'The Normal Christian Birth'

"So often, spiritual disease can be traced back to an inadequate initiation into the Kingdom. A better birth means greater growth in a healthy Christian life. David Pawson discusses some crucial and controversial biblical texts, challenging many traditional interpretations. He questions the adequacy of the typical ''sinners prayer'' approach and gives practical tips on helping potential disciples to repent, believe, be baptised and receive the Holy Spirit."

http://whowasthemanjesus.blogspot.co.uk/

For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

 PSALM 1
To know Christ Jesus
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Psalm 1:1  Blessed is the man Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
Psalm 1:2  But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night.
Psalm 1:3  He shall be like a tree Planted by the rivers of water, That brings forth its fruit in its season, Whose leaf also shall not wither; And whatever he does shall prosper.
Psalm 1:4  The ungodly are not so, But are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Psalm 1:5  Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgement, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
Psalm 1:6  For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the ungodly shall perish.



The psalmist begins with the character and condition of a godly man, that those may first take the comfort of that to whom it belongs. Here is,

I. A description of the godly man's spirit and way, by which we are to try ourselves. The Lord knows those that are his by name, but we must know them by their character; for that is agreeable to a state of probation, that we may study to answer to the character, which is indeed both the command of the law which we are bound in duty to obey and the condition of the promise which we are bound in interest to fulfill. The character of a good man is here given by the rules he chooses to walk by and to take his measures from. What we take at our setting out, and at every turn, for the guide of our conversation, whether the course of this world or the word of God, is of material consequence. An error in the choice of our standard and leader is original and fatal; but, if we be right here, we are in a fair way to do well.
1. A godly man, that he may avoid the evil, utterly renounces the companionship of evil-doers, and will not be led by them (Psa_1:1): He walks not in the council of the ungodly, etc. This part of his character is put first, because those that will keep the commandments of their God must say to evil-doers, Depart from us (Psa_119:115), and departing from evil is that in which wisdom begins.
(1.) He sees evil-doers round about him; the world is full of them; they walk on every side. They are here described by three characters, ungodly, sinners, and scornful. See by what steps men arrive at the height of impiety. Nemo repente fit turpissimus - None reach the height of vice at once. They are ungodly first, casting off the fear of God and living in the neglect of their duty to him: but they rest not there. When the services of religion are laid aside, they come to be sinners, that is, they break out into open rebellion against God and engage in the service of sin and Satan. Omissions make way for commissions, and by these the heart is so hardened that at length they come to be scorners, that is, they openly defy all that is sacred, scoff at religion, and make a jest of sin. Thus is the way of iniquity down-hill; the bad grow worse, sinners themselves become tempters to others and advocates for Baal. The word which we translate ungodly signifies such as are unsettled, aim at no certain end and walk by no certain rule, but are at the command of every lust and at the beck of every temptation. The word for sinners signifies such as are determined for the practise of sin and set it up as their trade. The scornful are those that set their mouths against the heavens. These the good man sees with a sad heart; they are a constant vexation to his righteous soul. But,
(2.) He shuns them wherever he sees them. He does not do as they do; and, that he may not, he does not converse familiarly with them.
[1.] He does not walk in the counsel of the ungodly. He is not present at their councils, nor does he advise with them; though they are ever so witty, and subtle, and learn ed, if they are ungodly, they shall not be the men of his counsel. He does not consent to them, nor say as they say, Luk_23:51. He does not take his measures from their principles, nor act according to the advice which they give and take. The ungodly are forward to give their advice against religion, and it is managed so artfully that we have reason to think ourselves happy if we escape being tainted and ensnared by it.
[2.] He stands not in the way of sinners; he avoids doing as they do; their way shall not be his way; he will not come into it, much less will he continue in it, as the sinner does, who sets himself in a way that is not good, Psa_36:4. He avoids (as much as may be) being where they are. That he may not imitate them, he will not associate with them, nor choose them for his companions. He does not stand in their way, to be picked up by them (Pro_7:8), but keeps as far from them as from a place or person infected with the plague, for fear of the contagion, Pro_4:14, Pro_4:15. He that would be kept from harm must keep out of harm's way.
[3.] He sits not in the seat of the scornful; he does not repose himself with those that sit down secure in their wickedness and please themselves with the sea redness of their own consciences. He does not associate with those that sit in close cabal to find out ways and means for the support and advancement of the devil's kingdom, or that sit in open judgement, magisterially to condemn the generation of the righteous. The seat of the drunkards is the seat of the scornful, Psa_69:12. Happy is the man that never sits in it, Hos_7:5.
2. A godly man, that he may do that which is good and cleave to it, submits to the guidance of the word of God and makes that familiar to him, Psa_1:2. This is that which keeps him out of the way of the ungodly and fortifies him against their temptations. By the words of thy lips I have kept me from the path of the deceiver, Psa_17:4. We need not court the fellowship of sinners, either for pleasure or for improvement, while we have fellowship with the word of God and with God himself in and by his word. When thou awakes it shall talk with thee, Pro_6:22. We may judge of our spiritual state by asking, “What is the law of God to us? What account do we make of it? What place has it in us?” See here,
(1.) The entire affection which a good man has for the law of God: His delight is in it. He delights in it, though it be a law, a yoke, because it is the law of God, which is holy, just, and good, which he freely consents to, and so delights in, after the inner man, Rom_7:16, Rom_7:22. All who are well pleased that there is a God must be well pleased that there is a Bible, a revelation of God, of his will, and of the only way to happiness in him.
(2.) The intimate acquaintance which a good man keeps up with the word of God: In that law doth he meditate day and night; and by this it appears that his delight is in it, for what we love we love to think of, Psa_119:97. To meditate in God's word is to discourse with ourselves concerning the great things contained in it, with a close application of mind, a fixed of thought, till we be suitably affected with those things and experience the savor and power of them in our hearts. This we must do day and night; we must have a constant habitual regard to the word of God as the rule of our actions and the spring of our comforts, and we must have it in our thoughts, accordingly, upon every occasion that occurs, whether night or day. No time is amiss for meditating on the word of God, nor is any time unseasonable for those visits. We must not only set ourselves to meditate on God's word morning and evening, at the entrance of the day and of the night, but these thought should be interwoven with the business and converse of every day and with the repose and slumbers of every night. When I awake I am still with thee.
II. An assurance given of the godly man's happiness, with which we should encourage ourselves to answer the character of such.
1. In general, he is blessed, Psa_5:1. God blesses him, and that blessing will make him happy. Blessedness are to him, blessings of all kinds, of the upper and nether springs, enough to make him completely happy; none of the ingredients of happiness shall be wanting to him. When the psalmist undertakes to describe a blessed man, he describes a good man; for, after all, those only are happy, truly happy, that are holy, truly holy; and we are more concerned to know the way to blessedness than to know wherein that blessedness will consist. Nay, goodness and holiness are not only the way to happiness (Rev_22:14) but happiness itself; supposing there were not another life after this, yet that man is a happy man that keeps in the way of his duty.
2. His blessedness is here illustrated by a similitude (Psa_1:3): He shall be like a tree, fruitful and flourishing. This is the effect,
(1.) Of his pious practise; he meditates in the law of God, turns that in succum et sanguinem - into juice and blood, and that makes him like a tree. The more we converse with the word of God the better furnished we are for every good word and work. Or,
(2.) Of the promised blessing; he is blessed of the Lord, and therefore he shall be like a tree. The divine blessing produces real effects. It is the happiness of a godly man,
[1.] That he is planted by the grace of God. These trees were by nature wild olives, and will continue so till they are grafted anew, and so planted by a power from above. Never any good tree grew of itself; it is the planting of the Lord, and therefore he must in it be glorified. Isa_61:3, The trees of the Lord are full of sap.
[2.] That he is placed by the means of grace, here called the rivers of water, those rivers which make glad the city of our God (Psa_46:4); from these a good man receives supplies of strength and vigor, but in secret un-discerned ways.
[3.] That his practises shall be fruit, abounding to a good account, Phi_4:17. To those whom God first blessed he said, Be fruitful (Gen_1:22), and still the comfort and Honor of fruitfulness are a recompense for the labor of it. It is expected from those who enjoy the mercies of grace that, both in the temper of their minds and in the tenor of their lives, they comply with the intentions of that grace, and then they bring forth fruit. And, be it observed to the praise of the great dresser of the vineyard, they bring forth their fruit (that which is required of them) in due season, when it is most beautiful and most useful, improving every opportunity of doing good and doing it in its proper time.
[4.] That his profession shall be preserved from blemish and decay: His leaf also shall not wither. As to those who bring forth only the leaves of profession, without any good fruit, even their leaf will wither and they shall be as much ashamed of their profession as ever they were proud of it; but, if the word of God rule in the heart, that will keep the profession green, both to our comfort and to our credit; the laurels thus won shall never wither.
[5.] That prosperity shall attend him wherever he goes, soul-prosperity. Whatever he does, in conformity to the law, it shall prosper and succeed to his mind, or above his hope.
In singing these verses, being duly affected with the malignant and dangerous nature of sin, the transcendent excellencies of the divine law, and the power and efficacy of God's grace, from which our fruit is found, we must teach and admonish ourselves, and one another, to watch against sin and all approaches towards it, to converse much with the word of God, and abound in the fruit of righteousness; and, in praying over them, we must seek to God for his grace both to fortify us against every evil word and work and to furnish us for every good word and work.

