We are so excited that you have decided to begin a relationship with God through Jesus Christ!
John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
However, receiving Jesus Christ as your personal Savior and Lord not only makes a difference for your eternal destiny but also has immediate ramifications for your life now. The Bible promises, “Anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
You are now a new person in Christ!
That means, among other things you will soon learn, that you now belong to a new family, God’s family.
God is your loving Father, and He designed and created you to be His child for all eternity. You are born again into God’s family. That is why Jesus calls us his brothers and sisters (Hebrews 2:11)! Imagine, the Lord and King, Master of all creation, is also your brother!
Jesus says that “whoever does the will of myFather in heaven is my brother and sister and mother” (Matthew 12:50). He also promises that “whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life” (Matthew 19:29). God is our Father, and those who are in Christ are all brothers and sisters. By choosing to believe in Jesus as your Savior and Lord, you now have a whole new family! That is why Paul instructs Timothy in 1 Timothy 5:1 to treat fellow believers in Christ as if they were members of his family.
You are no longer alone!