Are you Born Once, then you Die Twice. God Loves You So You Can Be Saved. If You're Born Twice, You'll Only Die Once. You'll go through that portal we call physical death but go directly into God's Presence and Jesus's. Do you go to God and Jesus or do you want to go to Heaven?
My Grandfather was asked that when He was an unbeliever or until what one might be called when mercy calls, saved. The question was asked by a neighbor friend who is born again Christian. He thought, "can one in my religion be sure of Heaven?" He went to a Bible church and heard about getting saved. He found Christ and was radically changed. He was R.C. until He was born again, born of God. That they usually don't check the scriptures is a travesty of justice.
We should look at them with sympathy.
Don't think I'm religious, more righteous or even self-righteous for any religion's purpose or for thinking this way or using the word Heaven to separate two groups or kinds of people in front; for God can translate you to His Kingdom instantaneously even without being in church for it. Jesus is the way. Colossians chapter one tells us this. Have you ever thought of why don't I make sure I have it right or have a saving relationship genuine with God not religion? I'm not talking down on anyone in a condemning or condescending way. God's life is sure filled with natural good abundance of love, kindness, and gentleness for He to give to oneself to others and one's family.Have you ever asked yourself, why don't I seek Him whole-heartedly and be Born again? If the Bible IS the Word of God, and it states that it is clearly and plainly right by its contents, then in God's terms why not belong to Him by second birth or born twice, as the Bible says to do? For if it's by being infallible and by verbal plenary inspiration meaning every word of every thought in every thoughtful thought-filled line in the Bible is Divinely (Appointed) Anointed thoughts & words from God Eternally given but in time sprung from His mind and heart He wants communicated to His people and by His Spirit He bore along the Biblical writers, then why don't I do my life His way?And, He will save me and "if my life doesn't line up with Him now why is my life doing a lifestyle that way (so I can change) and can it then line with scripture somehow and even can it line up with the potential for no stumbling inside my walk with God "most," as my St. Paul said we should seek wholly the prize bullseye in Phillipians and inasmuch as Christ is in control of my heart and we keep ourselves in the love of God with faithfulness is His imperative with this promise, (see Jude 22,23 a New Testament book of the Bible?") Jesus said, "You must be born again," in John 3:3. I'm not talking about a sinless life but a life of patience patiently expecting God moving within unto a life in the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus preserved blameless and loving grace expecting fellowship/koinonia with Him that goes on to succeed in getting to Heaven Romans 8:1-3. You can have the assurance of going to Heaven! It's not about education but obedience, follow through. Real love surrenders and surrenders to God wholeheartedly and being faithful.
HAVE YOU REALIZED YOU ARE COMPLETE IN HIM? ARE YOU HOWEVER PRESENT ACTIVE TENSE IN BELIEF?
If someone comes between you and God who's closer? Let no man come between you and God or let that kind re: situation stay that way. Forgive them. Don't lower the bar of good will at all between you and others by allowing bitterness or fornicating spirit but lift it to sights unseen you both coherently comprehend.
Do it for yourself and God in His way and Time which is eternal and restorative of relationships and reconciliation possibilities and within yourself and among yourselves unilaterally if need be. Grace from God is so often needed for any of this Holy Character. Do you kindly desire or want a close relationship and fellowship with your Heavenly Father God? Do you know God loves you more than you could love yourself and much desires a relationship?
This should be an offense to the mind if you're normal slug of society. But God will always love you more than you could love yourself so be glad you're 'that' loved you person you! He is a personal God! He loves you more than any personal individual human being will! God IS love and did you know that Jesus is the Word singular or Ho Logos (in Greek,) "The Word?" God requests the honor of your presence at a Marriage Supper/Positive Uplift Judgment to be given someday in Heaven in Honor of His Son Jesus for you and God's Family! Did ya know that? God's love is felt surely and He is for you revealed no less stupendous and fabulous in His Agape love, "love that chooses it's object," now!
