The Bible

The word "Bible" is derived from the Greek word “Biblos” which means
“The Book”. In olden days, the Bible was preserved on Papyrus scrolls [a thin
paper-like material made from crushed and flattened stalks of a reed-like plant]
and on Vellum [a fine parchment or scroll made from calfskin, lambskin and
kidskin].
The Bible is actually a library of 66 Books, written over a period of about 1500
years and over 40 generations by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God by
40 authors from all walks of life: shepherds, farmers, tent-makers, physicians,
fishermen, priests, philosophers and kings. Despite these differences in
occupation and the span of years it took to write it, the Bible is an extremely
cohesive and a unified Book.
It was written on 3 continents: Asia, Africa and Europe.
It was written originally in 3 languages- Hebrew, Aramaic and Koine
Greek.
The Bible is divided into two major parts: The Old Testament and The New
Testament. Testament means “covenant” or “contract.”
 The Bible was written over a period of some 1,500 years, from around 1450
B.C. (the time of Moses) to about 100 A.D. (following the death and
resurrection of Jesus Christ). The 39 Books of the Old Testament were
composed between B.C 1400 and 400 B.C., the 27 Books of the New
Testament between A.D. 50 and A.D. 100.

The Bible, also called the ‘Scripture’, was translated from their original languages to
English. First translation of the Bible was made into English in 1382 A.D., by John
Wycliffe. The Bible was printed in 1455 A.D. by Johannes Gutenberg who invented
the “type mold” for the printing press. It was the first Book to be ever printed. The
Holy Bible has been translated into numerous languages, with countless more partial
translations, and audio translations (for unwritten languages). The King James Version
of the Bible is the preserved Word of God in English. The commissioning of the
King James Bible took place in 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference outside of
London. The first edition appeared in 1611. The King James Version (KJV) remains
one of the greatest landmarks in the English tongue. There is a majesty of the King
James Version that stirs the soul. Faith is kindled when Scriptures are memorized and
quoted from it.

The Old Testament Is The 'New Testament' Concealed And The New Testament Is
The 'Old Testament' Revealed. The Old Testament prophesies about the future
coming of the Saviour/Messiah through the bloodline of Israel to redeem mankind.
Because of Abraham’s faithfulness to Him, God chose Abraham’s lineage, the Jews
(Israelites/Hebrews), for Jesus to be born into this world and gave them the Law and
customs to keep them separate from the heathen nations around them. But the
Gospel was not meant exclusively for the Jews, it was for the whole world. The Old
Testament has various prophecies about the coming Saviour like He would be born in
the lineage of Abraham (Genesis 12:3, 18:18, KJV) through David (Isaiah 9:7, KJV,
Jeremiah 23:5, KJV) in the Tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10, KJV), that He would be
born of a virgin (Genesis 3:15, KJV, Isaiah 7:14, KJV), He would be born in
Bethlehem (Micah 5:2, KJV) and He would suffer (Isaiah 53:1-15, KJV) and be
crucified on the Cross (Psalm 22:16, KJV, Zechariah 12:10, KJV) to atone for our sins
(Isaiah 53:4-5, KJV) and would be resurrected on the 3rd day (Psalm 16:10, KJV,
Hosea 6:2, KJV) and would ascend into Heaven (Psalm 68:18, 110:1, KJV). And the
New Testament reveals the Messiah as Jesus Christ. The Gospels detail the birth,
ministry, suffering, crucifixion, death, burial, resurrection and ascension of Jesus
Christ and prophesies that Jesus would return again to judge this world at the end of
this age (Matthew 24:27, 44, KJV, Acts 1:11, KJV, Revelation 20:1-6, KJV). The New
Testament also details the history of the early church and the doctrines of the
Christian faith written down by the apostles of Jesus Christ. With the writing of the
Book of Revelation, the last book of the Bible, the Canon of the Scriptures was
sealed, with no more special books or revelations from God. With the passing of the
original disciples of the Lord Jesus "that which is perfect"-the Written Word of the
Living God-was come. Between the writing of Malachi, the last book of the Old
Testament and the writing of Matthew, the first book of the New Testament 400
years passed in the Holy Land- Israel. The period between the end of the Old
Testament and the beginning of the New Testament is known as the “Inter-
Testamental Period” or the “Silent Years”.
The entire New Testament as we know it today, was canonized before the year 375
A.D. The Old Testament had previously been canonized long before the advent of
Christ. What does “Canon” mean? “Canon” is derived front the Greek word
“Kanon,” signifying a measuring rod. Thus, to have the Bible “canonized” meant that
it had been measured by the standard or test of divine inspiration and authority. It
became the collection of Books or Writings accepted by the apostles and leadership of
the early Christian church as a basis for Christian belief. It is the Standard by which all
Christians throughout the ages live and worship.

