Hard to Believe

When I was working with UCF after practice one day I brought a linebacker home and we had a great talk about God and went through the Gospel. He recognized that he was a sinner. When I told him "how to become a Christian" (pray this prayer, tell God you are a sinner and ask him to be your savior.) He looked at me and said "Jay that doesn't make sense. You are telling me that I can pray this prayer and now I am a Christian." He made such a strong statement that made me dig deeper into scripture. See I was told from the time I was little you pray this prayer and you become a Christian. Well as I read the Bible I began to see a different picture. Jesus said in John 6:44-45 "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me." He tells us God draws us to him, and as you look through scripture you see that God gives us the ability to repent. It doesn't come from us. We are dead in our sins, a dead man can do nothing. When we become believers God changes us it is called sanctification. I was introduced to a series of sermonds by John MaCarthur called "Hard to Believe" that was a great help to me. I hope you benefit as much as I have.

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