Understand that God's desire for you is eternal life and abundance. The Bible declares: “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” —John 10:10. Giving you the gift of an abundant life required the supreme sacrifice: “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” —John 3:16. God desires fellowship and companionship with you. What a wonderful gift the Father has given, yet if God gave His own Son to provide an abundant and everlasting life, why don’t more people have what He has designed for us to receive? It is a question answered by this sobering realization. When we accept Jesus as Savior and begin a relationship with Him, we are a “born again Christian”. Jesus lives inside of you. You are freed from the overwhelming penalty of sin. As you obey God’s commandments and apply His principles for daily living, the transformation continues. The bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). As you allow Him to take control, and as you choose daily to walk in His obedience, you become more and more like him.

Realize that you are separated from God... There is a gap between God and mankind. He has provided a way for us to receive an abundant and eternal life, but people throughout the ages have made selfish choices to disobey God Almighty. These choices continue to cause separation from the Father. God’s Word shows us that the result of sin is death. He says in His Word: “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” —Proverbs 14:12. And God also said, “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear” —Isaiah 59:2. Paul the apostle states in Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” And in Romans 6:23 we read: “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Every human was created with the ability and need to know God and fellowship with Him. Augustine, a minister who lived during the fourth and fifth centuries, called this longing in each of us “that God-shaped vacuum.” Every day we hear of people who are rich, famous, achievers, star athletes—people who seem to have the best life can offer—yet they try to fill that empty void in their lives with “things.” They even try good works, morality, and religion. Yet they remain empty, for only God, through His Son, can fill that emptiness. When we accept Jesus as Savior and begin a relationship with Him, we are a “born again Christian”. Jesus lives inside of you. You are freed from the overwhelming penalty of sin. As you obey God’s commandments and apply His principles for daily living the transformation continues. The bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). As you allow Him to take control and as you choose daily to walk in His obedience, you become more and more like him.

Accept the face that God has provided only one solution to sin and separation from Himself. Jesus Christ, His Son, is the only way to God. Only He can reconcile us to God the Father. Mankind may seek other solutions and worship other gods, but Jesus Christ, alone, died on the Cross for our sins and rose in triumph over the grave and eternal death. He paid the penalty for our sin and bridged the gap between God and mankind. The Bible explains: “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” —Romans 5:8. We are also told, “For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God” —1 Peter 3:18. There is only one way provided: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” —1 Timothy 2:5. For in John 14:6 we read, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” God Almighty has provided the only way. Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin and rebellion against God by dying on the cross, shedding His blood, and rising from the dead to justify and reconcile you back to God the Father. When we accept Jesus as Savior and begin a relationship with Him, we are a “born again Christian”. Jesus lives inside of you. You are freed from the overwhelming penalty of sin. As you obey God’s commandments and apply His principles for daily living the transformation continues. The bible says, “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17). As you allow Him to take control and as you choose daily to walk in His obedience, you become more and more like him.