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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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TO MOST OF US CHRISTIANS, I CAN'T SAY FOR ALL, HE IS GOD, THE SON OF GOD, OUR SAVIOR WHO DIED FOR US. HOWEVER, HE IS MUCH, MUCH MORE, BUT YOU GET THE POINT. NOW LET'S LOOK AT WHAT JESUS SAYS ABOUT HIMSELF.
In the same way that this commission is to every believer, not just to ministers, the command to baptize is also for every believer. It is proper for any believer to administer the ordinance of water baptism.
Jesus commands us to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, yet there is no recorded instance where the believers did so. Instead, the instances of baptism that are recorded in the book of Acts, show people being baptized in the name of Jesus only.
Because of this noticeable difference, doctrines have arisen that teach there is no Trinity, and that unless water baptism is administered in the name of Jesus (only), with faith in the water baptism, a person cannot be saved. This is a false teaching that has...
IN STUDYING THIS MORNING, I CAME ACROSS THE WORD "PRIDE". I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT TO TAKE PRIDE IN THE THINGS I DID AND THERE WERE THINGS I DID THAT I NOW SEE I WENT TO EXTREMES OVER. I WILL GIVE YOU THREE DEFINITIONS OF PRIDE. THIS FIRST ONE IS WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT NOT GO OVERBOARD. IT IS "A sense of one's own proper dignity or value; self-respect." THESE NEXT TWO ARE WHAT WE ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO AND THEY ARE "Arrogant or disdainful conduct or treatment; haughtiness" AND "An excessively high opinion of oneself; conceit". PROVERBS 16:18 PUTS IT THIS WAY, "Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall."
Every detail of every man's life, who has ever walked on the earth, has not impacted the world as much as the few recorded details of Jesus' life. Jesus was not just a man, He was God manifest in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16).
In Acts 10:38 Peter gives a very brief, yet descriptive summary of the life and ministry of Jesus. Jesus was anointed with power and with the Holy Ghost.
He used this power to do good, not evil. This is one of the main characteristics of God and is one of the easiest ways to discern what is from God and what is from the devil. God is a good God and the devil is a bad devil. If it's bad, it's from the devil. If it's good, it's from God.
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I LOVE WHAT IT SAYS IN PSALMS 35:27 WHICH IS "Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant." ARE YOU PROSPERING? WE ALL SHOULD BE BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN US THE MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN. HE GETS NO PLEASURE FROM OUR ADVERSITY AND WHY SHOULD HE? AGAIN....HE HAS GIVEN US THE MEANS BY WHICH WE CAN PROSPER. I KNOW THIS IS DAVID THAT WROTE THIS PSALM BUT 2ND TIMOTHY 3:16-17 TELLS US THAT "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." THEREFORE, I BELIEVE THAT ALL SCRIPTURE IS FOR US TODAY AS MUCH AS IT WAS TO THE JEWS BACK THEN.
Jesus had just told Peter to follow Him. However, Peter wanted to know what the Lord had planned for John. Instead of Jesus answering Peter's question, the Lord told him that what He had in store for John was none of his business.
Satan diverts many people by getting them preoccupied with what others are doing for the Lord. Comparing ourselves with others, whether we come out better or worse, is unwise (2 Cor. 10:12). We need to be so single-minded following the Lord, that we don't look to the right or to the left to see what others are doing. It doesn't matter if we are doing as much to serve the Lord as someone else. The question is, are we doing all that the Lord wants us to do?
Singleness of purpose and vision is a necessity to victorious Christian living. James said that if we try to...
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. CHRISTMAS IS A TIME WE ALL ARE GIVING AND RECEIVING GIFTS AND I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY OF YOU THANKED GOD FOR THE GIFT HE GAVE YOU? WE ALL SHOULD BECAUSE IT WILL BE THE BEST GIFT, CHRISTMAS OR OTHERWISE, WE WILL EVER RECEIVE. JUST THINK, HE GAVE US HIS ONLY SON, TO DIE ON A CROSS TO TAKE AWAY ALL OUR SINS, SO WE CAN GO DIRECTLY TO HIM IN FELLOWSHIP. HE LOVES US THAT MUCH AND SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. YOU KNOW, BEFORE JESUS, WE COULDN'T GO DIRECTLY TO GOD WITH OUR PROBLEMS. OUR SINS KEPT US FROM DOING THAT BUT JESUS TOOK ALL OUR SINS AND GOD NOW SEES US THROUGH HIM. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A FEW MINUTES OUT OF THIS DAY TO SPEND WITH GOD AND THANK HIM FOR THAT WONDERFUL GIFT HE GAVE US. TELL HIM HOW MUCH YOU...
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 sense, water baptism is very important. It is an opportunity to act on your new profession of faith. Anyone who refuses to follow Jesus' command to receive water baptism, may be suspected of not really believing.
However, there are scriptural examples of people being born again before they were baptized in water. Cornelius and his friends were filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues before they were baptized in water (Acts 10:44-48). John 14:17 records Jesus saying that an unbeliever cannot receive the Holy Ghost, so Cornelius and his friends must have...
WHEN YOU ARE PRAYING AND ASKING GOD FOR SOMETHING, DO YOU THANK HIM WHEN HE GIVES IT TO YOU OR ARE YOU LIKE THE NINE LEPERS THAT JESUS HEALED IN LUKE 17:12-16. LOOK WHAT IT SAYS, "And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan." ONLY ONE OF THE TEN CAME BACK TO THANK HIM AND HE WAS A SAMARITAN WHICH THE JEWS WERE NOT TO ASSOCIATE WITH. I WONDER IF THE OTHER NINE WERE JEWS OR GENTILES (SAMARITANS).
Recognition of our completeness in Christ is a tremendous safeguard against deception. Prior to salvation we are incomplete and constantly strive to satisfy our hunger. But through the new birth, we are complete in Christ and our hunger should only be for more revelation of what we already have in Christ. Total satisfaction with Christ disarms Satan's lies. A big part of all temptation is dissatisfaction.
Adam and Eve would not have eaten of the forbidden fruit if they hadn't been made dissatisfied with what they had. Through Satan's lie they were led to believe that they didn't have it all (Gen. 3:5). The truth is, they did have it all. They were more like God before they ate of the fruit than after they ate the fruit....