Happy 2014 Salvation and people today bible study

 

I want to start this off by wishing each and everybody on this January 2, 2014 as this is being written a happy and blessed new year. The real reason for this being written is to ask you all a very important question: Do you know Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior now? I ask you this with a couple of very important reasons. First we are not by any means guaranteed tomorrow by any stretch of the imagination so you could die today or anytime at all by accident, heart attack, murder, other health conditions and so on- we do NOT plan our deaths ourselves in any way nor do we know when we might die at all- and this saving personal relationship with the Lord Jesus is the ONLY way to heaven at all- again, nothing, nothing else at all will enable you to enter heaven- not personal works like serving and giving or being good at all or any other gods that many worship worldwide or anything else at all outside of Jesus- Jesus did pay the price for your sins that you have committed (all mankind in reality) as only He could have done it- if you die without Jesus you will go to hell and then the lake of fire. I am going to explain this in a salvation teaching in a bit. Also this saving relationship with Jesus- a good strong relationship where you repent of your sins and are on fire for the one saved you also has another reward- He will return to rapture His bride to heaven so they don’t have to go through the tribulation period, not to mention a lot of chaos just afterwards.

I am starting this teaching and presentation with prophecies of the way people are evil today, prophecies which have largely been fulfilled, too. The first is the scriptures in Isaiah chapter 5

(Isaiah 5:1)  Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

 

(Isaiah 5:2)  And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.

 

(Isaiah 5:3)  And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.

 

(Isaiah 5:4)  What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?

 

(Isaiah 5:5)  And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:

 

(Isaiah 5:6)  And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

 

(Isaiah 5:7)  For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

 

(Isaiah 5:8)  Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!

 

(Isaiah 5:9)  In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

 

(Isaiah 5:10)  Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

 

(Isaiah 5:11)  Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!

 

(Isaiah 5:12)  And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

 

(Isaiah 5:13)  Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

 

(Isaiah 5:14)  Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.

 

(Isaiah 5:15)  And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled:

 

(Isaiah 5:16)  But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness.

 

(Isaiah 5:17)  Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.

 

(Isaiah 5:18)  Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

 

(Isaiah 5:19)  That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!

 

(Isaiah 5:20)  Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

 

(Isaiah 5:21)  Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

 

(Isaiah 5:22)  Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink:

 

(Isaiah 5:23)  Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

 

(Isaiah 5:24)  Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

 

(Isaiah 5:25)  Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

 

(Isaiah 5:26)  And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

 

(Isaiah 5:27)  None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

 

(Isaiah 5:28)  Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

 

(Isaiah 5:29)  Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it.

 

(Isaiah 5:30)  And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.

 

Here are more verses of the way people are today here first starting with these 4 verses in chapter 30 of Proverbs

(Proverbs 30:11)  There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

 

(Proverbs 30:12)  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.

 

(Proverbs 30:13)  There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

 

(Proverbs 30:14)  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

 

These verses in Romans chapter 1 also speak well of how people are becoming and I am sad to say the United States (and likely others) are also becoming reprobate as these scriptures speak of here:

(Romans 1:21)  Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

 

(Romans 1:22)  Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

 

(Romans 1:23)  And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.

 

(Romans 1:24)  Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

 

(Romans 1:25)  Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

 

(Romans 1:26)  For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

 

(Romans 1:27)  And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

 

(Romans 1:28)  And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

 

(Romans 1:29)  Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

 

(Romans 1:30)  Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

 

(Romans 1:31)  Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

 

(Romans 1:32)  Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

In these first verses in 1 Timothy chapter 4 also speak of how people often today sear their consciousness and become hard due to their evils

(1 Timothy 4:1)  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

 

(1 Timothy 4:2)  Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

 

(1 Timothy 4:3)  Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.

 

These 8 verses in 1 Timothy 6 speak of peoples’ greed today and also much of the false teaching going on

(1 Timothy 6:3)  If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

 

(1 Timothy 6:4)  He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

 

(1 Timothy 6:5)  Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

 

(1 Timothy 6:6)  But godliness with contentment is great gain.

