The greatest problem in your life isn’t ignorance—it’s rebellion.
That might sound harsh in a world that worships understanding and tolerance. But the truth runs deeper than intellect, deeper than awareness.
People aren’t simply walking in darkness because no one told them the truth. They’re running from the light they’ve already seen.
Look around and you’ll see a world convinced that more education will fix humanity. That if we just had enough information, we’d solve poverty, end violence, and usher in peace. Others place their hope in science, expecting it to cure every disease and explain every mystery. Still others think religion can polish our morals and make us better people.
But none of these reach the root of the issue. The human heart doesn’t just need a lesson—it needs a Savior.
You were created by God, for God. And yet, like every person since Adam, you’ve chosen your own way.
You haven’t just made a few mistakes. You’ve turned your back on the One who gave you life. That’s not ignorance. That’s rebellion.
And until you see it for what it is, you’ll keep chasing empty answers that can never heal your soul.
The Heart of the Human Condition
At the core of every sin, every lie, every selfish choice—you’ll find rebellion. It’s not just what you do. It’s who you are without Jesus Christ.
The Bible doesn’t describe you as someone who just slipped up now and then.
It says The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9).
That’s not ignorance—that’s a willful resistance against the God who formed you.
Romans 1 paints the picture clearly. People didn’t fail to know God because no one told them.
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations…(Romans 1:21).
They knew—and still rejected Him.
That rejection flows through every layer of human life. It shows up in pride that refuses to bow, in desires that chase everything except God, in voices that say, “I’ll do it my way.”
You weren’t born neutral. You were born bent away from God—inclined to serve self and resist truth.
This is the heart of the human condition. Not a lack of information, but a deep-rooted defiance that demands independence from the very God who gives breath.
That’s why no amount of teaching or morality can fix you.
What you need isn’t a better argument. You need a new heart.
God’s Call to a Rebellious People
Here’s the shocking part—God doesn’t wait for you to come to your senses.
He calls you while you’re still in rebellion.
You’ve ignored Him. You’ve chosen sin over holiness, self over surrender. And yet, He still reaches out.
Not with wrath first, but with mercy.
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).
That’s the call.
A divine summons echoing through time, through Scripture, through your own conscience.
God isn’t begging. He’s not negotiating. He’s commanding every soul to repent—not as a harsh dictator, but as a loving Father longing for His children to come home.
You hear this call in the quiet conviction that stirs your heart. In the unease that no amount of pleasure can quiet. In the truth of God’s Word that presses in no matter how much you resist.
Jesus said, No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him (John 6:44).
If you feel that tug—it’s not random. It’s not emotion. It’s God Himself drawing you out of rebellion and into life.
But here’s the turning point: the call demands a response. You can’t ignore it forever.
Every heartbeat is a chance to surrender—or to harden your heart just a little more.
Surrender: The Only Right Response
When God calls, He isn’t asking for a minor adjustment. He’s demanding total surrender.
You don’t stroll into the Christian life. You enter by laying down your arms, by yielding your will, by saying, “Not my way anymore, Lord—but Yours.”
This isn’t a casual decision or an emotional high. It’s the moment when you stop fighting and start following.
Jesus never sugarcoated the cost.
If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me (Luke 9:23).
That’s not a suggestion—it’s a command.
You must consciously choose to abandon the throne of your own life and let Jesus take His rightful place.
Surrender doesn’t mean perfection. It means submission. It means acknowledging that you’re not the solution—you’re the problem—and only Jesus Christ can rescue you from yourself. It means turning from sin, turning to Christ, and trusting Him to save and lead you.
This surrender is personal.
No one else can make it for you. You’re not swept into salvation because of your parents, your church, or your good intentions.
You must make the choice.
You must come to the cross.
And when you do? Everything changes. Not because you improved yourself, but because you stopped resisting the One who made you new.
From Rebellion to Relationship
When you finally surrender, you don’t just walk away from rebellion—you step into relationship.
