What God do you worship? Have you Have you examined what your God says about accepting you? Is your God the God of the Bible?
God’s Invitation is inclusive
The inclusivity of salvation through Jesus is found in His statement quoted in Mark 8:34. Jesus says here: “whosoever will may come“. So yes, in that sense, His invitation is inclusive.
“And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.”
See more “whosoever” references | all in one link | or: | Revelation 22:17, Matthew 7:24, Matthew 10:32-33, Matthew 16:25, Mark 8:34-35, James 4:4.
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God is asking all, individually, to repent. Whosoever really wants to – can receive God’s free gift of pardon before it’s too late (Hebrews 9:27). It is a matter between you and God, “only me and God”.
– Source: Still so dull?
Absolutely all on earth may come to Him “just as they are”. You need not clean up to come to Jesus. All are offered the awesome grace and mercy of God to be able to approach Him in prayer — in whatever moral condition you may be in. Salvation in Christ is greater than your sins.
“8 Draw near to God,
and he will draw near to you.
Cleanse your hands,
ye sinners;
and purify your hearts,
ye double minded.”
– James 4:8 JUB
– See the context here: James 4:7-10 AMP
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Heaven, however, does not have open borders. There is only one Door in. Have you entered by that Door?
His Salvation is exclusive
Did you know that, by nature, God limited His grace towards us, His fallen creation? In the modern sense of the term, “Salvation in Christ” is not inclusive. God does not give-out “forgiveness” to just anyone who knocks at His Door. There is a price to pay.
God has parameters set for how and who He brings through His Door. He saves. Yes. Allelujah! But He saves on His terms. We must each yield our will to Him.
You can’t have it your way. It must be His Way. So, in that sense, His salvation is definitely NOT inclusive, because NOT everyone is willing to accept Jesus as He is. Have you found entrance into the eternal?
Commit 100% to all that Jesus Christ is and does
As 1 John 5:13 states, salvation requires we commit our life to follow all of Him, accept all of what Jesus Christ is and does.
These things I have written to you
who believe in
the name of the Son of God
[which represents
all that Jesus Christ is and does],
so that you will know
[with settled and absolute knowledge]
that you [already] have eternal life.
– 1 John 5:13 Amplified version
To “accept” Jesus, or “Believe in the Name of Jesus, means:
repent,
turn from your sin,
identify with Christ (take-on His colors – as cloth does when “baptized” in dye)
“If I am serious about the salvation message of grace by Jesus, I will totally immerse myself in His ways, let Him change my ways.
Like a cloth being dyed 1, I will take-on the colors of God’s choosing. I am daily seeking to change my colors for His colors, and become a more complex and rich design of His, not my own. Less of me and more of Him.”
– Source: What God Wants
Salvation in Christ is not a willy-nilly “free for all” gift bin. You can’t just say “Okay Jesus”, “Sure thing – God”. The Gospel of Christ is not a “come one, come all” offer by God.
God does offer salvation to all mankind. But you must come in sincerity and truth, and identify totally with His Way… not stay in your own sinful ways.
Salvation is offered to “whosoever will…”, but the “will” must accept and follow Him – obey His Way. (KJV: Matthew 7:24; Matthew 12:50; Mark 8:34; Luke 6:47; Revelation 22:17). You must be born again.
– Source: Limited Grace
FOR MORE:
30 Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, 31 because He has fixed a day in which He will judge [l]the world in righteousness [m]through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men [n]by raising Him from the dead.”
-Verses 30-31 of Acts 17:10-34
Claiming a sin as – God’s will for you
What God asks of us in the Bible
As if your mindset is protected by God
Accepting Jesus – Plus Some Other
God eventually gives you a free rein
Who in Hell Do You Think You Are?
So, God sent His Son into the world. Do you know why?
The message of salvation spoken by Jesus to Paul …Acts 26:18
Why on earth will God accept you, a sinner?
Flesh and blood absolutely cannot inherit the Kingdom of God
The Gift by His Precious, Undeserved Grace
Jesus brings us to Creator God
Heaven. What’s it going to be like?
Being 100% given-over to Jesus
Small gods, and our great big beautiful God
Entrance Granted Into The Eternal
God forgives all wrongdoings of all repentant sinners, no exception
The Kingdom of God is very exclusive, very luxurious, very special
Passing on through to the other side
Keeping sin AND getting God’s Holiness also
Getting to Heaven is not a religious thing
Your spiritual journey to eternal life
God never changes. Never has. Never will.
Forever forgiving, for God’s sake!
Maturing in the Faith …2 Peter 1:1-11
“All the privileges and rewards of a new life with Him”
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