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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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IT IS TIME TO RECEIVE YOUR SALVATION
IT IS TIME TO RECEIVE YOUR SALVATION
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT YET ACCEPTED JESUS AS YOUR SAVIOR, MY QUESTION TO YOU IS WHY? DO YOU THINK YOUR SINS ARE SO BAD THAT GOD WON'T FORGIVE YOU? IF SOMEONE IS TELLING YOU THIS, THE DEVIL IS USING THEM TO DECEIVE YOU. THIS IS WHAT HE DOES, JUST LIKE HE DECEIVED EVE IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN. EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT BORN AGAIN, I AM SURE YOU KNOW THAT STORY.
LET ME TELL YOU A FEW THINGS YOU JUST MIGHT NOT KNOW AND IF YOU ARE READING THIS, I BELIEVE THERE IS HOPE FOR YOU YET.
FIRST, LET'S LOOK AT SAUL IN THE BIBLE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SANHEDRIN, A RULING BODY IN ISRAEL AT THE TIME OF JESUS. SAUL WAS A SELF-RIGHTEOUS FANATIC WHO HELPED IN TRYING TO STOP THE MESSAGE OF JESUS. HE REALLY MADE TROUBLE FOR THE BELIEVERS IN JESUS, DRAGGING MEN AND WOMEN OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND PUTTING THEM IN PRISON AND SOME TO DEATH. SO, YOU CAN SEE HE WAS A SINFUL MAN BUT JESUS USED HIM IN A BIG WAY. SAUL REPENTED OF HIS SINS AND GOD FORGAVE HIM. SAUL WAS ALSO CALLED PAUL AND GOD SENT HIM TO PREACH THE MESSAGE OF SALVATION TO THE GENTILES . HE EVEN WROTE OVER HALF OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. YOUR SINS COULD NEVER BE AS BAD AS PAUL'S AND THEY WERE FORGIVEN.
JUST A SIDE NOTE FOR YOU WHO THOUGHT JESUS CHANGED SAUL'S NAME TO PAUL LIKE I ONCE DID. THIS IS FROM "QUICK QUESTIONS" FROM THE INTERNET AND I WILL QUOTE IT HERE. THIS IS VERY INTERESTING.
(The question is "when did Jesus change Saul's name to Paul?" He didn't. Many mistakenly assume the Lord changed Saul's name to Paul sometime after Saul converted from Judaism to Christianity, which happened during his encounter with Christ on the Road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-19). Unlike the instance of Jesus changing Simon's name to Kepha (Gk. Petros) as a way of signifying the special role he would play in the Church (Mt 16:18, Jn 1:41-42), in Paul's case there was no name change.
Saul of Tarsus was born a Jew, "circumcised on the eight day, of the race of Israel, or the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrew parentage, in observance of the law a Pharisee" (Phil 3:5). The Hebrew name given him by his parents was Saul, but, because his father was a Roman citizen (and therefore Saul inherited Roman citizenship), Saul also had the Latin name Paul (Acts 16:37, 22:25-28), the custom of dual names being common in those days. Since he grew up in a strict Pharisee environment, the name Saul was by far the more appropriate name to go by. But after his conversion Saul determined to bring the gospel to the Gentiles, so he dusted off his Roman name and became known as Paul, a name Gentiles were accustomed to.)
IF PAUL WAS NOT ENOUGH, I WILL GIVE YOU ONE MORE. HIS NAME WAS DAVID, A SHEPHERD BOY. I AM SURE YOU HAVE HEARD THE STORY ABOUT HIM KILLING THE GIANT WITH HIS SLINGSHOT. HE WROTE MOST OF THE PSALMS AND EVEN BECAME KING OF ISRAEL. HE COMMITTED ADULTERY AND EVEN HAD THE WOMAN'S HUSBAND KILLED. EVEN AFTER THAT, LOOK WHAT GOD SAID ABOUT HIM IN ACTS 13:22 "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will." EVEN IF YOUR SINS ARE THIS BAD, GOD FORGAVE DAVID AND HE WILL FORGIVE YOU.
SO, IF YOU STILL THINK YOU ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE FORGIVEN, THINK AGAIN. JESUS LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO BE YOUR SAVIOR. HE HAS ALREADY DIED FOR YOUR SINS AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BELIEVE THAT AND RECEIVED HIM BY FAITH. I PRAY THAT YOU WILL.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
