You've decided to do things your way and that is how you think you're going to live in order to make it to Heaven. So how are you going to do it? So you've decided that being a good person and doing good works will get you favor with God and then He will let you into Heaven. Let's see what the Scriptures say about that plan.
Ephesians; 2:8-9
(For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.)
God says that you are saved by grace through faith.
You say that God is a loving God and He will not send you into hell. You can live anyway you want and then when you die you'll count on Him just letting you into Heaven. You're not going to put your faith in Jesus now and have to live the way He wants you to live. Well that sounds like a plan so let's see what the Scriptures say.
Revelation; 20:15
(And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.)
Maybe you'll just say to Jesus that you went to church almost every Sunday as long as it didn't interfere with watching your favorite program or missing a football game. You would talk like a Christian when ever another Christian was around. Maybe you will say to Jesus that He must know you because you sat in front when you were at church. You may have called Him Lord of your life but you still wanted to live on both sides of the fence.
Matthew; 7:21-23
(Not everyone who says to Me 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!')
The point is that there is only one way to Heaven and that is a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It is asking Him to forgive you of your sins. You need to repent and admit that you are a sinner in need of a Savior. Jesus is the Savior of the world to all who come to Him for forgiveness of sins. Jesus says that if we come to him for forgiveness, He will in no way cast us out.
John; 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.)
No matter what the world is saying, there is only one Savior and He is the only way for forgiveness of sins. Only God can forgive sins and Jesus is God the Son. Don't put your hope in something you do, but put your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior.
John; 3:16-17
(For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.)
God Bless You!
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Monday, September 29, 2008
Change Of Heart!
Now we have a big problem in our financial district because those who we have hired to watch out for us have not been doing their job. The economy is heading into the dumps, morality is unchecked, people are living in sin, and we wonder why things aren't going very well for our country. As long as we continue on this path of sin and self destruction, it will not get any better.
When God created man He gave him commandments to live by so he could prosper. We have totally disobeyed these commandments and now we are paying the consequences of disobedience. When we had a sense of decency in our country and we were trying to obey God, He was blessing us. But now we have rejected God and His commandments and evil has taken over.
We cannot claim to be a Christian country and do it our own way. God tells us that mans heart is continually bent on evil and we have once again proven God right. We have two candidates for president telling us that we need change. They are right when they say we need change, but the change we need is a change of heart. We need to start living righteously and obeying God. He will not continue to bless this country as long as we continue to turn away from Him and live in sin.
You might think I'm wrong but turn your heart to God and see if things don't improve for you and our country. When God was speaking to Solomon, He told him that if the people would turn from their wicked ways, He would heal their land and I believe that He would do the same for us.
2Chronicles; 7:14
(if My people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.)
God Bless You!
When God created man He gave him commandments to live by so he could prosper. We have totally disobeyed these commandments and now we are paying the consequences of disobedience. When we had a sense of decency in our country and we were trying to obey God, He was blessing us. But now we have rejected God and His commandments and evil has taken over.
We cannot claim to be a Christian country and do it our own way. God tells us that mans heart is continually bent on evil and we have once again proven God right. We have two candidates for president telling us that we need change. They are right when they say we need change, but the change we need is a change of heart. We need to start living righteously and obeying God. He will not continue to bless this country as long as we continue to turn away from Him and live in sin.
You might think I'm wrong but turn your heart to God and see if things don't improve for you and our country. When God was speaking to Solomon, He told him that if the people would turn from their wicked ways, He would heal their land and I believe that He would do the same for us.
2Chronicles; 7:14
(if My people who are called by my name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.)
God Bless You!
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Spiritually Minded!
Romans; 8:5
(For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.)
What does it mean to walk according to the Spirit? Every believer has the Spirit of God indwelling them. They are able to do the things that God wants them to do because they have power from the Holy Spirit. If you aren't a believer, then you do not possess this help and as a consequence, you are not able to please God. You have chosen not to believe what God has said about His Son Jesus Christ and therefore have not put your faith in Him. You are walking in the flesh and you are unable to please God no matter how hard you try because your deeds are fleshly minded.
When walking in the flesh you will do the deeds of the flesh which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like. These are all mentioned in Galatians; 5:19-21.
