When you made that decision
and invited Jesus into your life,
it is important to know, did God
hear you? Yes. Jesus promised that He would
enter our lives, if we ask Him.
In Revelation 3:20 Jesus
makes this offer, “Behold,
I stand at the door and
knock; if any one hears
my voice and opens the
door, I will come in to
him and eat with him,
and he with me.” Did you
open the door of your
heart to God? If so, what did He say He
would do? Would God mislead you?
First John 5:14 says, “This is the confidence
we have in approaching God: that if we ask
anything according to his will, he hears us.”
In John 6:37, Jesus said, “All that the Father
gives me will come to me; and him who
comes to me I will not cast out.” And in John
10:27-29 Jesus said, “My sheep hear my
voice, and I know them, and they follow me;
and I give them eternal life, and they shall
never perish, and no one shall snatch them
out of my hand. My Father, who has given
them to me, is greater than all, and no one is
able to snatch them out of the Father’s
hand.”
Jesus died on the cross for our sins, so that
we could be in relationship with Him. He’s not
indifferent to the issue. He went to great
lengths to bring us into relationship with Him.
Jesus took our sins on Himself and covered
us with His righteousness, making us fully
forgiven and fully accepted by Him. We don’t
have to first live good lives, or perform
religious rituals, or spend years begging Him.
God is the one who made it possible for us to
have a relationship with Him. And we come to
Him based on what He did for us, rather than
what we can do. He paid for our sins, in order
to forgive us and come into our lives. First
Peter 3:18 says, “For Christ died for sins once
for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to
bring you to God.”
When a person asks Jesus into their life,
it is exciting to know what God says is
now true about your relationship with
God:
You are at peace with God — “Therefore,
since we are justified by faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ.” (Romans 5:1)
You became a child of God — “to all who
received him, who believed in his name,
he gave power to become children of
God.” (John 1:12)
You are no longer living in darkness —
“for once you were darkness, but now you
are light in the Lord; walk as children of
light” (Ephesians 5:8)
“He has delivered us from the dominion
of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we
have redemption, the forgiveness of
sins.” (Colossians 1:13,14)
You are forgiven — “To him all the
prophets bear witness that every one who
believes in him receives forgiveness of
sins through his name.” (Acts 10:43)
“In him we have redemption through his
blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace
which he lavished upon us.” (Ephesians
1:7,8)
“This is how God showed his love among
us: He sent his one and only Son into the
world that we might live through him.
This is love: not that we loved God, but
that he loved us and sent his Son as an
atoning sacrifice for our sins.” (1 John
4:9,10)
You have been given eternal life — “Truly,
truly, I say to you, he who hears my word
and believes him who sent me, has
eternal life; he does not come into
judgment, but has passed from death to
life.” (John 5:24)
“And this is the testimony, that God gave
us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
He who has the Son has life; he who has
not the Son of God has not life. I write
this to you who believe in the name of
the Son of God, that you may know that
you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:11-13)
You are sealed with the Holy Spirit — “In
him you also, who have heard the word
of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and
have believed in him, were sealed with the
promised Holy Spirit, which is the
guarantee of our inheritance until we
acquire possession of it, to the praise of
his glory.” (Ephesians 1:13)
You can begin to know God’s love for you
— “If you abide in me, and my words
abide in you, ask whatever you will, and it
shall be done for you. By this my Father
is glorified, that you bear much fruit, and
so prove to be my disciples. As the
Father has loved me, so have I loved you;
abide in my love. If you keep my
commandments, you will abide in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s
commandments and abide in his love.
These things I have spoken to you, that
my joy may be in you, and that your joy
may be full.” (John 15:7-11)
To grow in your relationship with God:
To get to know God
better, spend time in His
word (the Bible) asking
Him to reveal more of
Himself to you and for
Him to build your
relationship with Him.
The Gospel of John
(fourth book in the New
Testament) is a great
place to start.
And talk to Him freely. We are encouraged to
“Have no anxiety about anything, but in
everything by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made
known to God. And the peace of God, which
passes all understanding, will keep your
hearts and your minds in Christ
Jesus.” (Philippians 4:6,7)
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