How do we become a son of God?
How do we get born into God's family?
By believing on the name of Jesus.
And the Bible says,
to become a son of God,
to become a daughter of God,
to become a child of God,
you believe on His name.
Believing is used interchangeably
with receiving in this verse.
Now, it is true,
when we go soul winning,
many people say things like,
you've got to receive Jesus as your savior,
or you've got to accept Jesus as your savior.
That's not really wrong,
but usually how they define that is wrong.
Because then you might ask,
well, how do you receive Jesus?
Well, by getting baptized.
By going to church.
Or I mean, I'm Catholic,
so every week I receive Jesus into my mouth.
That's what they might say.
That's what they might think.
And it's like, no,
it's by believing on His name.
That's how we receive Jesus as our savior.
That's how we accept Jesus.
That's how we receive the gift of eternal life.