People pray to so many, many gods, and have so many, many differing beliefs. What’s with that?
Many hardhearted claim God does not even exist. I can’t understand that. As puny humans – they exist inside a complex body, surrounded by incredible nature and a mysterious universe. And yet they say God did not design all this?
Have you researched the evidences for a very real God? If God is there, would you want to know Him?
What if God is not distant, but actually very approachable? Would you want to draw near to Him? James 4:8
I have accepted Jesus. I found that the evidences are irrefutable. Best decision ever!
God is Researchable
Because He is God and I am not… I continually search the Scriptures to know what He has said about Himself. Just listen to mere humans preaching? I put more credence in my thorough Berean mind – and reading the Bible myself.
Excerpt from The Apostle Paul’s Criticisms:
Berean thinking
They maintain a mind that is open to examination of what they are told. They don’t just accept the authority of the person or of the religion, but – they put it to the test of Scripture.
They ask: What does Scripture teach about this? Is what they are saying – true to Scripture, or not?
There is a catch
There are limits to God’s acceptance of us, His creations. God does reject some.
“Daniel Hernandez of the LA Times shared (2022) about the lifetime of wishful thinking by Diana Kennedy (Diana Kennedy’s heated opinions). After her death at 99, his conclusion about her was:
“The woman moved through life in such a way that you could trick your brain into assuming she would live forever.
I’d like to think
her entrance to the afterlife
occurred
just as she damn well pleased
it would.”
– Source: Daniel Hernandez of the LA Times (2022)
Exctract from: Feeling Lucky?
“The problem with that is that it doesn’t work that way. No matter how willful, no matter how adamant we may be… God is in charge and He determines how one gets entrance into the eternal.”
God speaks to us through His written Word. So when we read what He has told us, our response to Him should be an emphatic “I believe what God asks of us in the Bible”.
With her nine books on cooking Mexican, Diana Kennedy showed a deep reverence for the Mexican culture. But she had no reverence for God whatsoever. All her life, apparently, she refused God’s loving grace and mercy.
In the light of Eternity, it is total utter lunacy to go against God. Why on earth!? The logic and evidence is all on His side.
Are you rejecting the only One who can save your soul? How is that going to work-out for you in the end?
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The Way to Salvation always involves obedience to Jesus. You cannot merely “mouth obedience”. You gotta walk it.
And God is not blowing smoke. He means what He says. And what He has said to us is very explicit.
His Word gives us very specific parameters to get saved. There is no missing it. Many blithefully walk right past the evidences for belief. Look again!
According to Scripture: Our confession makes our eternity. It decides our ultimate fate: Heaven or Hell. By it, we either land in Heaven when we die, or we land at Jesus’ feet for Judgement Day. What’s it going to be for you?
– Source: What was it like – your confession to Jesus?
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Our confession makes our eternity.
What is more important than a good eternity?
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I contemplate the God of Forgiveness, and I say, “What mercy! What grace! What a huge loving God is here for us.
Repentant sinners are encouraged to approach God in prayer with sincerity and truth. Believers are encouraged to come on in! Enter into His Courts with confidence. We are at the doorstep of our Heavenly Father!
Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment].…
– Hebrews 4:16
See: | To reach God, first repent |
| Psalm 51. Wash me. Cleanse me. |
| Psalm 51 type repentance and salvation |
| Prayer of Repentance | Turn shame into repentance |
| Growing into our natural new life in Christ |
Accepting His Salvation
Anyone, any sinner… is able to approach God in prayer for salvation. Have you done that yourself?
At whatever age, anywhere, anytime, God will respond to any seeker — if he/she comes before God with a prayer of repentance — with sincerity and honesty.
However, if we come before God in prayer for salvation with a cracked heart, with something not yielded to Him, with unrepentant sin, with an unrepentant heart… does God answer your prayer and save your soul?
I’m afraid not. The question becomes: Were you fully yielded when you prayed for Him to save you? (Not sinless, but: yeilding sincerely and in truth.)
Approach God
with sincerity and honesty
At whatever age,
anywhere, anytime,
God will respond
to any seeker
2 By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose],
if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
– 1 Corinthians 15:2
“…if we have become one with Him…”
See these in one link or singly: Romans 6:4-7 and Colossians 3:1-4.
His fruit from the Vine
You can “believe in vain” and thus God rejects your confession. But when we truly “get born again” (John 3) we immediately begin to see His fruit in us — fruit from the Vine in which we have now been grafted into.
