In order to have life it is necessary to receive the Light, the Lord Jesus Christ, otherwise we remain in darkness

and death. To receive Him it is of course first necessary to know about Him, and this is why there are ministers

and missionaries who tell of Him and His salvation. Once we know that in Him only is life and light, then God

will judge us according to whether or not we receive Him by believing in Him. Read John 3:18,19 :

`He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he

in

the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world,

and men loved darkness rather than light ...'.

A person is condemned if he chooses to remain in darkness, by not coming to the Light and by not believing

in the Lord Jesus Christ. Let us be sure that we do not reject Him as the Light Who gives life.

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The next part of this booklet is for those who have accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as their Saviour and have

believed that He died and rose again from the dead for them. If you have not accepted Him and His salvation

then the things you are about to read do not apply to you. If you do believe in Him then you should be

concerned how you might serve Him, and this part of the booklet is meant to help you to do this.

We know, if we are saved, that one day we will be raised from the dead into a life with the Lord Jesus

Christ. We do not know very much about that life or what we will do then, but we are sure that it will be more

wonderful than we can imagine. But this is future, what about now? What difference does being saved make to

us now?

Firstly we have a new relationship to God. Read John 1:12 :

`As many as received Him (the Lord Jesus), to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to

them that believe on His name'.

The word `sons' really means `children' in this verse, but the important thing for the moment is to notice that

this means that God is our Father. This of course depends upon whether or not we have received Him (the Lord

Jesus) as the verse states, and to receive Him means to believe in Him.

If God is our Father then we can go to Him as such. If we need help or are worried about anything we can

tell Him and He will listen to us. We call our talking to God, `prayer'. We should also remember to thank Him,

as we would do our earthly father, for all that He does for us. Read Ephesians 5:20 :

`giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ'.

The last part of this verse is very important. When we speak to God our Father we should always remember that

we can only do this because of what the Lord Jesus has done for us. By asking our prayers `in the name of the

Lord Jesus Christ' we remember this. Nobody can approach God the Father except through Him. Read John

14:6 :

`Jesus saith ... I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me'.

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As our Father, God is concerned over us in a similar way to any father, but more so. He is concerned that

we grow properly and has provided for our growth, something to make us strong believers. This we call the

Bible, the word of God, or the Scriptures. By reading the Bible we learn of the Lord Jesus and His ways, and so

we grow stronger and are made ready to serve God. He prepares us for good works by His word. Read

2 Timothy 3:16,17 :

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for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect,

throughly furnished unto all good works'.