Obeying the Gospel: How (and Why) to Become a Christian Gary Henry

If we follow Jesus, our concern must be for the eternal welfare of people's souls. Let's not lose our focus. By God's grace, let's do what Jesus told His apostles: teach people how they can be with God when their broken lives in this world are done. For more information, visit AreYouaChristian.com

As Jeremiah said, the human heart is "deceitful above all things" (17:9). So when we find ourselves doing something for multiple reasons, do we have the honesty to ask, "Deep, deep down, what was the real reason why I did that?" Our motives matter! For more information, visit AreYouaChristian.com

The Incarnation was a necessary miracle. Out of all our problems, there is only one that required God to become flesh: the problem of sin. To fix that problem God had to die in our place, and to do that He had to become a man capable of being killed. For more information, visit AreYouaChristian.com

When we are emphasizing the graciousness of God's forgiveness, we may lead people to think that salvation has nothing to do with our conduct. But, in fact, it has very much to do with our conduct, and I want to mention one way in which that is true. For more information, visit AreYouaChristian.com

If we don't turn around, we're going to spend eternity in a place where, without any hindrance from God, we'll be completely "free to be ourselves." And it will be our little "self" (now fully "realized" and "actualized") that will make hell, hell. For more information, visit AreYouaChristian.com

Becoming Christians, we are crucified with Christ, so to speak. As Paul describes it, the thing that is put to death is our "old self." The "body of sin" is killed, resulting in the situation that we are no longer "enslaved to sin" (Romans 6:6). For more information, visit AreYouaChristian.com