Alive: 21 Reasons to Believe in the Resurrection of Jesus ChristSample

Reason 21: Jesus is alive and still changing lives to this day

Throughout life, we reach a lot of conclusions about everything from what car to drive to what food to eat based upon the testimony of friends and family who share their experiences with us. The reason Christians share their testimony about how Jesus changed their life, is because they want the people they know and love to come to know the Jesus who loves them. If you know a Christian, ask them about their testimony and you will see that Jesus is alive and still changing lives to this day.

My testimony is that at the age of 17 a kind pastor’s daughter gave me a Bible. At the age of 19 I was reading that Bible and stopped to ask Jesus to forgive my sin and make me a Christian. That day was the most important day of my life, and that decision was the most important one I have ever made. God changed me, along with my desires, and my mind. Without Jesus, nothing in my life would be the same, and everything in my life would be worse. I married the girl who bought me the Bible, and we have been faithfully married to one another since 1992. Today, we have five children. Everyone in our family loves Jesus, seeks to obey the Bible, serves in ministry at the church we started together, feels richly blessed by God and is not afraid of death because we know that Jesus awaits us there. Jesus has changed our lives!

Jesus would love to also change your life and will do so gladly. To start a relationship with Jesus, you need to talk to Him, which is called prayer. Jesus is alive in Heaven and will hear you. You need to apologize to Him for the reason you have not had a relationship with Him–because of your sin which broke that relationship. Then, thank Him for dying on the cross for your sin, and thank Him for rising from the dead for you. Right now, you can be forgiven, loved, made new, and start your eternal relationship with God through Jesus Christ. This eternal relationship with Jesus continues every day of this life and through death into eternity. If you believe in Jesus and belong to Jesus, there is guaranteed eternal life for you. One day your body will rise from death, and you will live as the perfect person God intends for you to be, in a perfected world, filled with joy forever and ever. Jesus loves you, and is waiting to hear from you right now, so ask Him to forgive your sin and change
your life!

What is your testimony? Do you believe in Jesus? Why or why not?