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iQuestions Faculty, June Hunt 
 
 
Question: 
 
What do I need to do to go to heaven? And, what does it mean to be 
“born again” or to become a Christian? 
 
Answer: 
 
I know what it’s like to not know what salvation is. I remember 
thinking, “What do I need to be saved from? I’m not a wino in the 
gutter. I’m not drowning.” And, I was hearing some wording about 
being saved, salvation, “Jesus saves,” but didn’t see how that applied 
to me because I knew I wasn’t being immoral. I did not have a 
concept of what it meant to make wrong choices. I made wrong 
choices many, many times—that’s what God calls sin.  
 
I happened to be around some people—unlike people I had typically 
been around—these people seemed to have something I didn’t have. I 
didn’t know what it was, but I did know I wanted it. I would call it a 
well-spring of depth. There was a peace, something about them that I 
really was drawn to. I thought, “Well, if I just stay around them 
enough, I’ll get it.”  
 
I began to hear them say a phrase over and over again, that 
Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship with God. I didn’t 
exactly understand why they wouldn’t call it religion, because I 
thought it was a religion. Later on, as time went on, I saw the 
consistency of these lives. I saw how they walked their talk, and I 
went to someone and said, “How do I know if I’m Christian? I think I 
am.”  She said, “Would you be willing to do whatever it takes to 
become a Christian, if you’re not a Christian? I can’t know your heart 
 
 
like God does, but would you be willing to do whatever God will want 
you to do?” I thought, “Well, what if it doesn’t work?” 
 
I knew it would have something to do with some prayer. I also 
thought, “Well, if it doesn’t work, then I guess it doesn’t work.” But 
what if it would have worked and I refused to do it? I could lose a lot. 
So, I remember thinking, “OK. I guess I’m willing to try.”  So I 
humbled my heart and prayed a prayer asking Jesus Christ to come 
into my life—to take over control of my life. Afterwards, I wondered if 
there’s going to be some sign, like a burning bush or something in 
heaven, but there was nothing like that. 
 
I went on living my life, and some people saw me a year later—exactly 
a year later from that time—and they said, “My, have you changed. 
What’s caused this change in you?” I thought, “Change?” I didn’t know 
what to say. Some other people said the same thing: “You’ve changed 
so much. I kept hearing this, but I didn’t have a clue what they were 
talking about. I thought, “What’s different? Well, I did pray and receive 
Jesus as my Lord and Savior.” 
 
In truth, I needed that changed life. I didn’t realize I had it when I 
received it, but God was changing me from the inside out. When God 
created us, He gave us choice. We all have choice—and He knew we 
would choose the wrong thing, at times. The problem is that sin 
separates us from God, that’s what the Bible says. God wants us to 
have a relationship with Him that lasts throughout eternity—it’s called 
eternal life. Jesus, Who is God; there is God the Father, God the Son, 
and God the Holy Spirit; Jesus, Who is God, was willing to come to 
earth to live a life perfect. Upon His death, He chose to die on the 
cross for our sins—the sin that separates us from God. He died on the 
cross for our sins. If you and I would humble our hearts and receive 
Jesus on the inside of our lives, He would come in and literally forgive 
the guilt of our sin. He would then live in us and change us from the 
inside out.  
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You now have the opportunity to humble your heart, to receive Jesus 
on the inside of your life—giving Him control of your life. The Bible 
says, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.” (Acts 
16: 31) The word Lord means Master, Ruler, Honor. It’s giving him 
control. When you entrust your life to Him, give Him control, then He 
comes into your life. You give Him your life, He gives you His life, and 
He comes to dwell in you. He then guides you. He changes you to be 
the person He created you to be.  
 
Let me ask, “Is this a need in your life? Is God leading you to pray a 
prayer of genuine salvation?” If so, why not pray with me right now. 
Receive Jesus Christ on the inside of your life, so you will be saved 
from the negative consequences of your sin, and saved to live in 
heaven with Him eternally. Pray with me, if that is what you are willing 
to do. “God, I ask you to forgive me for my sin. I need you in my life. 
Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I’m asking you 
right now to come into my life, to take over the control of my life. I 
give you ownership of me. I’m asking you to come in and change me 
inside out, to make me the person you’ve created me to be. Thank you 
for what you will do in me, to me, and through me. It’s in your 
precious name, I pray. Amen.” 
 
If you prayed that prayer, let me just say, welcome to the family of 
God, because you have been born again into His family. You are now a 
child of the King. You’re a child of God, and He promises He will never 
leave you or forsake you. You have a home in His heart forever. 
 
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