“Things are different now, I’ve been changed it must be”
– Source: sermonindex.net. Written by Stanton W. Gavitt
Excerpt from: Approach God with a true and sincere heart
Throughout history God has had a plan to save us from His condemnation. Since we are sinful, He provided a way to forgive us through His legal system. “How” God would actually forgive us was the mystery of the ages. But finally, through Jesus – the mystery of the Gospel has been revealed.
Excerpt from: The mystery of the Gospel has been revealed
Down through the ages, salvation by God was a mystery – until the Messiah was born of a virgin (Matthew 1:23-25; Luke 1:34-35), and laid in a manger in the city of David, under a star “in the north”, just as predicted in the Old Testament by prophets of old.
In the New Testament, made available to us to learn about Him, Acts 17:30-31 “God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent“.
We are warned: “He has set a day on which He will judge [a]the world in righteousness”. Will you heed that warning?
Don’t delay. Accept Jesus as Lord and Savior — before That Day, as in “now”. Tomorrow may never dawn for you.
This is taught in Acts 17:30-31:
“30 So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,
31 because He has set a day on which He will judge [a]the world in righteousness [b]through a Man whom He has appointed,
having furnished proof to all people [c]by raising Him from the dead.”
– Acts 17:30-31
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So what will your excuse be on That Day, on your knees before Creator God, as to why you rejected all the proofs He has given us about Himself? Wouldn’t you rather spend eternity with all the Goodness of God – in Heaven?
Become a brand new creation in Christ now, before it’s too late.
Can you imagine missing-out on the best deal in the universe?! You have won the Cosmic Lottery!! You have the only ticket to Paradise – right in your hands! Take it to God in prayer – and you gain possession of The Fountain of Youth, Eternal Bliss, eternal life in God’s Kingdom.
– Source: Furnished proof
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There is a lot of wishful thinking going on with people who want what they want, and they want it their way. The sentiment is usually a chord that runs throughout their life. And they take that thought with them into the afterlife.
The problem with you yourself declaring what you want in the afterlife – is that you had nothing whatsoever to do with the creation of the afterlife. God did. You did not. And He told us all about it.
– Source: Feeling lucky?
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Why seek false gods? Why die rejecting God – having had the Truth of God right at your fingertips? How tragic is that?
God takes care of sinners. But God is saying: Do not wait. Do not stay just on the verge of accepting Him. Just do it. “Do it and live”, Jesus said.
“All your life – an unattainable ecstasy has hovered just beyond the grasp of your consciousness. The day is coming when you will wake to find, beyond all hope, that you have attained it, or else, that it was within your reach and you have lost it forever.”
– Source: C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain (New York: Macmillan, 1962, pg 147). Quoted here: My Favorite Quotes
FOR MORE:
If God really is there, would you want to know Him?
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The Holy Spirit resides inside the true believer
Salvation and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit
Is your life fruit – Agape Love?…the fruit of the Vine
“Things are different now, I’ve been changed it must be” | sermonindex.net | Written by Stanton W. Gavitt | classic gospel hymn
Rely on the Spirit of God in you
What it means to walk in the Light, not in Darkness…You gotta walk it
What fellowship have you with Darkness?
Are you being warned by the Holy Spirit about being “out“?
Being faithful little by little…Cleansing is needed again and again
My simple frequent practice of repentance…Cleansing is needed
Half a Day without the Holy Spirit
Ephesians 5:15-21. The Holy Spirit’s Filling Bible study with Dr. Peter Larson
Available: Printable PDF download
God speaking…speaks to us through His written Word. Excerpt: Hey! I Am speaking here. See: Search Results for: 7 I Am statements You may know me simply as “God”. From the Old Testament, my name is, Jehovah, or Yahweh (pronounced ˈyäˌwā), or Lord, I Am – the One that made all there is. I have been calling you to come to Me. I tell you the truth
I Look Oh My God…what incredible nature
What God asks of us in the Bible…believe what God asks of us in the Bible. So when we read what He has told us, our response to Him should be to believe Him.
Are you a Lucky Virgin? Excerpt: Five Lucky Virgins
There were five lucky virgins back in the day, in Jesus’ parable (Matthew 25:1-13). Or were they just plain doing what was asked of them? 1
Five Foolish Virgins
There were 10 virgins on their way to the feast of the bridegroom. Only thing is, five of them ran out of oil for their lamps, hurried back to the shop to buy more… but when they finally got back — the only door to the party was shut tight. They lost out. Got locked out.
Losing it all — for what? So sad. So tragic. So wasted. Senseless. Like a dumb-ass lamb, those 5 were about this dumb-like: 1Each of the foolish virgins was like what Solomon described as a “fool”: “a closed-minded, self-confident fool“.
