Middle Aged White Woman Rapping about Jesus

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My Allegorical Story about the Emergent Church

The Ripple Effect

From Reality to Relativeville

I still remember well the first time we met. In fact, I don't think it possible for me to ever forget. It seems that some things remain with you forever, no matter how much you'd like for it to leave. I met Mr. Convert on one of my frequent trip to the town of Relativeville.

I was leaving Reality, a huge city in the capital of Absolution, the place where I was born, and boarding the first train to Relativeville. I noticed Mr. Convert right away. Unlike everyone else who took the train trip, Mr. Convert stuck out like a sore thumb. I watched as he boarded the trained, maneuvered his way passed other passengers, and ever so calmly sat down parallel towards me - we were about arm's length from each other.

"Hello, I'm Christian. Christian Convert" were his first words, and he leaned forward to shake my hand.

"Sectarian. Sean P Sectarian. Nice to meet you." I continued, "Is this your first trip to Relativeville?"

"Yes sir, and I'm very excited about the visit."

"What sort of business do you do?" I asked.

"I am a speaker for the truth movement and I'm on my way to a business meeting where some partners and I will discuss how to implement strategic ways to relate truth to the people of Relativeville. I hear they reject universal truth there and I was hoping to speak with some of the people and try to understand why they deny such orthodoxy."

In that second everything changed. "How dare you! Who are you to tell people what is truth and what isn't?" The bold shout came from a younger woman not far from us.

I interjected, "Miss, what is your name?"

"I'm sorry, but I over heard you and Mr. Convert's conversation and I believe it is wrong for him to make staunch and definite claims about truth. It is impossible for anyone to know truth, because truth cannot be known."

Undaunted by the vehement rebuke, Christian spoke. "I'm sorry but I didn't catch your name." She responded, "I didn't give it. But, since you asked, it's Antinomian. Miss Antinomian."

Christian: It's nice to meet you Miss Antinomian. I was wondering if you may be able to help me with something? You mentioned that 'it is impossible for anyone to know truth, because truth cannot be known.' From that I can tell you do not adhere to the orthodox ways, am I right?"

"Yes, you are right. The old ways were true for the people then because of their culture, but it is not the right way for all. Not all cultures are the same and I doubt very much that our founder and president will not pardon those who have never heard of his laws and ways."

Interested in her remark, I commented that I agreed with her estimation and proceeded to ask a question. "Christian, would you agree with Miss Antinomian and I that our President is a good and merciful man?"

"Yes sir, I do!"

"Then surely you agree Christian, that those who have not heard his laws and demands, as well as those who opt for a different way to follow his demands, will also find mercy from him?"

As Christian began to speak, he was interrupted by Miss Antinomian who exclaimed, "The President is a gracious man because he has already paid the debt that we as his citizens had owed by our own fault. Therefore, I am well in my right to live as I ought, for I am freed from my wages, and freedom is now mine to enjoy by right and as his gift to me."

I noticed the change in Christian's face. He showed concern as if what Miss Antinomian believed was a snare that would no doubt lead to grave danger. I thought to myself, "I do not understand this man."

Christian began to speak. "Have you read the manual that the president has left for us all? It states his laws and tells us that since we have all broken his laws, we are indebted to his justice. The laws weren't given to us for judging ourselves as just in the president’s estimation, for we all know that none has ever successfully kept the whole of the law. Rather, the laws were given to lead us to the means by which we may be found right in the president's estimation. You know the story of the President's gift - for he so loved us that he took upon himself the debt that was due to us all and paid it himself.

The innocent paid the ransom for the guilty, thereby justifying many. You all know that the President is more than just a loving man, but that he is also a man of justice and will not let the guilty go unpunished. Therefore, he has saw it fit to pay the price in our stead, and if we by the law which reveals our guilt, come to see our trespasses and trust in what the President has done for us, and not in what we ourselves can produce, we will be made right in his estimation. Moreover, we show that we trust him when we turn from our ways to his. It is by his grace that we have been made right with him. It is not deserved, nor is it merited."

Just then, another stood up to protest. "I too have read the President's manual and I don't at all see what you see. In fact, I have read of his goodness and love and mercy and grace. Where do you come off telling us that we must forsake our ways? Has he not given us freedom to do what we please?"

Christian: "Well sir, I am not sure if the last part of your question was rhetorical or not, but how about we start off by you telling me your name."

