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Chapter 13
"He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
- 1 Peter 2:24
I hope y'all are ready for this! This is definitely a real gut puncher! Buckle up ladies and gents!!
Did you know, most RELIGIOUS people, can't seem to hardly ever show evidence of answered prayers?? It's true! it's because of the LACK of a PERSONAL, saving relationship with Christ.
Out of Jesus' own mouth, he warned, "not everyone who cries 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but ONLY the one who does the WILL of my Father in heaven! On that day, many will say 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name? cast out demons in your name? and do many miracles in your name?' and I will tell them, 'I never KNEW you! depart from me you lawbreaker!" Matthew 7: 21-23. Go ahead. Grab your bible or google it. I kid you not. It's not just a simple 'ok God, I believe you are real.', it's not just a 'hey got baptized and i've done this many good deeds today' type thing. You have to actually go through the motions of prayer, and studying, and worshiping, getting to truly know him. One of the reasons you pray, is so HE can know YOU.
"Well, I don't think -"..I'm gunna stop you right there joker. I said it, GOD said it, JESUS said it. You DON'T go to heaven just because you pray, get baptized, or do good deeds. Yes, these are nice and wonderful things to do, but, you ALSO have to make a RELATIONSHIP with God and Christ. "But I think-"..NO! It is stupid and down right PRIDEFUL to think we get to decide how God is. It is PRIDEFUL to think WE get to decide when, how, and who get's to go the heaven or not. "BUT!" NO! STOP IT! OR I'LL WHACK YOU IN THE FACE WITH MY BIBLE! IT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS! It's not 'What do *I* think God should do?", it's, "What does GOD want ME to do". You know what really grind my gears?! People going 'well, *I* don't think God will let a murderer in just because he said a prayer', '*I* don't think Jesus will really send someone to hell for taking their own life cuz the broke. they were a good christian. God will forgive them for that.', "*I* don't think God will make some go to hell for...' STOP! IT!!!!!! IT SAYS PLAIN AS DAY IN THE BIBLE WHAT WILL SEND YOU TO HELL OR LET YOU IN HEAVEN! STOP TWISTING GOD INTO HOW *YOU* THINK HE IS!!!!! THAT IS CREATING YOUR OWN MAN MADE GOD!
There are 66 books in the bible. Each one is like it's own puzzle piece, and they all fit perfectly together. In the end, after each puzzle is placed together, when we fully understand, we can see the whole picture. The whole story as one painting. It tells us of God's sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, How God's love for us is never ending, and so much more. When Jesus Sacrificed himself for us, rather than us being required to sacrifice things time and time again to try to EARN our way to heaven, Jesus became the ULTIMATE sacrifice so we no longer had to that. Through Jesus, it is now a 'free gift' to us, so long as we ask for forgiveness, and get to truly know Jesus and God on a personal level.
God is your Father, you are his child, his holy spirit entered your heart, you've been redeemed and cleansed by the blood of Jesus, You access and boldly approach God in prayer. These are a few things you will know for sure if you are saved. In Total there 7 key indicators. Before I really get into these 7 things, let me ask this. If you were put on trial, right this very second, for being a christian; Would you be able to provide overwhelming evidence to show you and Christ know each other? What we're gunna do now is go over the 7 indicators which are all in the book of 1 John.
1. A lifestyle of Obedience. Being totally submissive to God, reading and studying his work DAILY, know his commandments and live them out.
2. A confession of Jesus as the Christ, God's son. It's not just a 'yea, Jesus is God's Son. I know that cuz i read it in the bible'. You have to know this and TRULY from the pit of your stomach BELIEVE this to be true.
3. Have a lifestyle of repentance of sin. "unless you repent you will all perish"(luke 13:3). I know i've said it time and time again. You have to constantly be confessing sins EVERY time you pray. Every day, whether is a brief thought or moment when you have to go 'Lord help me' or 'Lord bless em' you already did something.
4. Genuine love for other believers. Your 'brothers' and 'sisters' in Christ are to be exactly like your real brother and sisters. Ones you love wholeheartedly and would do anything for them just as you would your own true blood. 1 John 3:14-15 says, "we know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the bretheren. He who does now love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murder; and know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him"
5. The discipline of God your Father. Just as we discipline our children when they get out of line, God will smack us if WE get out of line.
6. Presence of God's Holy Spirit. This is how we know He lives IN us; we know it by the spirit he gave us(1 john 3:24). If you truely believe, God's spirit is in you and will testify with your spirit that you are a child of God.
7. Faith in Jesus alone for salvation. Trust in Jesus. Pray, in Jesus' name, Believe Jesus died for you sacrificing himself for all the sins in the world that WAS done and ARE to come into passing. It's not "i believe in God but not in the Holy Spirit or Jesus.", or any other variation that tickles YOUR fancy. Trust in Jesus, and everything else will follow suit. God sent his SON Jesus, Jesus died for US, and afterwards, God sent his SPIRIT to walk the earth for HIM as HIS form of communication and to ACCESS his kingdom and power to bring HIM glory.
It only gets better from here folks. I can tell. This book i recommend to anyone and their mama. GET. IT!!!
