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"Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away (James 4:13-14)."
You're busy making plans and then it's all over. Car crash, drive by, illness, it's gonna come to us all and most times not when we expect. And where does that leave you? Is all your business in order? Said goodbye and left all your friends and relations on good terms? Prolly not.
And what about after that? What about eternity? Do you know Jesus Christ? Or are you headed for hell? There's no coming back, no recycling. Hebrews 9:27 states, "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." That judgement will be based on decisions you make right now.
This forces your hand a little. You have to get right with Christ while you're alive. So while you're breathing you can repent of your sins and give your life to Christ. There's cats sat on death row gonna live longer than some of us, that's a sobering thought and one that should cause us to act fast.
Don't put it off. The Bible says, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2). Do not wait for tomorrow. You are not promised a tomorrow. "Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth" (Proverbs 27:1). And Jesus said, "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36-37).
It's too late when your toe's tagged at the coroners, you gotta think about it and act today. No-one likes to be lied to so get into the truth early and often.
Corinthians 6 leaves us in no doubt..."Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
Check verse 11! Even if you fall into any of the categories before that and most of us do, if you are in Christ you are saved. So don't let anyone tell you that you are not good enough. In God's terms no-one is but Christ's sacrifice pays for our sins.
If you're reading this you have time right now. There's no plea bargain with God. So how do you go about getting saved?
The following is reproduced with kind permission from All About God.com and is a real clear pointer as to your next step...
Prayer of Salvation - Our First Real Conversation With God
The "prayer of salvation" is the most important prayer we'll ever pray. When we're ready to become a Christian, we're ready to have our first real conversation with God, and these are its components:
Prayer of Salvation - It Begins With Faith in God
When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're letting God know we believe His Word is true. By the faith He has given us, we choose to believe in Him. The Bible tells us that "without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." (Hebrews 11:6)
So, when we pray, asking God for the gift of salvation, we're exercising our free will to acknowledge that we believe in Him. That demonstration of faith pleases God, because we have freely chosen to know Him.
Prayer of Salvation - Confessing Our Sin
When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're admitting that we've sinned. As the Bible says of everyone, save Christ alone: "For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
To sin is simply to fall short of the mark, as an arrow that does not quite hit the bull's-eye. The glory of God that we fall short of is found only in Jesus Christ: "For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (2 Corinthians 4:6)
The prayer of salvation, then, recognizes that Jesus Christ is the only human who ever lived without sin. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Prayer of Salvation - Professing Faith in Christ as Savior and Lord
With Christ as our standard of perfection, we're now acknowledging faith in Him as God, agreeing with the Apostle John that: "In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made." (John 1:1-3)
Because God could only accept a perfect, sinless sacrifice, and because He knew that we could not possibly accomplish that, He sent His Son to die for us and pay the eternal price. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.." (John 3:16)
Prayer of Salvation - Say It & Mean It Now!
Do you agree with everything you have read so far? If you do, don't wait a moment longer to start your new life in Jesus Christ. Pray this with us:
"Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
Prayer of Salvation - I've Prayed It; Now What?
If you've prayed this prayer of salvation with true conviction and heart, you are now a follower of Jesus. This is a fact, whether or not you feel any different. Religious systems may have led you to believe that you should feel something - a warm glow, a tingle, or some other mystical experience. The fact is, you may, or you may not. If you have prayed the prayer of salvation and meant it, you are now a follower of Jesus. The Bible tells us that your eternal salvation is secure! "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)
Welcome to the family of God! We encourage you now to find a local church where you can be baptized and grow in the knowledge of God through His Word, the Bible.
Anyways as this is the first of our blogs, leave your comments and let us know your thoughts, we'd love to hear from you.
One Love One God One Way.
Return to Gangstyle
"Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away (James 4:13-14)."
You're busy making plans and then it's all over. Car crash, drive by, illness, it's gonna come to us all and most times not when we expect. And where does that leave you? Is all your business in order? Said goodbye and left all your friends and relations on good terms? Prolly not.
And what about after that? What about eternity? Do you know Jesus Christ? Or are you headed for hell? There's no coming back, no recycling. Hebrews 9:27 states, "Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." That judgement will be based on decisions you make right now.