"Moralez. Nobel Moralez."

Christian: "And the woman with you?"

"Piety. My name is Piety. Nobel and I go to the University in Relativeville and we do not at all agree with you. In fact, as Nobel mentioned, we too have read the manual and do not see it as you do. I feel you should consider well what Miss Antinomian said some time before - that is - 'It is impossible for anyone to know truth, because truth cannot be known.' For you to look at the manual through your myopic view will not only cause parochialism, but also cause you to miss the big and obvious picture, namely that not everyone sees the same thing the same way."

With this, the whole of the cart erupted with applause, and with shouts and cheers they motioned grateful gestures at Piety. I watched Christian. I looked closely for any change in his demeanor, but there weren't any. He still had the confidence as if what he had to say was the only truth; though by now, he did show one thing different. I noticed his eyes and how they seemed to have both a sense of fear and love peering from them. I began to be somewhat puzzled over the dichotomy of his very visible emotional attributes.

As the cheers began to rest and the people readily awaited a rebuttal, Christian spoke. "Piety, would you consider yourself to be a good person?"

"Most assuredly, I would!" she replied.

"And, Nobel Moralez, would you consider yourself a noble and moral man?" Moralez wasted no time and emphatically answered yes.

Christian: "Piety, Nobel, Miss Antinomian, and Mr. Sectarian, as well as everyone else, please allow me to speak candidly for a moment. I am all too aware that we all see things differently and that because of this, we do not all arrive at the same conclusion, usually. I would therefore, like to perform a test to prove truth and our innate ability to know it. It is written in the President's manual that we should love him above the gifts that he gives us. Yet, who among us have kept that law and not esteemed the things which he freely gives as of more worth?

Oh, you say that you do not love the gift more than the gift giver himself, but who do you spend more time with? Futhermore, have you always put him first above everything else? All of you who are indebted to him for all of his graces, have you always given him the love he so deserves, or do you fall painfully short of it? It is also written within his manual that we should not give the praise due to him to another. Yet, which one of you have not changed the words in his manual to suit the "president" that you have shaped within your own mind?"

Does your president resemble the one described in the manual, or is he an image shaped with your own mind and imagination? Lastly, the President commanded in his manual that we ought to keep the day in which he deemed a holiday as precious. Yet, may of you do not keep that law, but instead work on that day of rest. Furthermore, many still transgress both the 2nd and 4th commandments by a holding a supposed sabbatical and serving a false president. Now, I am not asking if you agree with these laws or not, that is another topic altogether. I am, however, asking if you, like myself, have broken them? If you have, please raise your hand."

I watched as slowly but most assuredly, all the hands of the cart went up. Myself and Miss Antinomian were the last ones to raise our hands. Christian continued. "The President is a very powerful man. It is said of him in the manual through his servant Daniel, in chapter 4 v35 that, "the president does what he wants with his people and no one can stay his hand or say to him, 'why have you done this?' You all know too well his power and might. You all have heard about his armies and how in the book of 2 Kings 19:35 one of his agents were able to take out thousands of men and how he himself, by his word alone, is able to cause or stop any situation. You have heard of the endless depths of his wisdom and knowledge, and how unsearchable his judgments are. These things are recorded in the book of Romans, chapter 11 and verse 33. You have heard that his ways are not our own and that his thoughts surpass ours and that we are dwarfed by his surpassing greatness. You have heard and you do know this to be true. I will in no way suggest to you that if you choose to see things another way, that it will alter reality or cause these truths to be anything other than immutable. The President has demanded that everyone conform to his ways and that we trust in him alone, since we know that he is wiser than we. Yet, and notwithstanding the obvious, you choose to deny this truth.

And, you know what I say is true, for everything in you rebels against it. That is why you change the meanings of his manual and hold fast to other ideas. You would rather have your will done and not his. You, like those recorded in Psalm 2, rage and the plot in vain. You set yourselves up and take counsel together against our President and say, 'let us burst his bonds apart and cast away his cords from us.' Yet, the one that sits in office laughs and holds you in derision. He is a great leader who fears none, but is ready to forgive all who in humility, admits their guilt and turns from their ways to his. In his tender mercies, he will offer life and it more abundantly to those who seek forgiveness. You know his laws are true, for your consciences' testifies that they are right. Is this not what the manual teaches us? You must therefore, make the choice to receive or deny his ways. This is his mandate: That all who trust in him by turning from their own ways to his, and remain trusting in him, will be made right in his estimation."

