Discuss ootyjancan's answer to: If you really know Jesus, please tell us how.

You will meet Jesus in the spirit.  It is not a question of ritual, but one of character.  Are you fit to enter the Kingdom of Heaven?  What is it about your actions that would reasonably make you fit or unfit for a very large and orderly family?

Are you willing to get along with reasonable persons?  Have you shown by your actions that you make others uncomfortable around you?  Have you gone the second mile to get along with others who make a point to be utterly disagreeable?

Think what Jesus asked His disciples to do and why He made those requirements.  Do you love God supremely and others as yourself?  Are you willing to forgive?  Are you willing to reconcile as is reasonable?

Read the Gospels and see how Jesus feels.  Chances are very good that you feel as He does.

Rocmike are you going to get all of your aliases in?

I am amazed how many people say they know Jesus Christ and can not explain how they come to know our Lord Jesus Christ.

Man cannot devise a plan of his own. The Bible is very clear in stating that an individual is not at liberty to work out his own little scheme of redemption. Long before the advent of the Messiah, Jeremiah the prophet said, "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps" (Jer. 10:23).

Although man is free to make his own choices, he cannot direct his course so as to save his soul without yielding to the will of God for the following reasons: (1) Man as the creature is dependent upon God the Creature is dependent upon God the Creator. (2) The sinner is powerless to atone for his own sins. (3) Without revelation from God man would never come to know God,

Jesus said "No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draw him: and I will raise him up on the last day.'' (John 6:44).

God draws people unto Himself through the teaching of the gospel. The preaching of the gospel is God's power, his drawing power, to save (I Corinthians 1:18-21). Therefore, all people, when they hear the gospel, at any moment, have the ability to respond to God's gospel call. They also have the ability to reject it (Acts 13:45-48). This call is given outwardly by the gospel [2Thes. 2:14] and inwardly by the Holy Spirit [Rev. 22:17].

God imparts faith to people through the hearing of His words. So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God,(Rom 10:17).

Faith is a gift from God; it is a part of God’s grace that is at work in your life. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God (Eph 2:8). True faith, true hope, and true love, all come from God and not from your self they are gifts from God.

How do we answer God's call?  For whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved." (Acts 2:21). The people who heard this wanted to know how to do so (Acts 2:37) They were told "Repent  "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved . Acts 16:31 and receive Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit" (Acts 2:38).

Every true Christian who Knows Jesus Christ has heard God’s voice. It was God’s voice that called you to Him; it was His Holy Spirit that drew you with chords of love to receive His salvation message, the Gospel of Jesus Christ. You heard God’s voice say in your heart “I have chosen you, and ordained you, come unto Me”. Jesus says, "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him” (John 6:44). So then your Christian walk with Jesus Christ began with faith, and you received that faith from God through His Holy Spirit communicating with you.