Question
What happens after I accept Jesus?
When you receive Jesus and believe in His name, you become a child of God, and in Christ you are a new creation.
Short Answer
When you accept Jesus and believe in His name, you become a child of God and in Christ you are a new creation. After hearing the Word of truth and believing, you are sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
The Word
“But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:”
John 1:12
“Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.”
2 Corinthians 5:17
“In him you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is a pledge of our inheritance, to the redemption of God’s own possession, to the praise of his glory.”
Ephesians 1:13-14