John 1:10-13
[Jesus] was in the world, and the world was created through him, and yet the world did not recognize him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be [become] children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
Greek : paralambanō = “to take to, to take with one’s self, to join to one’s self”
>> What does it mean to “receive Jesus”?
1. We confess him as our
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Acts 4:12
“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
Deuteronomy 32:16-17a
The [Israelites] provoked [God’s] jealousy with different gods;
they enraged him with detestable practices.
They sacrificed to demons, not God,
to gods they had not known,
new gods that had just arrived…
John 14:6
“I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
Acts 4:12
“There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
2. We confess him as our
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Luke 6:46
[Jesus said,] “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and don’t do the things I say?”
John 14:15, 21
[Jesus said,] “If you love me, you will keep my commands…
“The one who has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. And the one who loves me will be loved by my Father.”
// The opposite of receiving is
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Ephesians 2:8-9 NLT
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.
John 4:13-14
Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks from this [physical] water will get thirsty again. But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up in him for eternal life.”
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