Extrapolations and quotes from King Solomon in Proverbs 8
Unbeliefism Excerpt: I am amazed by the lack of desire to know what is really true. You see this “unbeliefism” against Christian belief all over the internet.
God eventually gives you a free rein
The many hardhearted mind closed Excerpt: Are you so far from God you don’t even feel it? Maybe…so religious you don’t see you follow unTruth? Oh the horror of that judgement day for you.
What decides and settles your burning questions? Excerpt: Everything around us is changing so fast these days. How on earth are we to make good, wise, decisions nowadays? Colossians 3:15 says:
“Let the peace of Christ [the inner calm of one who walks daily with Him] be the controlling factor in your hearts….”
Virgins, Talents, and Judgement Excerpt: …what is necessary to be saved Have you examined your life lately?
Try reading through the entire chapter of Matthew 25 and then look at the life you are living — in the context of what Jesus was teaching there. Glean what Jesus is telling us about what is required to be saved. You might be surprised.
That Moment In Time Excerpt: There is a certain moment in time when everything changes, when a mere human is transformed by God into a completely different type of human. It is that life changing moment when a sinner accepts God’s free gift of forgiveness, bowing before God in repentance, acknowledging Christ as Lord of all.
Timeless Infinite Continuum Excerpt: At the moment of death, our soul instantly leaves our earthly body, and instantly we are “on the other side”. This is shown to us by the statement Jesus made to the thief hanging on the cross beside Him: “…today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” He did not say, “After earth is done, and all of the rest of history is completed….” He said “today”. He was to hang on the cross until dead, and then immediately transfer to Paradise.
That day is coming for each one of us. If we do as the thief did, we too will instantly be with Christ in Paradise. It happens when we die, and it will be instant – on that very day 1 Corinthians 15:52.
See: Thief On The Cross,
from Luke 23:39-43, and also,
The rest of the story of the the thief on the cross.
Want it to know it – God’s message to us…gotta want to know Him
Right on the edge of trusting him forever
Jesus can save your soul for all eternity
The Berean Mind
The Apostle Paul’s Criticisms Excerpt: Christians, standing out from the crowded world, are to be discerning and put things to the test of God’s ways. (See: Conflicts Because of Opinion)
Berean thinking. Contrary to the Thessalonian example Acts 17:11 – Berean type peoples want to carefully examine beliefs and statements and sermons all the time.
They maintain a mind that is open to examination of what they are told. They don’t just accept the authority of the person or of the religion, but – they put it to the test of Scripture.
They ask: What does Scripture teach about this? Is what they are saying – true to Scripture, or not?
It’s Time for a Quiz! Excerpt: Ask the hard questions like Paul did. Be ready for them.
Want it – to know it… God’s message to us
The Bible is the standard for Christian thought and practice. Not me. Not you.
The Design of Life…DVD productions by IllustraMedia
Scientific visualization proofs for an Intelligent Designer – God…design all this?
Science by God…designer universe Excerpt: All the body of scientific knowledge man currently knows, has been discovered piece by piece, fossil by fossil, molecule by molecule, strand by strand. It all was there from the beginning, but man in his limited knowledge, has to discover it. It’s all there, waiting for someone to see it, know it, understand it, use it, create with it.
Body by God…living inside a complex body full of design
“I am fearfully and
wonderfully made
…my soul knows it very well“
– Psalm 139:14
Why might many Charismatics not be saved: because of disobedience…
This is God speaking…A satire where God says, “Oh, I misspoke, folks.”
“I am against you”, God says Ezekiel 13:8 Excerpt: Do you think anyone will be in Heaven to whom God said, “I am against you”? If God is against you, why would He bring you to His Home Heaven? Will never happen, of course.
That puts the NAR type church folk at risk – the worst type of risk. I’d get out of Dodgemeaning. Time to skedaddle, real quick. See: Will you be turned away by Jesus?
REFERENCES for
“I am against you”:
See in one link, or: Deuteronomy 6:15, Deuteronomy 31:27, Matthew 22:29, Ezekiel 13:8, Ezekiel 13:9, Ezekiel 13:20, Ezekiel 14:9-11.
The Way to Salvation always involves obedience to Jesus
Will you be turned away by Jesus?
Why God is against me IF I claim my words are God’s own
Misrepresenting God…Careful with who you believe.
Caught-up with a practice God has said not to practice?…He has condemned doing that
The Controversy of God speaking to you directly
Ghosts, Spirits and Demons…Test the spirits
God is there… for us, well, actually – here inside for us. Excerpt:
Every waking moment
every day anywhere
my mind is on
my heart stays open
my soul is listening
my inner voice speaks
and God is there and speaks to me
every day anywhere I go….