When the Bible was first written, there were no Chapters or Verses as today. In fact,
many of the early, handwritten manuscripts were written without spaces between the
words! Stephen Langton divided the Bible into Chapters about A.D. 1228. The Old
Testament was divided into Verses by R. Nathan in A.D. 1448, and Robert Stephanus
divided the New Testament into Verses in A.D. 1551. The first complete Bible with
Chapter and Verse divisions was the Geneva Bible of A.D. 1560. The King James
Bible of 1611 contains 788,258 Words, 31,102 Verses, 1,189 Chapters, and 66 Books.
“The Words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified
seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, Thou shalt preserve them from this
generation for ever”. Psalm 12:6-7, KJV.
God promised to preserve His Word for all generations and He has preserved it in the
King James Version. The KJV Bible's unity is a piece of remarkable evidence that
proves its divine origin. It proves that the Bible unlike other books is the very Word
of God. The 66 books fit together so perfectly, it is easy to consider them to be one
organic unit. The major themes and stories from Genesis, the first Book of the Bible,
flow through the remaining Books, and their meanings and implications are developed
throughout the entire Biblical library. Because of its seamless unity, few take the time
to consider that the 66 books of the Bible were written over a vast period of time by a
host of writers. From the first Book of Genesis to the last book of Revelation, 40
men penned individual treatises that combine to form the best-selling, most widely
distributed, perfectly unified, flawlessly written Book ever produced.
People blindly deny that Jesus Christ existed. But the genealogy of Jesus Christ is
perfectly preserved in the Bible. There are two records in the Bible of the genealogy
of Jesus Christ. One is in the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 1; the other is in
the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 3. Matthew's account traces the line of descent from
Abraham to Jesus, while Luke's account follows the ancestry from Adam to
Jesus. Matthew's account follows the lineage of Joseph, while Luke's genealogy is that
of Mary.
The Bible makes some very distinctive Truth claims. It claims, for instance, that God
exists and that He created mankind and the entire Universe according to order. It also
claims that He has chosen to communicate with us through His creation, our moral
conscience, and via the Bible. Jesus claimed to be God in the flesh and that the only
Way for human beings to be saved is through Him (John 14:6, KJV). Moreover, the
death and resurrection of Jesus are also key to Christian theology. No other ‘god’ or
man in the entire history of mankind died to save mankind from sin and Hell but
Jesus Christ being fully God and fully Man, lived a sinless life and willingly died for
the sins of all mankind and paid the penalty for our sins. In this right, He is the only
Saviour of mankind and the only Way to Heaven and the only Way to escape from an
eternal Hell. The prophecy of old was fulfilled 2000 years ago in Bethlehem, for unto
us a Saviour was born to redeem us. He took upon Himself our humanity as the
Word became flesh….. The Son of God became a Man to enable men to become
sons of God.
The Bible was written by men by the divine inspiration of God. Multiple categories of
evidence support the historical accuracy of the Bible as well as its claim to Divine
Authorship. Evidence for the Bible can take many forms.
 There is, for instance, physical evidence. We have copies of the manuscripts
and throughout history these copies show that the Bible has been transmitted
accurately. Despite common skeptical claims that the Bible has often been
changed through the centuries, the physical evidence tells another story. The
New Testament records are incredibly accurate. Other physical evidence
includes archeological finds. The Archaeological Study Bible presents many
notes and articles documenting how archaeology has again and again proven
that the Bible does correspond to historical reality. The places mentioned in the
Bible still exist today or have been discovered by archaeology. Archaeologists
have consistently discovered the names of government officials, kings, cities,
and festivals mentioned in the Bible -- sometimes when historians didn't think
such people or places existed. For example, the Gospel of John tells of Jesus
healing a cripple next to the Pool of Bethesda. The text even describes the five
porticoes (walkways) leading to the pool. Scholars didn't think the pool existed,
until archaeologists found it forty feet below ground, complete with the five
porticoes. The Bible has a tremendous amount of historical detail, so not
everything mentioned in it has yet been found through archaeology. However,
not one archaeological find has conflicted with what the Bible records. Many of
the ancient locations mentioned by Luke, in the Book of Acts in the New
Testament, have been identified through archaeology. "In all, Luke names
thirty-two countries, fifty-four cities and nine islands without an
error." Excavation sites and artifacts also provide evidence that many of the
events, people and places mentioned in the Bible really existed—such as the
city Jericho and its famous walls or the Hittites, a people group once thought
by skeptics to be a myth.
The Bible mentions events that happened during the birth and crucifixion of
Jesus Christ and the Roman rulers who ruled during the time and the events
and timeline can be correlated with Roman historical records. The Bible
mentions the name of kings who ruled other kingdoms such as
Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon and a few of the events that transpired
during their reign. The timeline of these historical events and the rule of kings
can be collaborated with other historical records. Nebuchadnezzar was real as
proved by historical records and not an imaginary king.
  The Bible mentions scientific principles thousands of years before they were
discovered and they have been accurately proved to be right by science today.

