FOLLOWING JESUS: A STEP-BY-STEP JOURNEY
GOD CREATED YOU TO BE WITH HIM
God made us to be in a relationship with Him—to love Him, glorify Him, and enjoy Him forever.
📖 Genesis 1:27-28 - So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it…”
📖 John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
📖 Romans 11:36 - For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.
OUR SIN SEPARATES US FROM GOD
All of us have gone our own way—choosing our desires over God’s design. This rebellion is called sin, and it separates us from a holy God.
📖 Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
📖 Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
📖 Genesis 3:23 - So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
📖 Romans 6:23 - For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
📖 Genesis 3:23 - So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
SINS CANNOT BE REMOVED BY GOOD DEEDS
No amount of religion, good works, or personal effort can erase sin. We fall short of God’s standard.
📖 Titus 3:4-5 - But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.
📖 Isaiah 64:6 - All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
📖 Ephesians 2:8-9 - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
📖 Isaiah 64:6 - All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.
📖 Ephesians 2:8-9 - For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast.
JESUS PAID THE PRICE TO BRING US BACK TO GOD
Jesus—fully God and fully human—took our place on the cross, dying for our sins and rising again so we could be restored to God. He is the only way back to a right relationship with the Father.
He died for us
📖 Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
He rose again
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 – “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures… he was buried, [and] he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”
He is the only way
📖 John 14:6 – Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
He died for us
📖 Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
He rose again
📖 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 – “Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures… he was buried, [and] he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.”
He is the only way
📖 John 14:6 – Jesus said, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
TRUSTING JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO ETERNAL LIFE
Jesus made a way for us to be restored to God. Eternal life isn’t something we can earn—it’s a gift we receive by faith. The question is: will you accept it?
📖 John 1:9 – “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”
📖 Romans 10:9 – “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
📖 John 1:12 – “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
📖 John 1:9 – “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.”
📖 Romans 10:9 – “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
📖 John 1:12 – “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
LIFE WITH JESUS STARTS NOW AND LASTS FOREVER
Following Jesus is not just about eternity—it’s a relationship that begins today and transforms your life forever.
📖 John 5:24 - Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.
📖 1 John 5:11-13 - And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
📖 1 John 5:11-13 - And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.
ARE YOU READY TO RECEIVE THE GIFT JESUS IS OFFERING YOU?
If you’re ready to begin a relationship with Him, you can talk to God right now with a simple prayer like this:
God, I recognize my need for You. I’ve gone my own way, and I’ve sinned. I’m asking for Your forgiveness, trusting in what Jesus did for me on the cross.
Jesus, I believe You are the Savior, and I receive You as Lord of my life. I give You my heart and surrender my plans to Yours.
Thank You for loving me, saving me, and giving me new life. Thank You for the hope of eternity and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Help me walk with You every day. Amen.
God, I recognize my need for You. I’ve gone my own way, and I’ve sinned. I’m asking for Your forgiveness, trusting in what Jesus did for me on the cross.
Jesus, I believe You are the Savior, and I receive You as Lord of my life. I give You my heart and surrender my plans to Yours.
Thank You for loving me, saving me, and giving me new life. Thank You for the hope of eternity and the gift of the Holy Spirit. Help me walk with You every day. Amen.
HOW CAN I BE SURE I’M A CHRISTIAN?
Did you just pray and put your trust in Jesus? If you confessed and believed, the Bible makes it clear—you belong to Him. You are now a child of God.
📖 Romans 10:9-10 – “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are made right with God, and it is with your mouth that you openly declare your faith and are saved.”
📖 Romans 10:13 – “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
📖 Romans 10:9-10 – “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For it is with your heart that you believe and are made right with God, and it is with your mouth that you openly declare your faith and are saved.”
📖 Romans 10:13 – “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
HAVE YOU DECIDED?
If you have decided to follow Jesus or recommit your life to Him? We’d love to walk with you. Let us help you take your next step and grow in your new faith.
WHAT NOW?
Start with baptism. Jesus was baptized and calls us to do the same. Baptism is an outward sign of the inward change that’s taken place.