The Plan of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

It is the greatest thing that you will ever do! Though there are no rules or steps to becoming a Christian, the following is a biblical summarization of what you need to know to accept Christ as your Lord and Savior:

God Loves You!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." John 3:16

God has a wonderful plan for your life!
"I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly." John 10:10b
The Bible tells us what the gospel is in 1 Cor. 15:1-4,

Now I make known to you brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures..."

Because of our sin, we are separated from God.
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23

The Bible says that we are all sinners (Rom. 3:23). This means that we have all offended God. We have all broken His revealed will that is written in His word, the Bible. Because of this, we are separated from God (Isaiah 59:2), dead in our sins (Rom. 6:23; Eph. 2:3), cannot please God (Rom. 3:10-11), and will suffer damnation (2 Thess. 1:9) if we are not saved through Jesus alone (John 14:6; Acts 4:12).

The Penalty for our sin is death.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23

The penalty for our sin was paid by Jesus Christ!
"But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Romans 5:8
Jesus, who is God in flesh (John 1:1,14; 8:58; Col. 2:9), bore our sins in His body on the cross (1 Pet. 2:24). In other words, He died in our place. He paid the penalty for offending God that should have fallen upon us. He satisfied the very heart of God the Father by dying on the cross.

Jesus is the one who forgives sins:
"But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins....'He said to the paralytic, "I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home"'" (Mark 2:10-11, NIV).

You must believe that Jesus is the only way to God:
"I am the way, the truth, and the Life, and no one comes to the Father but by Me" (John 14:6).

If we repent of our sin, then confess and trust Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we will be saved from our sins!"For whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13

"...if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." Romans 10:9,10

You must ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins because Jesus has the authority to forgive you of your sins: "Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me'" (Matt. 28:18, NIV)...and

Jesus told you to ask Him for your requests:
"You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it" (John 14:14, NIV)...and

This last "step" is called receiving Jesus.
John 1:12 says, "Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God (NIV).
“Lord, I Believe, save me, help me, use me, and make me!”

Now that you are a "new creation" in Jesus Christ, the road ahead will be full of life changing experiences.

"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witness to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." Acts 1:8