Just then, I heard the train conductor's voice. "Next stop Relativeville." We were here. I noticed the clock, it was 9 am, the same as always. My trips from Reality to Relativeville were always short ones and today was no different. No one spoke, but with angry and hasty facial expressions, all got ready to leave as the doors were beginning to open. "About time!" Someone in the back anxiously exclaimed. A few teenagers snickered at his bold remark.

Christian looked at me as he got up to leave. "Have a good day," he said. I waved him goodbye as he left. Piety and Nobel walked behind him, seemingly confident that he was wrong and that they were good enough in the President's estimation.

I heard them as they left. "He is so wrong," Nobel said. Piety shook her head in agreement. “Last stop on the train” shouted the conductor. It was now 9:02 and the last two people were now making their exit.

I alone remained.

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How A Wondrous Love Was Afforded

"I just plead with you; when you're reading the bible, and you read water toy-text like, 'he loved you and gave himself for you,' you wouldn't go too fast over it. Linger! Linger! Linger! And plead with him that your eyes would be opened." - John Piper

I once read that, "God is admirable because of his many diverse excellencies." I believe that. I mean, who would have ever thought that I'd find God's holiness an admirable thing? Or even better, who would have ever conceived that I'd praise him for his wrath? Even his mercy seemed a small thing before my encounter with Christ. Prior to Christ, I remember singing the song "Amazing Grace." In retrospect, the words, though obviously strong and passion-filled, meant little to me. After my conversion however - and after studying grace via reformed theology - I cried. God's grace is no small thing. And it is this, the topic of grace, that this blog entry will seek to discuss. Before we continue however, a question must be asked. The question will seek to bring clarity to the many caricatures people have about God, and their own presumptions as to why God is obligated to be merciful. Here is the question: How could a sin-hating and holy God, be anything but wrathful to the people deserving of his wrath? Let me pause here and explain the reasoning behind the question. The question has in mind a few things:

1. God is too holy to look upon sin (Hab 1:13)
2. Sin is exceedingly sinful and beyond measure. (Rom 7:13)
3. God hates those who do sin (Psa 5:5)
4. It is an abomination for God to justify the wicked (Pro 17:15)
5. Apart from faith in Christ, all are evil (John 3:18-19)

If indeed the Bible does teach that God is exceedingly and holistically pure, and that sin is of the most contemptible and most heinous acts done in the universe, and that it is right for all those who commit such abominations to suffer wrath - the questioned is again asked, how could God be merciful to such a people? Now that an explanation for the reasoning has been given, let us now seek to answer the question at hand. Consider with me Revelation 13:8.

"And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world."

In answering the question at hand - namely, how it is possible for God to be anything but wrathful to such a sinful people, we come to see an amazing truth found in Revelation 13 and verse 8. There, we read that Jesus is the "lamb slain before the foundation of the world." But what does that mean; especially considering that Christ went to the Calvary's cross "in God's appointed time (Gal 4:4)," which came about 2000 years ago? Simply put, it means that in the eternal mind of God, he foreknew his plan to remain just while justify the ungodly. Therefore, we read:

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved"(Ephesians 1:3-6).

Notice that God's love act in electing certain individuals to salvation is not without God's justice being appeased. Christians are "blessed with all spiritual blessings 'in Christ.'" They are "chosen 'in Christ.'" And again, they are "made excepted in 'the beloved,' or Christ." It is because God "foreknew Christ before the foundations of the world"(1 Peter 1:20), and foreknew that he was going to be reconciling men to himself via Christ' atonement, that God is able to give the least of his common graces. Grace, the unmerited and undeserved favor of God - even the smallest of it - is only given because of Jesus' death. So in closing, the next time you enjoy a day at the beach, or when you smile and experience a caring hug from a loved one, stand in awe of the cost that made such seemingly small glories available for you. The Son of God was crushed in order to award grace on behalf on sinners. Therefore readers, be wise; be warned. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him (Psalms 2:10-12).
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Adventures in Evangelism

