ACCEPT HIM AS SAVIOUR AND LORD

For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only begotten Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world;  but that the world through Him might be saved from the coming wrath against all who do not accept the offer of the crucified Son of God.

[John 3 v 16 & 17].

"He that hears My Word, and believes on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation;  but is passed from final death unto life." [John 5:24]

"I declare unto you the gospel...that Christ died for our sins,,,and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day.  [1 Corinthians 15:1,3,4.].

Do you know where you are going?  All who want to go to heaven ( rather than hell and eternal damnation),

"Must be Born Again."   

Jesus talked about heaven, and He said, 

"In my Father's House are many mansions."  Also He said "Iam the way the truth and the life, no man comes to the Father but by me."  (John ch. 14v2,6)

"For by grace are ye saved through faith;  and that not of yourselves:  it is the gift of God." (Ephesians ch 2v8).

 The Lord Jesus Christ is the only Saviour there is.  If Jesus is right (and He most certainly is), then all other ways are wrong!   Religions are a waste of time;  they cannot save you, only Jesus can, God did not create the religions of the world;  man did to satisfy his conscience!   Man is "forever changing and learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." [2 Timothy ch3v7).   This is not Religion, it is Life!

I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more . . . 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.  (Jer_31:34 and Eph_2:8-9)

Do you know the one who died on the cross for you?

When Jesus came He told us something that no religion has ever thought of, and which contradicts the basic

principle of all religions.  He said, "Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."  (John 3:3).   Jesus said that He is the only way to heaven.   What did He mean?   He meant a spiritual birth whereby a person is able to confess his sin to Jesus Christ, accept Him as Saviour, and receive a new life.

This is the Gospel.   Look and Live.   Out of Religion, and into Christ!   May we offer this prayer as your

first step?
Cry out to the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy and ask Him to save you.   

TO BECOME A BORN-AGAIN CHRISTIAN:

"Lord Jesus Christ, I believe that you died for me.   

I acknowledge that I am a sinner.   

Please come into my life and forgive my sins.   

And save me.   AMEN."

THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST

Part of a Series on Christianity

The Person of Christ:

The Bible says that Jesus Christ was fully God and fully man in one person and will be so forever.
He was and is 100% God and at the same time 100% human.  That is;  He held a full set of divine
qualities in the same Person in such a way that they did not interfere with each other.

The Humanity of Christ:
 Jesus had a human birth. (Virgin Birth).  Virgin birth of Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_birth_of_JesusThe virgin birth of Jesus is the belief that Jesus was conceived in the womb of his mother Mary by the Holy Spirit and born while Mary was yet a virgin. The New ...

Distinction from ... ·

• Cultural context ·
• New Testament ·
• Isaiah ·
• The Qur'an

Jesus was conceived in the womb of His mother Mary by a miraculous work of the Holy Spirit and without a human father (Matthew 1:18-25;  Luke 1:25;  3:23). The doctrinal importance of the virgin birth is seen in at least three areas;   It shows salvation must come from the Lord and never through human effort.(Gal 4:4-5).
It made possible the uniting of deity and full humanity in one person.
It made possible Christ's true humanity without inherited sin.(Luke 1:35).

Jesus had a human body:  Jesus had a human body just like ours in every respect before his resurrection, and after resurrection it was still a human body with "flesh and bones"
but made perfect, the kind of body that we will have when Christ returns and we are raised from the dead as well. Jesus continues to exist in that human body in heaven, as the ascension is designed to teach. (Luke 2:7;  Luke 2:40;  2:52;  John 4:6;  John 19:28;  Matt 4:2;  Luke 24:39;  Luke 24:42;  John 20:17).  Providing we have accepted Him in our heart and life, as our Lord and Saviour and have repented of our wrongful sinning lives because of Adam & Eve's fallen state of sin that we inherited and there needs to be a repentance and a turning away from sin [and be baptised in water which symbolises leaving the old self life behind in the water and rising to a new life in God through the Saviour and the Holy Spirit in due course] and wrongful living that is an affront to Almighty God and only through Jesus Christ His One and only Son we can finally be at one with Almighty God.

Jesus had a Human Mind: to be continued.

The Promise of a New Covenant

God Changes Hearts!

