Caution: One Way
Keep in mind that Peter’s seven steps do
not make a person a Christian. All they can do is show how someone
who is already a Christian can grow in his relationship to Christ.
If we miss that fact, we’ll make the mistake of those Paul wrote
about in Romans 10:1-3. Although they
had a zeal for God, they thought they could work their way to Him.
In this light, remember that according to the New Testament we can
become Christians only by relying entirely on what Christ did for
us. He died for our sins on the cross, and then He rose from the
dead to prove that His sacrifice was enough. Now in heaven, He offers
to bring to His Father all those who trust in Him.
Don’t try to live the Christian life until you have personally accepted
Christ as your Savior and Lord. Consider the following verses:
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading
through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to
God. For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we
might become the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. 5:20-21).
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