My day started unlike I planed. I had been excited about going out to share the gospel all week, but now that Saturday was here, I was tired and no longer felt like going. I woke up around 9 AM to my non-alarming cell phone alarm. The battery had died due to me leaving the the music player on. Assuming that I had missed Ron's call, and that he left without me, I took solace in the fact that I could go back to sleep. Even now as I write this, I am not sure why I called Ron. After calling Ron and realizing that he too had been running late, the realization that I had to get out of my cozy bed became more evident. Finally presumption became fact when Ron - in typical side bar fashion - said..."I will be there in a few minutes." Now I was sure that my peace would be disrupted, and I would have to get out of bed. I prayed after getting out of bed. Two things I know to be true: 1. you can't go out witnessing without God, as the Lord himself said..."without me you can do nothing." 2. you can't go out witnessing if your heart isn't in it. I prayed before meeting up with Ron, and the Lord graciously dealt with my heart. Besides being motivated to tell of the worth and fame of Christ (and instinctively knowing that I primarily did this to an audience of one - namely God himself), I will not tell more of my talk with God. Ron and I arrived at Pennsylvania Avenue around 10 AM.

Pennsylvania Avenue is considered one of the worst places in Baltimore city, and if I knew we were going there - and going with only one other person - I might have opted to stay home. Nevertheless I was now there with Ron. I asked if we could pray in the car, but Ron wanted to pray outside. "Actually" he said, "do you mind if we pray outside?" My initial hope was to pray in private, but something about standing for Christ in the mist of people made me excited, and I looked forward to praying outside. Ron and I prayed, and the Lord took pity and blessed our prayer. There was a market close to where we parked. Outside was hot and humid, and there were people everywhere. I've always liked being in the mist of people, and this time was no different. For a short while, I was reminded of New York City. Manhattan, actually. Inside the market was a lot smaller than what the outside view of the building suggested. There were a lot of different stores in the market; some selling clothes, some food, some appliances, etc. As we walked around the market, and as we exited on the opposite side from which we entered, we met a man named Kevin. Kevin was a short and sickly looking black man. He had most of his upper teeth missing, and the ones at the bottom were noticeably brown. As Kevin stumbled into the door we exited, Ron and I decided to follow him back in. Talking to Kevin was interesting. My heart quickly began to break for him as I listened to his story. He was only 34 years old, but looked to be in his mid to late 40's.

Though I couldn't help feel sorry for Kevin, and though I wanted very much for God to work in him in that instant (kind of like what God did through Paul for Lydia), I was continually humbled and somewhat convicted by my reoccurring hope that he wouldn't spit on me, or even touch me. Not long after having that hopeful though, Kevin would put his hand on my shoulder and then shake my hand. In and instant I felt dirty on my whole right side, but for the sake of the gospel I resolved not to be reclusive. As I spoke to Kevin, another man would come into the door to which we moments ago entered. Interrupting my talk he asked..."Do men go to hell if they do wrong?" Ron answered saying yes. He asked another question pertaining to the gospel, and Ron asked me to explain the answer to him. As I began to talk, the tall and scrappy-looking black man pulled out a small knife, and began to sharpen what seemed to be an already sharp and pointed piece of wood. With his eyes squarely fixed on me, I begun to feel nervous. This man seem to not even blink as I spoke. Many thoughts raced through my head as I spoke. "God is sovereign, Terrence. He who said to the waters, 'you may come here and no further,' holds your life. I am invincible unless God permits this man to do me harm." Those were my Christian thoughts. I also had some natural ones: "If he lunges at me, maybe I can block him if I do this," and "maybe I can push Ron in front of me since Ron is way bigger than I am." I had an outer body experience talking to that man. I saw and heard myself talking, but I am not certain of what I was saying. As he spoke, still with knife in hand, I kept moving to the left of Ron (slowly as to not excite him), hoping and praying that he would not try anything. Even now, I am not even sure whether he was trying to intimidate me, or if he was really going to physically harm me.

Ron took over the conversation - and I am sure he did this because I was no longer speaking sensibly, I was so afraid - and I would once again turn my attention back to Kevin; though now my back would be against the wall. For the rest of the day my back would face a wall, and I would make sure that no one was behind me. Kevin interrupted my talk to ask for some money. But rather than giving him money, I would later buy him something to eat. Ron's conversation was interrupted by the man who would say, "I am a Muslim, and I don't agree with you. I have to go!" Prior to saying that, and before speaking to me, he mentioned that he was a Christian minister. Ron, Kevin, and I, left the back of the market and walked to the front where there was a fast food store. We bought Kevin some food and proceeded to look for more people to talk with. As we walked away from Kevin, he would hop after us in a kid-like fashion, and thank us for the food. Unexpectedly, he once again shook my hand, and the familiar feeling of being covered in germs would plague my mind. At that point I resolved to keep my left hand in my pocket. That would be the hand I used to scratch my throbbing and itchy right hand and face.

