Salvation

I believe that through religion one does not get to God। Religion only hampers the process and Divine-human transaction। Jesus is the ONLY way to God. He is the only way because there are no paths outside of His and He being the one way. He is the Son of Man and Son of God. You see God wanted a Family. God wanted also to be a Father. God through Christ healed, performed miracles, claimed to be God, proved He is by rising from the dead, and fulfilling over 400 prophecies directly made of Him in the Prophets by 40 Bible authors over 1400 years is God in revelation. People have had so much misleading information in trying to reduce God to a set of rules, but will not check out His words when they are right there in front of them. Check out: Grace To You-www.gty.org or http://www.intouch.org/Why doesn't God just show Himself to people? He does on an individual basis to each person। But what would He do for the common man so we could understand? He did do so very many things by becoming one of us. He did assuredly heal in the time of His first coming by God's Power dedicating Himself to pressing His mission but 'practical but other-worldly' love for each of us on an individual basis led to disaster seemingly in pleasing Heavenly Father God even going to the cross and dying॥ yet rising, in a resurrection risen. It seemed that we as men did not know the time of our visitation to say the least. However, what seemed like a tragic turn of events led to humanity's greatest triumph. God's right arm got Himself the victory. His justice in holiness satisfied by the Lamb Christ Jesus did it totally not in part. Jesus' life was true to the things God does and says and is. You can't find anything wrong with what He said and did and was. Miracles abound ah but so do charletans. Jesus was real because He being God incarnate was authentic. The salvation plan of God through Christ's substitutionary Death is a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to this world. Those early at the Tomb Resurrection Morning began to realize all of His life was a sacrifice for them and His death was perfect shed Blood for their forgiveness of sins when what He predicted of Himself came true: ie. crucified, buried, and Risen the third day. Ten days after his ascension in the clouds the 120 disciples were filled by God's Presence in fullness at Pentecost. First 2,180, (#?) then in a week together 8,000 were baptized. "For these things were not done in a corner," the Book of Acts says, and Peter adds, "that we might die to sins and live for (authentic) righteousness," says I Peter 2:24.For those who choose a destination of separation away from God there is a hell. Jesus spoke more about hell than anybody. His story of Lazarus is explaining wonderfully important how it is to prepare for that judgment after death Luke 16:19-31. A born again decision to follow Jesus is the only way out of sin to God and out of this world's mold to God's unmerited favorable year in His Son. Jesus is 'the mold' of God's making for us for He is God precisely and accurately and in essence. Jesus said, "You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free."Love does not force a relationship. It takes initiative to see desperation in the eyes of others in these times for unseen invisible discernment spiritually to know that God suffered more than anyone in the person of His Son and in His holy deprivation Jesus obeyed God fully perfect and pleasing and became our Mediator and High Priest!! You see the two covenants were between the Trinity and we are the beneficiaries. God suffered in the person of His Son being vexed in His righteous soul, over sin, sinful practice of indifference to human need, and what satan's catastrophe rebellion did to His Creation.

