Implications Of This Life Changing
That I am a sinner in need of a Savior. Right now, I turn from my sins, and I ask Jesus Christ to be my leader. I give him everything I am right now and everything I ever will be. Help me, God, to understand the implications of this life changing decision. In Christs name, If you just said those words, you are a Christ-follower. It doesnt get better than that. Thats it. If you said those words to the best of your ability, you confessed. Well, Ed, I thought you had to pray. It says confess. You just confessed it. Thats all you got to do. But all is the deal. Its the most important thing you will ever do in your life.
The Sydors talked about a journey, too. You hear everybody talking about a journey? I thought that was cool, a journey. Its a journey. You have heard me talk for years about running a marathon. Really, I barely walked through the marathon. But you know how you sometimes will brag. The older you get, the faster you have run, looking back, especially now that I am forty years old, I can say, Man, I sprinted that marathon. I didnt, believe me.
When I ran that race, though, I paid the money to get in the race, bought the t-shirt, had my race number, but I wasnt really in the race though, until I did what, until I took my first step and broke the plain of the starting line. Then I was in the race. If you confessed with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, that he is your leader, that you have given your life to him, you have made the most important step in the journey. A journey is about walking. Its about taking steps. This entire message, from all the music, everything you will hear is about walking. Its about movement. But there are other steps out there.
Ed Young Pastor says that we dont just make one step and say, Okay, I have made the step, Jesus. Thats it. There are many other steps, but if you have made the first step, thats the most critical one, the most important one. You are a Christ-follower. However, there is another step. Lets see what the Bible says. Again, we read some significant statements, Matthew chapter 10, Jesus talking, he says, Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
The Sydors talked about a journey, too. You hear everybody talking about a journey? I thought that was cool, a journey. Its a journey. You have heard me talk for years about running a marathon. Really, I barely walked through the marathon. But you know how you sometimes will brag. The older you get, the faster you have run, looking back, especially now that I am forty years old, I can say, Man, I sprinted that marathon. I didnt, believe me.
When I ran that race, though, I paid the money to get in the race, bought the t-shirt, had my race number, but I wasnt really in the race though, until I did what, until I took my first step and broke the plain of the starting line. Then I was in the race. If you confessed with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord, that he is your leader, that you have given your life to him, you have made the most important step in the journey. A journey is about walking. Its about taking steps. This entire message, from all the music, everything you will hear is about walking. Its about movement. But there are other steps out there.
Ed Young Pastor says that we dont just make one step and say, Okay, I have made the step, Jesus. Thats it. There are many other steps, but if you have made the first step, thats the most critical one, the most important one. You are a Christ-follower. However, there is another step. Lets see what the Bible says. Again, we read some significant statements, Matthew chapter 10, Jesus talking, he says, Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.
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