Now That You Are Saved: What Happens When You Accept Jesus into Your Heart

by gold Adjo - 08:00:00

Welcome to my new series, Now that You Are Saved. In this series I’ll take a look at what it means to be born again and how to grow as a believer. In this first post in the series I take a look at what happens when you accept Jesus as your Lord and personal saviour. Get a cup of coffee or tea and let’s dig into the word of God and discover who we are in Christ.

Today’s post

The most important decision any human being can make is to accept Jesus Christ as his/her Lord and personal saviour. All men are born sinners.

For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God Romans 3:23, KJV

Though you are born a sinner because you are a descendant of Adam and Eve, God has provided you with a way to be justified and forgiven of all your sins. He has made it possible for your nature of sin to be replaced by His righteous and holy nature. Your sinful nature is replaced with His sinless nature when you believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus in your heart and confess it with your mouth.

For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. 2Corinthians 5:21(KJV)

When you accept Jesus as your Lord and personal savior something really extraordinary takes place in your spirit. You become born again! Yes, your spirit is born anew by the Holy Spirit of God.

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.2Corinthians 5:17 (KJV)

You cease to be a sinner as you are totally transformed and given the nature of God. This is because you become His child by accepting Jesus.

But as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13 (KJV)

You have become a child of the Almighty God! You may not feel like it but that is who you are now! This is your new identity.

I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. Psalm 82:6 (KJV)

You have been given a new identity and your old sinful nature is no more. You are now part of God’s family. You have become a ‘God Being’. When you accept Jesus into your heart and proclaim with your mouth His Lordship over your life, you become saved and justified before God. You cease to be an ordinary human being and put on the nature of God.

In the next post I’ll continue the discussion on what happens when you become saved or born again. Share with your friends and family.

What’s your conversion story, share in the comments.