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36 Amazing Things

There are At least 36 Amazing Things that Happen immediately to a person who trusts Jesus Christ as Savior. As we search the Scriptures we will find many, many more! What a blessing to see how, when we trust Christ as our Savior, God gives us blessings immeasurable. Read and study these statements with the accompanied verses. As Believers in Christ we: * Are given the FREE GIFT of salvation (eternal life). Romans 6:23, Ephesians 2:8-9 * Can KNOW we have eternal life. 1 John 5:13 * Are part of God’s eternal plan for Believers – Ephesians 1:4 * Are redeemed and forgiven by Christ – Ephesians1:7 * Are reconciled to God in Christ – 2 Corinthians 5:19 * Are beneficiaries of Christ’s payment (propitiation/atonement) for our sins -1 John 2:2 * Are forgiven all trespasses and sins – Colossians 2:13 * Have fellowship and communion with Jesus Christ – I Corinthians 1:9 * Are free from the law of sin and death – Romans 8:2 * Are a child of God by Faith in C

Evangelism

Evangelism is the practice of attempting to convert people to a religion. The term is used most often in reference to Christianity and Islam, since those two religions mandate that their followers make efforts to recruit as many people as possible into their faith. However, the term may be used for the practice of attempting to convert people to any religion, even if that religion does not specifically require that its followers engage in evangelism. For this reason, there are "evangelists" in Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and other religions, even though those religions are not "evangelical" by nature. The term is sometimes used as a metaphor in a non-religious context as well. The intention of most Christian evangelism is to convert those who do not follow the Christian God to Christianity for the purpose of effecting eternal salvation. Evangelism is done in obedience to the Great Commission, a command from Jesus to his disciples to proselytise, according to accoun