 

(1 Timothy 6:7)  For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.

 

(1 Timothy 6:8)  And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

 

(1 Timothy 6:9)  But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

 

(1 Timothy 6:10)  For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

 

2 Timothy chapter 3 also speaks well of how people are becoming in these last days, too in these verses:

(2 Timothy 3:1)  This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

 

(2 Timothy 3:2)  For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

 

(2 Timothy 3:3)  Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

 

(2 Timothy 3:4)  Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

 

(2 Timothy 3:5)  Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

 

(2 Timothy 3:6)  For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,

 

(2 Timothy 3:7)  Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

 

(2 Timothy 3:8)  Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.

 

(2 Timothy 3:9)  But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

 

These two verses also speak of how people will turn their ears to false teachings and such.

(2 Timothy 4:3)  For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

 

(2 Timothy 4:4)  And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

 

If you are like the above and feel conviction in your heart from the message, it is NEVER too late to repent of anything in your heart for God will forgive you these errors, for He does love you greatly, especially repenting  before the rapture and getting right with Jesus before He does rapture His bride. I am now including a salvation teaching which will show you how and why we are in sin and fallen and how God has helped us recover, sending Jesus who made atonement for us on the cross so we can have everlasting life with Him no matter whether we die or go in the rapture. This takes care of all of the sins of mankind all at one time.

I am starting this teaching with the last six verses in Genesis chapter 1 where God declares let us make man in our own image with the trinity which they do and are given authority over other things, and even said it was very good.

(Genesis 1:26)  And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

 

(Genesis 1:27)  So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

 

(Genesis 1:28)  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

 

(Genesis 1:29)  And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

 

(Genesis 1:30)  And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

 

(Genesis 1:31)  And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

 

Then these verses in Genesis chapter 2 describe the actual creation and early life of man and woman and a garden in which He placed man, including every tree but also the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which will play in man’s fall. They were naked but not ashamed of it either.

(Genesis 2:7)  And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

 

(Genesis 2:8)  And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

 

(Genesis 2:9)  And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

 

In these 11 verses of Genesis chapter 2, God gives man the freedom to eat of every tree except the tree of knowledge of good and evil, threatening death if he does. He then makes Adam a wife, Eve and Adam goes on to name everything

(Genesis 2:15)  And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

 

(Genesis 2:16)  And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

 

(Genesis 2:17)  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

 

(Genesis 2:18)  And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

 

(Genesis 2:19)  And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

 

(Genesis 2:20)  And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

 

(Genesis 2:21)  And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

 

(Genesis 2:22)  And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

 

(Genesis 2:23)  And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

 

(Genesis 2:24)  Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

 

(Genesis 2:25)  And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

 

As started I am starting this teaching with the fall of man, which is in Genesis 3 where Adam and Eve succumb to temptation by eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil- they could have eaten of all the other trees but Satan tricks them. They get kicked out of the garden as a result and mankind ends up inheriting sin because of this one act of disobedience.

(Genesis 3:1)  Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

 

(Genesis 3:2)  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

 

(Genesis 3:3)  But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

 

(Genesis 3:4)  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

 

(Genesis 3:5)  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

 

(Genesis 3:6)  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

 

(Genesis 3:7)  And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

 

(Genesis 3:8)  And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

 

(Genesis 3:9)  And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

 

(Genesis 3:10)  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

 

(Genesis 3:11)  And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

 

(Genesis 3:12)  And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

 

(Genesis 3:13)  And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

 

(Genesis 3:14)  And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

 

(Genesis 3:15)  And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

 

(Genesis 3:16)  Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

 

(Genesis 3:17)  And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

 

(Genesis 3:18)  Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

 

(Genesis 3:19)  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

 

(Genesis 3:20)  And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

 

(Genesis 3:21)  Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

 

(Genesis 3:22)  And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

 

