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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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Water Baptism Is An Act Of Faith
Mark 16:16 'He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.'
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...
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT THE JEWS THOUGHT WHEN THEY HEARD THE TERM "BORN AGAIN"? WE CAN SEE THIS IN JOHN 3. JESUS USED THE TERM WHEN HE WAS TALKING WI TH NICODEMUS. NICODEMUS WAS A RULER OF THE JEWS AND WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS MAN JESUS SO THE BIBLE SAYS HE CAME TO JESUS BY NIGHT. HE SAID HE KNEW THAT JESUS WAS A TEACHER THAT CAME FROM GOD, OTHERWISE, HOW COULD HE DO THE MIRACLES HE DID. HOWEVER, HE WAS NOT SURE WHAT "BORN AGAIN" MEANT.
IN JOHN 3 :3-7 JESUS TELLS HIM. " Jesus...
How To Baptize
Matthew 28:19 'Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:'
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...
DO YOU THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO? IF YOU SAID YES THEN YOU ARE VERY WRONG AND PROBABLY HAVE NEVER READ LUKE 1:37 WHERE IT SAYS "For with God nothing shall be impossible." THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THIS IS SOMEONE'S UNBELIEF. THE PERSON YOU ARE MINISTERING TO HAS TO BELIEVE. EVEN JESUS COULD NOT DO ALL THE MIGHTY WORKS HE WANTED TO DO IN HIS OWN COUNTRY AND HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE'S UNBELIEF. (MATTHEW 13:57-58 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.)
God Is Good
John 21:25 'And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.'
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...
THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS
WHY DO WE SOMETIMES WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO CALL ON THE NAME OF JESUS WHEN WE ARE IN TROUBLE? I KNOW WE HAVE ALL DONE IT . IF IT IS SOMETHING LIKE GETTING SOMETHING REPAIRED AROUND THE HOUSE OR ON THE CAR, IT IS BAD, BUT NOT LIFE THREATENING. WE USUALLY END UP SCRAPING A KNUCKLE OR TWO OR GET SO FRUSTRATED WE WANT TO SAY BAD THINGS AND THEN WE REMEMBER. JESUS....HELP!!!
WHAT IF WE ARE SICK? THIS IS WHEN WE SHOULDN'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. WE COULD DIE WHILE WE ARE WAITING. THE BIBLE SAYS GOD GAVE JESUS A NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY NAME. THAT MEANS THAT IF YOUR SICKNESS HAS A NAME,...
Be Single-minded
John 21:21 'Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do?'
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...