus, you will notice that there are changes in your life that must be made in order to remain in Him. You have become a new person (2 Corinthians 5:17). Your old ways that have been offensive to God and can no longer suffice as your normal way of living. This is the call of discipleship - a journey that will take you to newer heights with Jesus. Read Luke 9:23-25 for three simple but difficult steps toward this engaging process. It requires a total transformation of self (Romans 12:2) and sacrifice - which may even include death. But in the end, you'll find, it will all be worth it (A few changed words by me with April 22, 2015 Collegiate Quarterly, Bible-Study Guide for Young Adults). Sherry