Romans 6:11 – Be ALIVE TO GOD, alert to Him, through Jesus Christ our Lord!
1. We become NEW CREATIONS 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 2. We receive a NEW NATURE 1 Peter 1:4 An inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you. 3. We have a NEW SECURITY…
HERE IS HOW WE BECOME PART OF GOD’S FAMILY Step 1. ADMIT that YOU HAVE SINNED and that you are therefore not His child. No one is “born” a Christian. This is why Jesus said we must be “born again”. 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive…
1. GOD INITIATED THE OLD COVENANT WITH ITS SACRIFICES. The blood sacrifice as the atonement and covering for sin was instituted by God from the beginning of time. Adam, Abel, Noah, Jacob and finally the nation of Israel all offered blood sacrifices for the atonement of sin. God required animal sacrifices, for their blood is…
HE TOOK DECISIVE STEPS TO HELP US OUT! God’s first step was to promise them deliverance from the curse which Satan and sin had brought on them. Genesis 3:14-15 So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all cattle, and more than every beast of…
Every one of us, like Adam and Eve, have chosen to sin and disobey God! Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” Romans 3:10-12 “As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; there is none who seeks after God. They have all…
Notice what Adam and Eve chose! Genesis 3:3-6 “But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’” Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you…
When God created man, it was His desire to have a family of men and women in His likeness and in His image, with whom He could have fellowship, share His life and His love. God spent the first five days of creation preparing a home for this family. He created all the things that…