 There are evidences found in nature for Noah’s flood. The Bible perfectly
documents the history of Israel and the kings who ruled it which can be proved
by multiple sources.

Some people have the idea that the Bible has been translated "so many times" that it
has become corrupted through stages of translating. That would probably be true if
the translations were being made from other translations. But translations are actually
made directly from original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic source texts based on
thousands of ancient manuscripts.

Thousands of ancient, hand-copied documents—referred to as “manuscripts”—

provide proof of the New Testament and Old Testament’s historical consistency. In
fact, there is significantly more documentation for the Books of the Bible than there
are for other historically recognized authors and literature, such as Plato and The
Iliad. And yet people readily accept the Illiad as authentic while they readily reject the
Bible no matter how much proof is provided. The problem is not with the Bible but
it’s in people’s heart.

The accuracy of today’s Old Testament was confirmed in 1947 when archaeologists
found “The Dead Sea Scrolls” along today's West Bank in Israel. "The Dead Sea
Scrolls" contained Old Testament Scripture dating 1,000 years older than any
manuscripts we had. When comparing the manuscripts at hand with these, from 1,000
years earlier, we find agreement 99.5% of the time. And the 0.5% differences are
minor spelling variances and sentence structure that doesn't change the meaning of
the sentence.

Regarding the New Testament, it is humanity's most reliable ancient document. All
ancient manuscripts were written on papyrus or vellum, which didn’t have much of a
shelf life. So people hand copied originals, to maintain the message and circulate it to
others. When it comes to the New Testament, written between 50-100 A.D, there are
more than 5,000 copies. All are within 50-225 years of their original writing. Further,
when it came to Scripture, scribes (monks) were meticulous in their copying of
original manuscripts. They checked and rechecked their work, to make sure it
perfectly matched. What the New Testament writers originally wrote is preserved
better than any other ancient manuscript. We can be more certain of what we read
about Jesus’ life and words, than we are certain of the writings of Caesar, Plato,
Artistotle and Homer.
Four of the writers of the New Testament each wrote their own biography on the life
of Jesus. These are called the four Gospels, the first four Books of the New
Testament. When historians try to determine if a biography is reliable, they ask, "How
many other sources report the same details about this person?" Two of the Gospel
biographies were written by the apostles Matthew and John, men who knew Jesus
personally and traveled with Him for over three years. The other two Books were
written by Mark and Luke, close associates of the apostles. These writers had direct
access to the facts they were recording. At the time of their writing, there were still
people alive who had heard Jesus speak, watched Him heal people and perform
miracles. So the early church readily accepted the four Gospels because they agreed
with what was already common knowledge about Jesus' life.

Each of the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, read like news reports, a
factual accounting of the days events, each from their own perspective. The
descriptions are unique to each writer, but the facts are in agreement.

DESIGN OF THE GOSPELS

Matthew Mark Luke John
Presents Messiah/ Servant Son of Man Son of God
Jesus as Saviour
Genealogy Abraham - Adam Eternal
of Jesus (Legal) (Bloodline) (Pre-existence)
from
What Jesus Said Did Felt Was
Ends with Resurrection Ascension Promise of the Promise of Jesus’
Holy Spirit return
(Continued in (Continued in
Acts) Revelation)

In the early years after Jesus' death and resurrection there was no apparent need for
written biographies about Jesus. Those living in the Jerusalem region were witnesses
of Jesus and well aware of His ministry. However, when news of Jesus spread beyond
Jerusalem, and the eyewitnesses were no longer readily accessible, there was a need for
written accounts to educate others about Jesus' life and ministry… to announce to
them that through Jesus Christ forgiveness with God is now freely available. The
reports in the New Testament Books lined up with what thousands of eyewitnesses
had seen for themselves.
Historians confirm what the Bible says about Jesus.

