how can I experience new life through Christ?
The most important thing you can know about the New Culture is this: it is impossible to be a part of the New Culture without receiving new life through Jesus Christ. Click here to learn why we believe that is true.
Jesus explained how we could experience new life in John 3:16-21 (NIV):
16“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.”
Ephesians 2:1-10 (NIV) describes our new life in Christ:
1As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9not by works, so that no one can boast. 10For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
We recommend the following resources for learning more about how you can experience new life through Christ:
The Book of John
The Book of John in the Bible is a great place to start. Click here to read or listen to the entire book online — click the “Next >” button at the bottom of each chapter to move to the next.
Our discussion forum
Please visit the “Abiding in Christ” section of our discussion forum to ask a question or to read answers to what other people have asked about Jesus and the Christian faith.
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