The Scriptures tell us, "No one is acceptable to God!

Romans 3:10  THERE IS NOT ONE RIGHTEOUS MAN

(ABP+)  asG2531 it has been written,G1125 There is notG3756 G1510.2.3 a just man ,G1342 not evenG3761 one;G1520 

(ASV)  as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; 

(BBE)  As it is said in the holy Writings, There is not one who does righteousness; 

(Bishops)  As it is written: There is none righteous, no not one. 

(CEV)  The Scriptures tell us, "No one is acceptable to God! 

(Darby)  according as it is written, There is not a righteous man , not even one; 

(DRB)  As it is written: There is not any man just. 

(EMTV)  Just as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one, 

(ERV)  As the Scriptures say, "There is no one doing what is right, not even one. 

(ESV)  as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one; 

(Geneva)  As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one. 

(GNB)  As the Scriptures say: "There is no one who is righteous, 

(GW)  as Scripture says, "Not one person has God's approval. 

(ISV)  As it is written, "Not even one person is righteous. 

(JUB)  as it is written, There is no one righteous, no, not one; 

(KJV)  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 

(KJV+)  AsG2531 it is written,G1125 There isG2076 noneG3756 righteous,G1342 no, notG3761 one:G1520 

(KJV-1611)  As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one: 

(KJV-BRG)  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 

(LEB)  just as it is written, "There is no one righteous, not even one; 

(LITV)  according as it has been written, "There is not a righteous one, not even one!" 

(MKJV)  as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one; 

(MSG)  There's nobody living right, not even one, 

(Murdock)  As it is written: There is none righteous; no, no one: 

(NKJV)  As it is written: "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE; 

(RV)  as it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one; 

(Webster)  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 

(WNT)  Thus it stands written, "THERE IS NOT ONE RIGHTEOUS MAN. 

(YLT)  according as it hath been written--`There is none righteous, not even one; 

HOW CAN I BE BORN AGAIN?

"So often, spiritual disease can be traced back to an inadequate initiation into the Kingdom. A better birth means greater growth in a healthy Christian life. David Pawson discusses some crucial and controversial biblical texts, challenging many traditional interpretations. He questions the adequacy of the typical ''sinners prayer'' approach and gives practical tips on helping potential disciples to repent, believe, be baptised and receive the Holy Spirit."

http://whowasthemanjesus.blogspot.co.uk/

They've all taken the wrong turn; they've all wandered down blind alleys. No one's living right; I can't find a single one.

Rom 3:9  So where does that put us? Do we Jews get a better break than the others? Not really. Basically, all of us, whether insiders or outsiders, start out in identical conditions, which is to say that we all start out as sinners. Scripture leaves no doubt about it: 

Rom 3:10  There's nobody living right, not even one, 

Rom 3:11  nobody who knows the score, nobody alert for God. 

Rom 3:12  They've all taken the wrong turn; they've all wandered down blind alleys. No one's living right; I can't find a single one. 