(Genesis 3:23)  Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

 

(Genesis 3:24)  So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

 

God of course is grieved at and by this and wants people to turn back and repent. Here are more verses relating to that:

These three verses are a motive for doing that, for God will forgive our wrongdoing if we confess it to us. Also here are some verses in Ezekiel chapter 3 that give the message that if we fail to warn people God will hold us accountable for our failure to do so

(Ezekiel 3:17)  Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

 

(Ezekiel 3:18)  When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

 

(Ezekiel 3:19)  Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

 

(Ezekiel 3:20)  Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

 

(Ezekiel 3:21)  Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul.

 

These verses make it clear we will be accountable for whether we warn people, and this is repeated again later on in the same book, too. I am now going on to some proverbs to give warning and encourage repentance for things. Here is a powerful message in Proverbs chapter 1 encouraging repentance and stating the consequences for not repenting:

(Proverbs 1:20)  Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:

 

(Proverbs 1:21)  She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

 

(Proverbs 1:22)  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

 

(Proverbs 1:23)  Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

 

(Proverbs 1:24)  Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

 

(Proverbs 1:25)  But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

 

(Proverbs 1:26)  I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

 

(Proverbs 1:27)  When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

 

(Proverbs 1:28)  Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

 

(Proverbs 1:29)  For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:

 

(Proverbs 1:30)  They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

 

(Proverbs 1:31)  Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

 

(Proverbs 1:32)  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

 

(Proverbs 1:33)  But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.

 

Here are a few other warning messages in the proverbs

(Proverbs 14:12)  There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

 

(Proverbs 16:25)  There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

 

Note the repletion and take heed, as repletion stresses a point made

(Proverbs 21:16)  The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

 

(Proverbs 27:20)  Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

 

Ezekiel chapter 18 is a powerful warning chapter encouraging repentance for that is what God desires, for the wicked to turn from his evil and not die but also warns the righteous to not turn from doing right and thus fall away

(Ezekiel 18:1)  The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

 

(Ezekiel 18:2)  What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge?

 

(Ezekiel 18:3)  As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel.

 

(Ezekiel 18:4)  Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:5)  But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,

 

(Ezekiel 18:6)  And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,

 

(Ezekiel 18:7)  And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

 

(Ezekiel 18:8)  He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

 

(Ezekiel 18:9)  Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD.

 

(Ezekiel 18:10)  If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things,

 

(Ezekiel 18:11)  And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,

 

(Ezekiel 18:12)  Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

 

(Ezekiel 18:13)  Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

 

(Ezekiel 18:14)  Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like,

 

(Ezekiel 18:15)  That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife,

 

(Ezekiel 18:16)  Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

 

(Ezekiel 18:17)  That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

 

(Ezekiel 18:18)  As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity.

 

(Ezekiel 18:19)  Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

 

(Ezekiel 18:20)  The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

 

(Ezekiel 18:21)  But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:22)  All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.

 

(Ezekiel 18:23)  Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?

 

(Ezekiel 18:24)  But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:25)  Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal?

 

(Ezekiel 18:26)  When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:27)  Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.

 

(Ezekiel 18:28)  Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

 

(Ezekiel 18:29)  Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?

 

(Ezekiel 18:30)  Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

 

(Ezekiel 18:31)  Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

 

(Ezekiel 18:32)  For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

 

This passage of the first twenty verses in Ezekiel chapter 33 reinforce the messages in Ezekiel chapter 3 and 18 to warn people of their wrongs or be held accountable and also to turn from evil and not fall away from doing good. Again this repetition is powerful to strengthen the message

(Ezekiel 33:1)  Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

 

(Ezekiel 33:2)  Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

 

(Ezekiel 33:3)  If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;

 

(Ezekiel 33:4)  Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head.

 

(Ezekiel 33:5)  He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul.

 

(Ezekiel 33:6)  But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.

 

(Ezekiel 33:7)  So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.

