Welcome to the in touch podcast with Charles Stanley for Tuesday, November 7th.

The Bible says that salvation comes through believing in Jesus.

But could you explain what it actually means to believe?

Today's podcast helps clear this up.

What does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ?

All through the Bible, you and I find these verses that talk about believing in

him but what does that mean? It's very evident in the scripture that in order for a person

have their sins forgiven in order to be saved as as we would say, in order to go to heaven, a person must

place their faith in, must believe, must place their trust in Jesus Christ. But what does it mean to believe in Jesus? Well that's what I want to talk

about in this message because there are so many people who think they believe in Jesus

Christ but who do not really and truly understand what that means.

So I want you to turn, if you will, to John Chapter 3, and that verse of Scripture in

John that's the most familiar of all, John 316. You say, well I know

that one by heart. Well I'm sure that most of you probably do, but I want you to

turn there if you will for a moment. I want us to read this verse. Jesus was talking to a very knowledgeable man,

Nicadamus, about his relationship with God. And he said to him, except a man be born

again, you cannot see the kingdom of God. And so in the course of that

discussion Jesus comes down to say in verse 15 that whoso believes may in him have eternal

life and then he says in

verse 16, for God so love the world that he gave his only begotten son, that

whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life or everlasting life.

But what does it mean to believe in Jesus Christ?

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