Rom 3:13  Their throats are gaping graves, their tongues slick as mud slides. Every word they speak is tinged with poison. 

Rom 3:14  They open their mouths and pollute the air. 

Rom 3:15  They race for the honor of sinner-of-the-year, 

Rom 3:16  litter the land with heartbreak and ruin, 

Rom 3:17  Don't know the first thing about living with others. 

Rom 3:18  They never give God the time of day. 

Rom 3:19  This makes it clear, doesn't it, that whatever is written in these Scriptures is not what God says about others but to us to whom these Scriptures were addressed in the first place! And it's clear enough, isn't it, that we're sinners, every one of us, in the same sinking boat with everybody else? 

Rom 3:20  Our involvement with God's revelation doesn't put us right with God. What it does is force us to face our complicity in everyone else's sin.

 Romans 3:9-20

 All Justly under Judgment 

Rom_3:9-20

A number of quotations are advanced-mostly from the Septuagint or Greek version of the Old Testament-establishing the hopeless evil of man’s condition. These apply, in the first place, to God’s peculiar people, the Jews; but if true of them, how terrible must be the condition of the great heathen world! Every mouth will be stopped and all the world brought in guilty before God, Rom_3:19.

Various organs of the body are enumerated, and in each ease some terrible affirmation is made of inbred depravity. What need for salvation! What can atone for such sin, or cleanse such hearts,  save the redeeming grace of God?

Law here is obviously employed in the wide sense of conscience as well as Scripture. It is God’s ideal held up before our faces, to show us from what we have fallen. The looking-glass is intended, not to wash the face, but to show how much it needs washing. You may commend your soap, and no one will use it; but if you reveal the discoloring filth, people will be only too glad to avail themselves of the cleansing power which otherwise they would neglect and despise. The way to fill the inquiry room is to hold up the divine standard before men’s consciences.

Rom 3:22  God-setting-things-right that we read about, has become Jesus-setting-things-right for us. And not only for us, but for everyone who believes in him. For there is no difference between us and them in this.

Rom 3:23  Since we've compiled this long and sorry record as sinners (both us and them) and proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us,
Rom 3:24  God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And He did it by means of Jesus Christ.

Rom 3:25  God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public--to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured.
Rom 3:26  This is not only clear, but it's now--this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in His rightness..............

1.   COME to Him confessing your sins.  He has said, "Him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out."
John 6:37. Repentance is absolutely necessary for Salvation.

2. TRUST Him to forgive your sins through the merits of His atonement for your sins on the cross at Calvary.
His word says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

3.   You may be tempted to think that your sins are too great for God to forgive you.  Do not look at your sins or your feelings.  Look only to the Lord Jesus Christ, and believe what God has said,  "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

4.   Then in simple faith TRUST Him to be your Savior,  John 1:12, "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."  RECEIVE Him as your Savior by simple trust in His promise.

5.   The next step is to CONFESS to someone that you are now a Christian - that the Lord Jesus Christ is your Savior, and that you belong to Him.   When you do this sincerely, you will find assurance, and peace
and joy coming into your heart.  Read Rom 10: 9,10.

6.   READ your Bible every day.  Have regularly times for prayer every day (this prayer is simple talking to your loving Savior and Lord, communicating your love and need of Him in your life and He will reveal more of Himself to you in your new found relationship).   
Go to services where you will meet other Christians who have done the same as you repented and confessed and have received the Lord Jesus into their Hearts and lives.   Also you can find their friendship and help in your new life in Jesus.

  

CHRIST'MAS CAROLS TO REMEMBER AND JOIN IN WITH THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST

JESUS IS LORD OF LORDS & LORD OF ALL & KING OF KINGS

JESUS SON OF GOD - YOUR REDEEMER

Listen to this song!While you follow the words below!


CHRIS TOMLIN - JESUS SON OF GOD  Lyrics

You came down from heavens throne
this earth you formed was not your home
love like this the world had never known

A crown of thorns to mock your name
forgiveness fell upon your face
love like this the world had never known

On the alter of your praise let there be no higher name
Jesus Son of God Your Redeemer
You laid down your perfect life
You are the perfect sacrifice
Jesus Son of God My Redeemer
You are Jesus the Son of God

You took our sin
You bore our shame
You rose to life
You defeated the grave
Love like this the world had never known
On the alter of your praise let there be no higher name

Jesus Son of God
You laid down your perfect life
You are the sacrifice
Jesus Son of God
You are Jesus Son of God

Be lifted higher than all you've overcome
Your name be louder than any other song
There is no power can come against your love
The cross was enough
The cross was enough
The cross was enough
The cross was enough.

THE MYSTERY OF JESUS CHRIST REVEALED THAT YOU CAN BE BORN AGAIN

1Co 2:13  We don't have to rely on the world's guesses and opinions. We didn't learn this by reading books or going to school; we learned it from God, who taught us person-to-person through Jesus, and we're passing it on to you in the same firsthand, personal way.

Which also we speak - As well as know. In words taught by the Holy Spirit - Such are all the words of scripture. How high a regard ought we, then, to retain for them! Explaining spiritual things by spiritual words; or, adapting spiritual words to spiritual things - Being taught of the Spirit to express the things of the Spirit.

1Co 2:14  The un-spiritual self, just as it is by nature, can't receive the gifts of God's Spirit. There's no capacity for them. They seem like so much silliness. Spirit can be known only by spirit--God's Spirit and our spirits in open communion. 

But the natural man - That is, every man who hath not the Spirit; who has no other way of obtaining knowledge, but by his senses and natural understanding.

Receives not - Does not understand or conceive. The things of the Spirit - The things revealed by the Spirit of God, whether relating to his nature or his kingdom. For they are foolishness to him - He is so far from understanding, that he utterly despises, them Neither can he know them - As he has not the will, so neither has he the power. 

Because they are spiritually discerned - They can only be discerned by the aid of that Spirit, and by those spiritual senses, which he has not.

