{"id":100,"date":"2024-11-29T20:47:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T02:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benledbetter5.wordpress.com\/?page_id=100"},"modified":"2025-02-05T12:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T12:13:03","slug":"becoming-a-christian","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/?page_id=100","title":{"rendered":"Becoming a Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-small-font-size has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c19476fc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p>The Bible teaches us that &#8220;all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God&#8221; (Romans 3:23), and that we must be &#8220;born again&#8221; to see the kingdom of God (John 3:3). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming a Christian is as simple as A-B-C&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A &#8211; Admit<\/strong>: Admit to God that you are a sinner. &nbsp;Repent, turning away from your sin. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Romans 3:23, Romans 6:23, Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B &#8211; Believe:<\/strong>&nbsp;Believe that Jesus Christ is God&#8217;s Son, and accept God&#8217;s gift of forgiveness from sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>John 3:16, John 14:6, Acts 4:12, Romans 5:8, Ephesians 2:8-9, John 1:11-13<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C &#8211; Confess:<\/strong>&nbsp;Confess your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Romans 10:9-10, 13<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have more questions on becoming a Christian, please speak to our Pastor, one of our church leaders, or a friend that is a Christian . &nbsp;You may also send a confidential message through our &#8220;Contact Us&#8221; page.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Additional Resource<\/em>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stepstopeace.org\">https:\/\/stepstopeace.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bible teaches us that &#8220;all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God&#8221; (Romans 3:23), and that we must be &#8220;born again&#8221; to see the kingdom of God (John 3:3). &nbsp; Becoming a Christian is as simple as A-B-C&#8230; A &#8211; Admit: Admit to God that you are a sinner. &nbsp;Repent, turning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":353,"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/100\/revisions\/353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogwoodgrovebaptist.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}