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Jesus came so that each of us could know and understand God in a personal way. If you are in bondage, immorality and fell you don’t have a purpose that can bring meaning to your very essence. Thee is one that can solve this His name is JESUS the CHRIST! Jesus alone can bring meaning and purpose to your life. Acts 3:26: Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. Jesus died on the cross for payment of our sins so that we would not have to be punished for our sins. Romans 3:23 says “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God”. So if you are thinking that you can make it to heaven on your own, I say you are sadly mistaken. For we cannot do it own our own. Only the shelter and redeeming blood of Jesus can save us. Romans 10:13 Says “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” If you are in need of Jesus call on His name and you shall be saved. There is so much pain that can be corrected with just that Name. Please give your life to Him and He will redeem you. This is a requirement for Salvation we must turn from our sins and repent. Yes this is an ongoing thing. We all sin each and every day it's our nature too. So we must keep on asking Forgiveness and turning from our sins. Right now your thinking this is a requirement! Well let me elaborate a little here. You see Salvation is a free gift from God. Jesus came to the earth for this reason to live a life that was Holy in Gods eyes so that he could die on the cross for our sins. You see Jesus took on death for you and he defeated it, we could not do this. He essentially died in your place so you can live. This had to be done for God demands we all pay for our sins BUT Jesus took those sins upon Himself, so our salvation comes through our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the gift of God. John 15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Let’s just take a gift from some one you know, say a car. Wow a free car! Yes the car was free BUT you still have to work on it such as changing the oil, water, spark plus and whatever else that might come along. Well it's the same with us we cry out to God to save us and forgive us of our sin and if we truly mean it in our hearts He does. So now we have a gift "SALVATION". Matthew 10:38: And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Now that we have the gift we have to repent. Repent means to stop doing the sin that we asked God to forgive us of. "Changing the oil" making it new. This is an ongoing thing it never stops. Why? Because when you get into the word of God you find out that a sin is a sin no matter how big or small and you have to repent on a daily basis. Scripture says that you have to take up your cross daily, not fight your flesh daily and that is because the flesh tries to resurrect itself. Luke 9:23 “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” What is your cross? Your cross is where your will, your desire, your thoughts are contrary to the thoughts, will and desire of God for your life. It is where your will and the will of God come into conflict and you have to do as Jesus when He walked as a man and pray, “Father… not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42). Why is this true? We can verify this with another scripture. Isaiah 55:8-9 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.” So when we are following our ways, our thoughts, that is walking in the flesh because it is contrary to God’s ways and God’s thoughts which are given to us through His Word.
But you have to crucify your flesh once and for all. That is done by your coming to the cross and surrendering your life and identifying with His death, burial and resurrection, which is shown in baptism. Therein through baptism we tell the world that we have died to our self and living by our flesh, the way ways that are contrary to God’s Word and now are a new creation in Christ Jesus and will walk according to His Word and His Spirit. You crucify your flesh by identifying the flesh to the simplest definition and then you won’t have to constantly battle it.
A lot of so-called professed Christians only know of Jesus they just don't have a relationship with him. You must know Him to Love Him and keep His commandments. Be worthy of the Lord He is worthy of you. 1 John 2:3: And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. Hebrews 5:9: And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; Yes obey, let’s say you are driving that car that you got for free and you hear that small voice as you are driving down the road. The Lord says get off the interstate and go to the truck stop and outside of the door there's a man wearing a red shirt. The Lord says tell him I love him. Well you think to yourself is that the Lord or am I just thinking that, so you throw caution to the wind. As you drive up there he is standing there just as the Lord said. You get out of the car and walk up and introduce yourself and tell him the Lord sent me here just to tell you that He loves you. And before you know it the Holy Spirit has moved on you and praying with him and it's a real blessing for both of you. Now in return for your obedience The Lord blesses you with joy, compassion and maybe just maybe with the best wife a man could ever have. You may think I am crazy but that happed to me and now I have Angela. I have so much Joy in my heart and compassion; I thank God every day for this. He accepts my thanks and lets me know that next time to obey Him again. Now with all this said I pray that the Holy Spirit convicts your heart and lets you know that there is a place in heaven for you. It's a wonderful place there! However there is a rulebook "The Holy Bible" it gives you guidance on all problems in life! Now I urge You to find a spirit field church home and read God's word for direction and find a mentor to help and advise you in your new walk with the Lord. John Evans JESUS IS THE ANSWER
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