Not only do we have well-preserved copies of the original manuscripts, we also have
testimony from both Jewish and Roman historians.

The Gospels report that Jesus of Nazareth performed many miracles, was executed by
the Romans, and rose from the dead. Numerous ancient historians back the Bible's
account of the life of Jesus and His followers:

The fact that Jesus was a true, historical person is clearly documented by Jewish
manuscripts, even before the Apostle Paul and the writers of Gospels provided their
eye witness accounts. Other ancient cultural documents also reference His existence.
For instance, the Roman leader and historian Tacitus wrote:
“Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class
hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from
Whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign
of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus …”

Cornelius Tacitus (A.D. 55-120), an historian of first-century Rome, is considered one

of the most accurate historians of the ancient world. An excerpt from Tacitus tells us
that the Roman emperor Nero "inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a
class...called Christians. ...Christus [Christ], from Whom the Name had its
origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands
of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus...."

Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian (A.D. 38-100), wrote about Jesus in his book,
‘The Antiquities of the Jews’. From Josephus, we learn that “Jesus was a wise man
who did surprising feats, taught many, won over followers from among Jews
and Greeks, was believed to be the Messiah, was accused by the Jewish
leaders, was condemned to be crucified by Pilate, and was considered to be
resurrected.”

Suetonius, Pliny the Younger, and Thallus also wrote about Christian worship and
persecution that is consistent with New Testament accounts.

This is remarkable information considering that ancient historians (Jews, Greeks and
Romans) confirm the major events that are presented in the New Testament, even
though they were not believers themselves.

The Bible contains hundreds, even thousands, of prophecies that have been fulfilled
by Jesus Christ, including detailed descriptions of events that would later happen to
the Jewish people and surrounding nations, as well as prophecies about the life and
death of Christ. The Bible also contains prophecies about how the condition of the
world will be at the end of the age and it prophecies the events that will occur before
Jesus Christ returns.

It is interesting to note that the purpose of the B.C./A.D. dating system was to make
the birth of Jesus Christ the dividing point of world history. The birth, life, ministry,
death, and resurrection of Christ are the “turning points” in world history. It is fitting,
therefore, that Jesus Christ is the separation of “old” and “new.” B.C. was “before
Christ,” and since His birth, we have been living in AD- “Anno Domini or in the year
of our Lord.” And why would someone use Jesus Christ to divide history if He didn’t
really exist. In recent times, there has been a push to replace the B.C. and A.D. labels
with B.C.E and C.E., meaning “before common era” and “common era,” respectively.
The change is simply one of semantics—that is, AD 100 is the same as 100 CE; all
that changes is the label. The advocates of the switch from BC/AD to BCE/CE say
that the newer designations are better in that they are devoid of religious connotation
and thus prevent offending other cultures and religions who may not see Jesus as
“Lord.” The irony, of course, is that what distinguishes B.C.E from C.E. is still the life
and times of Jesus Christ.

There are other kinds of evidence that the Bible is true. These have to do with internal
consistency and coherence. Although the Bible was written over many centuries by
different writers, the messages it contains are coherent and consistent. The Bible
presents a coherent theology and worldview and presents this material consistently.
Moreover, the Christian worldview is robust, reasonable and grounded in history.

There is textual and numerical patterns revealing the Divine inspiration of the King
James translation. There is a deliberate pattern found in the Scriptures which would
not be possible if written only by man. Our God is a God of order. Nature and the
laws of science declare it to be so. And, if everything in God’s creation is ordered
perfectly by God, then it stands to reason that His Holy Word must also be a Book of
order. The King James Bible contains a system of numbers that are consistently linked
with words or phrases in the Scriptures. It is understood that the Bible can be
comprehended on many levels. The more you study the Scriptures and become
accustomed to them, the more you understand the Divine symbols of certain passages
that you never saw before. These must always come as a product of Divine
Revelation. Certain words and phrases take on a whole new meaning, never
contradictory to any other passage in the Scriptures. As you study, you also begin to
see that numbers seem to have a certain relevance in the Bible. Each number will have
its own symbolic meaning. Things associated with completion or perfection will be
linked with the number 7. Things associated with the sinfulness of man will be
associated with the number 6, and so on. Word and phrase occurrences, as well as
Chapter and Verse divisions in the King James Bible follow this same divine pattern.

