Post by JEM on Sept 27, 2010 6:06:09 GMT
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN
According to our Source of Authority THE BIBLE
Are you a Christian
or do you want to be one?
Being a Christian is about a relationship –
a relationship with the one, only, living and true God.
It is not about keeping rules and regulations, performing rituals, or even going to church
Becoming and remaining a Christian is about entering into that relationship.
OUR AUTHORITY ABOUT GOD.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
For several thousand years the experience of many people concerning God has been recorded in written form in a collection of books that took 3,500 years to create, and for 2000 years more has been translated in whole or part into 2508
languages, more than any other book.
That is the Bible. All quotations with references in this document are from the New International Version of the Bible published in 1979. Numbers within the text are the verse numbers as they appear in versified translations, to help find them. In some modern Bibles the passages of sentences are arranged in paragraphs instead of verses and may have no numbers.
YOU ARE CREATED BY GOD
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
Created to know him and live for him
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don’t get bogged down by the theories of how God created the Universe and the human race. True scientists study what is, what is around us, to discover the truth and apply it to the way we live. True scientists improve life, but much that is presented as science is speculation and guess work.
Any person who leaves God out of his or her thinking or denies his existence is not telling the truth because they simply don’t know God and while they remain disbelieving they will never know God. God rewards those who trust him and makes himself known to them.
There are many thousands of scientists who trust God, and are Christians, because they have a personal relationship with God through trusting him.
In the Bible, in ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
Chapter 17 verses 24 - 31 we read that
24"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28`For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, `We are his offspring.'
29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone--an image made by man's design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."
Psalm 139 v 13 - 18 reminds us:-
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For you ( GOD ) created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.
YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD
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Sin prevents a relationship with God and “sin” means living life your own way –
independently of God. In that respect we are all flawed and stand condemned before God and worthy of punishment. None of us can go automatically to Heaven or be friends with God. That decision rests with God. However god has established a plan of action which makes it possible.
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Romans 3 v 19 to 26 declares to us
===========================
19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement,I through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-- 26he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesu
Isaiah 53 v 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 59 v 1 - 4 Not very flattering towards us.
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1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil
YOU ARE LOVED BY GOD
/////////////////////////////////////////////
Yes you!. You are loved by God. Loved so much that he has dealt with your separation. He did this by sending to our planet, Jesus Christ. To die instead for us. One life for millions of lives. a living sacrifice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 John 4 v 9-10
~~~~~~~~~~~~
9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only SonB into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice forC our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Romans 5 v 6 - 11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5 v 21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
God made him who had no sin ( Jesus ) to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
YOU CAN KNOW GOD
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You can know him even though he is God-all-powerful
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John 3 v 13 - 21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven--the Son of Man.
( Jesus ) 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God
John 17 v 1-8
~~~~~~~~~~~
Jesus looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
6"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,
Isaiah 55 v 6 - 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon
HOW TO START THE RELATIONSHIP
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Talk to God, ask forgiveness for living independently of him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 John 1 v 5 - 10
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives
ACCEPT THAT ONLY JESUS CAN BRING YOU TO GOD
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
He acts like a bridge. There may well be many roads that lead to Jesus and some religions may bring people to him or close to him, but he is the only person who can take us through to God. Without Jesus we cannot know God.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 4 v 12
~~~~~~~~~~
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved
1 Peter 3 v 18
~~~~~~~~~~~
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit
1 Peter 2 v 22- 25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jesus committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
23When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 25For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls”
TURN TO GOD
/////////////////////////
Receive the power of the Holy Spirit to live as God wants.
God is our Creator [ the Father ]
God is our Saviour [ the Son, Jesus Christ ]
God is our Companion [ the Holy Spirit ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 17 v 30
~~~~~~~~~
29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone--an image made by man's design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead
Acts 3 v 19- 23
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 20and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus. 21He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. 22For Moses said, `The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. 23Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from among his people.
REPENT. Repentance is a change of mind and will arising from sorrow for sin and leading to transformation of life (
TURN TO GOD. Comes subsequent to repentance, In the strictest sense, repentance is turning from sin, and faith is turning to God. However, the word "turn" is not always used with such precision.
YOUR SINS WIPED OUT. Your sins will be forgiven as a result of repentance.
Ephesians 1 v 13- 14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.
Galatians 5 v 16- 23
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissension’s, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Matthew 16 v 24 - 28
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24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his lifeH will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 27For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 28I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Write to
LIFEWORDS.
Scripture Gift Mission
75 Westminster Bridge Road
LONDON
SE1 7HS
ENGLAND UK.
Ask them to send you a copy of their booklet
“NOW YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN”
That will help you to know more about being a Christian, which is a life long commitment that passes beyond death in which we learn more about God and his friendship towards us. Believing and trusting is just the first step that leads to an everlasting relationship with God that will continue for ever.
You can visit their web site www.sgmlifewords.com
According to our Source of Authority THE BIBLE
Are you a Christian
or do you want to be one?
Being a Christian is about a relationship –
a relationship with the one, only, living and true God.
It is not about keeping rules and regulations, performing rituals, or even going to church
Becoming and remaining a Christian is about entering into that relationship.
OUR AUTHORITY ABOUT GOD.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
For several thousand years the experience of many people concerning God has been recorded in written form in a collection of books that took 3,500 years to create, and for 2000 years more has been translated in whole or part into 2508
languages, more than any other book.
