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The
God of All Comfort
HOW
CAN I FEEL THE COMFORT AND NEARNESS OF GOD?
2
Cor. 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all
comfort; [KJV] The word blessed means "praise,"
and it has to do with the worship and adoration of God. The
apostle Paul always draws us to the praise and adoration and
worship of our God. This verse is actuallt a doxology. You have
in this one verse the Book of Psalms, all condensed! Praise
God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies,
and the God of all comfort. This is about the same as saying,
"Praise God from whom all mercies flow."
Paul says that God is "the Father of mercies."
I like that. That is a wonderful description of our God. Whatever
mercy we need, God is the Father of it and is there to bless
us with it. It doesn’t matter what it is, everything that you
and I have, and are, is a mercy from God.
God’s
goodness and mercy are NEVER earned. You NEVER have to work
for it. You NEVER deserve it. If you work for it, then it’s
not goodness and mercy. Mercies are something given to those
who are in need. Mercies are something that God gives to those
who need that very thing that He offers to them, because He
knows what we need before we need it. He is the Father of
mercies. We receive mercies from God every day of our lives,
and He is the Father of every one of them. He also is "the
God of all comfort." This is yet another magnificent
claim that can be made for God; another wonderful description
of God. God can comfort His children in any and every circumstance
of life, He can meet our every need and He can quiet every sorrowful
heart, for He is the God of all comfort!
This is a great truth, yet millions walk away from this tremendous
God. Is this a highly exaggerated claim for God? Unfortunately,
our nation right now is listening to someone other than God.
They surely are not listening to God. To most people, God seems
unreal. People continue to turn their backs on God because they
don’t think He’s real, don’t think He will keep His Promises.
2
Cor. 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that
we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by
the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
[KJV] Praise God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort. It is He
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we may then be
able to comfort them which are in any similar trouble, with
the same kind of loving comfort that we ourselves were comforted
of God. God is certainly the God of all comfort. Paul
knew this well, for he suffered much (2 Cor.11:23-27). Paul
found out this it was true, but you and I today need to know
personally whether it is authentic or false. He’s "the
God of all comfort." Many think the meaning of the
word comfort has means weakness and sentimentality. Many
people think comfort means that you come over and pat somebody
on the arm or back. One of the reasons people turn to drink
and drugs today is to try to find this thing they call "comfort."
But they will NEVER find comfort in either of those places!
True
comfort is found only in God. We need to know what the meaning
of the word "comfort" really is. One thing
it means is someone who is called to the side of another. The
fact is, the Holy Spirit is called "the Comforter."
That is His Name! The Lord Jesus said to His disciples in the
Upper Room, when they were greatly disturbed because He had
announced He was leaving them, "I
will not leave you comfortless" (John 14:18).
How would He comfort them if He were gone? "I
will send the Comforter," He said, meaning
the Holy Spirit. This kind of comfort does not have anything
to do with sentimentality. He meant that He would send One who
would be a helper, One who would strengthen, an advocate, a
guide.
A
comforter is one who helps you, one who comes in and helps you
in your need, one who strengthens, one who relieves the loneliness
in your life.
A
comforter comes to lessen the grief and calm your fears, to
help in time of terrifying trouble. That’s the meaning of comfort.
Psalm
30:10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord,
be thou my helper.[KJV]
This
is comfort, knowing that the Lord, Himself will be our helper.
He is One who helps us in the time of our trouble. Paul simply
states this fact, this truth; that our God is the Father
of mercies, and He is the God of all comfort.
We
Need A Deliverer
We
need a Saviour to save us from the results of sin, someone to
deliver us from the guilt and power of sin, and someone to deliver
us from the wrath of God. That is our greatest and most desperate
need of all. Man is a sinner, alienated from Almighty God by
that sin. Man actually is in rebellion, not only against God,
but in rebellion against himself and against all authority.
Romans
3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith,
it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may
be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
[KJV] The law applies to those to whom it was given, for its
purpose is to keep people from making excuses and to bring the
entire world into judgment before God.
We
don’t live in a world that’s on trial. The sentence has already
been decided: "Guilty."
The
day of execution hasn’t come, but it will! We live
in a world where each person is "guilty before God."
Every last one of us bears that awful guilt. The mark of Cain
is on every one of us. Psychologists call it the guilt complex.
Every individual has it. It may act in different ways in our
lives, but we all have it. The guilt complex that you and I
have is real. And psychology CANNOT get rid of it. The human
family is subject to a higher power, and we must give an account.
Proverbs
20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure
from my sin? [KJV] God says you cannot get rid of that awareness
of guilt, and neither can ANY psychiatrist get rid of it for
you. He can move it to another area, but he can never get rid
of it.
Proverbs 30:12 There is a generation that are pure
in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
[KJV] We can say we are not guilty, but it does not change the
fact, the truth, the reality, that down deep within us this
awful thing is festering. And if a person is truthful with themself,
they know they must give an account of themselves. Mankind
shall be judged. The Word of God states that everyone
who has turned his back on Jesus Christ will have to come before
the Great White Throne for judgment. There the books will be
opened, and EVERYONE must give an account of himself there to
God. Is there a way out? Is there any way we can be delivered
from that guilt? Is there a way we can avoid that Great White
Throne and the One sitting upon it saying: "You are guilty
and you must pay"?
Job 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall
condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
[KJV] Since the days of Job, Help has come. We can cry out for
help, and there is One at my side today. He died on the cross
about 2000 years ago, a vicarious, substitutionary death. He
was delivered for my offenses, He was raised for my justification,
that I might stand before God.
