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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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DON'T TAKE SALVATION FOR GRANTED
ACCEPTING JESUS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT ANYONE WILL EVER DO. IT IS A SHAME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE BEING A CHRISTIAN FOR GRANTED. I HAVE ASKED PEOPLE BEFORE IF THEY WERE BORN AGAIN AND THEY GOT VERY UPSET WITH ME. I WANTED TO SAY TO THEM THAT IF THY WERE LIVING THEIR LIVES THE WAY A CHRISTIAN SHOULD, I WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO ASK. I WANTED TO SAY THAT TO THEM BUT I DIDN'T. WE ALL SHOULD BE ASKING OURSELVES IF WE ARE LIVING OUR LIVES IN A WAY THAT PEOPLE WILL HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE ARE BORN AGAIN.
THE REASON I SAY THAT SOME PEOPLE TAKE THEIR SALVATION FOR GRANTED IS I HAVE HEARD THEM SAY "ONCE SAVED, ALWAYS SAVED". THEY THINK THAT SINCE THEY ARE BORN AGAIN, THEY CAN GO OUT AND DO WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO AND IT WILL NOT MATTER. I SAY TO THOSE PEOPLE THAT IF THIS IS THE WAY THEY THINK, I SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT THEY WERE EVER REALLY BORN AGAIN. THEY MAY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE MOTIONS BUT THEIR HEART WAS NOT IN IT.
ANOTHER THING IS THAT SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT LIFE ETERNAL BEGINS WHEN WE DIE AND GO TO HEAVEN. THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT LIFE ETERNAL BEGINS WHEN WE ACCEPT JESUS AS OUR SAVIOR. JESUS SAID IN JOHN 17:3 "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." DON'T WE KNOW GOD AND JESUS NOW, WHILE WE ARE ALIVE? IN THE CHRISTMAS STORY IN LUKE WHERE THE ANGELS SAID "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.", THEY WERE NOT SAYING THERE WOULD BE PEACE ON EARTH AMONG MEN. JESUS HIMSELF SAID IN MATTHEW 10:34 "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword." THE ANGELS WERE SAYING JESUS CAME TO BRING PEACE BETWEEN US AND GOD. BEFORE JESUS, WE COULD NOT GO DIRECTLY TO GOD BECAUSE OF OUR SIN. NOW WE CAN HAVE A CLOSE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. I BELIEVE THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE AND IT STARTED WHEN WE BECAUSE CHRISTIANS.
LET'S ALL LIVE OUR LIVES SO THERE WILL NEVER BE ANY DOUBT THAT WE ARE CHRISTIANS. I BELIEVE THAT LETTING PEOPLE SEE JESUS IN OUR LIVES CARRIES A LOT MORE WEIGHT THAN JUST TRYING TO TELL THEM ABOUT HIM. IF WE ARE CHRISTIANS AND THEY CAN'T SEE JESUS IN OUR LIVES, WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO KNOW HIM?
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