Chapter 13
"He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
- 1 Peter 2:24
I hope y'all are ready for this! This is definitely a real gut puncher! Buckle up ladies and gents!!
Did you know, most RELIGIOUS people, can't seem to hardly ever show evidence of answered prayers?? It's true! it's because of the LACK of a PERSONAL, saving relationship with Christ.
Out of Jesus' own mouth, he warned, "not everyone who cries 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but ONLY the one who does the WILL of my Father in heaven! On that day, many will say 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name? cast out demons in your name? and do many miracles in your name?' and I will tell them, 'I never KNEW you! depart from me you lawbreaker!" Matthew 7: 21-23. Go ahead. Grab your bible or google it. I kid you not. It's not just a simple 'ok God, I believe you are real.', it's not just a 'hey got baptized and i've done this many good deeds today' type thing. You have to actually go through the motions of prayer, and studying, and worshiping, getting to truly know him. One of the reasons you pray, is so HE can know YOU.
"Well, I don't think -"..I'm gunna stop you right there joker. I said it, GOD said it, JESUS said it. You DON'T go to heaven just because you pray, get baptized, or do good deeds. Yes, these are nice and wonderful things to do, but, you ALSO have to make a RELATIONSHIP with God and Christ. "But I think-"..NO! It is stupid and down right PRIDEFUL to think we get to decide how God is. It is PRIDEFUL to think WE get to decide when, how, and who get's to go the heaven or not. "BUT!" NO! STOP IT! OR I'LL WHACK YOU IN THE FACE WITH MY BIBLE! IT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS! It's not 'What do *I* think God should do?", it's, "What does GOD want ME to do". You know what really grind my gears?! People going 'well, *I* don't think God will let a murderer in just because he said a prayer', '*I* don't think Jesus will really send someone to hell for taking their own life cuz the broke. they were a good christian. God will forgive them for that.', "*I* don't think God will make some go to hell for...' STOP! IT!!!!!! IT SAYS PLAIN AS DAY IN THE BIBLE WHAT WILL SEND YOU TO HELL OR LET YOU IN HEAVEN! STOP TWISTING GOD INTO HOW *YOU* THINK HE IS!!!!! THAT IS CREATING YOUR OWN MAN MADE GOD!
There are 66 books in the bible. Each one is like it's own puzzle piece, and they all fit perfectly together. In the end, after each puzzle is placed together, when we fully understand, we can see the whole picture. The whole story as one painting. It tells us of God's sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, How God's love for us is never ending, and so much more. When Jesus Sacrificed himself for us, rather than us being required to sacrifice things time and time again to try to EARN our way to heaven, Jesus became the ULTIMATE sacrifice so we no longer had to that. Through Jesus, it is now a 'free gift' to us, so long as we ask for forgiveness, and get to truly know Jesus and God on a personal level.
God is your Father, you are his child, his holy spirit entered your heart, you've been redeemed and cleansed by the blood of Jesus, You access and boldly approach God in prayer. These are a few things you will know for sure if you are saved. In Total there 7 key indicators. Before I really get into these 7 things, let me ask this. If you were put on trial, right this very second, for being a christian; Would you be able to provide overwhelming evidence to show you and Christ know each other? What we're gunna do now is go over the 7 indicators which are all in the book of 1 John.
1. A lifestyle of Obedience. Being totally submissive to God, reading and studying his work DAILY, know his commandments and live them out.
2. A confession of Jesus as the Christ, God's son. It's not just a 'yea, Jesus is God's Son. I know that cuz i read it in the bible'. You have to know this and TRULY from the pit of your stomach BELIEVE this to be true.
3. Have a lifestyle of repentance of sin. "unless you repent you will all perish"(luke 13:3). I know i've said it time and time again. You have to constantly be confessing sins EVERY time you pray. Every day, whether is a brief thought or moment when you have to go 'Lord help me' or 'Lord bless em' you already did something.
4. Genuine love for other believers. Your 'brothers' and 'sisters' in Christ are to be exactly like your real brother and sisters. Ones you love wholeheartedly and would do anything for them just as you would your own true blood. 1 John 3:14-15 says, "we know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the bretheren. He who does now love abides in death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murder; and know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him"
5. The discipline of God your Father. Just as we discipline our children when they get out of line, God will smack us if WE get out of line.
6. Presence of God's Holy Spirit. This is how we know He lives IN us; we know it by the spirit he gave us(1 john 3:24). If you truely believe, God's spirit is in you and will testify with your spirit that you are a child of God.
7. Faith in Jesus alone for salvation. Trust in Jesus. Pray, in Jesus' name, Believe Jesus died for you sacrificing himself for all the sins in the world that WAS done and ARE to come into passing. It's not "i believe in God but not in the Holy Spirit or Jesus.", or any other variation that tickles YOUR fancy. Trust in Jesus, and everything else will follow suit. God sent his SON Jesus, Jesus died for US, and afterwards, God sent his SPIRIT to walk the earth for HIM as HIS form of communication and to ACCESS his kingdom and power to bring HIM glory.
It only gets better from here folks. I can tell. This book i recommend to anyone and their mama. GET. IT!!!
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