 

(Ezekiel 33:8)  When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

 

(Ezekiel 33:9)  Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

 

(Ezekiel 33:10)  Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?

 

(Ezekiel 33:11)  Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

 

(Ezekiel 33:12)  Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth.

 

(Ezekiel 33:13)  When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it.

 

(Ezekiel 33:14)  Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

 

(Ezekiel 33:15)  If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

 

(Ezekiel 33:16)  None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

 

(Ezekiel 33:17)  Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

 

(Ezekiel 33:18)  When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby.

 

(Ezekiel 33:19)  But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

 

(Ezekiel 33:20)  Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways.

 

These conditions and warnings but also advice of what good to do and not do are also included in Hosea chapter 4 which is powerful and having warnings aimed to the priests and now pastors for the bible warnings still apply today

(Hosea 4:1)  Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

 

(Hosea 4:2)  By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

 

(Hosea 4:3)  Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

 

(Hosea 4:4)  Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

 

(Hosea 4:5)  Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

 

(Hosea 4:6)  My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

 

(Hosea 4:7)  As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

 

(Hosea 4:8)  They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

 

(Hosea 4:9)  And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

 

(Hosea 4:10)  For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

 

(Hosea 4:11)  Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

 

(Hosea 4:12)  My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

 

(Hosea 4:13)  They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

 

(Hosea 4:14)  I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

 

(Hosea 4:15)  Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

 

(Hosea 4:16)  For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

 

(Hosea 4:17)  Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

 

(Hosea 4:18)  Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

 

(Hosea 4:19)  The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

 

Now here is a salvation teaching expressing the purpose of Jesus and His walk on earth and the real benefit of the death of Jesus is that it enables a personal relationship with Jesus AND the Father God, one that was cut off by the sin of man, which were atoned for Jesus’ work on the cross at Calvary. There is nothing that can compare with a relationship with God- nothing can come remotely close to it. I am now including a salvation teaching with which you can learn more and use this to accept Jesus as Your own personal Lord and Savior or share this salvation teaching with others to be used of God to win them to Christ

First the word says none has done right, not even one of us, and he does not respect persons in this at all.

(Romans 3:9)  What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;

 

(Romans 3:10)  As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

 

(Romans 3:11)  There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.

 

(Romans 3:12)  They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

 

In verse 10 above it does say it is written none is righteous. Here are the verses from Psalms 14 and 53,  which say that none is righteous and are nearly identical to one another so I am putting both of them in this teaching to really drive home the point of God’s word about none being righteous, not even one. This all is a result of the fall, described in Genesis chapter 3, above.

(Psalm 14:1)  To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

 

(Psalm 14:2)  The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.

 

(Psalm 14:3)  They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

 

(Psalm 14:4)  Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

 

(Psalm 53:1)  To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

 

(Psalm 53:2)  God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

 

(Psalm 53:3)  Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

 

(Psalm 53:4)  Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

 

Isaiah 1 verse 18 is another excellent verse urging people to repent of this sin and basically promising forgiveness and cleansing..

(Isaiah 1:18)  Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

 

More promises are made for a new spirit and for the savior, Jesus to come in these old testament verses.

In Ezekiel 11 God promises to give a new heart of flesh and a new spirit too.

(Ezekiel 11:19)  And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

 

(Ezekiel 11:20)  That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

 

A similar promise is made in Ezekiel 36 including to do even washing people from their sins.

(Ezekiel 36:25)  Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

 

(Ezekiel 36:26)  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

 

(Ezekiel 36:27)  And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.

 

Here is the prophecy of Isaiah of the coming Jesus who would come to die for all of our sins, to grant us eternal life, which is in Isaiah chapter 53, which I am including the entire chapter.

(Isaiah 53:1)  Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?

