This is a simple question.

Can you answer it? It's not that hard - answer the question. Do you know? Today is the day that this question will be answered  by you. Go and get a Holy Bible. If You have doubts or really not sure, read on....

What is the gospel? Do you know God, as your heavenly Father? Are you born again?

So....I ask you again, Do you know where you stand with God?

If you have never made Jesus the Lord of your life, then you are separated from God by sin. You are the reason God sent Jesus to the cross. Lets read the Holy Bible, John 3:16 says, "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." God loved you so much that He gave His only begotten Son for you.

2 Corinthains 5:21 says that God made Jesus, who knew no sin, to be sin for us. Jesus was the spotless Son of God. He knew no sin; but God made Him to be sin for us. Sin was the reason Jesus came to earth. He dies on the crosss and went to hell for one reason: to pay the price for sin. Once that price was paid, Jesus was raised from the dead, triumphant over Satan; and the sin problem was taken care of.

God does not hold your sin against you. The only thing keeping you from becoming a child of God is failure to turn from your present world and your present god, which is Satan, and make Jesus the Lord over your life.

When Jesus paid the sin price for you, He was your substitute. Heaven has it recorded that you have been set free. It is as if you yourself died on the cross 2,000 years ago. But that doesn't mean you will automatically go to heaven. Even though God sent Jesus to pay for your sin - even though He holds nothing against you - you can still go straight to hell. Why? Because you have not made the choice to receive Jesus as your own personal Lord and Savior, to accept His sacrifice as yours. You have a free will. You have the right to choose your own destiny. God will not force you to receive salvation. The choice is yours. You can go straight to hell and God will not lift a finger to stop you. He did all He is ging to do when He sent Jesus into the world.

Your choice is set before you this day. If you know where you stand with God, I'm not talking to you. You have made your choice. So...please do not leave any negative feedback or votes on this article. We agree to disagree, and you can click on your back browser. Move on to something else.

If you do choose to make Jesus your Lord, God will receive you as His very own child. You will become a part of God's family. He will be your Father and you will be His child. This is not just a theological idea; this is a fact. It actually happens. Jesus actually walked the earth as a man. He actually went to the cross, dies there, was raised from the dead, and is alive today, seated at the right hand of God in heaven.

When you become a Christian - when you become born again - you take on the nature of God, your heavenly Father. The nature of sin and Satan is death; the nature of God is life. Jesus spoke to the people of His day and said, "Ye are of your father the devil (John 8:44)." To accept Jesus as your Lord causes you to turn your back on your father the devil or on "the god of this world" as Satan is called (2 Corinthians 4:4). You take on a new Father, a heavenly Father; and you are born again - not physically, but spiritually. Your spirit is reborn in the likeness of God.

You see, you are a threefold being: You are a spirit, you have a soul (mind, will, emotions), and you live in a body. Jesus referred to this in a conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:3-7). The bottom line of this verse: Jesus answered Nicodemus and said, "What is born of flesh is flesh. What is born of Spirit is spirit."

Being born again is a spiritual rebirth. You are born agin of the Spirit of God. Jesus asked the Father to send the Holy Spirit to earth; to see that the miracle of the new birth is carried out. When you make Jesus the Lord of your life, the Holy Spirit hovers over your body and causes your own spirit to be recreated. According to 2 Corinthains 5:17, when you accept Jesus as your Lord, you become a new creature, or new creation in Jesus Christ. You are brand new person. You are reborn from sin and death to righteousness and new life. That is a fact - not in your feelings.

1 John 5:1-4 says, "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God...For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."

I want you to realize what happens the moment a person makes Jesus Christ the Lord of his life. In the eyes of God, he becomes a world overcomer. Sin no longer regins over his life. Sin is no longer his lord. He can live above the satanic forces in the world.

What is the gospel? The Good News that God is no longer holding your sins and trespasses against you. Why? Jesus paid the cost for you and me. After Jesus was raised from the dead, He stood before His disciples and said, "All power is given unto me both in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18)." Then He delegated that power to His people. When you get the time, read Mark 16:15.

Jesus is your Lord, after confessing Him as your Savior. The Bible gives some specific instructions that you are to follow in order to become a Christian, or in order to be born again. Look at Romans 10:8-11:

The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; the Lord Jesus, and 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.

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

Jesus said, Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out (John 6:37). NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF SINNER YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE, YOU CAN GO TO JESUS AND HE WILL ACCEPT YOU. Once you go to Him, then you will cause you to be born again. He will recreate you, and that sin which has been plaguing you will be a thing of the past. It will be gone. YOU WILL ACCEPTED BEFORE GOD AS IF YOU HAD NEVER SINNED!

To be in right standing with God again (born again), you use your mouth and you use your heart. First, you believe in your heart that God's Word is true; then you confess it with your mouth because you believe it. Feelings have absolutely nothing to do with salvation. You don't confess you are saved because you feel saved. Your salvation is based on your faith in what Jesus has done for you, and what you believe in the Word of God. God's Word is the only evidence you need!

I want you to join me now in praying this prayer for salvation. Don't just read it; make a conscious effort to speak these words from the depths of your being. Believe with your heart, then began to say the following prayer. When you finish this prayer, you will be born again:

Heavenly Father, in the name of Jesus, I present myself to You. I pray and ask Jesus to be Lord over my life. I believe it in my heart, so I say it with my mouth: 'Jesus has been raised from the dead.' This moment, I make Him the Lord over my life. Jesus, come into my heart. I believe this moment that I am saved. I say it now: 'I am reborn. I am a Christian. I am a child of Almighty God.' Amen.

YOU ARE IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD NOW; YOU HAVE JUST INHERITED THE KINGDOM OF GOD (Colossian 1:12!

I personally welcome you into the family of God!

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If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by email  by looking me up. Some excerpts of this guide was taken from Kenneth Copeland's Mini Book called Welcome to the Family. You can contact him at his website kcm dot org.

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