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Pathways Community Church, a West Vancouver Church Pastor Tom to the churches, Vancouver Washington What does it take to begin a family relationship with God? Dedicate you to ultimately unselfish strict acts? Become a better person which God will consent you? You could be astounded that none of those things works out.

What does it take to begin a family relationship with God?

• Dedicate you to ultimately unselfish strict acts?
• Become a better person which God will consent you?

You could be astounded that none of those things works out. But God has made it very readable from the Scripture the way you can know Him.

The following precepts will explicate how that you could in person begin a kinship with God, even today, through Jesus Christ.

God enjoys you and extends a grand design for your life.

Gods Passion
"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."

Gods Design
(Christ speaking) "I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly" (that it might be full and meaningful).

Why will it be that many of us commonly are not receiving the abundant life? Because.

All of us sin and our sinning has divided us from God

We Are Wicked
"All have sinned and fall short of the glorification of God."

We were intended to have companionship with God ; but, because of our unregenerate pigheadedness, we selected to move our own self governing way, and companionship with God was fallen apart. This obstinance, characterized by an posture of active rising or passive apathy, is grounds of what the Word names sinning.

We Are Separated
"The wages of sin is death" (spiritual break up from God).

God is most holy and people are ungodly. A great disconnect separates us. We are constantly wanting to attain God and the abundant living through our own endeavours, as well as a good living, philosophical system, or religion - but we ineluctably go wrong.

The third law explicates the only path to bridge over this disconnection.

Jesus Christ is Gods only provision for our sin. Through Him we can know and experience Gods love and plan for our life.

He Died in Our Place
God certifies His own passion toward us, therein while we were yet evildoers, Savior died for us..

He Rose From the Dead
Jesus Christ died for our sins. He was buried. He was raised on the third day, according on to the Scriptures. He appeared to Simon Peter, then to the dozen. After that He appeared to way over five hundred.

He Is the Only Way to God
Jesus of Nazareth said to him," I am the way, and the truth, and the life ; no one comes to the Father, but through Me."

God has bridged over the disconnection which divides us from Him by sending His First born, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross in our place to satisfy the penalization for our sinfulnesses.

It is not really enough merely to know these three precepts.

We must singly receive Jesus Christ as Rescuer and Lord ; then we can know and get Gods love and design for our lives.

We Must Receive Christ
As many as experienced Him, to them He gave the right to become offspring of God, even to those who believe in His name..

We Obtain Jesus Through Faith
By grace you have been preserved through faith ; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God ; not due to works, that not one person should tout.

When We Receive Jesus of Nazareth, We Experience a New Birth.

We Find Jesus Christ by Personal Invite.
(Christ speaking) "Behold, I stand at the door and knock ; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him."

Finding Savior requires turning to God from self (repentance) and trusting Jesus Christ to come into our lives to eliminate our wickednesses and then to make us what He wants us to be. Just to demonstrate intellectually that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for your wickednesses is absolutely not enough. Nor do you find it enough to have an emotional experience. You receive Jesus Christ by faith, as an act of the will.

You can receive Jesus Christ now by faith through prayer.

Prayer is talking to God. God knows your heart and is not really so interested with your words as He is with the position of your heart. The following is a highly recommended prayer:

"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my wickednesses. I open the threshold of my life and receive You as my Redeemer and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sinfulnesses and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the type of soul You want me to be."

If this prayer conveys the desire of your heart, then you definitely can pray this prayer even now and Jesus Christ will come into your life, as He vowed.