When God takes loved ones home we miss them but you don't know how heartbroken God is over that for you and for them being gone from you। God cares for you। It is a part of God's plan to bring many sons to glory Read Romans 8:1-28,29-38। Consider the Prodigal son and what it took for him to turn back to his father Luke 15:11-32। God will use hurt so haphazardly in a broken world to bring back a soul to Himself. One comes to their 'senses' and admits they were wrong all this time before this before Father Daddy Abba God confessing one is a sinner. Then one adheres to Christ in coming to God holding Christ's hand at the cross and in philosophy and His words adheres to God's Presence inside in order to know, follow Him॥,etc., knowing His all-encompassing love was first before ours॥He loved us first. His Resurrection enables a justification by God in His sight, a Spirit-led walk by the Power of God (Dunamis in Greek, sounds like word dynamite) to be a Maryturo (greek meaning a living witness gaining favor by not earning but grace walk,) a participation with Christ in their life to a love walk with God and for their fellow man love also(after a born again decision which is substitutionary atonement into a right standing in Theological terminology, a superlative supernatural happening Divine-human transaction in God's sight which is salvation Shalom Shalem (sozo in Greek,)Romans 3:21-23;5:1.).Your loved one's pain drove them to God. But without God nothing makes sense, all futility॥ Jesus talked of the new birthed gift of eternal life. Heaven is a wonderful beautiful place. They are not the same. God created your spirit to be joined to Him. Unless you accept Christ as your gift of eternal life in the midst of the assembly & here and now and actually really begin to follow Him wherever He goes & where His heart go incredulously you won't get to heaven. "Keep yourselves in the love of God looking for 'the mercy'," after salvation Jude 21st verse says when you're saved in deciding soon. You see I believe that salvation is a holy transaction in God's sight with inner transformations! Your feelings get hit up by God but you don't trust the feelings.People's senses have been so dulled by this present mis-happenstance haphazard life they just couldn't believe all the sights and sounds, smells, colors, colors like you never seen, music, music like you've never heard in heaven. Eternity is a long time. There's no adventure like the good adventure of hooking up to the Creator of the universe being born again. God gives you adoption into the family of God, Christ's Body, a brand new identity that's from Him to become a New Self, with a new nature, a new heart, newness in/of life and koinonia or communion of fellowship of being forgiven before God, and an acceptance unconditionally into His Body of Believers 'in Christ' after submitting coming to Jesus Christ. You're the righteousness of God in Christ then I Cor. 1:30; II Cor. 5:17,21. You're then on the road to manifesting righteousness more in Christ in every area, Christlikeness, and saved then, born again, and the end is heaven someday in the Holiness of the righteous made perfect (future in heaven.) It starts by asking God for it and living under Christ's lordship. It ends like flying in a plane, God at death flies you there and you get a new body. Are you not ready for heaven when you die? God wants you to make it there as His friends not robots without the will to choose. You'll not have a wrong thought then. You'll be free from this body of sin. You'll have a body that can no longer be able to sin or even feel pain in heaven but only pleasure and that spiritual increase from it's Source, God. If you make the decision to be born again you'll follow the Christ of God by the Holy Spirit in the now today and live by the Power of God in the Word of God daily unto eternal life every day thereafter (to the glory of God.) You'll follow Christ and His disciple. Do you know who sent you this invitation? By virtue of when you asked God why (see Genesis three for Adam's ask of why,) He planned this dinner॥He sets the prisoner free and gives a table spread with luscious fruitful things and prepares us all throughout His love to us in life flowing to partake someday..

Do you want to start this partaking? You can."If any man opens the door," (God is knocking on the door of your heart)(for you to open the door,) (and on the outside of some churches waiting to get in,) "I will come in to Him and sup," (eat dinner/fellowship/commune/dine/be in union) "with Him and he with Me"!!!!! Revelation 3:20. I pray you become reconciled to your Heavenly Father Daddy Abba God. Do accept salvation through Christ your only Savior. You'll have joy not necessarily happiness in the struggles of life and an inheritance to endure. For it's not about performance-based Christianity. It's not about us at all. http://www.gracewalk.org/ or lovinggrace.org
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven।" -- Jesus Christ Mt. 5:3 All I mean by this is do you have desperation to get to God? Salvation? free gift. A gift of a life of sacrifice (see Romans 12:1)? everything. I have decided to follow Jesus. With tears I desire you to do likewise. A Christian is defined by love. One then learns God's love for them enables and adds to them grace and mercy to do॥ good works (that #1 'gain approval from God' and are #2, a 'living witness'-maryturos in Greek, same Greek word for both phrases' meaning) from Him supernaturally Romans 3:23; 6:23; Ephesians 1:6,7; 2:6-10; Titus 2:11,12;3:5.

My Latest Testimony: To Hope In God Is Priority

My Latest TestimonyAug 15, 2008 9:00 PMCategory: Faith
In Christ we want to know more of the Father through revelation of the Son in the Holy Spirit. Scripture reveals Christ within as we read of the Gentle Savior and make the heart connection to commit and abandon all to follow this Risen Christ Jesus. Having confessed we are sinners and having been saved by grace thereafter we worship God giving all the glory to Him. Kingdom of God principles Jesus taught in the Parables give us cause to reflect and apply to our lives. By a new and living way we draw near to God through the Blood of Christ in the New Covenant. His Body was Riven for us that we might be made whole.