Despite the diversity of the Bible Books and their separation in time, there are several
unifying themes that run through both the Old and New Testaments:
· There is only One True God. He created all that is the universe and takes
an active, ongoing and loving role in its maintenance.
· God loves His people of all races, nationalities and religions, and seeks
their love in return.
· God created men and women with the power to choose between good and
evil. We are called to do good by serving God and respecting our fellow
human beings of the world. Evil is a constant temptation that we must do
our best to resist.
· There is a literal Devil and there is a literal Hell where those who reject
God’s forgiveness in Jesus Christ will go for eternity because no one can earn
their own salvation.
· God seeks the Salvation of all people, individually and collectively, from
the power of sin and evil. God has intervened directly in human affairs and
has also sent the prophets and, finally, His Son Jesus, the Messiah or Christ,
to die for our sins and redeem us from eternal damnation in Hell.
The Bible has been translated into far more languages than any other book.
Yet, the history of Bible translations is not only contentious but bloody, with
many who dared translate it being burned at the stake... The 16th century was
by far the most murderous age for Bible translators. The Catholic Church
resisted efforts to translate the Bible into other languages. The common
people were given severely limited access to the Bible. This stand afforded
the clergy power over the masses. Many of the teachings of the Catholic
church were based, not on the Bible, but on its own man made traditions.
Doubtless, this is one of the reasons for their reluctance to allow their
faithful to have access to the Bible. By reading it, people would become
aware of the incompatibility between their church doctrine and Scripture.
The Vatican, the Roman Catholic church and the Popes, persecuted and
killed men who sought to translate the Bible in English, burnt the translated
Bibles, tried to outlaw English Bibles and imprisoned those who owned and
read the Bible. Those who resisted the Pope’s order were often delivered to
inquisitors who had them tortured into making confessions. Those who
refused to recant were burned alive.
Today, the Bible is freely available to read but this privilege has been dearly
bought with the blood of godly men. Many men died as martyrs in England
because they had undertaken to translate, distribute and establish in use the
English Bible. The foremost of these was William Tyndale (1492-1536), a
Bible scholar.
John Wycliffe (1330-1384) was the promoter of the first complete
translation of the Bible into English. Wycliffe firmly believed that the Bible
should be available to everybody. With the aid of his assistants, therefore,
Wycliffe produced an English Bible [over a period of 13 years from 1382]. In
response to his translating, both Pope Gregory XI and Pope Urban VI
condemned him for errors and heresies. Wycliffe was persecuted till he died
in 1384. In 1427, Pope Martin ordered that John Wycliffe’s bones be
exhumed from their grave, burned and cast into the river Swift. Wycliffe had
been dead for 40 years, but his offence still rankled.
One of Wycliffe’s followers, John Hus, actively promoted Wycliffe’s ideas:
that people should be permitted to read the Bible in their own language, and
they should oppose the tyranny of the Roman church that threatened anyone
possessing a non-Latin Bible with execution. Hus was burned at the stake
in 1415, with Wycliffe’s manuscript Bibles used as kindling for the fire. The
need to read the Bible in their own language sparked the Reformation under
Martin Luther and the fight against the Vatican.
Another major figure in the history of English translations of the Bible was
William Tyndale. Born in 1494, Tyndale was the first to publish an English
translation of the Pentateuch from Hebrew and of the New Testament from
Greek. Translations of the Bible into other European languages already were
available in England, but anyone publishing it in English without the
Vatican’s approval could be put to death. Tyndale was tried on a charge of
heresy in 1536 by the Vatican and was condemned to be burned to death.
Tyndale "was strangled to death while tied at the stake, and then his dead
body was burned".
The Vatican tried to stop the Bible from being translated because it is Truth
and it makes people free while the Vatican tried to put people in bondage to
wordly man-made customs. Many godly men have sacrificed their lives so
that we could freely have and read the Bible. Many have loved the Bible and
have been willing to lay down their lives to defend it. The key to its survival,
 however, lies in a force greater than human love. The simple reason for the
survival of the Bible is that all those who contributed to the writings that
make up the Bible wrote under inspiration by God. Like the Vatican, many
have despised the Bible and have tried to reject, deny, discredit and suppress
the Bible but these men are gone and the Bible still remains. Because God
promised that He would preserve His Word forever. The Bible is the Word
of God and it can never be destroyed. God will always have a witness.

