Sharing Your Faith Resource

Romans 10:15 (ESV)
15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

PRINCIPLE 1

  • God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life.

    • GOD'S LOVE
      “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” (John 3:16)
    • GOD'S PLAN
      Jesus said, “I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly” (John 10:10) — that is, that life might be full and meaningful.

PRINCIPLE 2

  • All of us sin, and our sin has separated us from God.

    • WE ARE SINFUL
      “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

    • WE ARE SEPARATE
      “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Death is spiritual separation from God.

PRINCIPLE 3

  • Jesus Christ is God's only provision for our sin. Through Him we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.

    • HE DIED IN OUR PLACE
      “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
    • HE ROSE FROM THE DEAD
      “Christ died for our sins ... He was buried ... He was raised on the third day, according to the Scriptures ... He appeared to Peter, then to the twelve. After that He appeared to more than five hundred.” (1 Corinthians 15:3-6).
    • HE IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD
      “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me’” (John 14:6).

PRINCIPLE 4

  • We must individually receive Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord; then we can know and experience God's love and plan for our lives.

    • WE MUST RECEIVE CHRIST
      “As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name” (John 1:12).

    • WE RECEIVE CHRIST THROUGH FAITH
      “By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast” (Ephesians 2:8-9).

      *When we receive Christ, we experience a new birth.

    • WE RECEIVE CHRIST BY PERSONAL INVITATION
      Jesus says, “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).