Just made Jesus the Lord of your life? Let us celebrate with you ↓
A Special Invitation
Every truth in Your REAL ID belongs to the born-again believer. I want to ask you the most important question you’ll ever answer. Do you remember the time, the place, or the surrounding circumstances when you asked Jesus Christ to personally become your Lord and Savior? If you can’t answer that with certainty, I want to invite you to mark today as the day you know for sure.
Here’s how Jesus explained being born again to a religious leader named Nicodemus:
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” (John 3:3–8)
Hear God’s own appeal to you:
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God. God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. (2 Corinthians 5:17–21)
Jesus is the only way.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.” (John 14:6)
We all need saving.
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. (Romans 3:23–24)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
God acted in love.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. (John 3:16–18)
Christ died and rose again.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve. After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once… (1 Corinthians 15:3–6)
Salvation is received, not earned.
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved. It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” For there is no difference between Jew and Greek: The same Lord is Lord of all, and gives richly to all who call on Him, for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” (Romans 10:9–13)
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8–9)
If you’re ready, pray this prayer. The exact words aren’t what matters. What matters is that it comes from your heart:
Heavenly Father, I acknowledge that I have sinned against You and I’m in need of Your grace. I ask for Your forgiveness. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is now Lord of my life. I believe in my heart that He died for my sins and that You raised Him from the dead. Thank You, Father, for saving me, for forgiving me, and for giving me eternal life. I receive Your love and gift of salvation today. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
If you prayed that prayer — welcome to the family of God. You are now a new creation in Christ. Write today’s date somewhere you’ll keep it. Mark it as the day you made Jesus the Lord of your life.
And we would love to celebrate with you. Email Tim at Tim@EliteLifeMinistries.org, or let us know using the form at the bottom of this page.
One more thing: find a Bible-believing local church, and be part of it. God never designed you to walk this new life alone. You can connect with us and others online, but you need a local church. You are now part of the family of God, and family is meant to be lived together: worshiping together, learning the Word together, praying for one another, and serving alongside other believers (see Hebrews 10:24–25). Ask the Lord to lead you to a church family that teaches the truth of His Word — and when He does, plant yourself there. Some of what God has for your new life, He will bring to you through the believers He places around you.
Your new life starts now. Get yourself a copy of Your REAL ID, and read the whole book as the documentation of who you’ve just become.
