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Third Question. How do you accept Jesus? Jesus has the answer - believe or depend/trust Him.
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For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. (NASB) John 3:16 |
I would encourage you to ask God to forgive you of your sins. Tell Him how you feel about your sins; that you want your sins forgiven; and that you want to be at peace with Him. God considers those who refuse to come to Jesus, who do not give up on themselves and start trusting Him as enemies.
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But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us . . . while we were enemies . . . (NASB) Romans 5:8-10 |
If you believe that Jesus can forgive your sins and only He can forgive and you want that to happen, then you are a Christian. The prayer to God is simply telling Him what you feel in your heart.
Fourth Question. No. Baptism is not required to be saved. But it is something you should do. It is your first act of obedience to God. He will expect you to do it. It is a demonstration to others and to God that you are serious.
Conclusion:God is not looking for us to be clean, good looking, wealthy, or wise. He is looking for us to understand that we are not holy He is, but sinners inside - sinners who need to be cleaned up - to be made holy.
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Dr. Bernardo, the great friend to friendless children, told a story how a dirty ragged homeless boy hailed him in the street one day, with a request to be taken into one of his homes for children. "I know nothing about you, my lad." said the Doctor. "What have you to recommend you?" "I thought these would be enough." said the little chap, pointing to his rags. Dr. Bernardo gathered him up in his arms and took him in. - A. Naisith |
That is a great picture of how we must come to Him and then He picks us up and cleans us up. That is something only God can do. He does not make us clean immediately, but He treats as if we were clean when we simply believe that Jesus is the only one Who can do that for us. He is waiting for us to want to be cleaned up by Him. Is that what you want? Then I would encourage you to tell Him! If you do, we would like to know . . .
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