Highway to Hell?
For many people, the lyrics to the song Highway to Hell are the norm. And it’s sad. Sad and wasteful because there is another path. A better path for you to walk. This path has always been right there…waiting for you to step up and take your place on the course God has laid out for you. If you know that its time that you changed your life and you know that you’ve been on the wrong road for too long now, then NOW is the time for you change your step and walk on a new path.
You need to know the following important facts:
#1 The only path to God is through Christ.
We Must Receive Christ
“Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God - children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God” (John 1:12 & 13).
We Receive Christ Through Faith
“By grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, that no one should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9).
When We Receive Christ, We Experience a New Birth
(Read John 3:1-8)
We Receive Christ by Personal Invitation
[Christ speaking] “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears My voice and opens the door, I will come into him” (Revelation 3:20).
Receiving Christ involves trusting Christ to come into our lives, to forgive our sins, and to make us what He wants us to be. Just to agree intellectually that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that He died on the cross for your sins is not enough. Nor is it enough to have an emotional experience. You receive Jesus Christ by faith, as an act of the will.
#2 You can receive Christ right now by faith through prayer:
(Prayer is talking to God)
God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart. The following is a suggested prayer:
“Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be.”
Does this prayer express the desire of your heart? If it does, I invite you to pray this prayer right now and Christ will come into your life, as He promised.
Its all in your hands now. You can continue on the highway to hell or you can take the first step… the first real step in your life towards the place you were always meant to be.
