Finding the right steps with God

Step 1: God’s Purpose in our lives is Peace & Life
- God loves you & wants you to experience peace & life, abundant & eternal.

The Bible says:
Romans 5:1
-“We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

John 3:16
- 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.”

John 10:10
- I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly

Why don’t most people have this peace & abundant life that
God planned for us to have?

Step 2: The Problem is our separation
- God created us in His own image to have an abundant life. He did not make us as robots to automatically love & obey Him. God gave us a will & freedom of choice.

- We chose to disobey God & go our own willful way. We still make this choice today. This results in separation from God.

The Bible says…
Romans: 3:23
- For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Romans: 6:23
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Our Choice results in separation from God.

Our Attempts to Reach God.
- People have tried many ways to bridge this gap between themselves & God.
Examples are:
- Church attendance - Religion
- Good works - Philosophy
- Baptism - Morality
- Penance
- Sacrifices
The Bible says…
Proverbs 14:12
- There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

Isaiah 59:2
- But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.

No bridge reaches God…except one.

Step 3: God’s bridge is The Cross
- Jesus Christ died on the Cross and rose from the grave. He paid the penalty for our sin & bridged the gap between God & people.

The Bible says…
1 Timothy 2:5
- For there is one God & one mediator between God & men, the man Christ Jesus.

1 Peter 3:18
- For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to
bring you to God.”

Romans 5:8
- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God has provided the only way…
Each person must make a choice…
Will you make the choice?

Step 4: Our Response is Receive Christ
- We must trust Jesus Christ as Lord & Savior and receive Him by personal invitation.

The Bible says…
Revelation 3:20
- Here I am! I stand at the door & knock. If anyone hears my voice & opens the door, I will come in & eat with him, & he with me.

John 1:12
- Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

Romans 10:9
- That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Will you receive
Jesus Christ right now?

Here is how you can receive Christ:
1. Admit you’re a sinner
2. Be willing to turn from your sins (repent)
3. Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross & rose from the grave.
4. Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through
the Holy Spirit (Receive Him as Lord & Savior)

How to Pray the sinners prayer?
Dear Lord Jesus,

I am a sinner, deserving of punishment in hell. And there is nothing I can
do to earn my way to heaven. I am really sorry for my sins. I thank you for
sending Jesus Christ to die for my sins. I would like to accept Jesus Christ into my heart as my Lord & Savior. Lord Jesus, help me obey you in everyway. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

God’s Assurance is His Word:
If you prayed this prayer,

the bible says..
Romans 10:13
- Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

Did you sincerely ask Jesus Christ to come into your life? Where is He right
now? What has He given you?

Ephesians 2: 8-9
- For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not from
yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.

The Bible Says…

1 John 5: 12 -13
- He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does
not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of
God so that you may know that you have eternal life.


Receiving Christ, we are born into God’s family through the supernatural works
of the Holy Spirit who indwells every believer. This is called regeneration, or the
“ new birth.”

This is just the beginning of a wonderful new life in Christ. To deepen this relationship you should:
- Read the bible everyday to know Christ better.
- Talk to God through prayer everyday.
- Tell other about Christ.
- Worship, fellowship, & serve with other Christians in a church where
Christ is preached.
- As Christ’s representative in a needy world, demonstrate your new life
by your love & concern for others.

Psalm 1:2 (reading bible)
- But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates
day & night.

Philippians 4:6 (Prayer)
- Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer &
petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

Hebrews 10: 24 – 25 (Fellowship)
- And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love &
good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another – and all the more as you see the day
approaching.

John 4: 23 – 24 (Worship)
- Yet a time is coming & has now come when the true worshipers will
worship the Father in spirit & truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks, God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit & in truth.

