Welcome, take a knee and let's get started.
This week we are looking into Sin once again.
Think back when was the last time that your
parent or friend rebuked you. Were you hurt,
angry, or defensive? If you are rebuked for a
serious mistake, it is for your good. Admit
your error, repent quickly, and always ask for
prayer.
Now being totally honest I've learned by
painful experience that because God is Holy
and hates sin, He must punish sinners.
Disobedience is sin, and it breaks our
fellowship with God. But, fortunately, when
we disobey, God is willing to forgive us and
to restore our relationship with Him.
After
you have sinned do you feel quilt and
embarrassment as I do? Now, due to such
feelings have you ever tried to hide from God? A guilty conscience is a warning
signal God placed inside you that goes off
when you've done wrong. The worst step you
could take is to eliminate the guilty feelings
without eliminating the cause. Be glad those
guilty feelings are there! They make you aware
of your sin so you ask God's forgiveness and
then correct your wrongdoing.
David asked God to search for sin and point it
out, even to the level of testing his thoughts.
This is exploratory surgery for sin. How are we
to recognize sin unless God points it out? Then,
when God shows us, we can repent and be forgiven.
You might consider and make Psalms 139 your Prayer.
David reminds us that the Lord " Knows our frame;
He remembers that we are dust." Knowing who we are
and what we wrestle with on earth, God kindly gave
us a book at the very heart of our Bibles that will
sustain us through it all.
If you ask the Lord to
search your heart and your thoughts and to reveal
your sin, you will be continuing on God's
" Everlasting Way. "
Until next Time...
Jim
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
UNFAITHFULNESS / SIN
Posted by Jim Harrison at 11:37 AM
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WHAT IF A MAN DIES BEFORE HE BELIEVES? BY STEVE FINNELL
What if a person is baptized for the forgiveness of sins as an infant or a small child, however, they then die as an adult before they have a chance to believe in Jesus as the Christ? Will they still be saved? The obvious answer is NO.
John 8:24 "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." (NKJV)
What if an adult believes in Jesus but dies before he is baptized in water for the forgiveness of his sins? Will he still be saved? The obvious answer is No.
Mark 16:16 "He who believes and is baptized will be saved...(NKJV)
The adult who was baptized as a child and refuses to believe is in the same situation as the adult who believes but refuses to be baptized for the remission of his sins. They are both rejecting the words of Jesus.
The truth is that under the new covenant there is not one Biblical account of unbelievers being baptized prior to believing in the gospel terms for pardon. No unbeliever was ever baptized by the apostles.
The Biblical fact is that all of those new covenant Christians believed first and were immersed in water before the Lord added them to His church.
Acts 2:22-47......40 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying. "Be saved from this perverse generation." 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.......47....And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. (NKJV)
Those who received Peter's words were baptized. Infants and small children were not capable of believing Peter's words.
None of the three thousand were added to their number before they were baptized in water. The Lord added no one to His church before they believed and were immersed in water.
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Outstanding Word...
We are in the " END TIMES " and I
believe that it's time to get " Right " or get " Left " Behind.
Thanks so much for caring for your
fellow man.
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