What If?

Like it or not, there are people you have in your life, that watch your every move.

Some trust you, and some don’t.

Some love you, and some don’t.

Some are friends, and some are family.

And yes, not matter how much you show love, some just want to be your enemy.

But is you are living the life that Jesus wants you to live, sooner or later, one of them will come to you and ask, “What they must do to be saved.

A lot of them don’t want you to tell them, come to my church.

They want YOU to show them how.

So saints, what if someone came to you and said “I want to become a Christian, and I want you to show me how” what do you do?

1 Peter 3:15, says.

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But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and pfear:

God is trying to tell you something here, he is telling you to always be ready.

I’m going to give you three letters and four scriptures, that will help will help you to be ready to lead someone to Christ. and they are all in Romans.

The first letter is “A” (Acknowledge) - You need to get them to acknowledge that they are a sinner, and in desperate need to have God’s grace.

In Romans 3:23, the bible says:

 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

If we look closely here, it says, ALL. and it means all.

It says, all have SINNED, and that's what God means, all have sinned.

So, they need to understand that, that all includes them as well as you. That they have sinned, just like all of us.

We have fallen short, and are short now, of the glory of God.

So this lets us know that in the future we will sin, so we need Jesus, to be able to lean on during those times.

The next letter is “B”- The “B” stands for BELIEVE IN JESUS.

In Romans 5:8 the bible says:

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But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us

So this is the reason that you really, really, want to spend some time here, and let them know what Jesus Christ did for them, and why he did it.

So, now they understand that they are a sinner, and there is no amount of works that they can do that will save them.

But because God is loving and holy.

He can love us to where he can forgive us of our sin.

But, he is so Holy, he can’t or won’t, look upon our sin’s and not do anything about it.

He can love us to where he can forgive us of our sin.h it on his son Jesus Christ, so that we have an avenue to salvation.

Because without Jesus, there would be no way to salvation.

Here, I would like to jump out of the book of Romans for just a moment.

Turn your bibles to 2 Cor 5:21. and the bible says.

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For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

Without him there would be no us Apostle.

Without him, there would be no us Elders.

Without him, there would be no us Evangelist.

Without him there would be no us Deacons.

Without him there would be no us church.

Also let’s take a look at Romans 5:8.

King James Version Chapter 5

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

After salvation, they are going to experience a new struggle with sin, a struggle that they never had to go through.

Satan has never had to really put struggles in your life while you were unsaved, or should i say, as long as you were on his team.

But when you except Christ, that’s when satan will really focus on you, because he wants you back.

And the new saint must understand this.

And it’s our job to prepare them for what’s coming up.

Let’s turn to Romans 6:23.

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

They must see and understand that their salvation is a gift from God, and not anything that they earned.

Because salvation is a gift from God, they need to understand they need to spend the rest of their life showing God how much they appreciate God.

By service, love, and sharing their faith with others.

And living as an example of how a man or woman of God should.

The final letter is “C” - Confess.

They need to confess that JESUS IS LORD.

Our next scripture is Romans 10:9.

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

Now notice here there are two more things that they have to do for their salvation to be complete.

Make a verbal confession that Jesus is Lord.

The believer must also believe in their heart in the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Without these two things, their salvation is incomplete.

Saints, you must be prepared, because if you are doing what Jesus has told us we should be doing.

And if you are acting the way Jesus tells us we should act.

Someone is going to ask you “What must i do to be saved”?

If you take the time to take in what we are learning today, and let it resonate in your heart and mind.

It may not be today, but it could be tomorrow, or even two year from now.

But one day, someone will come to you and tell you, I WANT TO BE A CHRISTIAN, AND I WANT YOU TO HELP ME.

But i tell you today Saints, if you follow the guidance given today, when they do ask.

The Holy Ghost will bring all of this to your remembrance, and you will be able to help bring that person to Christ, the right way.

I say all this because i know it to be true, and have seen it in action.