Matthew 28: 18-20 (Obedience & Witnessing)
- The Jesus came to them and said “All authority in Heaven & on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father & of the Son & of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Arguments against the Deity of Christ

The Arguments
Christ is not God, because…

I. because He had flesh and bones, & God – being a spirit – has neither flesh nor bones – John 4:24; Luke 24:39
Answer: Jesus Christ as man had both flesh and bones but as God He was spirit. This objection arises from the problem of the dual nature of the Savior.
- In order for the invisible God to become visible He must become flesh and bones.
- 1 Timothy 3:16 “ God was manifest in the flesh,” in the person of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Timothy 2:5 Jesus is a dual personality, “ The man Christ Jesus,” ( man and God)

II. Because Christ had a beginning, and God had no beginning – John 8:42;
Psalm 90:20
Answer: Jesus as a man had a beginning when He was conceived of the Holy Spirit but Spirit but Jesus as God is without beginning and without end.
John 8:56-59; Colossians 1:17; John 1:18; Isaiah 9:6

III. Because He has been created, and God has no beginning. Colossians 1:15; Revelations 3:14
Answer: A true of Revelation 3:14 is something like this, “ He was the witness of the beginning of the creation of God,” not a creation but a witness of the creation. Proverbs 8:22-23 speaking of wisdom personified in the person of Christ,” Christ was from everlasting, from the beginning or ever the earth was.”

IV. Because Hosea 11:9 says that God is not man, while Ezekiel 28:2 says that man is not God.
Answer: Hosea does not say that God could not assume human form of body and flesh. Nothing is too hard for God, Jeremiah 32:17-18, and He can be manifest in the flesh.

V. Because He called God His Father – Matthew 27:46 and John 20:17
Answer: Jesus as the human Person called God His Father. God in Hebrew 1:8 calls Jesus “God”, but that does not lessen the Father’s position of deity.

VI. Because the Father sent Him to earth – John 8:42
Answer: The Father sending the Son to earth ( Jesus volunteered to come) does not lessen His position as being the Almighty God. Luke 19:10; 1 Timothy 1:15; Galatians 4:4-5.

VII. Because He appeared with flesh – 1 John 4:23; 2John7. Since Jesus is flesh, bones & blood, He is merely a man and no more.
Answer: Jesus assumed flesh, bones and blood merely for the incarnation. As God He is eternal but to be our Redeemer it was necessary that He become partaker of Humanity.

VIII. Because He is called man – John 8:40; 1Timothy 2:5
Answer: Jesus was both true God and true man in one person without an intermingling of the two natures. Emmanuel means “ God with us”

IX. Christ is not God, but He is a Son of God, just as we may become sons of God.
Answer: By conversion we become a “son of God” (John 1:12), but Jesus Christ is the “ only begotten Son of God” ( John 3:16), a unique and special position.
God’s Son is equal to the father, Philippians 2:6, and the saint becomes an heir with Christ.

X. Because the Father gave Him power – Matthew 28:18
Answer: In Philippians 2:5-8 the Son surrenders this power and God restores or returns it to Him after the resurrection. It was always His but He voluntarily yielded it.

XI. Because He was made Lord by God – Acts 2:36
Answer: It is not made in the sense of a promotion for though He always was God, the Father takes this opportunity to proclaim this fact to all humanity.

XII. Because Christ died and God is immortal & cannot die – 1 Timothy 1:17; Luke 23:46 & Acts 2:32
Answer: Jesus as man died but Jesus as God could not and did not die, Hebrews 2:9 – 14. It is the physical body that dies. the spirit does not die for it returns to God.

XIII. Because He was conceived by the Holy Spirit – Matthew 1:18-20. As a creature of the Holy Spirit He is therefore neither God nor Creator
Answer: The Humanity of Jesus Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit. The deity of Christ has always existed, John 1:1-2. Jesus existed long before the Virgin Mary.

XIV. Because He said “ I ascend unto my Father and your Father: and to my God and your God” – therefore the two must be quite distinct – John 20:17
Answer: The Father and Son are two persons but one God, “ I and My father are one, “ John 10:30. See John 17: 11, 21 & 22.

XV. Because He prayed to the Father and addressed Him as the only true God – John 17:3 & 1 Corinthians 8:6.
Answer: This Objection ignores the fact that the Son co-exists with the Father. They are one. They are one in nature (eternal Spirit), but distinct as to office & responsibilities. The Father & Son are indivisibly linked together, Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22; John 12:45.

