Southport Baptist Church
Why should I become a Christian?

Creation:

The Bible (Genesis 1-2) tells us that God created the world and everything in it, including us. God said it was "good" and invited us to be a part of making it even better as we worked in a relationship with him.

Trouble:

However, humanity decided to go its own way, away from God, which resulted in a break in the relationship which affected all of Creation, including us (Romans 8:18-27). If we have done one thing wrong it puts a break in our relationship with God.

Solution:

But God loved the world (John 3:16-17) and sent his Son, Jesus, to save rather than condemn the world. The Hebrew word for Salvation means " ... to bring into a spacious environment" and gives the sense of "freedom from limitation", which is what Jesus invites us into; a full life with him (John 10:10).

Jesus provided this salvation for us by living the perfect human life, dying on a cross to take away all our wrong-doings and rising from the dead so that we may live forever with God.

Response:

All we have to do is say "yes" to what we were powerless to do but Jesus has done for us (Romans 10:9). We do not need a degree or to have it all together or know the Bible inside out. We just need to "accept our acceptance", as one person put it, and join God's kingdom movement which is restoring his Creation.