Jesus answered "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."John 14v6.
Jesus the Head Cornerstone (The external Angle) Ps.118v22 and Acts 4v11.
There is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved. Acts 4v12
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
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!
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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
Watch Video!Does God Realy Care About Me 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. Leave a comment on this blog and we will contact you through your email or google+
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............................................................................
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.
Busiro church in busia district Uganda where i spent time Preaching the word of God . Amen
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. 15:34Verse 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) If you need to contact me send me a comment on this blog with your request where ever I can help!
THE LAW OF THE CROSS (Read John 12:20-26) Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain. - John 12:24
The principle that the Lord Jesus taught in John 12:24 about a grain of wheat dying before it can produce fruit was fully expressed in His own death on a cross and resurrection from death. We too need to live each day by this law of the cross - HVL. Grains of wheat produce a harvest When they're planted in the soil; Once we die to self, we'll harvest Fruit eternal from our toil. - Sper A buried seed bears fruit; A selfless life reaps an eternal harvest. 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. 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!
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