This isn’t about religion. It’s not about trying harder or becoming a better person. It’s about being made new.
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new (2 Corinthians 5:17).
God doesn’t patch up your brokenness. He gives you a brand-new heart.
Rebellion once defined you. But now, Jesus defines you.
You’re no longer at war with God—you’ve been reconciled. And not just as a servant. As a son. As a daughter.
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus (Galatians 3:26).
That changes everything. You don’t walk in fear anymore. You walk in freedom. You’re not ruled by guilt, anger, shame, aloneness.
You’re led by grace. The same God you once resisted now walks with you, speaks to you, loves you with an everlasting love.
This relationship is personal and constant. You’re not left to figure things out alone.
The Spirit of God dwells in you, empowering you to live in obedience, joy, and peace. The battle is no longer against God—it’s alongside Him, against the flesh, the world, and the devil.
You were once a rebel. Now you’re redeemed.
The Choice Is Yours
Now it all comes down to this—your choice.
God has spoken. He’s called. He’s extended grace. You’ve heard the truth: your deepest problem isn’t ignorance, but rebellion.
And Jesus Christ is not just offering help—He’s offering Himself.
But you must respond.
You can keep resisting. Keep running. Keep covering rebellion with religion or self-righteousness. But understand—every heartbeat without Christ is a step deeper into judgment.
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him (John 3:36).
Or you can surrender. Right now. Fully. Humbly. You can come to the cross where Jesus already paid the full price for your rebellion.
You can trade your guilt for His grace. Your shame for His righteousness. Your war for His peace.
But you can’t stay neutral. The call of God demands a decision. And the only right response is surrender.
So choose. Not tomorrow. Not when it’s more convenient. Choose today. To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts (Hebrews 3:15).
Will you keep rebelling?
Or will you bow your heart and finally come home?
Here’s How
There’s something called the sinners prayer, which I’m about to lead you in. You read it, and re read it. Then you try to say it out loud, right out loud. Read it out loud.
Reading or rehearsing the prayer out loud doesn’t save you, can’t save you.
What saves you is surrendering your self, your life, your heart, your actions, your thoughts, your behaviors to Christ Jesus.
Here’s what I believe, from my own experience:
You do your absolute best at saying the prayer out loud from as deep in and from your heart as you possibly can at this moment.
Turn from rebellion towards believing what you are saying from your heart.
God absolutely will hear and honor your heart felt petition for forgivenss and an opportunity to join His family. If you need to say the prayer every day, that’s ok! The more you say it, the more your self will believe it, and the deeper into your heart you will go.
The next thing to do is to find someone to share the experience with, even if it weren’t an earth shattering experience. You just must make an effort to tell someone that you have given your life to Jesus Christ.
Prayer for Salvation
Lord God,
I know I’ve sinned against You. I’ve gone my own way. I’ve lived in rebellion, and I see now that I’m lost without You.
But I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son. I believe He died on the cross for my sin and rose from the dead to give me life.
Right now, I turn from my sin. I surrender. I give You my heart, my life, and everything in me. I trust You to forgive me, to change me, and to lead me from this day forward.
Jesus, be my Savior. Be my Lord. I am Yours.
In Your holy name I pray, Amen.
I can tell you that it’s way to hard to continue being a Christian, especially a new Christian without a church. So, if you read that prayer and intend to continue being a christian, you need a church as a place to learn to grow spiritually and other Christians around you to support and encourage you.
I personally doubt that saying that prayer and then going on with life as usual is the end all be all of getting to heaven and seeing Jesus in person.
The Bible says that when you give your heart to Jesus, He takes it, and makes you a new creation. I find that the more I give into the surrender and actually talk with God, the more I want to read and understand what He’s got to say in His Word.
The more I do that, the more I see who I am or have been, and the more I can see who God wants me to be. The more I give myself to Him, the more life, His Life, He opens up to me.
The more He opens to me, the more I must have.