XVI. Because He was only an “idea”, “will”, or “purpose” of God. having no material existence or material form in the beginning.
Answer: This is perhaps a ply on the words in John 1:1-2, but verse 1 answers it definitely & authoritatively, the word ( Jesus) was God.

XVII. Because He says, “My Father is greater than I” – John 14:28
Answer: This refers to His position & certainly not to His being or nature.
Positionally Jesus has chosen a position in subjection to His Father God.

XVIII. Christ is not God, because though He is One with God, that refers merely to Pastoring (shepherding), Teaching & Judgment, but not Godhead.
Answer: The Father & Son are one God (but two persons), co-existing as one Jehovah God.
The Father was the Jehovah of the old testament, Psalm 23:1, Jesus in the New testament, John 10:11; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 2:25; Revelation 7:17.

** If you want to know more about this material and more Bible study guide, The name of this book is One Hundred Bible Lessons by: Alban Douglas. available at Christian book store.**

Reference: One Hundred Bible Lessons

By: Alban Douglas

The Deity of Christ

Jesus Christ is Referred to as Lord:

Psalm 110:1 “ The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou at my right hand until I make Thine enemies thy footstool.

- Jesus referred to this passage in Matthew 22:41- 46 (NKJV)
41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying “What do you think about the Christ? Whose Son is He?” They said to Him, “ The Son of David” 43 He said to them, “ How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord,’ saying:
44 ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make your enemies Your footstool”’. 45 “ If David then calls Him ‘Lord.’ how is He his Son?. 46 And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day on did anyone dare question Him anymore.

Mark 12:35-36 (NKJV)
35 Then Jesus answered and said, while He taught in the temple, “How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?”36 “For David himself said by the Holy Spirit: ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make your enemies Your
footstool”.

Luke 20:39 – 44 (NKJV)
39 Then some of the scribe answered and said, “ Teacher, You have spoken well,” 40 But after that they dare not question Him anymore. 41 And He said to them, “ How can they say that Christ is the Son of David? “ Now David himself said in the book of psalms:
43 ‘The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at My right hand, Till I make your enemies Your
footstool”. 44 “Therefore David calls Him ‘Lord’; how is He then his son?”

Peter referred to it in his sermon at Pentecost, Acts 2:34 – 35. It is very important.
Acts 2: 34 – 35 (NIV)
34 For David did not ascend to heaven , and yet he said, The Lord said to my lord, “Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”. 36 “ Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ.”

** The prophecy was the Messiah-Savior would be the Divine Lord Himself**

The Virgin Birth would be God coming to Live with Men

Isaiah 7:14 (NIV)
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will be with child & will give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel. ( This is the Savior that was coming).

Matthew 1:23 tells us that Immanuel means “ God with us.” This came true at Bethlehem.
The Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ was Given Divine Names in Prophecy

Isaiah 9: 6 – 7 (NIV)
6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders and he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.

Wonderful – Only God is truly wonderful
Luke 18:19 “Why do you call me good? Jesus answered. “ No one is good – except God alone.
Counselor – Only the omniscient God could be perfect counselor.
Psalm 16:7 – I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
The Mighty God – The One prophesied to be the Messiah was to be God Himself
The Everlasting Father – John 10:30, Jesus said, I and My Father are one.

The Christ who was prophesied to come was to be from “Everlasting”

Micah 5:2 But you Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.

God and Christ both Gave their Personal names as “I AM”

Exodus 3:14 God said to Moses, “ I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites, I AM has sent me to you.
John 8:58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily, Verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I AM.
** Jesus is the great I AM**

Jesus Christ Forgave Sins

Mark 2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, Son, your sins are forgiven.
Mark 2:7 Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone.
In forgiving sin Jesus either blasphemed or was God. Jesus was God and could forgive.

Jesus Claimed Equality with the Father and the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 13:14 May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Jesus Claimed Omnipresence

To be omnipresent is a characteristic of God Almighty only, not with angels and men.
Matthew 18:20 For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them. ( Jesus promise to be anywhere, everywhere ay one and the same time.)

