Lesson 1: Understand your relationship with Jesus

 The simple act of sincerely asking Jesus to come into your life makes your relationship with God secure. You've embarked on a life of adventure with all-loving, all-powerful God.

So what happened when you invited Jesus into your life?

1. Christ forgave your sins. "Christ sacrificed His life's blood to set us free, which means that our sins are now forgiven. Christ did this because God was so kind to us." (Ephesians 1:7 CEV). When you trusted Christ for the forgiveness of your sin, all your sins were forgiven...past, present and future.

2. Christ made you a child of God. "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name -- children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God." (John 1:12, 13).

3. Christ came into your life and He will never leave you. (Christ speaking) "Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him." (Revelation 3:20).

4. Christ gave you new life. "Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" (2 Corinthians 5:17). When you trusted Christ to be your Saviour and Lord, you began a new spiritual life. God will increasingly produce many new qualities in you as you grow in Him.

5. Christ gave you eternal life. "And this is the testimony; God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life." (1 John 5:11-13).

6. Key Question: If you were to die tonight, how sure are you that you would spend eternity with God?

7. These wonderful benefits are based totally on Jesus Christ. None of them can be earned. You received them the moment you placed your faith in Christ.