WHAT IS A RELATIONSHIP TO JESUS CHRIST?

WHAT IS A RELATIONSHIP TO JESUS CHRIST?

Believing in Jesus Christ is like accepting a marriage proposal.  Firstly, a girl must be convinced that her sweetheart is true.  How tragic if he should turn out to be an impostor, previously married already!  Secondly, she must trust him, for marriage is a personal relationship of trust & confidence.  A man who thinks her BF is not trustworthy should not marry him! Finally, she must yield her whole self to him, for marriage is total commitment.  Imagine a woman marrying a man & still insisting on her independence to go where she pleases & to spend her time & money according to her whims.  Marriage is more demanding than that! No wonder the Bible uses the husband-wife relationship to illustrate Christ relationship to His people.

Jesus Himself described His death on the Cross as a “RansoM.”  To ransom, or redeem, is to pay the price in order to secure release- of a prisoner-of-way,of-a-slave,or one who is deeply in debt.  We are captives of satan, enslaved by sin & already under a death sentence- eternal separation from God, because of our sin.  But when Jesus died, He paid His life to ransom us.  His death has set us free!

We need our brothers & sisters in Christ- For encouragement, for teaching, for worship together & for sharing our resources in making the Good News known.

These are the marks of a person who is a REAL CHRISTIAN:

1. His Eyes have been opened.

2. He has turned from satan’s darkness to God’s light.

3. He believes in Jesus Christ.