When a person gets “saved” or “born again” it means that he has determined to be delivered from his sins rather than to live in their temporal pleasures, only to die and face their eternal consequences in a Hell prepared for the devil and his cohorts. The “believer” has chosen to recognize God as his God, and Jesus, as his personal Lord and Savior. He has accepted, by faith, the gift of forgiveness that Jesus afforded by shedding His life’s blood on the cross of Calvary. He believes that Jesus was buried, and rose from the dead as evidence that his sin debt has been paid in full. He knows God personally and has a confident expectation that heaven will be his eternal home. He is a child of God!
Because of his salvation, and love for the Lord, a true christian willfully and eagerly becomes the servant of Jesus Christ, to partner with Him in the work of making disciples to the glory of God. He knows that he can look to the Lord for the provisions that will make his efforts effective.
Jesus has promised that He will be both present and involved to guide and empower the work. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. (Matthew 28:19-20)”
Our Lord tells us that the Holy Spirit will endow His followers with spiritual gifts. These gifts are like specialty tools, God given and divinely empowered abilities to insure his ministry’s effectiveness. “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. (1Peter 4:10)”
There is also the promise that He will hear and answer our calls for help (1John 3:22), that He will provide the basic necessities of life while we serve (Matthew 6:33), and so much more. God invites you to a life of purpose and eternal joy! Jesus said, “…I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:10)”