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by Pete Garcia at Rev310.net
A message has been sent to you. It is the message Jesus brought down to you from Heaven. It is the message of God the Father for you – and for all mankind. He cares about you and me.
Note about God as Trinity: Jesus claimed to be God
John 10:30
I and the Father are One [in essence and nature].
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority.
The message from our Triune God came with sufficient proofs to believe. The Proof about Jesus is all there. Easy to see. We just reject it outright, or believe.
Check ’em out.
Jump ahead to section below: Sufficient Proofs to Believe
He is calling all humans everywhere to repent of their sinfulness and follow His Way. Do you want God’s approval? Have you made that commitment to accept Jesus and follow Him?
Acts 17:30-31
30 Therefore God overlooked and disregarded the former ages of ignorance; but
now He commands all people everywhere to repent
[that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
31 because He has set a day when He will judge the inhabited world in righteousness by a Man whom He has appointed and destined for that task, and He has provided credible proof to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
See Acts 17:30 in more versions
AMP …now He commands all people everywhere to repent [that is, to change their old way of thinking, to regret their past sins, and to seek God’s purpose for their lives],
VOICE …now God says it is time to rethink our lives and reject these unenlightened assumptions
GW …now he commands everyone everywhere to turn to him and change the way they think and act.
GNT …now he commands all of them everywhere to turn away from their evil ways.
HCSB …God now commands all people everywhere to repent.
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Jesus said “I am the Way”
His Way is specific. It does not deviate right or left. His message is very simple, so much so that many miss it (1 Corinthians 1:23, Romans 9:32).
Many more mess with it, changing it to the point that their “religion” is opposed by God. I’d never go there! Expecting Heaven when God is against them?! (See: False Prophets)
Why on earth!? Why change it? False teachers change the message of the Father into something other than what He has told us in the Bible.
Know This
Only His Way saves us. To deviate right or left is eternal condemnation.
Interesting the way Hell will be eternal. So be careful. Know His message well.
We all have sinned. And sin disqualifies all who keep it. We all come woefully short of qualifying for Heaven – unless we ask Jesus to take away our sin – and get saved.
Hell is my last choice. Last on my list! Not what I really want.
This passage speaks of the followers who have accepted Christ and “are being justified”:
Romans 3:23-24
23 since all have sinned and continually fall short of the glory of God, 24 and are being justified [declared free of the guilt of sin, made acceptable to God, and granted eternal life] as a gift by His [precious, undeserved] [a]grace, through the redemption [the payment for our sin] which is [provided] in Christ Jesus
If we wish to enter His Holy Kingdom, He tells us we must repent of our sin, and follow Him – now. When we accept Jesus as our personal Savior, what happens is – “the righteousness of God” Himself is imputed upon us (“comes through faith in Jesus”). We are declared holy in our standing – by God Himself. His righteousness is “credited or acribed” to us MerWeb: impute – to credit or ascribe (something) to a person.
This choice He presents to each of us is a one-off offer for today. Tomorrow is not promised to any man, woman, or child.
Once you obtain this “righteousness of God” over you – then you have been saved past tense. It is then a done deal – forever.
And as a result of being saved you will then see Colossians 2:2-8 begin to take precedence over your life. If you don’t see this change, take note: You may not have yeilded your heart 100% to Him. (Yeilding is required.)
Colossians 2:2-3
…so that they may have all the riches that come from the full assurance of understanding [the joy of salvation], resulting in a true [and more intimate] knowledge of the [b]mystery of God, that is, Christ, 3 in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge [regarding the word and purposes of God].
Choose for yourself…you’ve got the power
What a great way for God to provide His legal forgiveness!
Joshua 24:15
“If it is unacceptable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live;
but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
John 8:46
verse 39 Jesus said to them…
verse 46 Which one of you [has proof
and] convicts Me of sin?
If I speak truth,
why do you not believe Me?
FOR MORE:
Do you know the message from God, delivered by Jesus? Better than email – He came down from Heaven to give it to us.
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It is what it is: The Bible is God’s Word to us
What knowing the Bible does for you
The one-off offer Jesus makes to everyone…a one-off offer for today
What happens when you do not know what the Bible says on a matter?
Legally Damned – Legally Forgiven…His legal forgiveness
Specific Salvation Parameters to get saved…His Way is specific
Specific Salvation Parameters Jesus absolutely requires
Want it – to know it… God’s message to us…“wish to”
Want God’s Approval?…want it
Fake faith gets you nowhere you want to be
Be Berean (site search)
The Bible is the standard for Christian thought and practice. Not me. Not you.
What God asks of us in the Bible
The one-off offer Jesus makes to everyone
Does God give new revelations or is the Bible enough?
Ten quieries where Paul asks us – Do you not know? Excerpt: What do you not know? 1
See these: 1 Corinthians 3:16; 5:6; 6:2, 6:3, 6:9, 6:15, 6:16, 6:19, 9:13, 9:24.
Sufficient proofs to believe…believe the message from God
Furnished proof…sufficient proofs to believe
Scientific visualization proofs for an Intelligent Designer – God
The Proof about Jesus is all there. Easy to see. We just reject it outright, or believe
Evidence showing us that Jesus is Messiah
About evidences for faith in Jesus
Worldviews and the Battle for Meaning
Is Jesus’ Worldview – your worldview
Consider these biblical views: Voting Dichotomously, What Jesus Stands For, Which Jesus Do You Serve?, Following, Following Someone, Exposing a dichotomous heart, One Thing You Lack, Reconsider Your Life, A God Damn,
If your heart follows to the beat of
a different drum
than what the band of Jesus marches to;
if how you see the world
is not how Jesus see’s the world;
if you are FOR
what Jesus is AGAINST…
where is your belief in Jesus?
34 Ethical Issues All Christians Should Know | from Crossway | from Wayne Grudem’s Christian Ethics: An Introduction to Biblical Moral Reasoning
False Prophets | by Diane S. Dew, © copyright 1976, 1998. | For more by Dew, see: http://dianedew.com/index.shtml |
About False Teachings of today
Hell is my last choice. Last on my list! Not what I really want.
The sins we can practice to go to Hell. Just so you know. Excerpt: How to go to Hell (a bit of satire…)
It’s an easy-peasy choice, you know — choosing Hell. Following is a giant list of what you can do to go to Hell. Not difficult – as there are many practices you can choose from. Or, just stay as-is, the easiest choice (just make “no choice” at all) because God has divided eternity for all of us.
Going to Hell? Excerpt: Hell is a horrible place. You do not want to go there.
The highway to hell is quite a ride. But it’s hectic, with all kinds of stops and twists and turns; lots of exits, turnabouts, intersecting roads. If you don’t pay attention, you end up going down scary roads, scary places, bad endings.
Salvation in Christ is beyond huge
There is only One God…our Triune God
Footnotes
- Paul warns us about 10 important truths – with this quiery: “Do you not know”. BibleGateway Footnotes: a. 1 Corinthians 3:16 Paul repeats “Do you not know” nine more times, each time followed by an important truth (cf 5:6; 6:2, 3, 9, 15, 16, 19; 9:13, 24)...
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