Finding Jesus

Jesus: The reason Creek Road exists.

We're so glad you've come to this part of our site, because finding Jesus is the most important thing anyone can do. In fact, Creek Road exists because we have found and come to know Jesus and his work for us.

Jesus is the Bible's central character.

The Old Testament points towards him. The New Testament is about him. And the 'good news' of Jesus Christ (what Christians call 'the Gospel'), is that he died in our place to take the penalty we deserved:

'We all like sheep have gone astray… But the lord has laid on him, the iniquity of us all.' (Isaiah 53: 6 NIV)

Jesus rose from the dead as God's appointed Judge.

Jesus calls us not just to believe in him but to repent, to turn from rebellion and follow him. In fact, true belief in Jesus will result in an ongoing process of repentance. God calls all people now to repent, for he has set a day when Jesus will judge our rebellion:

'Now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this by raising him from the dead.' (Acts 17:30-31 NIV)

Jesus will judge us based on how we now treat him.

The Bible is clear that not everyone will accept Jesus as savior, or his authority to judge. Some will reject him outright; others will try to appease him by doing good or by honoring him as a 'good man', or even as 'one of the gods' - but either response rejects what Jesus taught himself.

What we must do is turn from our rebellion, believe in him and submit to him as King. Jesus is fully God and fully man; he died in our place to forgive us so that we could be right with God. Only he has the authority to forgive. He said:

"I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6 NIV)

Creek Road exists because we have found Jesus.

In coming to Jesus as our king and savior, we have come to know God the Father and the comfort and joy of the Holy Spirit. So we plead with you, consider how you have been treating Jesus. If you live a life rejecting him, we would encourage you to think again. For the judgment date has been set, and Jesus is the judge who will judge each one of us, based on our response to him. The bible warns:

'…whoever does not believe stands condemned already for he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son… Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him.' (John 3:17, 36 NIV)

If you have been challenged in this, we would encourage you to not delay but right now make the following prayer your own:

"Dear God,
I admit I have rebelled. I have not honored Jesus as I should. Thank you that he died for me that I may be forgiven. Please forgive me, and please change me that I may live with Jesus as king from this day on. And please help me find a spiritual home where I can meet with others who believe. In the name of Jesus Christ I pray,
Amen"'

If you have prayed this prayer for the first time, we would love to know, so we can encourage you to further grow in him. Please contact the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

… just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.' (Col 12:6-7)