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Video transcript:
What does it take to know God? Wait for a spiritual experience? Devote yourself to unselfish religious deeds? Become a better person so that God will accept you?
No. God has made it very clear in the Bible how we can know Him. In this video, I'm going to explain to you how you can personally begin a relationship with God, right now.
God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life. God created you. Not only that, he loves you so much that he wants you to know him now and spend eternity with him.
Jesus said, "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.”
Jesus, the Son of God, left heaven and came to earth so that we could know God. Jesus revealed to us his love, power, and desire to guide us in this life.
Jesus said: “I came that you might have life, and have it more abundantly.”
We can actually know God intimately, like a best friend. The Bible says, “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God…”
So what keeps us from knowing God?
All of us sin, and our sin is what separates us from God. The Bible tells us that “All of us like sheep have gone astray; each of us has turned to his own way.”
Our sin has led us to our being separated from God and we feel that separation.
Some people try to be close to God by religious rituals. Some try to do good things for others. And some try to just be good.
We think if we do this, God can accept us.
The problem is that none of these good efforts actually cover up sin or remove it. Our sin is known by God and stands as a barrier between us and God.
The Bible says, “the penalty for sin is death” which means that we are and will continue to be separated from God.
So how it even possible to have a relationship with God?
Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin for us. He now offers us complete forgiveness and a close relationship with him.
Jesus Christ took all of our sins onto himself. He was beaten, whipped, and then his wrists and feet were nailed to a cross where he hung until death, paying the penalty for our sins.
Jesus died for us. He died in our place.
We're told, "This is how God showed his love among us. He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him."
"This is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins."
The Bible says "…he saved us, not because of righteous things we’ve done, but because of his mercy."
Because of Jesus' death on the cross, our sin doesn't have to separate us from God anymore.
Jesus not only died for our sin, but after this death on the cross, he physically came back to life three days later, just as he said he would.
This was the final proof that everything that Jesus said about himself was true.
To know him was to know God. To love him was to love God. Jesus said, “I and the Father are one.”
Jesus also said that he could answer prayer, forgive sin, judge the world, and give us eternal life.
His countless miracles supported his words. Jesus was clear when he said, "I am the way, the truth and the life; no one can come to the Father except through me."
Instead of trying harder to reach God, he tells us how we can begin a relationship with him right now.
Jesus says, "Come to me. If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me… out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
It was Jesus' love for us that caused him to endure the cross. And now he invites us to come to him and begin a personal relationship with God.
Now just knowing in your mind what Jesus has done for us and what he is offering isn't enough.
To have a relationship with God we need to welcome him into our life.
We must each, individually, accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
The Bible says, "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave them the right to become children of God."
Here is the invitation that Jesus is giving to you right now.
He said, "I'm standing at the door and I'm knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in."
So how will you respond to God's invitation right now?
You have a choice. Continue a self-directed life separated from God, a life which often leads to frustration and will never lead to true contentment and peace.
Or believe in Jesus and make him your Savior and Lord.
When you open the door of your heart to Jesus, you begin a relationship with God and can begin to experience God's love, guidance, and help in life.
You can receive Christ right now. Remember that Jesus says, "I'm standing at the door and I'm knocking. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in."
Would you like to respond to his invitation? Here’s how…
If you're unsure of what to say, this prayer might help you put it into words.
You can say this along with me, if you want to respond to God's invitation now…
"Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for my sins, so that I could be fully accepted by you and forgiven. I ask you to come into my life right now. I want to know you and follow you. Thank you for giving me a relationship with you. Guide me to be the person that you created me to be. Amen.”
If you sincerely asked Jesus into your life just now, then your sins are forgiven, and Jesus has come into your life as he promised.
You’ve started a personal relationship with God.
If you did that, I would like to encourage you to click on the link below that will take you to StartingwithGod.com to begin growing in your new relationship with God.
While you’re there, if you’d like to ask a question, someone will personally answer you.
Thank you so much for watching and God bless you.
| ► | I just asked Jesus into my life (helpful information from www.StartingWithGod.com follows)… |
| ► | I may want to start a relationship with God, please explain this differently… |
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