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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