The Promise of a New Covenant:

"Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel . . . I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people . . . they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," says the LORD. "For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more."  (Jer_31:31, Jer_31:33-34)
Long ago God promised a new covenant of grace for His people Israel. "I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel." Some day the Israelites will turn to Messiah as a group and enter into this promised covenant of grace. "And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion, and He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob; For this is My covenant with them, when I take away their sins" (Rom_11:26-27). This will take place when the Lord Jesus returns to this earth. "And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they have pierced; they will mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and grieve for Him as one grieves for a firstborn" (Zec_12:10). 
Meanwhile, the church of the Lord Jesus, comprised of all Jewish and Gentile believers in Christ, already has the new covenant instituted for her. "This cup is the new covenant in My blood" (Luk_22:20). 
Note the astounding three-fold provisions this new covenant offers by faith to all believers today. First, there is the forgiveness of sins. "For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." Second, there is the opportunity to have an intimate relationship with God. "They all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them." Third, there is the internal working of the Lord God Almighty enabling and changing people's lives from the inner core of their being. "I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts."

Almighty God, the provisions of Your new covenant of grace are staggering in their richness! Forgiveness of sins by You, intimacy with You, and inner transformation from You - - all of this is mine through faith in Your Son, my Savior. O Lord, what bountiful grace You make available to us in Christ! I fully and desperately need all three of these wondrous workings that You alone can provide. I praise You for the gift of forgiveness of sins. I seek You for increased intimacy with You. I look to You to be shaping my life according to Your will, from the inside out, all through the grace of my Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

THE ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST

THE ALL-SUFFICIENCY OF CHRIST

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, He which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty."-- Rev_1:8 (R.V.).

IT IS hardly needful to explain that these are the first and last letters in the Greek alphabet. They represent all the intervening letters which they enclose as in a golden clasp. This majestic announcement refers to the Eternal God. His Nature underlies the whole created Universe, all races of being, the entire work of redemption, the destiny of His children, and the ultimate victory of righteousness and peace. "Of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things, to Whom be glory for ever and ever." Let us, for a moment, join with the ceaseless chant of Heaven, saying: "Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, which is and which was and which is to come." We must never rush into His presence without due preparation and reverence of heart.
Jesus Christ is the Complement of our Need. From the alphabet of His Being we may obtain all the letters and words which will make good our own deficiencies. It is a question whether some of us would ever have learnt the fullness of Jesus, if we had not been brought face to face with the infinite needs of our own nature and condition. You may engage your guide in an Alpine village, but you only realise all the qualities that lie hidden within him when you have crossed the glaciers, bridged the yawning chasms, and escaped the descending avalanche through his knowledge and care. So as we walk with Jesus we find in Him the complement of our need.
Loneliness is an opportunity for Jesus to make Himself known as the Living One (Rev_1:17). When, like the beloved Apostle on the Lord's Day in his lonely isle, you seem to hear songs and prayers on which you can only join in spirit, turn to the Lord Himself, and reckon on Him to bear you company. That loneliness constitutes a claim on Him! Call upon His Name out of the lowest dungeon. He will not hide His ear at thy breathing or thy cry. He will draw near in the day when you called upon Him, and will say, Fear not! He will plead the causes of thy soul; He will redeem thy life. The site of Polycarp's death is still visible above the Smyrna coast-line and harbour; but Jesus stood there with him, enabling him to be faithful unto death, and encircling his brow with the Crown of Life. Be thou faithful unto death; the First and the Last is with thee! "Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me!"

PRAYER
Be Thou, O Lord, the Alpha and the Omega of every year, month, day, hour, and act of my life. Let all things be begun, continued and ended in Thee. AMEN.

Believing!

Can we profess to believe in the Word of God and not do the Word of God? What does believing look like? What does the Bible say? How does Biblically defining terms affect the meaning we extract in our study? This study examines those questions and uses the Bible to reveal the answers.  John 3: 21-24

REPENT AND LIVE!

In Ezekiel18, our Creator does not provide the answer on how He is able to forgive our sin should we repent, despite Israel questioning Yah on this matter. He simply commands Israel to focus on repenting first. He did not say that it was not a good question. It is actually a very good question. They simply asked the question at the wrong time. Now it is time to find out how He forgives us of sin, when we repent and live.

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What Is The Gospel?

Have you really heard the WHOLE gospel? What is the Gospel? There are many responses you will get if you randomly ask this question. The popular Christian definition of the gospel is the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Then, there is the gospel of the kingdom which John the Baptist and Christ himself preached. Also the book of Revelation refers to the end-time preaching of the eternal gospel. What are these gospels, and what are the similarities and differences between them? And Paul speaks of the mystery of the gospel...which the majority today still do not understand...These and other questions will be answered in this study.

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