Have you met this Friend in person? There is a song called, "I am the Friend of God,... He calls me Friend!!!!" ...It goes, "Who am I that You are thinking of Me, that you love me..." I'm sorry excuse me folks, but I get emotionally stirred when I think in awe how God can be my friend. And He is, for I'm born from above. In heaven I will never think a wrong thought and I'll be able to walk through walls and be completely free of this body's limits. Scientists say we will use less than 10% of our minds in this earthly life but think how it will be then when God gives us minds that will work/function 100%! Light travels at 186,000 miles/hour and we might move then at the speed of thought instead that fast from one end of the universe to the other in the service of God! If distances that great are measured in years, light travels at its speed, God made quite a wonder for us in this planet's preservation considering how neglected we are from the violent forces of stars forming and destroying themselves in other galaxies and the countless uninhabitable environments foreign to us. God gave us life and counts on us to be reborn to an Abundant Life in His Son, the King of Kings, Christ Jesus. "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, a bulwark never failing, He our helper amidst..."
Dave Candel :-)
Bethel Assembly Of God Church<-link to click

HOPE IN GOD IS A CONFIDENT ANTICIPATION/EXPECTATIONAug 14, 2008 10:36 AMCategory: Faith
IN GOD YOU WORSHIP THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD. HIS JOY GIVES CONFIDENT EXPECTATION! HOPE IS AN EXPRESSION OF GOD'S CHARACTER AND NATURE THROUGH HIS ACTIONS; OURS THROUGH ANTICIPATION & EXPECTATION. Psalms 9:18 For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.
The following and afore are all scriptures in Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes with the word "hope" in them for you (Romans 8:31; Hebrews 6:16-18 are for your building up.) God is saying when we are without hope, "I am the Resurection and the Life," and sad, 'I want to pump you up.'
Psalms 31:24 Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the LORD.
Psalms 33:17 A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
Psalms 33:18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness,
Psalms 38:15 For I hope in Thee, O LORD; Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 39:7 ¶ "And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in Thee.
Psalms 42:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence.
Psalms 42:11 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 43:5 Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance, and my God.
Psalms 62:5 My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him.
Psalms 62:10 Do not trust in oppression, And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them.
Psalms 71:5 For Thou art my hope; O Lord GOD, Thou art my confidence from my youth.
Psalms 71:14 ¶ But as for me, I will hope continually, And will praise Thee yet more and more.
Psalms 119:49 ¶ Remember the word to Thy servant, In which Thou hast made me hope.
Psalms 119:116 ¶ Sustain me according to Thy word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope.
Psalms 119:166 ¶ I hope for Thy salvation, O LORD, And do Thy commandments.
Psalms 130:5 ¶ I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope.
Psalms 130:7 O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption.
Psalms 131:3 O Israel, hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever.
Psalms 146:5 ¶ How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God;
Proverbs 10:28 The hope of the righteous is gladness, But the expectation of the wicked perishes.
Proverbs 11:7 ¶ When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of strong men perishes.
Proverbs 13:12 ¶ Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 19:18 ¶ Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death.
Proverbs 23:18 Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 24:14 Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 26:12 ¶ Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 29:20 ¶ Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Ecclesiastes 9:4 ¶ For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion.
THE GOD OF HOPE GIVE YOU ALL JOY AND HOPE IN BELIEVING, THAT YOU MAY ABOUND IN HOPE BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT!! ROMANS 15:13

JESUS IS LORD

Jesus is Lord BY DAVE CANDEL WITH HELP FROM BRETHREN & SISTEREN
Thesis: Christ is real and His word to be followed. If heaven is your destination then go for it.
