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At Rainbow we believe that life
is about glorifying God by enjoying Him forever.
We do this by finding what our unique God given purpose and destiny
is for our lives.
We believe that God has given each Christian special spiritual gifts to live
out this specific destiny. This is clear throughout scripture.
In order to have these gifts, one must
first be a Christian.
So how does one become a Christian?
STEP 1- The first step in becoming a Christian
is to understand the character of God. One must realize that God is perfect and to spend eternity with God one must
be perfect. God is completely righteous and will not look upon sin. (Matt. 5:48, Romans 12:2) This truth
should lead us to the next spiritual truth which is that we humans can not be perfect. (Romans 3:23) Even
trying to be perfect without Christ is self-centered and a sin. (Isaiah 64:6)
STEP 2-We must understand that
we can't be perfect because as a human we are born with sin residing in our hearts. (Psalms 51:5)
We must realize that because of this we all sin on a daily basis. (Romans 3:9-18, 23). Therefore we need a Savior, we
need someone to bridge the gap between our imperfection and God's perfection.
STEP 3- The third step is realizing
we find that Savior in Christ. (Romans 6:23, Romans 5:6-8) He has made perfect those who accept and receive the
gift of Christ. (Hebrews 10: 10, 14) We need Christ because we can not be "good enough" on our own. (Ephesians
2:8,9)
STEP 4- The fourth step is receiving the gift of Christ when we acknowledge our desperate need for a savior.
When we repent of our sins, even our sin of thinking that we can be good enough. (Titus 3:5). Then when we believe in our
hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead and confess with our mouths that Jesus is Lord then we will be saved.
(Romans 10:9-10) We must put our TRUST in Christ.
Step 5- The final and ongoing step is to live a life in
joy and love for Christ. We find that we are obedient because of our overwhelming love for Chirst and what He has
done for us. We are then God's workmanship created and gifted by God to do that which God calls us to do. (Ephesians
2:10) We are a new creation able to do good things through the Holy Spirit given to us when we believe. (II Corinthians
5:17-21)
Being God's workmanship created and GIFTED by God to do that which God has uniquely purposed for
your life. That is the TRUE answer to life!
Praise God that He Has ANSWERED the question of life! He
did not leave us to wonder around in the dark and be seperated from Him for eternity. He did not leave us to our own
demise. We have a hope in Christ! We have a reason to live everyday of our lives!
Do you have
this confidence? Do you know that your life is special? If not, then I would like to encourage you to pray to
God for His guidance and I am confident that He will lead you toward Christ. If you have a question, then please email
me at raytucker@rainbowpca.org. Have a blessed day!
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