7. Coming Home to God

Only Jesus can bring us back to God. To go back to God, you must admit to God that you have sinned against Him. You must believe that Jesus died in your place, to take your punishment and ask God to forgive you. You must put your trust in Jesus only to bring you back and give you eternal life as God's child. From that point on, you must obey Jesus as your new Master. The Bible says, "For God so loved the people of the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." You may go to God as the young man did when he returned to his father, saying something like this, God, I know You love me. I have sinned against You, and I am sorry. I believe and trust in Jesus as the perfect sacrifice to take my punishment. God, please forgive me. I agree to joyfully obey Jesus as my Master from this moment on. Thank you for my new and eternal life as your child. Why don't you call out to Him right now? If you truly called out to God, you are now God's child forever. God wants you to let others know you are His child. God's plan is not only to bring you back to Him, but to bring back your family and friends through you so that their relationship with God and one another may be restored. Who do you know that needs to hear this story?