Ever wanted to ask God, Are we there yet?
God gives us principles (the scriptures) to help us understand why He puts us through disappointment in life. How do we respond to them? Is an emotional response to our failure to fulfill our goals and desires. That stalls us on our track and derails us from our focus on God.
Please read John chapter 11 "The Raising of Lazarus"
Here are some principles to learn from this passage.
First Principle:
God has a purpose for allowing the disappointments of our life.
Our disappointments don't have anything to do with God not loving us. God is loving us. Do you know why? Because it's all God does for us.
Second Principle:
God is more interested in our spiritual growth than relieving us from disappointments.
We don't get stalled, we don't get derailed. We use every disappointment as a stepping stone to learn, and to move forward in God's purpose in our life.
Friday, 21 November 2008
Our Living God
"God created man in his own image" (Gen 1:27)
God created us for Himself.
"You must not have any other god but me." (Exo 20:3)
We cannot create God for ourselves.
God created us for Himself.
"You must not have any other god but me." (Exo 20:3)
We cannot create God for ourselves.
Wednesday, 19 November 2008
You Can't Handle The Truth
"You want answers!" "I want the truth!" "You can’t handle the truth!" It's one of the most memorable pieces of dialogue in movie history. The egotistical and self-righteous Colonel Nathan Jessep would later angrily admit to the arrogant and brash JAG Officer, Lieutenant JG Daniel Kaffee, that he broke military law. Colonel Jessep believed he was justified in violating the law. He got up from the witness chair and began to march out of the courtroom, as if he was above the law and the authority of the court. But the judge ordered him detained by military police, telling the colonel, "You aren’t going anywhere!"
Colonel Jessep's courtroom outburst in a Hollywood film illustrates a sad reality. Most people cannot handle the truth—the truth about themselves. Most people consider themselves good and they easily justify their actions. Do you consider yourself to be a good person? If you do, then ask yourself the following questions and answer them honestly.
Have you ever told a lie?
Have you ever stolen anything?
Have you ever taken God’s name in vain?
Then, according to God’s Law (The Ten Commandments), and by your own admission, you are a lying, thieving, blasphemer at heart. Every lawbreaker will one day find himself or herself standing before God, the righteous Judge. The verdict will be "guilty." And, like Colonel Jessep, you will not be able to justify yourself, assert your innocence, and leave the courtroom.
Instead, having been found guilty of breaking God's Law, the sentence will be "death"—eternity in the torment of hell. The good news is that God doesn't want to send you to hell. So, He sent His sinless Son, Jesus Christ—God in the flesh. He took upon himself the punishment you rightly deserve for your sins against God when He shed His innocent blood and died on the cross. Three days later, He defeated death when He rose from the grave.
So, what must you do to be saved? You want answers? You want the truth? You must recognize that you cannot save yourself and escape God's judgment. You must confess your sins against God, repent (turn away from your sins), and put your trust in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation. Repent and place your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, right now. You will pass from death into life and receive the free gift of eternal life.
Please consider these things carefully. Can you handle the truth?
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Colonel Jessep's courtroom outburst in a Hollywood film illustrates a sad reality. Most people cannot handle the truth—the truth about themselves. Most people consider themselves good and they easily justify their actions. Do you consider yourself to be a good person? If you do, then ask yourself the following questions and answer them honestly.
Have you ever told a lie?
Have you ever stolen anything?
Have you ever taken God’s name in vain?
Then, according to God’s Law (The Ten Commandments), and by your own admission, you are a lying, thieving, blasphemer at heart. Every lawbreaker will one day find himself or herself standing before God, the righteous Judge. The verdict will be "guilty." And, like Colonel Jessep, you will not be able to justify yourself, assert your innocence, and leave the courtroom.
Instead, having been found guilty of breaking God's Law, the sentence will be "death"—eternity in the torment of hell. The good news is that God doesn't want to send you to hell. So, He sent His sinless Son, Jesus Christ—God in the flesh. He took upon himself the punishment you rightly deserve for your sins against God when He shed His innocent blood and died on the cross. Three days later, He defeated death when He rose from the grave.
So, what must you do to be saved? You want answers? You want the truth? You must recognize that you cannot save yourself and escape God's judgment. You must confess your sins against God, repent (turn away from your sins), and put your trust in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation. Repent and place your faith in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, right now. You will pass from death into life and receive the free gift of eternal life.
Please consider these things carefully. Can you handle the truth?
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I See Dead People
Millions of people presently walking upon the face of the earth are dead and they don't realize it. You may be one of them. To find out if you are among the living or the dead, honestly answer the following questions.
Have you ever told a lie?
Have you ever stolen something?
Have you ever hated someone? Jesus said that you have committed murder in your heart by harboring anger or hatred toward someone.
Have you ever taken God's name in vain?