That makes Jesus your Savior if you heard right and yell and got involved in train of celebration of celebrations of Jesus your Savior, your Master, King, and Lord. THIS LIFE ABUNDANT IN Jesus then IS IN POVERTY OF SPIRIT IN HUMILITY of SPIRIT OR PERSONALITY without a lot of 'stuff' in God's Son, Who is Jesus AND in control under God's hand.
Did you know that Christianity is more about repentance and joy realizing forgiveness from God, rejoicing in the Lord, confessing you're a sinner (in nakedness before God) than externals or visibility of dead works alone but broken down to it's relationship it's in fact living from the inside in Christ and in God? The Bible tells plainly of our Living God and Savior, Jesus Christ Risen and as our only Revelation. Exalted Head, and Lord in victory o'or the War won, and He's returning?
He is hearing us from Heaven above from between the cherubim of the mercy seat of the two facing Cherubim of the Ark in Heaven, and talks to us. We can't get chummy. Everytime you call Him Lord you're telling Him you're slave! Be silent before Him all the earth. And that's a good thing. Because relationships can't be legislated or moralized infrequently or legalized immorally or reduced to Pharisaicalism or any isms let's draw close.
It's the freedom to do as you should for Christ instead of what you want. Your preferences don't mean much. Jesus then is the only Prophet, Priest, and King necessary for men to get to God: (and we're raised with Christ) (in submission) to newness of life. In faith to God Access is there to the Throne-room complete. We're seated in the Heavenlies by His Finished Work and Perfect Death for us. His Love for us in propitiation is meant FOR US on love and grace's side, & brings to us a great good news. We stand in great good right standing with God through Jesus Christ.
Propitiation just means His Atonement satisfies the Requirement of the Law. Jesus's Life showed us He pleased God and shows us how to overcome.
He, filled with the Spirit having freshly come from His Baptism and hunting of the devil down for 40 days and nights for which He had come into the wilderness like a Rambo and left like a Patton or one of his tanks, full of the Spirit confidently in control with the Father in Him was demolishing strongholds. He overcame in nikao (greek, triumph.) He puts on our weakness and remains sinless in ways we know nothing about. Jesus takes the test you failed and gets an A.
Who can explain the Trinity? If it gives you a headache its supposed to. God is God. God doesn't want a law; He wants a relationship.Jesus was more than an example, He was the Carpenter, Man from Gallilee. He became sin literally so we could be free and go free! Atonement full and free. God's LOVE so rich its amazing!!!
The Gospel is Good News. It's great good good news! Do you think of salvation as a getting right with God aright? Do you know having it right in your relationship stance is a lifetime journey with God and Gift that starts at a decisive moment and is forgiveness of sins and the experience of knowing God aright throughout your lifetime then and more and more (in Him?) God loves you and is love! How does one live in that love?
Do you know God promises to all Who are saved a newness of life, with renewed faith to you through the Gift of His Son by coming in faith through grace to Him alone Who is Faithful and True? You can know fullness of truth and fullness of grace in the Spirit in relationship with Christ to God that makes you whole and forgiven. But by grace, unmerited favor, you are saved, not of works.
God promises to reveal Who He is to those that seek Him (with the whole heart.) This happens through the Holy Spirit's attracting and our participating and interest finding curiously. Ever hear, "curiosity killed the cat?" Not in this case. In essence you throw yourself on the mercy of the court and you were declared innocent by virtue of what Jesus Died for.
That's not head knowledge but heart knowledge if you can get it inside you. God is after the heart. It's not where you've been but where are you now in God's Eternal Time. The Spirit and the Bride are calling. Could you have the guts to follow Jesus Christ, God's Only Son even in the hard places? Feeling Adventurous? Not boring for sure. Not for faint hearted.
It's about what God's going to do with you and us today! And the adventure tomorrow. What do you want from Him? Tell Him. Ask Him. Talk and conversate Him. He wants your attention and get saved, a mental assent, commitment to/follow-through that starts, and is seed on good ground, and becomes Holy living as Gift of the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus if you will, until we come unaccused to see Him as He is someday in confirmed righteousness in Heaven. He has a job for you to do (until then.) Believe and trust.
