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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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PLEASE DON'T STOP STANDING ON SOMETHING YOU HAVE PRAYED FOR. I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE "WELL, I GUESS THAT PRAYER WILL NOT BE ANSWERED." IF YOU HAVE PRAYED ACCORDING TO GOD WILL, HE HAS ALREADY ANSWERED YOUR PRAYER. THERE ARE MANY PLACED IN HIS WORD WHERE HE SAYS "ASK AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU". HE DOES NOT LIE BUT YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE AND TRUST HIM TO MANIFEST IT IN HIS TIMELINE, NOT YOURS. JUST KEEP STANDING AND BELIEVING.
The Christian life is not like an insurance policy that only pays off when we die and go to heaven. Every believer has now received the grace of God and the fullness of God. We are now complete in Him (Col. 2:9-10).
When we receive Jesus as our Lord, we are instantly changed in our spirits (2 Cor. 5:17). Many Christians aren't aware of the change that takes place in their spirit. They continue to live within their physical and emotional realms and are oblivious to the new, born-again part of them that has received the fullness of God.
You can't see or feel your spirit. You just have to believe what the Word of God tells you because God's Word is spirit and life (Jn. 6:63). Your spiritual salvation is complete. Nothing can be added to it. In your spirit, you are right now as you will be...
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 2019 IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL AND PROSPEROUS YEARS. I KNOW THINGS SOMETIMES LOOKED BAD THIS PAST YEAR BUT THAT IS GONE NOW AND WE HAVE A LORD THAT LOVES US AND WANTS THE BEST FOR US AND WILL NEVER LEAVE US. LAST YEAR HAD ITS PROBLEMS AND I AM GOING TO TOUCH ON THOSE A LITTLE. SOME OF YOU LOST LOVED ONES, SOME GOT SOME BAD NEWS ON THEIR HEALTH AND SOME HAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. LET'S LOOK AT THESE A MINUTE.
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Jesus was not just a man sent from God, He was God.
This is the most important statement of the New Testament. On this truth hangs all other truths.
If Jesus was only a man, then regardless of how good He was, His life could only provide a substitute for one other man. But since He was God, His life was worth more than every human life since creation. Indeed it was worth more than the sum total of the universe that He created.
Any compromise on this point will negate the work of Christ in our lives. Jesus was God manifest in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16)! Yet this Almighty God came to dwell in a human body. He humbled Himself and took the form of a servant (Phil. 2:7).
Christ's humanity truly made Him one of us. He suffered the same temptations and...
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVING A PROBLEM WITH KNOWING WHETHER THEY WILL GO TO HEAVEN WHEN THEY DIE. ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE? WELL, ANSWER THIS QUESTION BEFORE YOU READ THE NEXT SENTENCE. IF YOU DIE TODAY, WOULD YOU GO TO HEAVEN? IF YOU ARE BORN AGAIN AND YOU ANSWERED ANYTHING BUT "YES", THEN YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM. EITHER YOU ARE NOT BORN AGAIN, YOU DO NOT BELIEVE GOD'S WORD OR YOU JUST DON'T STUDY YOUR BIBLE.
SOME OF YOU KEEP ASKING IF YOU CAN LOSE...
The Lord confirmed the preaching of His Word with miracles. If Jesus and the first century Christians needed the Word confirmed with the miraculous (Heb. 2:4), then we do too. There is no scripture that says these miraculous signs have passed away.
Some people have interpreted "that which is perfect" in 1 Corinthians 13:10, as being the complete Bible. This has led them to believe that the gifts of the Spirit have ceased. Although God's Word is perfect (Ps. 19:7), it is not the "perfect thing" that is referred to here. 1 Corinthians 13:8 does say that tongues shall cease, but it will not happen until "that which is perfect is come."
In 1 Corinthians 13:12, Paul says, "when that which is perfect is come, we shall see face to face."...
I HAVE WRITTEN ON THIS BEFORE BUT I FELT THE LORD WAS TELLING ME THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO HEAR THIS AGAIN, OR FOR THE FIRST TIME, SO HERE IT IS. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOUNTAIN JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT IS TO REPRESENT WHAT EVER IS IN YOUR LIFE THAT NEEDS TO GO. JUST READ WHAT JESUS SAYS IN MATTHEW 21:21-22 "Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
This either speaks literally of supernatural protection if we pick up a snake, or symbolically of protection in our fight against the devil. Since the other four signs in this list are literal, it is most probable that this means physically taking up snakes.
The apostle Paul experienced this supernatural protection from a viper when he was shipwrecked on the island of Melita (Acts 28:3-5). However, this is the only recorded example of this type of protection in the New Testament.
There is no record of the disciples picking up snakes just to prove they were believers. That would be tempting God (Lk. 4:9-12). This, as well as drinking any deadly thing, is a promise that if we pick up snakes accidentally or are...
HAVE YOU EVER READ THE DEFINITION OF "HOLY". I JUST LOOKED IT UP AND HERE IS WHAT I FOUND. "Belonging to, derived from, or associated with a divine power; sacred." THIS IS OUR LORD. HE IS HOLY. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT US BEING HOLY? "Living according to a strict or highly moral religious or spiritual system; saintly." ARE YOU HOLY?
This scripture has led many to believe that water baptism is a part of salvation and that the born-again experience cannot be a reality without it.
This same kind of thinking would make seeing Jesus a prerequisite for salvation, based on John 6:40.
It is faith in the redemptive work of Christ that produces salvation - not our actions. However, James writes that faith without works is dead (Jas. 2:20).
Faith alone saves, but saving faith is never alone; it must be acted upon.
This is what Mark is referring to when he speaks of baptism.
Water baptism is a command of Jesus and is the initial action taken upon believing. Mark's statement could be rendered, "He who believes with saving faith (i.e. faith that produces actions) will be saved." In this...