 

(Isaiah 53:2)  For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

 

(Isaiah 53:3)  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

 

(Isaiah 53:4)  Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

 

(Isaiah 53:5)  But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

 

(Isaiah 53:6)  All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

 

(Isaiah 53:7)  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

 

(Isaiah 53:8)  He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

 

(Isaiah 53:9)  And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

 

(Isaiah 53:10)  Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

 

(Isaiah 53:11)  He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

 

(Isaiah 53:12)  Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

 

Here is the remaining part of this bible study which forcefully points out that Jesus did come for us but also the consequences for accepting Him as Lord and also for rejecting Him (hell and the lake of fire) and also explains how to get Jesus to come into your heart for He wants nobody to go to hell, for hell was made for the devil, the demons and the devil’s angels and NOT MAN.

In Hebrews it is pointed out that Jesus has appointed to put away sin and it is for man to die once and be judged but people can look to Him for salvation

(Hebrews 9:26)  For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

 

(Hebrews 9:27)  And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

 

(Hebrews 9:28)  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

 

In fact also all have sinned and have fallen short of God’s glory, however are justified freely by grace through the redemption in Jesus

(Romans 3:23)  For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

 

(Romans 3:24)  Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

 

(Romans 3:25)  Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

 

(Romans 3:26)  To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

 

Here ultimately are the wages of sin that the above verse speaks about- the second death in the lake of fire. Remember that accepting God’s gift of salvation through Jesus WILL enable you to avoid the hell, the white throne judgment and the lake of fire.

Here are some bible verses describing hell, which indeed is where the dead go without Jesus

(Isaiah 66:24)  And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

 

Jesus warns in these verses in Mark 9 that you should want to do anything at all to avoid entering hell.

(Mark 9:43)  And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

 

(Mark 9:44)  Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

 

(Mark 9:45)  And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:

 

(Mark 9:46)  Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

 

(Mark 9:47)  And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

 

(Mark 9:48)  Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.’

 

Here are the verses describing the great white throne judgment are thrown into the lake of fire, as at this stage death and hell are thrown into the lake of fire and  these verses pertain to all those who die without Jesus. Please do NOT be one of them. If you have not already done so, please accept Jesus today.

(Revelation 20:11)  And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

 

(Revelation 20:12)  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

 

(Revelation 20:13)  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

 

(Revelation 20:14)  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

 

(Revelation 20:15)  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

 

This warning of the second death is repeated, for evil doers who are unsaved but Jesus also promises those who overcome will inherit all things in these verses in Revelation chapter 21

(Revelation 21:5)  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

 

(Revelation 21:6)  And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

 

(Revelation 21:7)  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

 

(Revelation 21:8)  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

 

God is patient with us so none would perish and all come to repentance as stated in 2 Peter 3

(2 Peter 3:8)  But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

 

(2 Peter 3:9)  The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

 

These verses of this teaching are from 1 Timothy state that it is important to pray because God does indeed want all to be saved for that is His will for all to be saved

(1 Timothy 2:1)  I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

 

(1 Timothy 2:2)  For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

 

(1 Timothy 2:3)  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

 

(1 Timothy 2:4)  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

 

(1 Timothy 2:5)  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

 

(1 Timothy 2:6)  Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

 

These verses in Titus remind us that the grace of God brings salvation to all men and that Jesus gave Himself for us

(Titus 2:11)  For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

 

(Titus 2:12)  Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

 

(Titus 2:13)  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

 

(Titus 2:14)  Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

 

(Titus 2:15)  These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

 

God’s love for us is such that Jesus died for us while we were sinners

(Romans 5:6)  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

 

(Romans 5:7)  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.

 

(Romans 5:8)  But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

 

(Romans 5:9)  Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

 

We must believe that He did come as it does say God sent His Son so that people can find eternal life and not hell

(John 3:16)  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

 

(John 3:17)  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

 

(John 3:18)  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

 

(John 3:19)  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

 

 

Here again in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 this message of all being dead but Jesus died for all and rose so we might live for Him

(2 Corinthians 5:14)  For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

 

(2 Corinthians 5:15)  And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.

