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Originally Posted by Digging4Truth
Just a question.
How does one give their life to the Lord?
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I guess this was directed at Sherri, but here are a few thoughts of mine:
Acts 20
20 And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,
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Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
I would say "giving your life to the Lord" means repentance TOWARD God and then putting your FAITH in the person of Jesus Christ.
Every other thing (water baptism, communion, Holy Ghost baptism, etc) stems from one putting their faith in Jesus Christ. So, if a person is "giving their life to the Lord", then such a person is declaring Jesus as their Lord, ergo believing in the Lord Jesus.
The person is saying "Lord, be the director of my life and no longer me"
1 Peter 4
1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,
arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
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That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. (I would say this is giving your life to the Lord)
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For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
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