I want to Follow jesus
Below is a simple visual explanation of the good news of Jesus, using a tool called “The Three Circles.”
God’s Design
When God created the world, His original design was a place of love, joy, and peace, where people experience a close, loving relationship with Him and with each other.
Sin
But we sinned, turning our own way. Sin is anything that goes against God’s original design. Sin leads to separation, brokenness, and death.
Romans 3:23
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23a
For the wages of sin is death.
Brokenness
When we see the brokenness that sin has caused in our world we start to search for love, joy, and peace from things in this world. In time we realize that these attempts fall short of God’s original design.
Good News
The Good News is that God didn’t leave us in our brokenness. Because of His great love, He sent His son, Jesus - God in human flesh - to do what we could not do for ourselves.
Jesus lived a perfect sinless life according to God’s original design. He died on the cross as a payment for our sins and came back to life three days later to defeat death.
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.
Turn & Believe
Just knowing this Good News is not enough to save us from our sin and brokenness. We must make a personal decision to turn back to God and believe. Romans 10:9 says, “…if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
John 3:17-18
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Follow Jesus
All who believe in Jesus are called to follow Him and model their lives after Him. If you’re ready to follow Jesus, you can do that right now. You can use the prayer below to confess that you believe and are ready to follow Him today.
"Jesus, I know that I am a sinner. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead, restoring me to You. I turn from my sins and receive Your forgiveness. Today, I choose to trust and follow You as my Savior and the leader of my life.
Amen."
Let us know about your decision!