WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO ACCEPT JESUS?
You probably have heard sometimes: "You must accept Jesus as your Savior."
And maybe you think: "I already have Jesus in my heart."
We, believers, follow the Bible and it tells us that besides believing in Jesus in our hearts, it is necessary to make a confession of that faith with our mouths so that we might be saved.
Romans 10: 9-10
"that 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."
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we give the control of our lives to Him, making a declaration that starting at that moment we won't be the lords of our own lives anymore, but we will let Him lead us, showing us His will and guiding us, teaching us to obey Him.
John 3: 36
"He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
Spiritually, we start, at that moment, to not walk in darkness anymore, but God transports us to His wonderful light, and start to cleanse our ways, our life.
John 8: 12
"Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
Colossians 1: 13-14
"He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."
Luke 1: 79
"To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace."
So, it's necessary to "accept" Jesus like we say because it's necessary that we make a public confession of our faith (before men) so that we may be saved.
Matthew 10: 32-33
"Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven."
Romans 3: 23-26
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."
And maybe you think: "I already have Jesus in my heart."
We, believers, follow the Bible and it tells us that besides believing in Jesus in our hearts, it is necessary to make a confession of that faith with our mouths so that we might be saved.
Romans 10: 9-10
"that 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."
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we give the control of our lives to Him, making a declaration that starting at that moment we won't be the lords of our own lives anymore, but we will let Him lead us, showing us His will and guiding us, teaching us to obey Him.
John 3: 36
"He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
Spiritually, we start, at that moment, to not walk in darkness anymore, but God transports us to His wonderful light, and start to cleanse our ways, our life.
John 8: 12
"Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
Colossians 1: 13-14
"He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,
in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins."
Luke 1: 79
"To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace."
So, it's necessary to "accept" Jesus like we say because it's necessary that we make a public confession of our faith (before men) so that we may be saved.
Matthew 10: 32-33
"Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven.
But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven."
Romans 3: 23-26
"for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."
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