God wants to elevate truth until we see character. This makes truth flow through personality. If our disposition is sweet we can see on inside of us with God’s help the Calvary work of Christ on the cross the cross purposes of God and we comply with gratefulness. Knowing Christ’s Presence real inside of us and on our faces we come to grow in a walk unemcumbered. We also have then a working knowledge of the parables of Jesus as well. We learn of Christ who is meek and humble in heart and walk in His steps as Bonhoeffer did and others, contemplating how to please Him and win His approval. We know the Spirit drove Jesus Christ into the wilderness to be tempted and tested of the devil 40 days. We do similar exploits and the greater works of Daniel 12 and John 14:12, focusing on obedience to Christ’s example. Christ is the reality and foundation. It is not rites and ceremonies to a written code we follow but loving God from the heart because Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life.
With the Word of God discovered daily, God gives us purity as a pattern of good works that mesh with His Word and inside God is working an irrevocable spirit, blameless before His Throne. It’s in a relationship with God this happens in becoming Christlike. We grow stature like Him being conformed to Christ’s image and substituted by His propitiation within us. It’s not letters of law we follow but the Spirit quickens us in Christ. We enjoy possibilities in God where anything is possible. We who were formerly alienated from God are brought rich near by His mercy for He has saved us and indwelt us to sanctification and spreading His Blood.
We follow after the Spirit Galations 5:16. As Spirit led we live out loud our testimony of the Spirit bearing witness John 16. A commitment to God through Christ is no picnic though. We can rejoice more and suffer sometimes less but all who live godly in Christ will suffer persecution. God gives godly sorrow too in rebelliousness for it’s God’s kindness leading us to repentance. It’s always upwards in God’s plan. The promises of God are sure and in Christ, we say the Amen. The promise of the Father was to send the Holy Spirit that by it we can enjoy much benefit. We maintain having done all to stand, an example in Christ Ephesians 6:12.
Remember the Parable of the Plant by Pastor. For the sake of character we obey the boss and are rewarded by God. The boss said to keep your plant for a year and present them. Even if the boss had no fertilization present or seedling in our pot we be honest and show Him the plant’s progress at year’s end. Menpleasers will surely slide. We walk as God-pleasers. Our boss is a Jewish carpenter/stone mason. The Savior intercedes for us and reminds us of His spiritual knapsack He provides for us. When we fail He carries us when we can’t make it and then holds our hand until we feel better (Jesus has done everything we need for us.) The performance track we get off of and onto the grace walk. With this attitude as the People of God we learn to please affectionate toward God and people in general in interactions. Dialoguing with God fellowshipping about anything we stop ‘people approval’ syndrome (passive to God’s obedience we stop.) We know who we are: seeing how God sees us and all the benefits He calls us in his Word, the Bible.
In Romans 6 there are three words we must do: know, count, and offer. We know God Epignosis (means to know), and we know the Baptism into death Jesus obtained. We also count Logizomai (an accounting word) ourselves indeed to be dead to sin, alive to right living, alive to God. And thirdly we offer Peristemi (means to offer as dedication) our bodies, a living sacrifice and this is only reasonable considering all God has done for us. We prove the good, perfect, acceptable Will of God by His transforming our minds. We, the Transformational Army of God go about allowing the Holy Spirit He transforming others to the mind of Christ and to come to Christ. We have a godly heritage and goodly inheritance. The lines fall to us in pleasant places. We endure character tests to improve on integrity and live Holy as He is Holy. We do this to the end. This is purity and the promise is: "Blesses are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Matt. 5:8"
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God is love. God's love was such that He gave us life (for it is about life not existence) to test us to see if we would inch our way to Him to lay hold of Him even if there are distractions, divided hearts, cares of the world, or divided attentions spans. In spite of crowds who wanted to hear Jesus (and there will always be crowds who want to do that) there were relatively few in number that wanted to be His Disciples at such a time as when Jesus could begin talking about discipleship after performing miracles.
Jesus' statements and mention of counting the cost, forsaking all, to follow, to be able to believe Him to be the Messiah, Son of Man, who is servant to man and minister to all, etc. all were irritating. People found them hard statements if they had not been softened by His goodness enough. To Jesus miracles were a side issue to heart matters if the temporal need was not immediate as He saw fit. Jesus did not like to be called Master for this reason.
