What Does it Mean to Say Yes to Jesus?

You said, “Yes!” to Jesus, and we’re excited for you.

There are many ways you might hear people talk about saying YES! to Jesus: “committing your life to Jesus,” “becoming a Christian,” “getting saved,” or “choosing to follow Jesus,” but what does it mean to say YES! to Jesus?

Saying YES! to Jesus means becoming more like Him.

To understand who Jesus is and why you want to be like Him, let’s go to the Bible's first book, Genesis. “Genesis” means, “the beginning,” and it tells us that God made everything in the world, including humanity. He gave us the job of enjoying and caring for what He made. Instead, mankind made choices that hurt all of creation. These choices—what the Bible calls sin—separated us from God.

Centuries later, God’s Son entered the world as a baby named Jesus. Jesus lived about 33 years on Earth and showed us how to love God and love others. Then He closed the gap between us and God by dying on a cross and rising from the dead three days later.

Why would Jesus have made this kind of sacrifice for us?

Before His death, Jesus sat down with a person named Nicodemus. Nicodemus had many questions about what it means to follow Jesus. Jesus shared with him some of His most famous words: “For this is how God loved the world: He gave His one and only Son so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him” (John 3:16-17 NLT).

God’s love for us is so great that Jesus was willing to die for our sins so we could be a part of His family forever. That’s the kind of love that would make anyone want to say YES! to His love, forgiveness, and a new way of life.

Let’s pause for now and pray. You can pray with your own words, or try these:

God, I have decided to trust that Jesus is Your Son who came to save me and the world. I don’t know everything about what this means yet, but I do want to follow Jesus and become more like Him. Thank You for loving me enough to send Jesus. Thank You for inviting me into Your family. Amen.