To be Continued...

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What about Muslims, Hindus, Buddhist, and Jewish people?

Short John Piper Video

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Let Me Yet Tell you of a More Excellent Way: Jesus

"Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you." - Psalm 51:12-13

I have tired and tasted many things that were so good, that I just couldn't help share. As a child, candy and video games brought me so much fun that I wanted to share it with my friends. As a teen, facts of Michael Jordan and Bruce Lee enthralled me, and I couldn't help share with friends what I benefited from considering these men. As a Christian, I have tasted and come to know the goodness of the Lord Jesus. I cannot help tell sinners of his goodness. They too must see and repent. They too must know the unsurpassed glory of the Lord. They too must see the "this-is-too-good-to-be-trueness" of the realities of Christ.

Come sinner, let me tell you of Jesus!
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The Wonder of it All - Jeff Noblit

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Ray Comfort on Michael Jackson's Death

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A Look At God's Gay Children

In a recent Examiner article entitled "Christianity and God's Gay Children," author Angela Boatright-Spencer, an Episcopal Priest, writes that "since the time of both Leviticus and Paul, we have learned a great deal about sexual orientation, chiefly that it is primarily not a choice -- it is one's nature."Read article here: Christianity and God's gay Children. I have to say that Mrs. Spencer does a great deal of assuming, rather than acknowledging what is to be clearly taught in scripture. Before I continue with my thoughts, I want to preface by saying the following: this blog is in no way written to bash homosexuals, nor is it necessarily written as a rebuttal or critique to Mrs. Spencer's article. My aim in this blog is simply to assert what the scriptures teach, and to speak truth in place of what may be well-intended assumptions. Again, the goal is not to have any sort of altercations with the gay community, but only to present truth in the hopes that those who are gay by nature - and this is Mrs. Spencer's own words - may see their need for a new nature, and thereby trust in Jesus as the means to that end. All sinners, whether gay or straight, are in need of Jesus. This article seeks to reiterate why that is so.

Consider again the author's words..."we have learned a great deal about sexual orientation, chiefly that it is primarily not of choice, but of one's nature." A great truth needs to be seen and understood here. However, before we see this truth, we must deal with false assumptions that lead to wrong conclusions. The writer assumes that since one is gay primarily by nature and not of choice, they are fine as they are, so long as they live a moral Christian life viz-a-viz the "love law;" love God, love people, do on to others as you'd have others do on to you, and so on. Who in their right mind would assume that since one is born predisposed to anger, he or she ought to have "the right" to murder? No one in their right mind will draw that conclusion from such an assumption, whether the assumption is right or not. If then it is wrong to murder despite one's predisposition to it, why assume another sin - albeit homosexuality, is right to practice if one is born gay? To assume one sin over the other shows a partiality and a preference for particular offenses. To use the words of Romans 1 and verse 18, it shows that..."men by their unrighteousness suppress the truth."

Earlier I mentioned that we need to acknowledge a great truth. What is this great truth? The great and important truth is seen in Jesus' own words..."unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God" (John 3:3). We must not assume that since God is our Creator, we are his children, and are therefore in a love relationship with him. It is written..."to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God" (John 1:12). In all honestly, one is not a child of God by mere fact of being his creation, but by divine right or appointment. God grants the right of being called his children to those who receive Jesus and believe in him. Now that being said, what does it mean to receive and believe in Jesus? Simply put, receiving and believing in Jesus entails much more than mere acknowledgment of certain facts. Believing in Jesus involves trusting in his worth alone for your justification of sins. When a person understands their utter worthlessness before God, and see themselves as an offender and opposer of God in the way they break his laws and fail to rightly love him, they cling solely to Jesus alone. No man but he has lived a life of complete righteousness.