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

I. The redemption of Jesus Christ is a great mystery of the Divine thought and heart. 

The Apostle uses a singular term to designate those to whom the revelation is made. "We speak wisdom," he says, "among them that are perfect,"—among those who have qualifications for receiving the wisdom. Spiritual religion is utterly incomprehensible to many intelligent people. They can understand theology as a science of God; they can understand religion as a theory, but they have no conception of its spiritual character; they have no conception of it as a spiritual sentiment, as a passionate affection, as a fellowship with God, a yearning and joy of the man’s whole consciousness. This is what St. Paul means when he says—"The natural man discerns not the things of the spirit"; they are discerned only by a spiritual faculty. 

This, then, is what is meant when it is said that the gospel of Christ is wisdom unto the perfect—that is, to the spiritual, to the susceptible, to the spiritual man with spiritual faculties.

II. The mission of Christ and the purpose of Christian teaching are to reveal this mystery to men—to men of spiritual faculty, to men whom the Spirit of God touches and teaches. Our poor human thoughts cannot compass infinite things. 

All religion runs up into the mysterious, and must do so. Apart from Christianity, the mystery of the Divine Being is just as inscrutable as the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Instead of adding to the mystery of God, Jesus Christ gives us our highest understanding of God. 

We understand more of God through Jesus Christ than we can on any other theory. And yet even so, how much remains that is impenetrable! 

Who can fathom the mystery of the incarnation, the mystery of the atonement, the mystery of the quickening of spiritual life in men, the mystery even of moral feeling, moral principle, the working of moral life, the mystery of conscience, which is the consciousness of God? 

In the love of Christ, in the love of God, there are heights and depths that pass knowledge.

1 Corinthians 2:6-16

The Gospel and the Intellect.

I. The natural man in Paul’s eyes is like an undeveloped organism. A man as he grows, in the true sense of growing, as he attains his full stature or perfection, becomes spiritual. The natural man is stunted; growth has been in some abnormal way arrested. The natural man only exists to become the spiritual man, just as a chrysalis only exists to become a butterfly. Who are the natural men nowadays?

 (1) Those who tell us that matter can explain spirit—the people whom we call Materialists. They cannot apprehend the wisdom of the gospel.

 (2) Those who speak as of the understanding could answer all the questions and meet all the needs of the human spirit.

II. The wisdom which Paul speaks among the perfect is nothing less than the indwelling of the Spirit of God in the spirit of the Christian man. Just as consciousness alone can be aware of our own inward life, so God’s consciousness alone can understand the depths of God; and only by being made partakers of God’s consciousness can we search those depths. But we, as believers in Christ, are partakers of that consciousness. A Spirit of God given to a man through faith in the incarnate Son of God takes all the things of the revealing Christ—His person, His word, His work—and slowly unveils them to the amazed and enraptured heart. He who is the Savior is also the key to creation.

III. Paul found in the good news of the gospel a wisdom far surpassing the wisdom of this world. Many Christians do not exercise the reason, and have no special desire for its satisfaction. But those who dare not in honesty suppress or violate that master-faculty are permitted to have the thirst quenched, the reason satisfied. 

In Christ, the manifestation of God, they find certain things which are revealed, they find a clue to God, a clue to life, a clue to the world. The mystery is an open mystery, though losing none of its charm.

1 Corinthians 2:16

I. What is the mind of Christ? Is it some high intellectual attainment? Or is it some great moral victory over the affections? The expression is evidently a very full one; for you may take the words of a man and you may take the actions of a man, and still fall short of the mind of that man. For the mind of a man is the spirit of a man. It is the motive which actuates him; it is the feeling which is unconsciously molding his conduct every moment; it is the inner life which is continually giving the tone and the character to his outer being.

II. The believer is always striving after the mind of Christ. Nothing less will satisfy him, because nothing less will satisfy God. The soul of Jesus, infinitely stored with the Holy Spirit, becomes a fountain from whence again that Spirit is always pouring out into His own people; so that if ever we receive any grace of the Spirit, we are actually receiving a portion, however small, of the mind of Jesus Christ.

III. See, then, the way by which you are to obtain the mind of Christ. Every way you can, live close to Him, think of Him, meditate upon Him, hold communion with Him, lie at His feet, do constantly acts for His sake, suffer for Him, laud Him; talk of Him, lean upon Him, realise communion with Him, and invariably as you do this you are catching His mind.

IV. Note some of the advantages which belong to those who really have the mind of Christ.

(1) No man can really understand the Bible who does not bring to the study of it the mind of Christ. 

(2) The possession of the mind of Christ is a wonderful clue to bear with us in the intricate windings of the daily labyrinth of life. 

(3) They have the benefit of the mind of Christ who wish to pray rightly. Those who bring Christ in them to their knees, having the mind of Christian asking, know what is the mind of Christ in giving.

1Co 2:16  Isaiah's question, "Is there anyone around who knows God's Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?" has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ's Spirit.

I urge you to reach  out to your heavenly Father and pray from your heart the prayer(at the bottom of the page) to the Son of God, the One who died to take away your sins.

1.   COME to Him confessing your sins.  He has said, "Him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out."
John 6:37. Repentance is absolutely necessary for Salvation.

2. TRUST Him to forgive your sins through the merits of His atonement for your sins on the cross at Calvary.
His word says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

3.   You may be tempted to think that your sins are too great for God to forgive you.  Do not look at your sins or your feelings.  Look only to the Lord Jesus Christ, and believe what God has said,  "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

4.   Then in simple faith TRUST Him to be your Savior,  John 1:12, "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."  RECEIVE Him as your Savior by simple trust in His promise.

"GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME A SINNER.  I REPENT NOW OF ALL MY SINS AND TURN FROM THEM AND I PLACE MY TRUST ALONE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST FOR SALVATION.  

MAKE ME A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS AND GIVE ME POWER IN MY LIFE TO LIVE FOR THEE AND SERVE THEE.   IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.  AMEN"

5.   The next step is to CONFESS to someone that you are now a Christian - that the Lord Jesus Christ is your Savior, and that you belong to Him.   When you do this sincerely, you will find assurance, and peace
and joy coming into your heart.  Read Rom 10: 9,10.

6.   READ your Bible every day.  Have regularly times for prayer every day (this prayer is simple talking to your loving Savior and Lord, communicating your love and need of Him in your life and He will reveal more
of Himself to you in your new found relationship).   Go to services where you will meet other Christians who have done the same as you repented and confessed and have received the Lord Jesus into their Hearts and lives.   Also you can find their friendship and help in your new life in Jesus.

