Who occupies your temple?
The Bible tells us that if we have accepted Christ as our Savior than the third person of God- the Holy Spirit, dwells within us (1 Cor. 3:16).
To allow that to take place we must first realize that we are nothing on our own. We must understand that "there is none righteous, no, not one." (Rom 3:10)
We have all sinned and fall short (Rom. 3:23).
Our sin has a price tag. The price of sin is death, an eternal separation from God. (Rom. 6:23)
This is not a physical death- we are doing that a little each day. The death of sin is an eternity apart from our Creator in a place called hell. (Rev. 20:15)
The good news is that God in His perfect love provided a way for us to reconnect with Him through His son Jesus Christ (John 3:16, Rom 6:23b).
Romans 10:9-10 gives us the step to reconnect with our Creator and to make Him our Father:
"If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation."
The process is as simple as ABC!
A. Admit you are a sinner.
"There is no one righteous, not even one ... for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Romans 3:10,23. (See Romans 5:8; 6:23.)
Ask God's forgiveness.
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
Romans 10:13
B. Believe in Jesus
(put your trust in Him) as your only hope of salvation.
"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." John 3:16 (See John 14:6.)
Become a child of God by receiving Christ."To all who receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." John 1:12 (See Revelation 3:20.)
C. Confess that Jesus is your Lord.
"If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9 (See verse 10.)
Now you can KNOW THAT YOU KNOW!
John 1:12 says, "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God."
My friend, if you have followed those simple steps, you have been given the right to become a child of God. He is your Creator and Heavenly Father! Welcome to the family, sister!