He alone has never sinned - not even in thought or deed. And more than living a sinless life, he was offered as an atoning sacrifice for sin, in order to appease God's holy wrath. Still yet, he was resurrected on the 3rd day to fulfill scripture, validate his claims as God, and to offer justification to all those who trust in him. His perfect life was given on behalf sinners in order that those who trust in him might become the righteousness of God. In other words, those who trust in Him could have his perfect life credited to their account, while their sins be imputed in his body whereby it is punished for God's justice sake. This, incidentally, is why all sinners - whether straight or gay, need to be "born again." Homosexuality, like all sin, occurs as a result of our nature. It is given via our first birth, hence the need for being "born again." As mentioned before, being born a certain way by nature does not give us the right to break our Creator's laws. Therefore God says in his mercy to all who would believe, "repent and believe the gospel that your sins may be forgiven."
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Some Communicable Attributes of God via Exo 34:5-7

"The LORD descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. The LORD passed before him and proclaimed, 'The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.'" (Exodus 34:5-7)

Our God is a consuming fire of holiness, and I love it! Consider his holiness. Try to grasp for a moment, the everlastingly and wholly Holy One of Israel being merciful and gracious and slow to anger, and having steadfast love and faithfulness insomuch as to forgive iniquity and sin. What!? That doesn't even make sense! It isn't even right for God to do that! Unless of course, a more precious sacrifice has been given to assuage the justice of God. Behold Jesus, the infinitely precious One! How could the death of one man adequately pay for the sins of all men? Picture it like this: Take all the men from all time since the beginning of time, and place them on one side of a scale. Place Jesus alone on the other scale. Jesus out weighs them all!

He is the INFINITELY PRECIOUS ONE! God is pleased to consider his death more than adequate for all who trust in him. "The Just for the unjust" died, and now "God can be just in justifying the ungodly." I love it!
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The Message God Used to Save Me

click here to listen to the message that God used to save me!

"The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple" (Psalm 19:7).

It has now been 6 years, and I'm just beginning to see how amazing my conversion was. Oh there is so much to tell! So much to say of my presumed position in God, because of my assumptions that I was a good person. I will not write of them now, but you may ask me if you see me! This post is just a reminder of God's goodness and mercy; how though hearing a message geared for teaching Christians how to share their faith, a sinner heard and believed unto salvation. I still remember what I said that night in my room: "Oh...this is what Christianity is about?" Prior to that message, I didn't understand why Jesus died (though I would say "for the sins of the world"). After that message, I could say with Paul the Apostle..."I would have not known sin but by the law," and again..."the law was my school master in leading me to Christ."

Father - thank you for letting me understand the message of the gospel, and for making it the sweetest thing I ever heard! Make me to obey you more, for this is my reasonable sacrifice!
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They Have Received Their Reward

"...The wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men... who exchanged the glory of the immortal God." - Romans 1:18, 23

For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths. (2 Timothy 4:3-4)
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You Know You're Wasting Your Life When...

You don't have to be a home made super hero to make your life count, you only need to be mastered by certain truths - viz - Jesus' words, and you will have lived a life not wasted and on your way to dying well!

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Time Will Not Erase Guilt

'Nazi guard' seized by US agents
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US immigration agents have detained an 89-year-old man at his Ohio home ahead of deportation to Germany to face trial for alleged Nazi war crimes.

John Demjanjuk is accused of being an accessory to the deaths of some 29,000 people at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in World War II.

His family claim that Mr Demjanjuk, who was carried out of his home in a wheelchair, is too ill to be deported.

Mr. Demjanjuk' story is analogous to our own. Think about it. We will all one day stand before our Creator God and give an account for what we've done, whether good or bad. Have you kept his commandments? If our earthly justice is blind insomuch as to not erase guilt because of age, how much more will a holy God remember your sins? I assure you, God is Holy and will not pardon the guilty. God is merciful, however. Here's how he shows his mercy. He has sent His only begotten Son into the world. Jesus, the God man, has lived the life that God required of us - He never once sinned in thought, word, or deed.

Moreover, he died as a sinless substitutionary sacrifice. God will not let sin go unpunished, therefore if you trust in Jesus, a great switch occurs. You will have Jesus' perfect righteousness credited to your account, as Jesus would have paid for your crimes (sin). In this way, God is glorified as he is seen for being merciful in forgiving us-type people, and we receive all the benefits of a loving God. More than just dying however, Jesus did raise from the grave on the 3rd day, and now ever lives to intercede for all those who trust in Him. Have your sins been forgiven? Do you trust in yourself; in your own goodness? Or, do you trust in Jesus for your justification before a Holy God?



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