CHOOSING JESUS
At Sideris we are known for promoting and helping all people “Consider Jesus” and we will always be first and foremost about that invitation. However, there comes a point in each persons life when consideration must turn into conviction and confession about the ultimate things: who is God? What is he like? Is Jesus in fact God incarnate? Does his life, death and resurrection matter for me and my life? This important decision must be made at some point and will inevitably give energy and direction to the reminder of life’s big decisions.
This does not mean that deep consideration ends — it absolutely must continue — but it does mean that our consideration changes. Now we move forward with the helpful buttress of conviction and confession. The alternative of perpetual indecision becomes an impediment to growth and is in fact a decision in itself to trust and live for oneself rather than for God or something else.
Having said that, if after careful consideration you find yourself ready to make a decisive step in the direction of God through Jesus Christ, we would be thrilled to discuss whether the next step of baptism is right for you. Just fill out the form below and a staff member will contact you shortly!
“Choose this day whom you will serve”
Joshua 25:12
Helpful Bible verses to meditate on…
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Revelation 3:20
[Jesus talking] “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.”
Romans 10:9
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
John 1:12
But to all who did receive him [Jesus], who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.
Joshua 24:15
[Joshua speaking] “And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River [Egypt], or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
John 15:16
[Jesus speaking] “You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.”
Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Romans 8:28-30
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
1 John 4:19
We love because he first loved us.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
John 6:44
[Jesus speaking] “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.”
Luke 1:37
For nothing will be impossible with God.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers & sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first-fruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.