He would go to the cross and rise from the dead to be seated in Heaven to go great lengths to reveal His Risen purpose to obtain true Disciples of God in this grace age.
And when He arose from the dead over five hundred brethren (see I Corinthians 15) observed Him ascend to Heaven but where were they ten days later? Only one hundred twenty were in the upper room to be commissioned by our Lord and to wait for the Promise of His Father: The Holy Spirit which was to come. (Jesus said, "I must go away, so that the Comforter, The Holy Spirit may come John 14-17.")
Jesus wants us to go beyond the bread and the fishes of His provision and the tingling of the ears of hearing His sermons and allow Jesus Himself be the "first love of our life" and to embark on a journey of leaving the past behind for The Great Adventure of being born from above. And simply if we would go after Jesus' Gift with reckless abandon for Him and the calling from the Christ, and pursue His cause, leaving sin and sinful things on a permanent basis behind and obtaining forgiveness from God, they could have '"church" with their heavenly Father God and one another consistently so they could find the simple relationship God is after with them, and they too reciprocating of what would fulfill them the most (God-man relationship!) Jesus saves, keeps, and satisfies!
God is reaching out to you and if you will hear His Voice, don't harden your hearts while it is still called Today, but come to Jesus Christ Hebrews 3:15! His love is unfailing! He will not fail you to not accept you (He will not cast you away) but He will throw the biggest party for you this side of heaven has ever been for you! Accept Him and you can be His crucified yet risen child Gal 2:20;Col 3:1. God will put you right with Him.
All of heaven rejoices when one sinner repents. And there is more joy in heaven over one sinner who's repenting than over ninety nine just persons who need no repentance!
When a man found a treasure in a field He hid it in the ground and sold all he had to buy that field. Jesus said, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and all these things will be added unto you" Mat.6:33. This is that Kingdom treasure we can lay up in heaven. Nothing, no thing can corrupt it. It starts w/ love, joy, peace, and healing (Therapuo sounds like therapy in Grk?)
Jesus Christ will listen to you with meekness of heart and become your rest (Hebrews 4) and cause you to find Him the Savior and Lord, Jesus for your soul, real refreshment! Talk it over with Him. We're not talking about never a bad thing happening but a well-balanced Christ - in - you, the hope of glory, life Col 1:27; Phil 1:21;2:12,13. A more than a conqueror love from God to firm up your spirit in Christ in victory will be yours also Roman 8:29-38.
These steps are to real peace with God in prayer, praise, worship, and purpose Rom. 5:1. Read Matthew 8:1-22. Read, "The Pursuit Of God," by A.W. Tozer.
Jesus gave the signs of the Kingdom and then the calling to the Kingdom. His miracles were just a preview of the Kingdom. But right in the middle of all this power...Jesus thought... of as important: calling children to Himself for blessing and the basics for disciples.
PEOPLE are Drawn to Jesus. The great PASSION of God is the unsaved. Jesus was sent to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10.) Jesus sees the crowd - He has compassion. The "crowds" come because of their needs. It is all about what they can get out of Jesus (Jn 6:26.) This is the major problem with the "Seeker Sensitive." People will always be drawn to those who will help. But, they will not stay when they don't get what they want!
Jesus knew it was time to leave! In the middle of the miraculous, God gets tough! He will use the blessing as a call to commitment. Jesus is asking for our hearts today... Let us come and commit it all to His Hand... and forsaking all, deny yourself, take up your cross and follow Him.
Signs and wonders are part of LIFE in Christ. They follow obedience and preaching the word. Jesus can touch anyone...leper,Roman,evenaM -I - L!
It's not about the disease, but about the WORD! Jesus takes and carries them... Disciples learned: The heart of ministry to the hurting is Jesus. The Passion of the Heart of God is LIFE. Our ministry awaits...
Following Hard after God, tenaciously serving Jesus... I am His servant, Dave C w/ help from beloved RC