What I receive and what I believe could determine who I become.

"To receive Christ involves more than mere intellectual acknowledgment of His claims."
- John MacArthur

received "implies not merely intellectual agreement with some facts about Jesus but also welcoming and submitting to him in a personal relationship."

- ESV Study Bible

Receiving Jesus means…That when Jesus offers Himself to you, you welcome Him into your life for what He is.
• If he comes to you as Savior, you welcome his salvation.
• If he comes to you as Leader, you welcome his leadership.
• If he comes to you as Provider, you welcome his provision.
• If he comes to you as Counselor, you welcome his counsel.
• If he comes to you as Protector, you welcome his protection.
• If he comes to you as Authority, you welcome his authority.
• If he comes to you as King, you welcome his rule.

- John Piper

To those who believed in his name..."

Intellectual Belief vs. Active Belief

intellectual belief with action

Many people ask, “You mean all that I have to do is to say I believe?” Yes, that is all you have to do, but let’s see what that implies. To believe in, or on, is more than mere acceptance of a statement. It is so to accept a statement or a person as to rest upon them, to trust them practically; to draw upon and avail one’s self of all that is offered to him in them.

- J Vernon McGee

Because what I choose to believe and receive will determine what I become.

To become – John uses the Greek Word (ginomai) ginomai = to become something (a child of God) that one is not; to beget, to give birth, to produce offspring

Teknon = a term of endearment used in secular Greek writings as a form of familiar, tender or affectionate address to speak of one kindly

Rejected ----> Accepted

What are you receiving and believing about yourself?

Who are you receiving and believing and do they have power over you?