HOW TO BE SURE OF HELL
Deceive yourself by pretending or arguing that there is no such place.
Neglect making preparation for Heaven.
Try to get to Heaven by any other way than God's way.

If you haven't asked the Lord into your heart yet, see below the sinners prayer to help you in your decision'

Pray from your heart and cry out to God as your life depends on it;

"GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME A SINNER.  I REPENT NOW OF ALL MY SINS AND TURN FROM THEM AND I PLACE MY TRUST ALONE IN THE LORD JESUS CHRIST FOR SALVATION.  

MAKE ME A NEW CREATION IN CHRIST JESUS AND GIVE ME POWER IN MY LIFE TO LIVE FOR THEE AND SERVE THEE.   IN JESUS NAME I PRAY.  AMEN"

"The Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin".  (1 John 1:7)


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JESUS HAS PAID THE PRICE FOR ALL - THEREFORE REPENT OF YOUR SIN AND ASK HIS FORGIVENESS!

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Today, there are many who find themselves under the yoke of Satan, they are trapped by addictions, by alcoholism and greed, but we take pride in knowing and being able to notify others that JESUS has paid the price for all. Your addiction can be overcome, your alcoholism can be conquered and greed can be subdued. The power lies in His nail-scarred hands, the victory is in the blood poured out on Calvary and we have been given a chance to live because of the life that He shed on the cross.

 By dying on the cross, JESUS destroyed and removed the devils stinging power over sin. By His shedding of blood we have a right to the tree of life.



1.   COME to Him confessing your sins.  He has said, "Him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out."

John 6:37. Repentance is absolutely necessary for Salvation.

2. TRUST Him to forgive your sins through the merits of His atonement for your sins on the cross at Calvary.

His word says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

3.   You may be tempted to think that your sins are too great for God to forgive you.  Do not look at your sins or your feelings.  Look only to the Lord Jesus Christ, and believe what God has said,  "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

4.   Then in simple faith TRUST Him to be your Savior,  John 1:12, "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."  RECEIVE Him as

your Savior by simple trust in His promise.

5.   The next step is to CONFESS to someone that you are now a Christian - that the Lord Jesus Christ is your Savior, and that you belong to Him.   When you do this sincerely, you will find assurance, and peace

and joy coming into your heart.  Read Rom 10: 9,10.

6.   READ your Bible every day.  Have regularly times for prayer every day (this prayer is simple talking to your loving Savior and Lord, communicating your love and need of Him in your life and He will reveal more

of Himself to you in your new found relationship).   Go to services where you will meet other Christians who have done the same as you repented and confessed and have received the Lord Jesus into their Hearts and lives.   Also you can find their friendship and help in your new life in Jesus.

Then send me an email to report that you now belong to JESUS:  HERE!

Thousands of Muslims See Jesus In Dreams and Visions and Are Saved

Lets just remind ourselves why we need to get saved:  The Bible (God's Word) says that All have sinned  and have fallen short of God's Standards and stand condemned at the end of the age when they will be judged and condemned. No matter how good you have been or how wicked you may be, you are a sinner in God's sight. He is the One Who Sees All!  The Creator of Heaven and Earth!

 But the Bible (God's Word) also says; "If you confess with your mouth,Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved (Romans 10.9)
(John 6.37) says:  Come to Him confessing and repenting of your sins.  He has said, "Him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.  Repentance is absolutely necessary for Salvation.
Trust Him to forgive your sins through the merits of His atonement for your sins on the cross at Calvary.  His word says, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." (We must be in a place of right standing before a Holy God to be saved and to get to know Him) By having our sins forgiven and washed away never to be remembered again once dealt with!

You may be tempted to think that your sins are too great for God to forgive you.  Do not look at your feelings.  LOOK only to the Lord Jesus Christ, and believe  what God has said, "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."  1 John 1.7

Then in simple faith TRUST Him to be YOUR Savior, John 1.12, "As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.  Receive Him as YOUR
Savior by simple trust in His PROMISE.

Do you want to accept Jesus as your Savior? How do you receive God's gift of forgiveness and eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. He bought it for you by dying on the cross for you and I.
 1.Turn from all you know to be wrong.
 2. Put your faith in Jesus the Savior.
 3. Be willing to receive what God wants to give you.
 4. Put Jesus first and in charge of the rest of your life.

 5. Say the Prayer to God;  the choice is yours now!   All you have to do is ask Him!
  Life is short.   ETERNITY IS FOREVER!    Pray now the sinners prayer:    Lord Jesus,
     I'm sorry for the wrong things in my life,
     Thank you for dying on the cross to pay 
for my forgiveness

Read your Bible every day.  Have regular times for prayer every day.  Go to services where you will meet other Christians, and find their friendship and help in your area and in your new life!
Grow in Christ Jesus

Muslim Man Encountered with Jesus and Saw Jesus in the Throne Room of Heaven

Published on 12 Jul 2013
This is a great testimony from Muslim who had an actual encounter with Jesus. And Kamran  also saw Jesus was sitting in the throne in heaven through his vision. Jesus is the only way to heaven!
Wake up, Muslims! It is time to surrender all to Jesus and confess that Jesus is my Lord and Savior who died for my sins! God bless you! http://www.heavenvisit.com http://www.answering-islam.org/ http://www.answeringislam.com/

FOR WHOEVER CALLS UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS SHALL BE SAVED.
Rom 10.13
WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION OF SIN.
Hebrews 9.22

11 yr Old Went to Heaven and Back, and Tells What He Saw!

When we sin, do we say that we couldn't help it? Do we blame God when we are tempted to sin?

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When conscious of Sin!

Dear Lord, I am sorry that I often do wrong things that upset you and others. I know that you are a Holy God who hates sin but love me.  Please forgive me and help me to accept the forgiveness that you offer through JESUS CHRIST, OUR SAVIOR.