The Bible shows us why and how to be saved and what happens when we are
saved:

God created us: "So God created man in His own Image, in the Image of God
created He him; male and female created He them." Genesis 1:27, KJV.
Mankind sinned against God: “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:”
Romans 5:12, KJV.
Why to be saved?: "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
Romans 3:23, KJV.
Our sins have separated us from God: "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all
our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities,
like the wind, have taken us away." Isaiah 64:6, KJV.
We can’t save our selves and others: "They that trust in their wealth, and boast
themselves in the multitude of their riches; None of them can by any means redeem
his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: (For the redemption of their soul is
precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) That he should still live for ever, and not see
corruption." Psalms 49:6-9, KJV.
Punishment for sins is death: "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23, KJV.
Since we cannot save ourselves, God in His Love made a Way for us to be
saved: "But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us." Romans 5:8, KJV.
God sent His only Begotten Son Jesus to save us: "¶ For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16, KJV.
Therefore there is no other way to be saved except through Jesus:"Neither is
there Salvation in any other: for there is none other name under Heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12, KJV. "For there is One God, and One
Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus;" 1 Timothy 2:5, KJV.
We are saved by grace which is a free gift of God and not by our works: "For by
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not
of works, lest any man should boast." Ephesians 2:8-9, KJV.
We need to be born again by the Spirit to be saved: "Except a man be born again,
he cannot see the kingdom of God. Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God " John 3:3,5, KJV.
Who ever calls on Jesus' Name is saved: "For whosoever shall call upon the Name
of the Lord shall be saved." Romans 10:13, KJV.
Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ, His death and resurrection and confessing
Him saves us:"That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt
believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto Salvation. For the Scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on
Him shall not be ashamed". Romans 10:9-11, KJV. "And brought them out, and said,
Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
thou shalt be saved, and thy house". Acts 16:30-31, KJV.
Once we are saved, we are no longer condemned to Hell by God:"There is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath
made me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:1-2, KJV.
We are reconciled to God through Jesus Christ: “Therefore being justified by
faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: By Whom also we have
access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God”. Romans 5:1-2, KJV. “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature:
old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. And all things are of
God, Who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the
ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto
Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the
word of reconciliation”. 2 Corinthians 5:17-19, KJV.
When we confess Christ as our Saviour, the Spirit of God (the Holy Spirit)
comes to live in us: "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the
Spirit of God dwell in you." Romans 8:9, KJV.
When the Holy Spirit indwells in us, we are no longer separated from God but
we become the sons of God:"And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the
Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a
servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ." Galatians 4:6-7,
KJV. "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye
have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father." Romans 8:14-15, KJV.
When the Holy Spirit dwells in us, He guides us into God's Truth: "Howbeit
when He, the Spirit of Truth (Holy Spirit), is come, He will guide you into all
Truth:" John 16:13, KJV.
We are now citizens of Heaven: "For our conversation is in heaven; from whence
also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:" Philippians 3:20, KJV.
We have Eternal Life in Jesus when we are saved: "That whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:15, KJV.
The Holy Spirit gives spiritual gifts to the born-again believer: "Now there are
diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations,
but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God
which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to
profit withal. For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another
the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of
miracles; to anotherprophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers
kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: But all these worketh
that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as He will." 1
Corinthians 12:4-11, KJV.
The Holy Spirit helps us develop the fruits of the Spirit which is a sign of being
a true born-again believer: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there
is no law." Galatians 5:22-23, KJV.
We now look forward for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to take us with
Him: "So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look
for Him shall He appear the second time without sin unto salvation". Hebrews 9:28,
KJV. "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ;" Titus 2:13, KJV.

How to receive Christ:

1. Admit that you are a sinner in need of a Saviour.

2. Repent of your sins and ask God’s forgiveness.
3. Believe that Jesus died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave. Believe
that the Bible is the Word of God.
4. Through prayer invite Jesus to come in and lead your life.
5. By faith, receive Jesus to be the only Lord and Saviour of your life.