 

These two verses in Ephesians remind us that this gift of God is through His grace only lest any should boast

(Ephesians 2:8)  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

 

(Ephesians 2:9)  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

 

(2 Corinthians 9:15)  Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

 

Here in 1 John 2 Jesus is indeed the propitiation for all of our sins

(1 John 2:1)  My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:

 

(1 John 2:2)  And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

These two verses in 1 John chapter 4 remind us how Jesus did give Himself for us to be a propitiation for our sins:

(1 John 4:9)  In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

 

(1 John 4:10)  Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

 

These ten verses in 1 John 5 speak of those who believe in the Son overcoming the world and having eternal life as a result

(1 John 5:4)  For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

 

(1 John 5:5)  Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

 

(1 John 5:6)  This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

 

(1 John 5:7)  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

 

(1 John 5:8)  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

 

(1 John 5:9)  If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son.

 

(1 John 5:10)  He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

 

(1 John 5:11)  And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

 

(1 John 5:12)  He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

 

(1 John 5:13)  These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

 

And here is the verse in John 14 which reminds us that Jesus is the ONLY way to God and heaven

(John 14:6)  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

 

This verse in Revelation reminds us that Jesus IS at the door and seeks us to open to Him

(Revelation 3:20)  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

 

Here is how to accept the gift of God according to Romans ten, confess by mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead

(Romans 10:9)  That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

 

(Romans 10:10)  For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

 

(Romans 10:11)  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

 

(Romans 10:12)  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him

 

Paul reminds us all who call on Jesus (the Name of the Lord) will be saved.

(Romans 10:13)  For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved

 

God did not appoint us to wrath but unto salvation to live together with Him so I leave you with these words in 1 Thessalonians 5 to comfort you

(1 Thessalonians 5:9)  For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,

 

(1 Thessalonians 5:10)  Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

 

(1 Thessalonians 5:11)  Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

 

Here in these verses in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 Paul reminds us when we are new in Christ old things are put away and all things are of God

(2 Corinthians 5:17)  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

 

(2 Corinthians 5:18)  And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

 

Here in these first five verses of Romans 5 we now have peace with God being reconciled by Jesus justified by our faith

(Romans 5:1)  Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

 

(Romans 5:2)  By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

 

(Romans 5:3)  And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

 

(Romans 5:4)  And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

 

(Romans 5:5)  And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

 

Paul reminds us in the first two verses of Romans 8 that there is now no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus

(Romans 8:1)  There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

 

(Romans 8:2)  For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

 

(Romans 8:31)  What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

 

(Romans 8:32)  He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?

 

(Romans 8:33)  Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.

 

(Romans 8:34)  Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.

 

(Romans 8:35)  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

 

(Romans 8:36)  As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

 

(Romans 8:37)  Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

 

(Romans 8:38)  For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

 

(Romans 8:39)  Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Finally in Romans 12 we are now to present our bodies as a living sacrifice and are not to be conformed by the word but transformed by the renewing of our mind. We also are now all part of one body.

(Romans 12:1)  I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

 

(Romans 12:2)  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

 

(Romans 12:3)  For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

 

(Romans 12:4)  For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:

 

(Romans 12:5)  So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

God sent Jesus to die to restore the relationship with man which was severed by sin. There is nothing that can compare or come remotely close to a relationship with God. I am now including a prayer which you can say to invite Jesus in your heart and begin this incomparable relationship with God. Please pray this prayer with me

Heavenly Father I come to You in the Name of Jesus. I confess to You that I am a sinner and cannot save myself. I confess and repent of all of my sins and unrighteousness. Right now I confess with my mouth Jesus as the Lord of my life and believe in my heart that You, God did indeed raise Him from the dead. I thank You for cleansing and forgiving me of all of my  sins and unrighteousness and for saving me. I thank You for sending Your Son to die in my place for my sins, and for the inexpressible gift of eternal life that I now claim through the death of Jesus on the cross. Thank You, Lord, again for saving me. In the Name of Jesus I pray Amen

 

God bless you and yours