JAMES 1:17
1:14   Man is always ready to shift responsibility for his sins. If he cannot blame God, he will adopt an approach of modern psychology by saying that sin is a sickness. In this way he hopes to escape judgement. But sin is not a sickness; it is a moral failure for which man must give account. Some even try to blame inanimate things for sin. But material “things” are not sinful in themselves. Sin does not originate there. The Apostle James tracks the lion to its den when he says:
 “Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.” Sin comes from within us, from our old, evil, fallen, unregenerate nature. Jesus said, “Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication's, thefts, false witness, blasphemies”

(Mat_15:19).
The word James uses for desires in verse 14 could refer to any form of desire, good or evil. The word itself is morally neutral. But with few exceptions it is used in the NT to describe evil desires, and that is certainly the case here. Lust is likened to an evil woman here parading her allurements and enticing her victims. Every one of us is tempted. We have vile lusts and impure appetites constantly urging us on in sin. Are we helpless victims then, when we are drawn away by our own desires and enticed? No, we may expel all thoughts of sin from our mind and concentrate on subjects that are pure and holy (Phi_4:8). Also in the moment of fierce temptation, we may call on the Lord, remembering that “The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous run to it, and are safe” (Pro_18:10).

1:15   If that is so, why then do we sin? Here is the answer: Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin. Instead of expelling the vile thought, we may encourage, nourish, and enjoy it. This act of acquiescence is likened to sexual intercourse. Lust conceives and a hideous baby named SIN is born. Which is another way of saying that if we think about a forbidden act long enough, we will eventually do it. The whole process of lust conceiving and bringing forth sin is vividly illustrated in the incident of David and Bathsheba (2Sa_11:1-27).
And sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth death, says James. Sin is not a barren, sterile thing; it produces a brood of its own. The statement that sin produces death may be understood in several ways. First of all, the sin of Adam brought physical death on himself and on all his posterity (Gen_2:17). But sin also leads to eternal, spiritual death—the final separation of the person from God and from blessing (Rom_6:23 a). There is a sense also in which sin results in death for a believer. For instance, in 1Ti_5:6 we read that a believing widow who lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. This means that she is wasting her life and utterly failing to fulfil the purpose for which God saved her. To be out of fellowship with God is for a Christian a form of living death.

1:16, 17   It is not unusual for people who fall into sin to blame God instead of themselves. They say, in effect, to their Creator, “Why have you made me this way?” But this is a form of self-deception. Only good gifts come from God. In fact, He is the source of every good and every perfect gift.
James describes God as the Father of lights. In the Bible the word Father sometimes has the meaning of Creator or Source (see Job_38:28). Therefore God is the Creator or Source of lights. But what is meant by lights? Certainly it includes the heavenly bodies—the sun, moon, and stars (Gen_1:14-18; Psa_136:7). But God is also the Source of all spiritual light as well. So we should think of Him as the Source of every form of light in the universe. With whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. God is unlike the heavenly bodies He has created. They are undergoing constant changes. He never does. Perhaps James is thinking not only of the declining brilliance of the sun and stars, but also of their changing relation to the earth as our planet rotates. Variableness characterises the sun, moon, and stars. The expression shadow of turning may mean shadow caused by turning. This could have reference to the shadows cast on earth by the rotation of the earth around the sun. Or it could refer to eclipses. A solar eclipse, for instance, is produced when the moon's shadow falls on the earth. With God it is quite different; there is no variableness in Him, or shadow caused by turning. And His gifts are as perfect as Himself. Therefore it is unthinkable that He would ever entice man to sin. Temptation comes from man's own evil nature.

Let us test our faith on the subject of unholy temptations. Do we encourage evil thoughts to linger in our minds, or do we expel them quickly?
 When we sin, do we say that we couldn't help it? Do we blame God when we are tempted to sin?

ASK JESUS NOW TO FORGIVE YOUR OFFENCES AGAINST HIM 
AND IF YOU DON'T YET KNOW JESUS IN YOUR HEART YET, THEN JUST PRAY
HONESTLY  AND SINCERELY THIS PRAYER:

LORD JESUS YOU DIED FOR MY SINS AT CALVARY,
CLEANSE ME OF ALL MY SINS BY THE POWER OF YOUR BLOOD, COME INTO MY LIFE
AND HELP ME TO KNOW YOU AND TO FOLLOW YOU FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS, IN YOUR PRECIOUS NAME
AMEN.

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Does God Realy Care About Me?

Psalm 124:7-8 Our soul has escaped like a bird out of the snare of the Fowler's; the snare is broken, and we have escaped. Our help is in the name of Jehovah, who made the heavens and earth.

About The Bible:  2 Timothy 3:16-17
Sin:                      Romans 3:10,22,23
Death:                  Hebrews 9:27
Judgement:            Romans 14:10-12
God's Love:          Romans 5:8

God's Son  Jesus Christ:

His Birth:               Mathew 1:21, Luke 2:10,11
His Person:            Colossi ans 1:15-20
His Purpose:          John 10:10, 1 Peter 3:18
His Resurrection:    1 Corinthians 15:20,21
His Return:             Mathew 24:30, 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17
The Holy Spirit:      John 14:16-18
Repentance:            Luke 18:13,14
Resurrection:          1 Corinthians 15
Salvation:                Romans 10:8,9
Faith:                      Romans 10:17, Hebrews 11:1
The devil:               1 Peter 5:8,9
Temptation:            1 Corinthians 10:13
Confession:            1 John 1:9
Life:                        John 10:10, 1 John 5:12
Prayer:                    John 14:13,14
Wisdom:                 James 1:5
Heaven:                  1 Peter 1:3,4
Hell:                        2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
Eternal Life:             John 5:24
Security:                  John 10:28,29
Enemies:                  Luke 6:27,28

Where to find Help When:
Afraid of circumstances:                                             Mark 4:35-41,Romans 8:28,Psalm 139:8,10
Afraid of people:                                                          Psalms 56:9-11, (62:2-8),(27:1-3)
Afraid of persecution:                                                 Matthew 5:11,12, Hebrews 13:6-8
Afraid of the future:                                                    Matthew 6:25-34, Psalms 23, (55:22)
Angry with people:                                                       Ephesians 4:29-32, James 1:19-20,
                                                                                      Colossians 3:12-14, 1 John 2:9-11
Apathetic or complacent:                                             John 3:17,18,35,36. Revelation 3:15-18
                                                                                       Romans 3:22-24, & 6:23.
Away from home:                                                          Psalms 91,& 121.
Bitter or critical:                                                            Matthew 7:1-5, & 6:14,15, Hebrews 12:14-15
                                                                                        Ephesians 4:32.
Broken-Hearted:                                                            Psalms 34:17-18, & 147:3.
Bullied:                                                                           Psalms 91:9-16 & 37:7-9.
Conscious of Sin:                                                           1 John 1:5-10,Romans 6:23, Ps 51,& 25:4-11.
Considering Marriage:                                                 Matthew 19:4-6, Ephesians 5:22-23, Heb 13:4
Contemplating revenge:                                               Romans 12:17-19,1 Thessalonians 5:15.
Coping with death (Bereaved)       will be continued............................................................................