He has by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus broken the veil of the law of sin and death over you. It's written in the spiritual heart or the part of you, you surrender to God. Therefore what is won for Christ is forever. Have passion in yourself for seeking Christ, His ways zealous.
He wants to be in a personal intimate relationship with us through His precious Son, attending Church, (Bible literal taking one,) have fellowship with others, live life as a slave to He the Master in fullness, have faithfulness, and be phileo loving of others for believing on Him, loving Him alone, supping in fellowshipping with Him. This is all a decent service and orderly part of the organic Body movement of the Family of God and functioning characteristics of the life Our Lord Jesus Christ calls our lifestyle to to live in I Corinthians 13 and even chapters 12 and 14.
It's an excellant exciting prospect, a Bill & Ted excellent adventure only holy through the covering of and taking away of your sin by the Blood of the Lamb. It's: "If in this life only we are the first to hope in Christ we're of all men most miserable," but with God's help, advancement.
Jesus said, "I am come that you may have life, and life more abundantly," in John 10:10. Spiritual things are spiritually discerned the Bible says.A hidden mystery exposed and revealed means in Essence God's got an Abundant Life In Christ of fellowship for each of us. Jesus being the way, in adventure's fullness and freedom in believing in faith and by experience: the Word of God, the Bible: I or we exist for God's purpose. And God gives us richly everything to be enjoyed.
Evangelical faith (which is a Gift to have dunamus power to believe/receive from Him Who is in Heaven above) is dunamus (greek, power) to believe in Christ continually present active and in Christ for salvation in future and to become His children of light and of God now John 1:12.
Do you recognize His love over you? Joyously? hilariously? With tenderness and joyfulness even hilarity? His hand is mighty. He is a mighty warrior in our midst Zephaniah 3:17. We glory in tribulation and even first glory in glory of God. That love is spelt l-o-v-e with much toughness and tenderness, blessing under His hand, & lovingkindness from God. Lovingkindness is sandwiched between God's love and grace.
He has given you prevenient common grace for your many needs and wants: food, clothing, and shelter under His hand. We need to daily thank Him for it.When you think of faith do you have a certain object of your faith? Is it holding you to something or SomeOne? It matters.
For there's no formula nor method to Holiness but Christ He is the way! Are you walking in His Footsteps? At Calvary? Are you ministering to Him trusting His Grace this very hour? All Christ said and did we're growing up into and even, "all that's said about Me," Jesus said, "in the Law, prophets, and writings.
"We're sinners and by faith in God's Word you can fathom that love God has for you first. Therefore we can't earn it or work for it. You need help from the broken way we live as humans from the Holy Spirit to be healed to often realize "you're approved."
You're dead if you don't know God, the Bible says in Ephesians 2:1-4. Spiritually you can't do a thing to please God without salvation John 15. You may hara krishna or yogi but its all in vain if Heaven is your goal if you need to meet God on His terms. That would be nice to reach God on His terms wouldn't it?! God will search you inside thoroughly and you invited Him to, and love on you & say well done from time to time. You know that you need Him, and you can find a new life in Him, (the way is God's Son & in His peace in a Covenant agreement between Himself and you: A New Covenant Union through Jesus.) God literally has to find you.
Has your life been hell so far? Some people gravitate only to God when they go through deep despair or tragedy. God loves you and wants you to soar and fly in living (Greek: in nikao, victory from conquerering through Jesus, overcoming with Christ) to work out mightily between Him & you what is a good spiritual warfare of law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus in good o'er evil from you, as outwardly you pro live love for God and phileo love for others, overcoming evil with good, knowing His Perfect Will, doing His Approved Will, & in a personally spiritually exciting walks in adventure and experience to follow Him and to be known by Him in bonds of fellowship moment by moment for you two interacting.
For in God's Only Son Jesus, in His Fullness of Resurrected Presence there is love, joy, peace and pleasures at His right hand forevermore and this is all in knowing Him personally and then corporately in the Body of Christ more and more through Jesus Christ once and for all gathering together on His terms, the God-man Jesus the mediator.
