The Mysterious, Subjective Meanings of

Words…

“My MOS is 197, so next I go off to AIT. When I’m done I’ll be an SPC.”

“What’s a 197?”“Psy Op’s.”

What does it mean to become a Christian?

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

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How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…

(Romans 3:23)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent. (John 17:3)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

God made Him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

(2nd Corinthians 5:21)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved. (Romans 10:9)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

1. I am a sinner.2. I need a Savior.3. Jesus is the Savior I need.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

1. I’m not a religious person.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

2. I don’t need God. I’m doing fine without him.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

3. I like my life the way it is.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

4. You don’t know the terrible things I’ve done.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

5. I’ll have to give up so much.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

6. I don’t want to lose control of my life.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

7. I’m not ready for that kind of commitment.

It’s more like a surrender than a commitment.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

8. I have some things I need to take care of first.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

9. There’s too much pain in my life.

Top 10 Excuses for NOT Accepting Jesus as My

Savior

10. I have nothing to offer to God.

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in… (Revelation 3:20)

How can I begin a personal relationship with the Living God?

1. How has sin affected your life and the lives of

those around you?

2. What does it mean that Jesus

is Savior? Explore the

implications.

Bouncing the Basics!

3. How is accepting Jesus as your personal Savior less like a commitment, and

more like a surrender?