If you walk by the Spirit, then you will produce the fruit of the Spirit which are: love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, self-control. Without the Spirit of God, you will be unable to produce this fruit. These are attitudes and characteristics that God produces in believers. If you are a believer in Jesus, your main goal will be to produce fruit and please God by doing his will.
Put your faith in Jesus today and start walking in the Spirit. You will be able to accomplish this with the help of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus promised to all who believe in Him.
God Bless You!
(For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.)
What does it mean to walk according to the Spirit? Every believer has the Spirit of God indwelling them. They are able to do the things that God wants them to do because they have power from the Holy Spirit. If you aren't a believer, then you do not possess this help and as a consequence, you are not able to please God. You have chosen not to believe what God has said about His Son Jesus Christ and therefore have not put your faith in Him. You are walking in the flesh and you are unable to please God no matter how hard you try because your deeds are fleshly minded.
When walking in the flesh you will do the deeds of the flesh which are, adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like. These are all mentioned in Galatians; 5:19-21.
If you walk by the Spirit, then you will produce the fruit of the Spirit which are: love, joy, peace, long suffering, kindness, goodness, self-control. Without the Spirit of God, you will be unable to produce this fruit. These are attitudes and characteristics that God produces in believers. If you are a believer in Jesus, your main goal will be to produce fruit and please God by doing his will.
Put your faith in Jesus today and start walking in the Spirit. You will be able to accomplish this with the help of the Holy Spirit whom Jesus promised to all who believe in Him.
God Bless You!
Friday, September 05, 2008
No Greater Love!
John; 15:13
(Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.)
When someone says that "God can't be a loving God" because He allows different tragedies to happen, then they must not know God as well as they think. When God saw how hopeless we were as sinners, He sent His only Son Jesus into the world to die for our sins. Now that sounds like a very loving God to me. God does allow things to happen that we just don't understand but that doesn't mean that He doesn't love us.
The Bible is very clear that God does love us and He has shown it all through the Bible. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, God could have just destroyed them and started all over with two new people. He didn't because He loved them. If He had destroyed them, then He would have had to destroy the next two because of sin and the next two would have sinned and He would have had to destroyed them, then the next two until there would have been no one to populate the earth. You might say that you would not have sinned but that isn't what the Bible says about man.
Romans; 3:23
(for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,)
That ends that argument before it even starts.
God loved us so much that He was willing to sacrifice his only Son on the cross. There had to be the shedding of blood for us to have forgiveness of sins. Jesus is the one who willingly went to the cross and shed His blood so that we could have forgiveness of our sins. I know that He loves me because He died in my place and took my sins upon Himself so I wouldn't have to die for them.
John; 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.)
I have everlasting life, not because of anything that I have done, but because of what Jesus did for me. He suffered and died for my sins and He died for yours also. But you must come to Him and ask for forgiveness.
Acts; 4:12
(Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.)
1John; 4:10
(In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.)
God Bless You!
(Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends.)
When someone says that "God can't be a loving God" because He allows different tragedies to happen, then they must not know God as well as they think. When God saw how hopeless we were as sinners, He sent His only Son Jesus into the world to die for our sins. Now that sounds like a very loving God to me. God does allow things to happen that we just don't understand but that doesn't mean that He doesn't love us.
The Bible is very clear that God does love us and He has shown it all through the Bible. When Adam and Eve sinned in the garden, God could have just destroyed them and started all over with two new people. He didn't because He loved them. If He had destroyed them, then He would have had to destroy the next two because of sin and the next two would have sinned and He would have had to destroyed them, then the next two until there would have been no one to populate the earth. You might say that you would not have sinned but that isn't what the Bible says about man.
Romans; 3:23
(for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,)
That ends that argument before it even starts.
God loved us so much that He was willing to sacrifice his only Son on the cross. There had to be the shedding of blood for us to have forgiveness of sins. Jesus is the one who willingly went to the cross and shed His blood so that we could have forgiveness of our sins. I know that He loves me because He died in my place and took my sins upon Himself so I wouldn't have to die for them.
John; 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.)
I have everlasting life, not because of anything that I have done, but because of what Jesus did for me. He suffered and died for my sins and He died for yours also. But you must come to Him and ask for forgiveness.
Acts; 4:12
(Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.)
1John; 4:10
(In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.)
God Bless You!
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