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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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DO YOU EVER GET TIRED OF THE TV EVANGELIST ALWAYS ASKING FOR MONEY? THEY HAVE A HALF HOUR PROGRAM AND TEN MINUTES ARE TAKEN UP WANTING TO SELL YOU ONE OF THEIR BOOKS OR TEACHING TAPES. I KNOW THEY NEED MONEY TO PUT ON THEIR PROGRAMS BUT THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY OF DOING IT. I WILL GIVE YOU TWO WAYS THAT I KNOW OF THAT REALLY WORKS.
John's baptism was a baptism with water unto repentance for the remission of sins. John preached that the Lamb of God came to take away the sins of the world (Jn. 1:29), but he didn't administer the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
However, both John the Baptist and Jesus prophesied the church age, when believers would be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
The baptism of the Holy Spirit came on the day of Pentecost, but it was not only for these few individuals. Peter said in Acts 2:39, "For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." This same power is available to all believers today.
The promise of the Spirit being poured out on "all flesh" is...
HAVE YOU EVER CONSIDERED THE POWER THAT WE HAVE? IF WE ALL COULD JUST REALIZE THIS AND REALLY GET IT INTO OUR WHOLE BEING, THERE IS NOTHING WE COULD NOT DO. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT JUST A FEW THINGS THAT JESUS DID AND HE SAID IN JOHN 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. DID YOU SEE THAT....."GREATER WORKS SHALL WE DO".
One of the great mistakes of the modern church is to think that evangelism is something done within the four walls of the church building. Acts 8:1-4 makes it apparent that evangelism was not done by the pastor or clergy but by believers that went everywhere preaching the Word (Acts 8:4).
Some methods of evangelism mentioned in scripture are: (1) House to house evangelism - "...and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ" (Acts 5:42). (2) Personal one-on-one evangelism - Philip ministered to the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-38), Paul to Sergius Paulus (Acts 13:7), Jesus to Mary Magdalene, Nicodemus, the woman at the well, the thief on the cross, and others. There are around 35 such instances recorded in the Gospels alone. (3) Evangelism to large crowds - Peter ministered to the crowds in Jerusalem at...
IF YOU HAVE NEVER READ HEBREWS 11, THE WHOLE CHAPTER, YOU SHOULD. IT IS CALLED "THE FAITH CHAPTER" FOR A REASON. IT MENTIONS MOST OF THE OLD TESTAMENT MEN AND WOMEN OF FAITH. I GOT CHILLS JUST READING IT AND THINKING ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WERE FACING. ALTHOUGH HEBREWS IS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, IT MENTIONS ALL THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, AND THE GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS, WE CAN GO INTO THE OLD TESTAMENT AND READ ALL THE STORIES.
Just as every sport has disputes that must be settled by the officials, the peace of God is the umpire that settles all disputes as to what the will of God is for our lives. We must learn to listen to and heed the peace of God in our hearts.
God's peace is something that every born-again believer has. It's a fruit of the Spirit. That peace is always umpiring; we just don't always pay attention. How many times have you acted contrary to the peace in your heart and afterwards, you experience disaster? You say, "I never did feel good about that." That was the peace of God umpiring, but we chose to play by our own rules.
There are some things we can do to facilitate the peace of God umpiring in our hearts. First, consider ALL the options. Many wrong...
I POSTED A MESSAGE FROM MY GOOD FRIEND MICK ALEXANDER A FEW YEARS AGO AND I WAS THINKING THAT SOME OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO READING MY MESSAGES MIGHT COULD BENEFIT FROM IT. THEREFORE, I AM POSTING IT AGAIN. IT WAS ABOUT CONFESSING AND REPENTING. THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENCES IN THE TWO. JUST READ BELOW AS HE MAKES IT SO CLEAR.
What does it mean to confess?
Let's imagine that confessing sins is just admitting that we have sinned. So, if I lust and admit it to God then He will forgive me.
If I do the same thing next day He will forgive me again.
If I do the same thing next day He will forgive me again.
If I do the same thing next day He will forgive me again.
So if I continue to lust day after day and...
When the right time came, God sent forth His Son from Heaven in His pre-existent state, into the world. He was born of a woman (virgin birth) and was made subject to the requirements of the law. Jesus was sent at a specific time. The entrance of Jesus into the physical realm was not a random thing occurring at a haphazard time. There were developments that had to take place before Christ could come to earth and redeem man. The Father sent His Son to the earth at the earliest possible time. Anytime prior to the time Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, would have been premature.
His purpose for coming into the world was twofold. First, He came to "redeem them that were under the law." He did this by perfectly keeping the law,...