Receive Jesus

Many church people profess to have "accepted" Jesus into their lives as Savior and Lord. To me, the proper term is "receive." Nothing is said in the bible about accepting Jesus. One definition of "accepting" on the internet is this: approving of something, or allowing someone to join a group. When you accept someone or something, there's an overtone of your superiority, dominance or pre-eminence. Like, you're approving a subordinate, so you accept his or her work or report. 

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The bible says we "receive" Jesus Christ as everything he claims to be. Not just Savior and Lord. He is God, King, Provider, Defender, Shield, Healer, Ruler, Friend, and many more. Receive connotes humble and grateful receipt of a gift from a superior or someone in authority over you. It's why we're told to "ask and you shall receive" not "you shall accept." We receive Jesus from God the Father.

John 1.12: To all who received him, he gave the power (right) to become children of God. 

Receiving Jesus involves gratefully and humbly welcoming Jesus as the highest honored Authority into one's life and actively trusting in his Name and rule. It means total surrender, and that everything we have in life now belongs to Jesus---especially our love. Receiving Jesus means we love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, strength and soul. 

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It also means we receive no other teachings except his. At school, if anything contrary to his Word is taught us, we stick to his teachings, especially his Beatitudes. We stick to his wisdom, preference, priority, outlook, value system, and standards alone, whether in church or in the secular world. In fact, if church teaches anything contrary to his Word, we reject the church's teaching or doctrine. This what we mean by receiving Jesus. We have been bought at a price, says Paul the apostle. We do not own ourselves. He owns us. Because we believe in him. 

If you're not like the above, you haven't received Jesus yet. You're just an active church goer familiar with church and its lingo, programs and "ministries." You're probably even a pastor or a church planter. If Jesus Christ does not totally own you, you haven't received him and you have no right to be called children of God, neither do you have the power. Receiving Jesus gives you the right or power to become God's child, but you have to be totally surrendered. AND I MEAN TOTALLY.

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Many church folks do not know that being a true believer and disciple means you are totally sold out to his teachings---all of them---especially the part where you give up everything you have---all your possessions---and give to the needy. Any needy, good or bad. Lots of people do not understand this. Try asking them for money or borrowing money from them and you'd see their real spiritual standing---whether they have received Jesus or not. Jesus said this matter is closely connected to salvation and how GOD really sees us. 

Luke 14.33: "In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples"

Matthew 5.42: "Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you."

Now, this is the part where giving to the needy becomes a salvation issue. If you refuse to give to the needy when GOD has given you the capacity to give, Jesus said the consequence is "eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels." He assured how "They will go away to eternal punishment." 

Matthew 25: 41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42 For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’

44 “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

45 “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’

46 “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Receiving Jesus means giving all-out help to the poor and needy according to how the Lord has blessed you. Being in Christ means you do not turn away people who ask from you or borrow from you. It means you give up everything you have and obey what Jesus wants you to do with it. 

JESUS' 11 MUST TEACHINGS ON HOW TO BE SAVED AND ENTER HEAVEN 

1. Whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. [John 3.16] 
2. Receive Jesus. [John 1.12] 
3. Be born of water and Spirit to enter the Kingdom of God. [John 3.3-8] 
4. Deny self, pick up your cross and follow Him. [Matthew 16.24] 
5. Give up everything you have. [Luke 14.33] 
6. Sell all you have and give to the poor. [Matthew 19.21] 
7. Do good to the needy, hungry, thirsty and the stranger. [Matthew 25.34-46] 
8. Obedience [Matthew 7.21] 
9. Enter the narrow door. [Luke 13.24] 
10. Become like little children. [Matthew 18.3] 
11. Relationship with Jesus. [John 14.6]

This salvation is all by grace through faith, not of ourselves nor by works. "Your faith has saved you," [Luke 7.50].

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