This forces your hand a little. You have to get right with Christ while you're alive. So while you're breathing you can repent of your sins and give your life to Christ. There's cats sat on death row gonna live longer than some of us, that's a sobering thought and one that should cause us to act fast.
Don't put it off. The Bible says, "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2). Do not wait for tomorrow. You are not promised a tomorrow. "Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth" (Proverbs 27:1). And Jesus said, "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36-37).
It's too late when your toe's tagged at the coroners, you gotta think about it and act today. No-one likes to be lied to so get into the truth early and often.
Corinthians 6 leaves us in no doubt..."Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."
Check verse 11! Even if you fall into any of the categories before that and most of us do, if you are in Christ you are saved. So don't let anyone tell you that you are not good enough. In God's terms no-one is but Christ's sacrifice pays for our sins.
If you're reading this you have time right now. There's no plea bargain with God. So how do you go about getting saved?
The following is reproduced with kind permission from All About God.com and is a real clear pointer as to your next step...
Prayer of Salvation - Our First Real Conversation With God
The "prayer of salvation" is the most important prayer we'll ever pray. When we're ready to become a Christian, we're ready to have our first real conversation with God, and these are its components:
- We acknowledge that Jesus Christ is God; that He came to earth as a man in order to live the sinless life that we cannot live; that He died in our place, so that we would not have to pay the penalty we deserve.
- We confess our past life of sin -- living for ourselves and not obeying God.
- We admit we are ready to trust Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord.
- We ask Jesus to come into our heart, take up residence there, and begin living through us.
Prayer of Salvation - It Begins With Faith in God
When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're letting God know we believe His Word is true. By the faith He has given us, we choose to believe in Him. The Bible tells us that "without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." (Hebrews 11:6)
So, when we pray, asking God for the gift of salvation, we're exercising our free will to acknowledge that we believe in Him. That demonstration of faith pleases God, because we have freely chosen to know Him.
Prayer of Salvation - Confessing Our Sin
When we pray the prayer of salvation, we're admitting that we've sinned. As the Bible says of everyone, save Christ alone: "For all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23)
To sin is simply to fall short of the mark, as an arrow that does not quite hit the bull's-eye. The glory of God that we fall short of is found only in Jesus Christ: "For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." (2 Corinthians 4:6)
The prayer of salvation, then, recognizes that Jesus Christ is the only human who ever lived without sin. "For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Prayer of Salvation - Professing Faith in Christ as Savior and Lord
With Christ as our standard of perfection, we're now acknowledging faith in Him as God, agreeing with the Apostle John that: "In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made." (John 1:1-3)
Because God could only accept a perfect, sinless sacrifice, and because He knew that we could not possibly accomplish that, He sent His Son to die for us and pay the eternal price. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.." (John 3:16)
Prayer of Salvation - Say It & Mean It Now!
Do you agree with everything you have read so far? If you do, don't wait a moment longer to start your new life in Jesus Christ. Pray this with us:
"Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen."
Prayer of Salvation - I've Prayed It; Now What?
If you've prayed this prayer of salvation with true conviction and heart, you are now a follower of Jesus. This is a fact, whether or not you feel any different. Religious systems may have led you to believe that you should feel something - a warm glow, a tingle, or some other mystical experience. The fact is, you may, or you may not. If you have prayed the prayer of salvation and meant it, you are now a follower of Jesus. The Bible tells us that your eternal salvation is secure! "that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." (Romans 10:9)
Welcome to the family of God! We encourage you now to find a local church where you can be baptized and grow in the knowledge of God through His Word, the Bible.
Anyways as this is the first of our blogs, leave your comments and let us know your thoughts, we'd love to hear from you.
One Love One God One Way.
Return to Gangstyle
posted by Streetgangs Style at 5:03 AM
1 Comments:
Good words, thanks!
After you invite and accept Jesus into your life, when you fall short of the mark -- and that will probably happen every day to you, just like it happens every day to me and everyone else I know -- don't get bummed out or discouraged, but turn to the Lord again, and renew your invitation that He enter your life and help you out. Ask Him to help you understand where and how you are goofing things up, and to help you fix things. No matter what happens, make a constant effort to keep turning to the Lord.
This is not easy. Sometimes we goof things up, and are ashamed, or hurt, or feel bad. But we have to keep making an effort to turn to the Lord and invite Him into our lives and let Him know we appreciate everything He does.
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