That is the Bible. All quotations with references in this document are from the New International Version of the Bible published in 1979. Numbers within the text are the verse numbers as they appear in versified translations, to help find them. In some modern Bibles the passages of sentences are arranged in paragraphs instead of verses and may have no numbers.
YOU ARE CREATED BY GOD
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
Created to know him and live for him
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don’t get bogged down by the theories of how God created the Universe and the human race. True scientists study what is, what is around us, to discover the truth and apply it to the way we live. True scientists improve life, but much that is presented as science is speculation and guess work.
Any person who leaves God out of his or her thinking or denies his existence is not telling the truth because they simply don’t know God and while they remain disbelieving they will never know God. God rewards those who trust him and makes himself known to them.
There are many thousands of scientists who trust God, and are Christians, because they have a personal relationship with God through trusting him.
In the Bible, in ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
Chapter 17 verses 24 - 31 we read that
24"The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. 25And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. 26From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. 27God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. 28`For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own poets have said, `We are his offspring.'
29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone--an image made by man's design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead."
Psalm 139 v 13 - 18 reminds us:-
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
For you ( GOD ) created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
14I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
15My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
16your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.
YOU ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Sin prevents a relationship with God and “sin” means living life your own way –
independently of God. In that respect we are all flawed and stand condemned before God and worthy of punishment. None of us can go automatically to Heaven or be friends with God. That decision rests with God. However god has established a plan of action which makes it possible.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Romans 3 v 19 to 26 declares to us
===========================
19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
21But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement,I through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-- 26he did it to demonstrate his justice at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesu
Isaiah 53 v 6
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 59 v 1 - 4 Not very flattering towards us.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor his ear too dull to hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
3 For your hands are stained with blood, your fingers with guilt. Your lips have spoken lies,
and your tongue mutters wicked things.
4 No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case with integrity. They rely on empty arguments and speak lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to evil
YOU ARE LOVED BY GOD
/////////////////////////////////////////////
Yes you!. You are loved by God. Loved so much that he has dealt with your separation. He did this by sending to our planet, Jesus Christ. To die instead for us. One life for millions of lives. a living sacrifice.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 John 4 v 9-10
~~~~~~~~~~~~
9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only SonB into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice forC our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Romans 5 v 6 - 11
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man, though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 5 v 21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
God made him who had no sin ( Jesus ) to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
YOU CAN KNOW GOD
//////////////////////////////////////
You can know him even though he is God-all-powerful
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
John 3 v 13 - 21
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven--the Son of Man.
( Jesus ) 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God
John 17 v 1-8
~~~~~~~~~~~
Jesus looked toward heaven and prayed: "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. 2For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 3Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.
6"I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you,
Isaiah 55 v 6 - 7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7Let the wicked forsake his way
and the evil man his thoughts.
Let him turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon
HOW TO START THE RELATIONSHIP
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Talk to God, ask forgiveness for living independently of him.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 John 1 v 5 - 10
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
8If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives
ACCEPT THAT ONLY JESUS CAN BRING YOU TO GOD
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
He acts like a bridge. There may well be many roads that lead to Jesus and some religions may bring people to him or close to him, but he is the only person who can take us through to God. Without Jesus we cannot know God.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 4 v 12
~~~~~~~~~~
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved
1 Peter 3 v 18
~~~~~~~~~~~
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit
1 Peter 2 v 22- 25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jesus committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth."
23When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. 25For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls”
TURN TO GOD
/////////////////////////
Receive the power of the Holy Spirit to live as God wants.
God is our Creator [ the Father ]
God is our Saviour [ the Son, Jesus Christ ]
God is our Companion [ the Holy Spirit ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Acts 17 v 30
~~~~~~~~~
29"Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone--an image made by man's design and skill. 30In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead
Acts 3 v 19- 23
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, 20and that he may send the Christ, who has been appointed for you--even Jesus. 21He must remain in heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as he promised long ago through his holy prophets. 22For Moses said, `The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own people; you must listen to everything he tells you. 23Anyone who does not listen to him will be completely cut off from among his people.
REPENT. Repentance is a change of mind and will arising from sorrow for sin and leading to transformation of life (
TURN TO GOD. Comes subsequent to repentance, In the strictest sense, repentance is turning from sin, and faith is turning to God. However, the word "turn" is not always used with such precision.
YOUR SINS WIPED OUT. Your sins will be forgiven as a result of repentance.
Ephesians 1 v 13- 14
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, 12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. 13And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, 14who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God's possession--to the praise of his glory.
Galatians 5 v 16- 23
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature. 17For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. 18But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissension’s, factions 21and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Matthew 16 v 24 - 28
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
24Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25For whoever wants to save his lifeH will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. 26What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? 27For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 28I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Write to
LIFEWORDS.
Scripture Gift Mission
75 Westminster Bridge Road
LONDON
SE1 7HS
ENGLAND UK.
Ask them to send you a copy of their booklet
“NOW YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN”
That will help you to know more about being a Christian, which is a life long commitment that passes beyond death in which we learn more about God and his friendship towards us. Believing and trusting is just the first step that leads to an everlasting relationship with God that will continue for ever.
You can visit their web site www.sgmlifewords.com
