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Why Become A Christian. There ARE Bad Reasons! To Impress A Spouse To Grow A Business To Please Your Family or Friends To Receive Financial Assistance.

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Page 1: Why Become A Christian. There ARE Bad Reasons! To Impress A Spouse To Grow A Business To Please Your Family or Friends To Receive Financial Assistance.

Why Become A Christian

Page 2: Why Become A Christian. There ARE Bad Reasons! To Impress A Spouse To Grow A Business To Please Your Family or Friends To Receive Financial Assistance.

There ARE Bad Reasons!

• To Impress A Spouse• To Grow A Business• To Please Your Family or Friends• To Receive Financial Assistance• To Enjoy Recreation

• It’s Not Bad To Enjoy The Blessings Associated With Being A Christian, But They Are Insufficient Religious Foundations.– Hebrews 11:6

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Because Christianity Is True• The Bible Is True (2 Peter 1:16)

– Historical Accuracy– Fulfilled Prophecy

• God’s Love For Man Is True– Romans 5:8

• God’s Motivators Are All True– There Is A Real Hell, Worthy of our Fear

(Matthew 10:28)– There Is A Real Heaven, Worthy of our Hope

(John 14:2-3)– There Is A Real God, Worthy of our Relationship (Romans

1:20)

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Because God Is Worthy

• God’s Praise– Revelation 4:11

• John’s Humility– Acts 13:25

• God is Worthy of Our Obedience

• God is Worthy of Our Glorification

• God is Worthy of Our Faith

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Because Sin Never Satisfies• Christianity Fulfills Man’s Greatest Needs• Christianity Satisfies Both Intellectual Pursuits &

Heart-Felt Desires.– Isaiah 55:9– Philippians 4:7

• Christianity Provides Answers That Make Sense For Life’s Greatest Questions– Who Am I, What Am I Here For, Where Did I Come From…

• Christianity Supplies Wisdom For Life’s Greatest Challenges– Family, Finances, Friendships & Forgiveness…

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Because We Have Separated Ourselves From God In Sin

• We Must Face The Reality of Our Sins.– Isaiah 59:2, Romans 3:23

• Salvation In Jesus Christ Is The Only Way To Obtain Forgiveness.– Acts 4:12

• Salvation In Jesus Christ Is Available To Everyone. – 1 Timothy 2:4

• The Choice Is Ours!

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Will You Come to Christ? • “And having been made perfect, He became to

all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,” - Hebrews 5:9

• Faith (Hebrews 11:6)• Repentance (Luke 13:3)• Confess Christ (Matthew 10:32-33)• Be Baptized (1 Peter 3:21)• “Yet you do not know what your life will be like

tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away.” - James 4:14

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Why Become A Christian?