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this picture was in  Uganda preaching the word of God with Jim Patterson and Myself.

                                                                             



Acts 15:1-35
The Council at Jerusalem (15:1-35)

15:1   The dispute which arose over circumcision in the church at Antioch is also described in Gal_2:1-10. Taking the two accounts together, we get the following picture: Certain false brethren from the church in Jerusalem traveled to Antioch and began preaching in the assembly there. The substance of their message was that Gentiles (means anyone who is not a Jew) must be circumcised in order to be saved. It was not enough that they should believe on the Lord Jesus Christ; they must also put themselves under the Law of Moses. This, of course, was a frontal attack on the gospel of the grace of God. The true gospel of grace teaches that Christ finished the work necessary for salvation on the cross. All a sinner needs to do is receive Him by faith. The moment human merit or works are introduced, then it is no longer of grace. Under grace, all depends on God and not on men. If conditions are attached, then it is no longer a gift but a debt. And salvation is a gift; it is not earned or merited.

15:2, 3   Paul and Barnabas vigorously opposed these Judaizers, knowing that they had come to rob the Gentile believers of their liberty in Christ Jesus.

Here in Acts 15 we learn that the brethren in Antioch decided to send Paul and Barnabas and certain others ... to Jerusalem, to the apostles and elders there. In Gal_2:2 Paul says that he went to Jerusalem by revelation. There is no contradiction, of course. The Spirit of God revealed to Paul that he should go, and also revealed to the church in Antioch that the brethren should send him. En route to Jerusalem the group stopped at various points in Phoenicia and Samaria, giving an account of the conversion of the Gentiles, and causing great joy wherever the story was told.
15:4   When he first arrived in Jerusalem, Paul went to the apostles and the elders privately and gave them a full account of the gospel which he had been preaching to the Gentiles. They had to admit that it was the same gospel which they had been preaching to the Jews.
15:5   Apparently it was in an open meeting of the entire church that certain of the Pharisees who were believers rose up and contended that Gentiles must be circumcised and must keep the law of Moses in order to be disciples in the truest sense.
15:6   From verse 6 it might appear that only the apostles and elders were present when the final decision was made. However, verse 12 seems to indicate that the entire church was there as well.
15:7-10   As Peter rose to his feet, perhaps the opposition felt he would support their position. After all, Peter was the apostle to the circumcision. However, their hopes were doomed to disappointment. Peter reminded the audience that some years previously God had ordained that the Gentiles should first hear ... the gospel from his lips. This took place in the house of Cornelius. When God saw that the hearts of those Gentiles were reaching out to Him in faith, He gave them the Holy Spirit, just as He did to the Jews on the Day of Pentecost. At that time, God did not require these Gentiles to be circumcised. The fact that they were Gentiles made no difference; He cleansed their hearts by faith. Since God had accepted the Gentiles on the principle of faith and not of law-keeping, Peter asked the assembly why they should now think of putting the Gentiles under the yoke of the law—a yoke ... which neither their fathers nor they had been able to bear. The law never saved anyone. Its ministry was condemnation, not justification. By the law is the knowledge of sin, not salvation from sin.
15:11   Peter's final decision is worthy of special notice. He expressed the deep conviction that through the grace of the Lord Jesus (and not through law-keeping) we (the Jews) shall be saved in the same manner as they (the Gentiles). One would have expected Peter, as a Jew, to say that the Gentiles would be saved the same as the Jews. But grace is here seen triumphing over ethnic distinctions.
15:12   After Peter had finished, Barnabas and Paul gave an account of how God had visited the Gentiles, and had accompanied the preaching of the gospel with miracles and wonders.
15:13, 14   Peter had told how the Lord had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles at the first through him. Paul and Barnabas added their testimony as to how the Lord had worked through them in evangelizing the Gentiles. James now stated authoritatively that God's present purpose for this age is to call out of the Gentiles ... a people for His name. This was, in substance, what Simon (Peter) had just related.
15:15-19   Then James quoted from Amo_9:11-12. Notice that he did not say that the calling out of the Gentiles was in fulfillment of the prophecy of Amos, but rather that it agreed with the words of the prophets. The assembly should not think it a strange thing that God should visit the Gentiles with salvation, because this had been clearly predicted in the OT. God had foretold that Gentiles would be blessed as such, and not as believing Jews.
The quotation from Amos looks forward to the Millennium, when Christ will sit upon the throne of David and when the Gentiles will seek after the Lord. James did not intimate that this prophecy was being fulfilled at the time he spoke. Rather, he said that the salvation of Gentiles which was then taking place was in harmony or agreement with what Amos said would take place later.
James' argument was this: First God would visit the Gentiles to take out of them a people for His name. This is what was then happening (and is still happening). Converted Gentiles were included in the church with converted Jews. What was then happening on a small scale (the salvation of the Gentiles) would later happen on a larger scale. Christ would return, restore Israel nationally, and save all the Gentiles who would be called by His name.
James looked on contemporary events as God's first visitation of the Gentiles. He felt this first visitation was in perfect harmony with what Amos predicted—the future visitation of the Gentiles when Christ returns as King. The two events agree though they are not identical.