Jesus Claimed Omniscience

Omniscience is to know all things and is a characteristic exclusive of God Himself.
Mark 11: 2 – 6 2 Saying to them, Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. untie it and bring it here, 3 If anyone ask you, Why are you doing this? tell him, The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly. 4 They went and found a colt outside in the street, tied at a doorway. As they untied it, 5 some people standing there asked, “ what are you doing, untying that colt, 6 They answered as Jesus had told them to, and the people let them go.

Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

** Read Matthew 24: 3 – 31** Jesus exercised the gift of prophecy.

Jesus Claimed Omnipotence

Omnipotence, all power, is another exclusive attribute of the Lord God Almighty.
Matthew 28:18 Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘ All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

Jesus Christ had Creative Power

To bring something into being from nothing, creation, is possible only to God. Jesus Christ was active in creation and continues to maintain the world.

John 1:1-3 1 In the beginning was the word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made, without him nothing was made that has been made.

Hebrews 1:3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. after he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.

Jesus Christ Received Worship due only to God

John 9:38 the men who had been healed of blindness recognizing the Savior, said, “ Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him.” Jesus as God rightfully accepted this worship.

Luke 4:8 Jesus said to Satan at the time of temptation, “ Get thee behind me satan: for it is written, thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve.” To worship anyone but the Lord God is a terrible sin.

** When Jesus accepted worship, He was saying to the world, “ I am the Lord.”

Jesus Accepted the Testimony of Thomas

John 20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, my Lord and my God.

If Thomas had made a mistake, misstatement or overstatement Jesus would have corrected it. Thomas had told the truth for Jesus was the Lord God, the eternal preexistent one.

The Fact of Jesus’ Resurrection

This is the strongest and supreme argument that Jesus is God.
Romans 1:4 “ And who through the spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
** This verse specifically states that the resurrection declare Jesus as the Son of God.

According to Romans 6:4 “ We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. ( it was the Father God, Himself, that raised Jesus from the dead.)

** The Father God thus proclaims conclusively to the world the deity of Jesus Christ**

Reference: One Hundred Bible Lessons
By: Alban Douglas

God as our loving Father

Let us rejoice that the Lord calls us his children

I will be a Father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 6:18

The Lord disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in.
Proverbs 3:12

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not discipline by his father?
Hebrews 12:7

O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8

You did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the spirit of son ship. And by him we cry “Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:15

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
1 John 3:1

Since we are called God’s children, we can trust our Father that he will provide for us.

Jesus said: I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink: or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?... so do not worry, saying what shall we eat? Or what shall we drink? Or what shall we wear? For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
Matthew 6:25-26, 31-32

The Israelites asked, and God brought them quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. He opened the rock, and water gushed out; like a river it flowed in the desert.
Psalm 105:40-41


God has shown kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy.
Acts 14:17

Our loving Father cares for us, as his children we Need to listen carefully to his voice & obey.

Jesus said: The sheep listen to [the shepherd’s] voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
John 10: 3-4

Jesus said: I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know my—just as the father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep.
John 10: 14-15

Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of fare.
Isaiah 55:2

Save your people and bless your inheritance, O Lord; be their shepherd and carry them forever.
Psalm 28:9

God tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
Isaiah 40:11

God desires to be part of your personal life; he wants to provide you with warmth, affection, discipline and accountability.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will—to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
Ephesians 1:3-6


Before I was born the Lord called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name.
Isaiah 49:1

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ.
Romans 8:16-17

Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
Hebrews 2:11

To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
John 1:12-13

God is truly great, he sends his only begotten son to die for our sins, all we have to do is to trust and have faith in Jesus Christ and accept him in out hearts, and all our sins will be forgiven, and the burden that we carry will become light.

You might be wondering how do I accept Christ in my heart? Well it’s very simple all u have to do is to pray sincerely, and ask… Jesus Christ I come to you to ask for forgiveness of my sins, I know that I’m a sinner and deserving of death, but lord you had mercy on me and you died for my sins, and I’m forever great full for that, now lord I invite you to come in to my heart and leave in me and help me change the way I live my life, lead my life that will bring glory and honor to you. Amen.