John 3:16 says,”For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son, whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.”
I wanted to take a moment to talk about this and I hope I get some feed back. If nothing more for us all to consider where we are in our spiritual walk. Reflect to see if we need to do more. As a matter of fact I know we all could be doing more. To spread the message of true salvation and to be reminded of how true salvation is achieved. I don’t want to come across as a hypocrite. I am and always be a sinner, it is the condition of my birth, fact. I believe in the Lord JESUS CHRIST,fact. The only Son of GOD ALMIGHTY CREATOR OF ALL THINGS. SEEN AND UNSEEN. I BELIEVE IN THE SAME JESUS CHRIST THAT DIED AND ROSE AGAIN AND ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, the very same one!!!! I have been baptized and confirmed and saved again and I still struggle. I am a sinner but Jesus Saves us from our selves. Please believe. I wouldn’t be here today if not for JESUS CHRIST!!!!
I have vowed for 2013 to be a proactive Christian instead of only praying and being selective who I talk to about my faith, I wanted to help others to find the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ before its to late. The world has become askew. Wrong seems to be right and right seems to be wrong. I don’t like it. I often wonder what happened in so little time. It’s like that movie “Click” where Adam Sandler keeps fast fowarding and is missing big portions of his life because he kept taking the easy way out.
There is no easy way out.
Luke 9:22-26
[22] And he said, “The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
[23] Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. [24] For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. [25] What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self? [26] If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.”
We all struggle. We are suppose to. If you never experienced the bad how would you appreciate the good. If you recall we had perfection and we blew it. Yes, I know we were tricked, yes. But, we still made a choice to not believe our FATHER, OUR CREATOR. Instead we allowed ourselves to be fooled by one of His, FATHER GOD, creations, i.e. The Devil, Satan, father of all lies, the accuser. He accuses us of not being worthy of Heaven, of Father God’s Divine Love. Even though we know that not true. Jehovah does not make mistakes. We are here because He wills it, fact. Even Albert Einstein had to concede on that point, he did this in a mathematical equation. It’s what can’t be accounted for. Look it up! That’s for you science minded folks out there. All you need do is look around the world at the beauty of this planet and the universe that we can see. It’s a phenomenal thing!!
Back to Jesus. He was sent to save us. To show us yet again the infiniteness of Jehovah’s Love for us. To let us know by sending His own Son to teach, to lead by example, and to die for us. WOW! None of us would truly sacrifice our children. Not knowingly send them to die. Even when a son or daughter enlist in the military we hope and pray that it will be a time of peace and they will get in and out kind of like college. WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! We send them of to murder and maim. The sad part is they are lied to by those they trusted. That’s why so may service member end up on picket lines and protesting. Nothing like living the lie to wake you up. By the way, I proudly served my country too. But, I was BLESSED not to go to war. My service was kinda like junior college. Yet, from all the friends I made while in the military I figured out that something was wrong, very wrong. The men and women so heart broken by the things they saw and did in the name of duty.
Learn from the selflessness of Jesus. Spread His Message. Spread love. Spread peace! Do not place you faith, your precious faith in the devil. Know his devices, know his lies. Remember the value of your most precious soul! Remember call on Jesus to help you and He will. Please read your bibles!!! Even I must do a better job of that. I am a sinner too. Please don’t give up. Jesus win’s. Even the devil knows that. Make ready your hearts. Clean up your lives. Respect your temple. Feed you mind GOOD THINGS, GODLY THINGS.
I am not judging you. Put away the porn. Put away the drugs. Put away the violent movies and games. Put away the idols. Realize there are idols in your home. Realize that you may be worshiping false gods with obsessive behavior. Hate is wrong! So is sinning against GOD and so is defiling our bodies. I love all people because Jehovah loves all people. Jehovah hates sin not the sinner. Put down the phone. Log out of facebook. Do hug you kids and hug you wife/husband! Do have family worship.
Do not put you faith in any man any organization on this earth. Not the pope not the president not the UN, not the ALCU , not nothing. Just Jehovah and His Holy Son Jesus Christ. We as humans are corruptible, fact. We are easily tempted,fact. The only good government is Jehovah’s government and that’s with Jesus leading the way! Please be law abiding citizens. The bible tells us that too. “Pay Caesar his due.” Just don’t fall for the same tired lines. It wouldn’t work in the bar so don’t let it work in the voting booths either!
It’s not to late. There is time. Please spread the message JESUS SAVES.
How to be born again
How do people become “saved” and “born again” Christians? How can you receive eternal life so that you will be sure to go to be with God when you die? A widely distributed Christian tract says the following is what the Bible requires.
- Admit that you are a sinner.
The Bible says, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).
- Know that God has already provided for your salvation.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son [Jesus Christ] that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
- Know that you cannot save yourself.
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to his mercy he saved us” (Titus 3:5).
- Repent of your sins.
“Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3).
- Ask Jesus Christ to save you.
“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” (Romans 10:13) and “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved” (Acts 16:31).
- Proclaim Jesus before others.
“If thou shall confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shall be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness: and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9, 10).
You can be joyously “saved” and “born again” and receive eternal life right NOW, as millions of people worldwide have, when you receive Jesus Christ as your Savior. Born-again Christians overwhelmingly look at their salvation as the most exciting event in their lives.
Can you genuinely say a prayer like the following (the exact words are not essential)? If you are sincere, God will immediately save you and give you everlasting life.
A guide to what to pray:
“Dear Father in Heaven, I realize that I am a sinner and need forgiveness. I believe that Jesus Christ died for my sins [wrongdoings]. I am willing to turn from my sins and lead the life you want me to lead. I now ask Jesus Christ to come into my heart and I receive Him into my life as my personal Savior. I am willing, by God’s grace, to follow and obey Christ as the Lord of my life. Please forgive me for my sins and save me”
Thank you. Have a blessed new year and all that follow. The days are getting rougher but remember Jesus saves, and He can save you. Do not be deceived please read your bibles. You can even use YOUTUBE.com as a study helper . Many people have spent countless hours doing studies for people like you and me. Jehovah has sent His Holy Spirit to these people for us who find reading the HOLY SCRIPTURE challenging. May Jehovah bless you all.
To be continued…
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