Next Steps
Starting your life with Christ
God offers forgiveness as a gift!
There is no way to make it to heaven on our own. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23
Belief
Your journey with Christ
starts with faith.
Agreeing with Scripture about who God is the first step to beginning a relationship with God. The most foundational aspect of God’s character to put our trust in is to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came to earth to live a perfect life, make payment for my un-perfect life through His death on the cross, and that three days later He rose from the grave. Now He extends resurrection life and forgiveness to anyone who will receive it. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Many times this belief is accompanied by praying to God.
Repentance
Your relationship with Christ
leads to new changes
Repentance means to “turn around.” When we truly believe that Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross is the only suitable payment for our mistakes in life (AKA sin), it pierces our heart and leads us to a desire to turn from our sin.
Acts 2:38, 1 Thessalonians 1:9.
Confession
Sharing Christ with others
in word and life action
Confession is the joyful act of telling others about our new life in Christ, verbally acknowledging Jesus as Lord and Savior of our life and publicly declaring our faith in Him before others! Romans 10:9
If you have newly begun a relationship with Christ, we’d love for you to reach out to us so we can send you a New Believer’s Starter Pack with some resources to jumpstart your walk with God. Contact us here.
Next Steps
Once you begin your relationship with Jesus, each day you have the opportunity to follow Him. It doesn’t matter how long ago you started your faith journey, every single day we all are given the opportunities to walk closer to God, believe Him more, drink in His presence more deeply, and live truer to His call on our lives. Some people call this walking with the Spirit. Some call it being sanctified. Whatever term it receives, it’s our privilege as God’s children is to share this journey. At Mountain View, you will find a variety of opportunities and resources to help you grow closer the God in your daily walk.
This NEXT STEPS assessment will help connect you to those resources.