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Notice, then, the order of events:

1.  The taking out of the Gentiles a people for His name (v. 14) during this present Age of Grace.
2.  The restoration of the believing portion of the nation of Israel at Christ's second advent (v. 16).
3.  The salvation of Gentile nations following the restoration of Israel (v. 17). These Gentiles are referred to as all the Gentiles who are called by My name.
James' quotation of Amos_9:11-12 is quite different from the rendering in the OT. Part of this difference is explained by the fact that James apparently quoted in Greek. However, the quotation is quite different even from the Septuagint. One explanation is that the same Holy Spirit who originally inspired the words now permitted them to be changed in order to meet the problem at hand. Another is that the Hebrew manuscripts have several readings in Amos 9. Alford believes James must have quoted from a translation close to a received Hebrew text, otherwise the Pharisees would never have accepted the quotation as proof.
After this I will return (v. 16). James had already stated that God's program for this present age was to open the door of faith to the Gentiles. Not all of them would be saved, but He would take out of them a people for His name. Now James added that after this, that is, after the church has been called out from the nations, God would return and rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen and in ruins. The tabernacle of David is a figurative expression describing his house or family. Its restoration is a type of the future restoration of the royal family and the re-establishment of the throne of David with Christ sitting upon it as King. Israel will then become the channel of blessing to the world. The rest of mankind will seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by His name.
The quotation from Amos closes with the statement that these are the words of the Lord who does all these things.
Therefore, because God's present purpose is to call out from the Gentiles a people for Himself, James cautioned against troubling the Gentiles by putting them under the Law of Moses. As far as salvation is concerned, all that was needed was faith.
15:20   However, he suggested that in writing to the church at Antioch the saints there be advised to abstain from things polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from things strangled, and from blood. It might seem at first that James was here reversing himself. Was this not a form of legalism? Was he not now putting them back under the law? The answer is that this advice did not have to do with the subject of salvation at all. That issue had already been settled. But this advice had to do with fellowship between Jewish and Gentile believers. While obedience to these instructions was not a condition of salvation, it was certainly of great importance in avoiding sharp cleavages in the early church.

The things prohibited were:

1. Things polluted by idols. In verse 29 this is explained as foods offered to idols. If Gentile believers went on eating these foods, then their Jewish brethren might seriously wonder whether they had given up idolatry. Although Gentile Christians might have liberty to eat such foods, it might prove a stumbling block to weak Jewish brethren, and would therefore be wrong.
2. Sexual immorality. This was the cardinal sin of the Gentiles. It was therefore especially important for James to include this with the other subjects mentioned. Nowhere in the Bible is the command to abstain from sexual immorality ever revoked. It is of standing application for all ages.
3. Things strangled. This prohibition goes back to the covenant which God made with Noah after the flood (Gen_9:4). Thus it is a standing order for the human race and not just for the nation of Israel.
4. Blood. This too goes back to Gen_9:4 and thus precedes the Law of Moses. Since the Covenant with Noah was never abrogated, we take it that these regulations are still in effect today.

15:21   This explains why the advice of verse 20 was given. There were Jews in every city who had always been taught that it was wrong to do these things that James warned against. It was wrong not only to commit immorality but also to eat food offered to idols, meat from strangled animals, and blood. Why then should the Gentiles offend God by committing immorality, or offend man by doing the other things?

15:22   It was thus definitely decided that Gentiles did not need to be circumcised in order to be saved. The next step was to send official notice of this in writing to the church at Antioch. The apostles and elders in Jerusalem, with the whole church, designated Judas, called Barnasbas, and Silas, both leading men among the brethren, to go back to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. This Silas is the one who later became a traveling companion of Paul, and who is referred to as Silvanus in the Epistles.
15:23-29   The substance of the letter is given here. Notice that the false brethren who went from Jerusalem to Antioch originally had never received the authorization or approval of the church in Jerusalem (v. 24).
The moment by moment reliance of the disciples on the Holy Spirit is suggested in verse 28: For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us ... . Someone has spoken of this as “the senior partnership of the Holy Spirit.”
15:30, 31   When the letter from Jerusalem was read in the church at Antioch, it proved to be a great encouragement. The disciples there now knew that God saved them as Gentiles, and not by their becoming Jews.
15:32, 33   Judas and Silas remained for some ministry meetings, in which they exhorted and built up the brethren in the faith. After a prolonged time of happy fellowship and service in Antioch, they went back to Jerusalem.
15:34   Verse 34 in the King James tradition does not appear in either the oldest or majority of manuscripts (see NKJV footnote). Apparently some copyists thought it would be helpful to supply this information in order to explain the apparent contradiction between verses 33 and 40. In verse 33 Silas is pictured as returning to Jerusalem. But then in verse 40 he is seen accompanying Paul on his Second Missionary Journey. The obvious solution is that Silas did return to Jerusalem, but was then contacted by Paul with an invitation to accompany him on his travels.
15:35   Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch at this time, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord. There were many other servants of the Lord who ministered to the assembly. The events described in Gal_2:11-14 probably occurred at this time.

You too can be saved today and have all your sins forgiven and start a new life in God through Jesus Christ
His Son.  Who came to save us from our sin in order to become acceptable to the Father if we accept Jesus Christ as Lord of our lives and be washed afresh of our filthy rags of sin in our lives. So Repent of your sin and ask Him to freely come into your heart to begin a new life in Him who loves you!

 Man is always ready to shift responsibility for his sins. If he cannot blame God, he will adopt an approach of modern psychology by saying that sin is a sickness. In this way he hopes to escape judgment. But sin is not a sickness; it is a moral failure for which man must give account. Some even try to blame inanimate things for sin. But material “things” are not sinful in themselves. Sin does not originate there. James tracks the lion to its den when he says: “Each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed.” Sin comes from within us, from our old, evil, fallen, unregenerate nature. Jesus said, “Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies” 

Do you want to accept Jesus as your Savior? How do you receive God's gift of forgiveness and eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. He bought it for you by dying on the cross for you and I.

 1.Turn from all you know to be wrong.
 2. Put your faith in Jesus the Savior.
 3. Be willing to receive what God wants to give you.
 4. Put Jesus first and in charge of the rest of your life.

 5. Say the Prayer to God;  the choice is yours now!   All you have to do is ask Him!
  Life is short.   ETERNITY IS FOREVER!    Pray now the sinners prayer:

     Lord Jesus,
     I'm sorry for the wrong things in my life,
     Thank you for dying on the cross to pay 
for my forgiveness.
     I'm putting my trust in you as my Savior.
     I surrender my life to you as my Lord,
        and ask you to help me live a life that
 pleases you.  AMEN!
     
"The Blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin".  (1 John 1:7)
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