认识耶稣从接受他做你个人的主和救主开始!
若有人在基督里,他就是新造的人,旧事已过,都变成新的了。(林后5:17)
你在哪个教会并不重要,重要的是你在哪个家庭里?通过新生你就出生在神的家庭里。新生是通过耶稣基督得救和开始与神有着正确关系的必要条件。
新生是从上头而来的崭新的创造,是神的话语和神的灵在你生命中直接运行的结果:当你诚心悔改并转向神,他就完完全全地改变了你的灵。
这种崭新的创造是通过以下方式发生的:
- 认清自己是个失丧的罪人,没有神,也没有希望(罗3:23);
- 承认耶稣基督为你死在十字架上,借着他自己的宝血将你从罪中拯救出来;
- 来到神面前,转离罪,并宣告耶稣是你的主,你就必得重生。(圣灵会通过神话语的权柄,以及为你赦罪而流的、基督的宝血,洁净你所有的罪,使你成为新造的人。)
- 心里相信并且口里承认神确实赦免了你的罪,而且你已经重生了。
相信并宣告
下面一些经文展示了你有权柄相信并宣告什么:
罗马书10:9-10 你若口里认耶稣为主,心里信神叫祂从死里复活,就必得救。10 因为人心里相信,就可以称义;口里承认,就可以得救。
约翰福音1:12-13 凡接待祂的,就是信祂名的人,祂就赐他们权柄,作神的儿女。13 这等人不是从血气生的,不是从情欲生的,也不是从人意生的,乃是从神生的。
约翰福音6:37 凡父所赐给我的人,必到我这里来;到我这里来的,我总不丢弃他。
这是多么坚实的信心基础啊!绝不会有人来到他面前却被丢弃!耶稣说:“…到我这里来的,我总不丢弃他。”
约翰福音3:14-21 摩西在旷野怎样举蛇,人子也必照样被举起来,15 叫一切信祂的都得永生。16 神爱世人,甚至将祂的独生子赐给他们,叫一切信祂的,不至灭亡,反得永生。17 因为神差祂的儿子降世,不是要定世人的罪,乃是要叫世人因祂得救。18 信祂的人,不被定罪;不信的人,罪已经定了,因为他不信神独生子的名。19 光来到世间,世人因自己的行为是恶的,不爱光,倒爱黑暗,定他们的罪就是在此。20 凡作恶的便恨光,并不来就光,恐怕他的行为受责备。21 但行真理的必来就光,要显明他所行的是靠神而行。
约翰福音3:36 信子的人有永生;不信子的人得不着永生,神的震怒常在他身上。
约翰福音5:24 我实实在在的告诉你们,那听我话、又信差我来者的,就有永生,不至于定罪,是已经出死入生了。
使徒行传3:19 所以,你们当悔改归正,使你们的罪得以涂抹;这样,那安舒的日子就必从主面前来到;
以弗所书2:8-9 你们得救是本乎恩,也因着信;这并不是出于自己,乃是神所赐的;9 也不是出于行为,免得有人自夸。
你自己能看明白圣经是怎么说的。我们要警告你不要去听从那些断章取义、让你模糊不清的人的解释。他们并不关心你的生命,否则他们就不会企图夺走你真实的基督徒经历了。他们若是真的爱你,至少会允许你来按照圣经所说的一切去相信,并会鼓励你得着符合圣经的经历。
他们竭尽所能地要剥夺你的这些好处,你若不清醒过来,弄清楚他们是魔鬼的差役、要领人到地狱的,就真是愚蠢之极。他们看起来像是你所见过的最高尚、美好和敬虔的人,这并不重要──如果他们要夺走神给你的祝福,他们就不是神的仆人了。
圣经说:“这也不足为怪,因为连撒但也装作光明的天使。所以牠的差役,若装作仁义的差役,也不算希奇。牠们的结局必然照着牠们的行为(林后11:14-15)。”
我们一起来做如下的祷告:
亲爱的天父:我奉耶稣的名来到您面前。
圣经在约翰福音6章37节说:“…到我这里来的,我总不丢弃他。”所以我知道,您不会丢弃我,却要接纳我,为此我献上感谢。
您在圣经罗马书10章13节说:“凡求告主名的,就必得救。”我现在就求告您的名,所以我知道您现在已经拯救了我。
罗马书10章9至10节也说:“你若口里认耶稣为主,心里信神叫他从死里复活,就必得救。因为人心里相信,就可以称义;口里承认,就可以得救。”
我心里相信耶稣基督是神的儿子,我相信他为了我称义从死里复活。我现在就宣告他是我的主,因为您在经上说:“…人心里相信,就可以称义…”而我的确也心里相信,所以如哥林多后书5章21节所说,现在我在基督里已经成为神的义,我已经得救了!
主啊我感谢您!
Knowing Jesus begins with personally receiving Jesus as your Lord and Savior!
Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. —2 Corinthians 5:17
It’s not important what church you are in. The important thing is: What family are you in? Through the New Birth you are born into the family of God. The new birth is a necessity to being saved and coming into the right relationship to God through Jesus Christ.
The New Birth is a new creation from above —the direct operation of the Word of God and the Spirit of God upon your life—changing your spirit completely when you truly repent and turn to God!
This new creation is brought about in the following manner:
• Recognize that you are a sinner, lost, without God, and without hope (Rom. 3:23);
• Admit that Jesus Christ died on the cross to save you from sin by His own precious blood;
• Come to God, turning away from sin and confessing Jesus as your Lord—and you shall be born again. (The Holy Spirit will then make you a new creature cleansing you from all sin by the authority of the Word of God and by the blood of Christ which was shed to remit your sin);
• Believe from your heart and confess with your mouth that God does cleanse you from your sins and that you are born again.
Believe and Confess
Here are some Scriptures which show you what you have in your authority to believe and to confess:
ROMANS 10:9, 10 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. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
JOHN 1:12, 13 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
JOHN 6:37 … and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Oh, what a basis for faith! There is no such thing as a person coming to Him and being cast out! Jesus said, “… him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.”
JOHN 3:14-21 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. 18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
JOHN 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
JOHN 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 25 that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
ACTS 3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord.
EPHESIANS 2:8, 9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
You have the intelligence to see for yourself what the Bible says. We want to warn you not to listen to the interpretations of men who will tear apart the simple Scriptures and leave you confused.
They do not care for your soul or they would not seek to rob you of your true Christian experiences. If they had a love for you at all, they would at least permit you to believe the Bible just as it is. And they would encourage you to get Bible experiences.
When they fight so hard to rob you of these benefits, you would be a fool not to wake up and see that they are agents of the devil in sending men to hell. It matters not that they are the most refined and wonderful religious men you have ever met—they are not ministers of God if they are robbing you of God’s blessing.
The Bible says, “And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Cor. 11:14,15).
Let us pray:
Dear Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus.
Your Word says, “. . . him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:37), so I know You won’t cast me out, but You take me in and I thank You for it.
You said in Your Word, “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Rom. 10:13). I am calling on Your Name, so I know You have saved me now. You also said “. . . 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. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Rom. 10:9–10). I believe in my heart Jesus Christ is the Son of God. I believe that He was raised from the dead for my justification, and I confess Him now as my Lord.
Because Your Word says, “. . . with the heart man believeth unto righteousness . . .” and I do believe with my heart, I have now become the righteousness of God in Christ (2 Cor. 5:21) . . . And I am saved! Thank You, Lord!