Then, by your own admission, you're a lying, thieving, murdering, blasphemer at heart. You are guilty of breaking God's Law (The Ten Commandments). Not only does God see you as guilty; He also sees you as dead in your trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1). Finding you guilty of breaking His Law, He will sentence you to eternity in hell, as the just punishment for your sins against Him.
Although tragic, there's good news. Two thousand years ago, God the Father sent His Son Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, to take upon Himself the punishment sinners rightly deserve for their sins against a holy God when He shed His innocent blood and died on the cross. Three days later, He defeated sin and death when He rose from the grave.
As a result of Jesus Christ's perfect life and shed blood, you can have peace with God, have your sins forgiven and inherit eternal life, but you must be "born again" (John 3:3). Being born again is a supernatural work that only God can do when He transforms your heart and gives you new desires. Once you are born again, God will enable you to repent (turn from your sins) and place your faith in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation.
Please consider these things carefully. When you stand before God, you do not want to be counted among the dead; but those who have received the free gift of eternal life that only He can give.
Please read Mark 8:34, John 14:6 and Matthew 10:34-39.
www.EvangelismTeam.com
Have you ever told a lie?
Have you ever stolen something?
Have you ever hated someone? Jesus said that you have committed murder in your heart by harboring anger or hatred toward someone.
Have you ever taken God's name in vain?
Then, by your own admission, you're a lying, thieving, murdering, blasphemer at heart. You are guilty of breaking God's Law (The Ten Commandments). Not only does God see you as guilty; He also sees you as dead in your trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:1). Finding you guilty of breaking His Law, He will sentence you to eternity in hell, as the just punishment for your sins against Him.
Although tragic, there's good news. Two thousand years ago, God the Father sent His Son Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, to take upon Himself the punishment sinners rightly deserve for their sins against a holy God when He shed His innocent blood and died on the cross. Three days later, He defeated sin and death when He rose from the grave.
As a result of Jesus Christ's perfect life and shed blood, you can have peace with God, have your sins forgiven and inherit eternal life, but you must be "born again" (John 3:3). Being born again is a supernatural work that only God can do when He transforms your heart and gives you new desires. Once you are born again, God will enable you to repent (turn from your sins) and place your faith in Jesus Christ alone for your salvation.
Please consider these things carefully. When you stand before God, you do not want to be counted among the dead; but those who have received the free gift of eternal life that only He can give.
Please read Mark 8:34, John 14:6 and Matthew 10:34-39.
www.EvangelismTeam.com
Sunday, 16 November 2008
Can A Jew Believe In Christ?
Isaiah 53
Who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord revealed his
powerful arm?
My servant grew up in the LORD's presence like
a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about
his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected--
a man or sorrows, acquainted with deepest
grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the
other way.
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a
punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep have strayed away.
We have left God's paths to follow our own.
Yet the LORD laid on him
the sins of us all.
He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.
No one cared that he died without
descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man's grave.
But it was the LORD's good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the LORD's good plan will prosper
in his hands.
When he sees all that is accomplished by his
anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
I will give him the honors of a victorious
soldier,
because he exposed himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels.
He was counted among the rebels.
He bore the sins of many and interceded
for rebels.
( Written 700 years before Christ.)
Who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord revealed his
powerful arm?
My servant grew up in the LORD's presence like
a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about
his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected--
a man or sorrows, acquainted with deepest
grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the
other way.
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a
punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep have strayed away.
We have left God's paths to follow our own.
Yet the LORD laid on him
the sins of us all.
He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.
No one cared that he died without
descendants,
that his life was cut short in midstream.
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
He had done no wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man's grave.
But it was the LORD's good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the LORD's good plan will prosper
in his hands.
When he sees all that is accomplished by his
anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
I will give him the honors of a victorious
soldier,
because he exposed himself to death.
He was counted among the rebels.
He was counted among the rebels.
He bore the sins of many and interceded
for rebels.
( Written 700 years before Christ.)
Monday, 10 November 2008
Friday, 7 November 2008
"Why Are There So Many Different Religions?"
It has been said that religion is man's way of trying to deal with his guilt. Different religions have different ways of attempting to rid their adherents of sin and its consequences. They fast, pray, deny themselves legitimate pleasures, or chasten themselves, often to a point of inflicting pain. They do this because they have a concept of what they think God (or the gods) is like, so they seek to establish their own righteousness, being ignorant of God's righteousness.
The Good News of the Christian faith is that no one need suffer the pains of religious works. Christ's blood can cleanse our conscience from the head works of religion (Hebrews 9:14). Jesus took our punishment upon Himself, and He is the only One who can save us from sin and death. Acts 4:12 and John 14:6.
The Evidence Bible
Compiled by Ray Comfort
The Good News of the Christian faith is that no one need suffer the pains of religious works. Christ's blood can cleanse our conscience from the head works of religion (Hebrews 9:14). Jesus took our punishment upon Himself, and He is the only One who can save us from sin and death. Acts 4:12 and John 14:6.
The Evidence Bible
Compiled by Ray Comfort
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