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YOU ARE NOW A CHRISTIAN?You were not born a Christian.
You did not pass an exam to become a Christian.
You did not earn the right to become a Christian.
God makes a person a Christian (Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5).To be a Christian means that
-sin, our greatest problem, has been dealt with (1 John 1:9)
-we are then at peace with God (Romans 5:1).This God accomplishes for us in and through His Son Jesus Christ. The Christian is Christ's man. Christ is his Lord- He is not just Saviour, but Saviour and Lord (1 Corinthians 6:19,20).
A Christian is complete in Christ (Colossians 2:10).
God's Spirit dwells in him (1 Corinthians 6:19, 20)
He is acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:6).A Christian is a child of God (1 John 3:1, 2).
Before salvation God is not our Father (John 8:42-44).
Salvation means sonship. We are adopted into God's family (Romans 8:14-16; Galatians 4:4-7).'Adoption ... is an act of transfer from an alien family into the family of God Himself. This is surely the apex of grace and privilege ... It staggers imagination because of its amazing condescension and love. The Spirit alone could be the seal of it in our hearts.' John Murray
'Some . . . spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord ... Barnabas ... exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord . . . And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch' (Acts 11:20-23,26).