God hears us and wants us to approach Him with sincere and honest prayer Excerpt: God can hear us.
But have you drawn near to Him? He wants us all to approach Him in prayer. Have you received His invitation?
God takes care of sinners…He cares about us.
John 3:16…What love.
God is easy, light-handed, gentle…What mercy.
Oh How Marvelous…What grace. What a huge loving God is here for us.
God’s wonderful blend of dynamic power, immense love, divine forces, and human transcendence
What is more important than your Eternity?
Accepting Jesus – Plus Some Other Excerpt:
“Do you acknowledge the dissidence between your “want-a-be” and your whatch-ya-be? The truth is you can’t have it both ways. Salvation in Christ is what it is. God has shared His Way with us. It is not “whatever you make it to be”. Salvation is not something you make up for your own convenience. Are you saved by God? Or are you hoping your own way will be good enough?”
Jesus Only Always For All Times
How prayer works…prayer is easy. Silence goes nowhere.
Do you pray like this, not heeding Scripture?
God hears us and wants us to approach Him with sincere and honest prayer
Approach God with a true and sincere heart…you come as you are with all your sinfulness
Sincerity and truth…yeilding sincerely and in truth
God is easy, light-handed, gentle…He is gentle and kind. – Matthew 11:29-30
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Enter His gates
with a song of thanksgiving
And His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him,
bless and praise His name.
– Psalm 100:4
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“30 So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,
31 because He has set a day on which He will judge [a]the world in righteousness [b]through a Man whom He has appointed,
having furnished proof to all people [c]by raising Him from the dead.”
– Acts 17:30-31
Wishes and Prayers Excerpt: Wishes are sweet and tender and hopeful – but to what end? Our wishes and “thinking of them” can be an encouragement to the despairing. Surely.
But what effect does a wish have on the victim? The wishes of mere people vanish in the air without effect. On the other hand, prayers to God can be effective and bring about healing and miracles. I’d rather one pray to God – than merely make a wish!
Got unconfessed sin? Harboring sin makes anyone’s prayers ineffective
It may be that I have offended God – so I have ineffective prayers and am wimpy
To Reach God – First Repent Excerpt: “Do you want God to answer when you pray?”
Psalm 51. Wash me. Cleanse me.
Psalm 51 type repentance and salvation
Accepting all that Jesus Christ is and does…personally pray to accept His forgiveness
Salvation in Christ is beyond huge
Welcome to the show, What’s Beyond The Door! The stakes are gargantuanly humongous!
Jesus can save your soul for all eternity
Approach God with a true and sincere heart
Getting saved is fast. Be saved in one minute
Salvation and receiving the Gift of the Holy Spirit
What was it like – your confession to Jesus?
Was your confession accepted by God?…when you prayed for Him to save you
Promises God makes about your salvation…they are sure
How you can know you are a Christian
What was it like – your confession to Jesus? Excerpt: According to Scripture: Our confession makes our eternity. It decides our ultimate fate: Heaven or Hell. By it, we either land in Heaven when we die, or we land at Jesus’ feet for Judgement Day. What’s it going to be for you?
Why might many Charismatics not be saved?
Caught-up in a practice God said not to practice?
Keeping sin…something not yielded to Him
Refuse to admit your sin…unrepentant sin
God hears us and wants us to approach Him with sincere and honest prayer Excerpt: Scripture exhorts us to search the Scriptures for ourself. Be a Berean Christian! See: Search Results for: Berean
Test the spirits, we are told. Don’t believe everything you hear!
Those who say “God told me…” most likely made it up, have seen nothing, and are caught-up in a practice God has condemned, making God speak, and misrepresenting God.
Careful with who you believe. Know what the Bible really says. Many are led astray by just accepting as Truth what a mere human says. As if he’s infallible! Only God is infallible. The Word is infallible because God put it together by His Spirit.
I would sure hate to bet my eternity on what some of those teacher-preacher-prophet-apostles say out there.
Sincerity and Truth…with sincerity and honesty
What you think and practice as compared with what Jesus thinks
Being tested to know for sure your faithfulness to God Excerpt: Our faithfulness to Jesus is being tested by Him. What is His testing showing you about your practices and faith? Our worldview can show us that (1) we are in agreement with Jesus, or it can, tragically, (2) reveal we are on a different faith-track than what Jesus taught us. If we are off His faith-track, then we are off His Salvation-track. What track are you on?
Acting with your heart, soul, strength, and with your mind
What I rather prefer…Wouldn’t you rather prefer…?
God forgives all wrongdoings of all repentant sinners, no exception
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2 By this faith you are saved [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, and set apart for His purpose], if you hold firmly to the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain [just superficially and without complete commitment].