He Who was Resurrected as God's Representative of Love in coming to dwell and live inside you gives joy in your journey of our own through Him He working on you so you can change (Metanoia metamorphoo, greek repentance and transformation.)
The Holy Spirit comes along side you transformed to God's Family with enthusiasm, en Theos, in God (in greek: to be excited to be in God.) You get a new heart and a new mind, and a new spirit from Him. You are renewed in the spirit of your mind. It's a life of significance because your life influences then on what happens for all eternity in a positive fashion for those you lead and influence.
Jesus rules your life as Lord in salvation by the Spirit. It's still a relationship of walk of believing faith, (pistes in Greek,) faith being a verb as well as noun in believing is our stance and becomes walk.
God is Holy and He Bought you a Ransom He paid yes He's even started in the relationship unilaterally paying in eternal Blood for you minute by minute if you're accepting Christ as Savior one moment by moment at a time (& on that basis.) And in the next moment of Eternal Time if you continue belief and continue on you automatically obtain therefore a walk of forever inheritance lived out knowing this all starts at the Cross so will you be saved!? This is a Gift by exchange to know the incomprehensible God. God cares for you! Indeed He does. We offer our nothing lives and get His forgiveness and freedom.
So what is the sin of the world? Unbelief? Unbelief particularly in Jesus as the Son of God the Only Begotten Son Sent by God. Unbelief in the corruption of human nature in the world and unbelief in your being a sinner re: a wretched, poor, blind, and naked self standing by a thread before God. Unbelief leads to worse unbelief. Like the law of entropy or disorder it (law of sin and death) takes over. Inasmuch as one doesn't love God with all their heart, soul, mind, and strength, and their neighbor as oneself, there's sin somewhere. But if any man be in Christ He is a New Creature. The old has disappeared, the New has come.
You are saved by the Living God in repentance from your old way of life and saved unto a newness of life: to your new Eternal Life made practical at any time for you indeed you lay down your rights in this earthly life for that Spirit Life. Living the Christian life isn't in self-righteousness but in a Risen life over-abundant in humble love and grace on Him to help in time of need.
Living as a Christian isn't silver or gold in having but not neglecting thanksgiving and other such things as are what Christ wants, contentment in committment. It's not about accumulating stuff. He will meet your needs not like you feel you need but as He sees you need for Psalm 23 says, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want."
Christ is our foundation bedrock of righteousness and the Source of all and every blessing to which we boast 'in Him' alone.
For you have to get saved for this to happen. Then you can seek Him with the whole heart. Salvation first.Gal. 5:16 says, "If we walk by the Spirit we will not fulfill the desires of the flesh." Jesus left earth when He ascended and sent the Spirit in His place. Jesus Christ is the beginning and the ending, Alpha and Omega, & the same yesterday today and forever for our faith it says in scripture, "He is Commander In Chief of the Lord's Armies, Yeshua Hommiashiach," "He is here," (Joshua 5: a Theophany of the Old Testament.)
IN the New Testament we're the Naos (Greek: Holy of Holies) conduits or vessels of the Holy Spirit, the Presence of God on our faces.For those who believe Christ's Message having received His grace for their salvation they don't do works of righteousness on their part for 'brownie points' before God, (as they would be appreciably acceptable is a hypothetical.) For salvation is by faith through grace.
Read the Parables of Jesus and you'll encounter the topsy turvy of Christ's Kingdom over and opposite to this world's thoughts. But you need a saved mind to continue in relationship and not religious jargon or 'fig leaf' religious 'fix it' behavior. It is a New Covenant being that all things become new II Cor. 5:17.
And He has comitted to us a word, even reconciliation! I pray you in Christ's Place, Be ye reconciled to God!A Wise man will hear and increase learning! Grace Grace To It (God says in Zechariah!)For Him who has ears to hear. We walk by faith, not by sight.link to a great church Bethel Assembly Of God Church Services
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