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What does it mean to "receive" Jesus? To receive Jesus means to respond to the call of the Father Who by His grace reveals His Son, Jesus as the Christ, the Son of the Living God (Matt 16:16). This response involves a commitment of my whole mind, heart and soul to the new found Savior Who has given Himself for me. What does it imply to "believe in" Jesus? To "believe in Jesus" implies more than an intellectual assent to His existence. It implies a trust in Him as Savior due to the fact that we are lost and hopeless without Him. This belief is continued as we abide in Him. What is the spiritual relationship to God of those who receive and believe in Jesus? Of those who do not We are adopted into the family of God by this new birth and are indwelled by the Holy Spirit. Those who are not are descendants of Adam and Eve in need of rebirth that washes away their sin and delivers them out of the kingdom of darkness and into the Kingdom of the Son Whom the Father loves.