– 1 Corinthians 15:2. Also see: Romans 6:4-7 and Colossians 3:1-4.
Jesus warned us not to be dishonest with Him
We know what Jesus believes. Do you agree with Him?
The great water down of Jesus’ message to us all
Virgins, Talents, and Judgement
Every believer’s new life in Christ: Ephesians 1
This is a three part series on the new life:
NOTE: The new believer’s “new life” begins by getting born again, saved. And then we continue that life, living a forever life now, growing and maturing. Every believer has “new life”, not merely a “make-over”, but brand new.
Living a forever life now Excerpt: What God does to you
Do you know what God does to you when you genuinely accept His forgiveness with sincerity and truth? He saves you. He changes you to an immortal soul homeward bound for His Home Heaven (1 Corinthians 15).
“The God to whom I belong and whom I worship” Excerpt: What kind of “god” are you now given-over to? You liken’ it? I absolutely vouch for Jesus!
– Acts 27:33 English Standard Version Anglicised
“the God to whom I belong and whom I worship”
Genuine or false…genuinely
Growing into our natural new life in Christ
What we will be like in God’s Home Heaven
42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal. 43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in strength; 44 it is sown a natural body [mortal, suited to earth], it is raised a spiritual body [immortal, suited to heaven]. As surely as there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. – 1 Corinthians 15:42-44
So, God sent His Son into the world. Do you know why?
Body by God…living inside a complex body full of design
Creationists.org (see their statement of faith: http://www.creationists.org/statement-of-faith.html#eleven)
The Bible is the standard for Christian thought and practice. Not me. Not you.
Staying alive. James 1: verses 2-4. Excerpt: The faithful have a faith that is staying alive day by day.
Faithfulness is a process. We live, we try, we fail, we sin – but the faithful then repent, turn to God again, and move on in faith, believing God that we will be stronger next time.
The faithful develop a pattern of an overcoming faith. The pattern we strive towards, each day, is: we live, we conquer, we act by the power of the Holy Spirit. Believers do not accept sin in their life as normal and acceptable before God.
What clearly saves and what obviously does not save
When God is explicit…what He has said is plain and simple
Specific salvation parameters to get saved
Pure Gospel – nothing added, nothing taken out
Pure Gospel Verses about Salvation
Be found by Him spotless and blameless, in peace
Quick Quiz – What is the “credible proof” God provided to everyone? Excerpt:
According to, Acts 17:30-31 — God…
“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….”
Furnished proof Excerpt: Who do you believe? Jesus? Satan? Some self-appointed guru? Your choice will divide eternity for you.
About evidences for faith in Jesus
Evidences showing us that Jesus is Messiah…more proofs, clear evidences
Scientific visualization proofs for an Intelligent Designer God
What God asks of us in the Bible
Forgiveness by God…the God of Forgiveness
What knowing the Bible does for you
What happens when you do not know what the Bible says on a matter?
The Bible is the standard for Christian thought and practice. Not me. Not you.
The Bible is able to “give you the wisdom that leads to salvation”
Does God give new revelations – or is the Bible enough? Excerpt: New Revelations are mere man’s words. Does God give new revelations? No. According to the Bible God does not give new revelations today. He does not need to. Why? Is the Bible enough? Absolutely. Totally.
“for His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness”
– 2 Peter 1:1-12 NASB
Read this again in the Amplified version: 2 Peter 1:1-12
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”
– 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
The Moment of IF Excerpt: Were you truly saved?
Beyond the shadow of a doubt — THIS is the biggest question for all professing believers: Were you truly saved, actually redeemed by the blood of the Lamb? Or not.
Was your confession accepted by God?
Betting your eternity on your thinking
That moment of IF when you choose your own thinking
When you are wrong and just don’t know it
Are you concerned about your relationship with Jesus?
Keeping sin…do you accept sin in their life as normal?
Why believe such stupididiotic things
What a Crock – Having No Religious Affiliation
You’ve chosen not to believe Him. Why?
Still sneering? “Who’s sneering now?” (See: Jude 1:10; Acts 17:30-31)
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“They went out from us
[seeming at first to be Christians],
but they were not really of us…”
– 1 John 2:19
About being apostate – following another gospel…Go warns us about being apostate
“You are not of God”, Jesus said
Christ secured our salvation on the cross
You cannot lose what God keeps secured for us…God is bigger than sin and the Devil
What God secures – you cannot lose…There is no losing what God Himself secures!
Why we never lose our salvation in Christ…you cannot lose what you never had!
We are pressured in every way, but not crushed
What a wild and woolly rollercoaster ride we are on
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