QUOTE: Repent of your sins, Accept Jesus Christ as your Savior, Obey Him as your Lord, Keep His Commandments out of Love for Him and Pray the Lord's Prayer morning, evening and night every day. You will Grow in His Grace and not be lost, for God will give you the Grace of Final Perseverance. In Lord Jesus' Name. Amen. :END QUOTE.
I am sorry Brother but you made a couple errors in Quoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but Let me Prove it to you.
I cringe every time that someone on TV tells his audience, "Just accept Jesus Christ as your SAVIOR." That is not what the Bible Teaches. You receive him as YOUR LORD, then He becomes you Savior, BUT when does that Salvation is a A DONE DEAL. This may blow your mind, but here GOES.
2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Titus 3:5-7 (HCSB)
5 He saved us- not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the
hope of eternal life.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NJB)
8 Because it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God;
9 not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit.
Acts 13:48 (NRSV)
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord; and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.
Romans 8:28-30 (ESV)
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Oh My, NONE OF IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS. ALL OF SALVATION IS BECAUSE OF THE LORDS WORK. There is Nothing we can do to earn SALVATION, it is ALL BECAUSE OF HIS GRACE.
So why do Christian want to serve the LORD ? ? ? You said, it is because we LOVE HIM. This will help you understand:
2 Corinthians 5:17-20 (ESV)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
You see IF YOU ARE TRULY BORN AGAIN, that New Creation will be the dominant Part of YOU, you will want to obey, NOT AS A MEANS TO SALVATION, But as a way to show Love for HIM. That does not mean we are sinless, but sin is a rare incidence in the Born Again Christian life, not something happens daily. If it happens daily, you may not be truly Born Again. Then my advise would be truly repent, mourn over your sin, and SURRENDER to HIM, and let Him run your Life. Many People think they can keep Part of their life Just for THEMSELVES, and that is a lie. What Jesus wants, is for you to Crawl Into the Collection Plate, All of You, and give HIM all of You. HE will decide what HE wants to KEEP, and parts that HE wants to through in the Trash. Yes, that is a hard thing to do, but you will be Happier For It. But listen for the still voice in your heart and Learn to rely on it totally.
Back in the late 80's I heart that voice say, "It is finished" (trying to witness to my co-workers), "I want you to move west", from Nebraska. I did move west to northern California, two years later, the same message came again, HE wanted me to start a Prison Ministry in a new Prion. I had NO EXPERIENCE IN PRISON MINSTRY, not even Bible College. But over the years I collected over Sermon Tapes by Dr. John MacArthur, and a few others, and had listened to them over the years 4 times each. I was chose By HIM, start the Prison ministry in the newest super max Prison. HE did it all, and all I did was walk thru the Doors HE Opened. You see I knew and Trusted HIM, to give me what I lacked, to get that Prison Ministry Started.
I am sorry Brother but you made a couple errors in Quoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but Let me Prove it to you.
I cringe every time that someone on TV tells his audience, "Just accept Jesus Christ as your SAVIOR." That is not what the Bible Teaches. You receive him as YOUR LORD, then He becomes you Savior, BUT when does that Salvation is a A DONE DEAL. This may blow your mind, but here GOES.
2 Timothy 1:9 (HCSB)
9 He has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.
Titus 3:5-7 (HCSB)
5 He saved us- not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured out this Spirit on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
7 so that having been justified by His grace, we may become heirs with the
hope of eternal life.
Ephesians 2:8-9 (NJB)
8 Because it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith; not by anything of your own, but by a gift from God;
9 not by anything that you have done, so that nobody can claim the credit.
Acts 13:48 (NRSV)
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the word of the Lord; and as many as had been destined for eternal life became believers.
Romans 8:28-30 (ESV)
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
29 For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.
30 And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Oh My, NONE OF IT IS BECAUSE OF OUR EFFORTS. ALL OF SALVATION IS BECAUSE OF THE LORDS WORK. There is Nothing we can do to earn SALVATION, it is ALL BECAUSE OF HIS GRACE.
So why do Christian want to serve the LORD ? ? ? You said, it is because we LOVE HIM. This will help you understand:
2 Corinthians 5:17-20 (ESV)
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
You see IF YOU ARE TRULY BORN AGAIN, that New Creation will be the dominant Part of YOU, you will want to obey, NOT AS A MEANS TO SALVATION, But as a way to show Love for HIM. That does not mean we are sinless, but sin is a rare incidence in the Born Again Christian life, not something happens daily. If it happens daily, you may not be truly Born Again. Then my advise would be truly repent, mourn over your sin, and SURRENDER to HIM, and let Him run your Life. Many People think they can keep Part of their life Just for THEMSELVES, and that is a lie. What Jesus wants, is for you to Crawl Into the Collection Plate, All of You, and give HIM all of You. HE will decide what HE wants to KEEP, and parts that HE wants to through in the Trash. Yes, that is a hard thing to do, but you will be Happier For It. But listen for the still voice in your heart and Learn to rely on it totally.
Back in the late 80's I heart that voice say, "It is finished" (trying to witness to my co-workers), "I want you to move west", from Nebraska. I did move west to northern California, two years later, the same message came again, HE wanted me to start a Prison Ministry in a new Prion. I had NO EXPERIENCE IN PRISON MINSTRY, not even Bible College. But over the years I collected over Sermon Tapes by Dr. John MacArthur, and a few others, and had listened to them over the years 4 times each. I was chose By HIM, start the Prison ministry in the newest super max Prison. HE did it all, and all I did was walk thru the Doors HE Opened. You see I knew and Trusted HIM, to give me what I lacked, to get that Prison Ministry Started.
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