Romans 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: [KJV]
I cannot do it alone. I need someone to help me, and I have
that Helper. He’s the Saviour, Christ Jesus our Lord.
We
Need Assurance
Let’s
consider a second desperate need of the human family. We need
assurance of the Presence of God in ALL the circumstances of
life. We need Someone to come into the devastating loneliness
that engulfs us during that desperate dark period of our life.
Christianity today is only a systematic observance to many people.
It’s like a garment that they put on for Sunday or special occasions.
They wear it so lightly. It’s like a stagnant ritual or routine
they seemed to have been forced into.
Listen
again to what Paul is saying, "Who comforts us in all
our troubles that we may be able to comfort them who are in
any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted
of God." As Paul looked into the future, his hope was
in God. Paul says, "I can have confidence in Him because
He delivers me right now. He is my Helper: He’s the God of
all comfort." He said, "He comforted me. He has
delivered me. He is delivering me right now. And I trust that
He’s going to deliver me in the future." That’s
the way God comforts; today, tomorrow and forever! He assures us He will never leave us.
Hebrews
13:5-B . . . . . I will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee. [KJV] Matthew 28:20-B . . . . . and,
lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
[KJV]
Will
you notice now what Paul says on the basis of this:
2
Cor. 1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us,
that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons
thanks may be given by many on our behalf. [KJV]
Paul said, "I’m appealing to the church for prayer in this
dark hour." And in that day the church responded, and God
heard the prayer, and Paul was delivered. The church could glorify
God, and no man got the glory. Isn’t that wonderful?
My
dear friend, you and I have scriptural ground for asking for
prayer. Paul asks for prayer because he says, "God has
delivered me, He does deliver me," and he adds, "I
don’t know that He will, but I trust He will deliver me in the
future." That makes you walk very close to Him. It makes
you look to Him in a new way.
All
for Others
In
conclusion we must come back to verse 4.
2
Cor. 1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that
we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by
the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
[KJV]
This is the whole core of the matter. It is the great principle
of the Christian faith to comfort them who are in any trouble.
Everything today that you and I are, and everything we have
is for the benefit of others. God never gave you, as a child
of His, anything for your selfish use. He gave it to you to
share with others. I don’t care what it is, you are to share
it with others for His glory.
As
you may know, Paul could ask the most embarrassing questions.
Oh, in these past years of teaching the Bible, I have learned
so many new things about God and about His servants. Paul had
a way of probing in and asking the most personal and humbling
questions. Here is just one of them:
1
Cor. 4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another?
and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not
received it? [KJV] Paul is asking: "What makes you
better than anyone else? What do you have that God hasn't given
you? All you have is from God, how can you brag as though you
have accomplished something on your own?"
Everything
you or I have, we received it from God! Do you have health?
He gave that to you, (believe it or not). Do you have a place
to live, clothes on your back?He gave that to you too.
Psalm
50:10-12 For every beast of the forest is mine, and
the cattle upon a thousand hills. [11] I know all the fowls
of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
[12] If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world
is mine, and the fulness thereof. [KJV]
Matthew
6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take
no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall
drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the
life more than meat, and the body than raiment? [KJV]
Matthew
6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom
of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you. [KJV]
You have a gift that God gave you, NOT to be used selfishly,
but to benefit others in the Body of Christ. It is NOT to be
used for your own glory, but for the glory of God!
Our
Lord even allows you to suffer in life, that you might share
the comfort you receive from Him with someone else who is suffering!
Psalm 112:7-8 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings:
his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. [8] His heart is established,
he shall not be afraid, . . . [KJV]
Romans 15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant
you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ
Jesus: [KJV] God, who gives us patience, comfort and encouragement,
helps us live in complete harmony with each other.
Romans
8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come, [39] Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God,
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. [KJV] NOTHING can ever
separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ
Jesus our Lord. Tremendous
comfort!
To
FEEL the comfort and nearness of God, we must first repent of
all known sin.
1 John 1:8-9 If we say that we have no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [9] If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our
sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. [KJV]
God CANNOT look on sin --- any sin! If we harbor sin within
us, God will turn His Face away from us.
Psalm
145:18-19 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call
upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. [19] He will fulfil
the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry,
and will save them. [KJV] To "call upon Him in Truth"
means we admit God is right and we are wrong! God says we ALL
are sinners (Romans 3:10, 23). NO one is exempt!
Isaiah
1:15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide
mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not
hear: your hands are full of blood. [KJV] But, "I am
not a murderer" you say! God plainly tells us if we hate
our brother we are no better than a murderer.
1 John 3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer:
and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
[KJV] Christianity is a ‘religion’ of the heart. To submit only
on the outside is NOT enough. Hatred against someone who has
wronged you turns to bitterness and malice which is like a cancer
within you and will in due time destroy you. This verse is NOT
saying a murderer cannot be forgiven. A non-repentant murderer
cannot have eternal life because they refuse to repent of their
sin; but a person who truly repents can be forgiven of ANY sin!
Once
you truly and sincerely repent (James 4:9), it is then that
you will feel the awesome Presence and nearness of God, for
He has forgiven you and the wall of sin that separated you from
Him is gone! If when you go to God in prayer, and it feels like
your prayers are bouncing off the ceiling back at you, carefully
consider sin.
What
is standing between you and God? What is it that you have not confessed? It may be some hidden
or secret thing most people would consider minor; but to God,
sin is sin! He does not tend to categorize sin as we do; this
is a big sin, this is a little sin. And most often, those big
sins are the sins of others. Ours are always the little ones!
Remember that even our thoughts and attitudes can be sinful.
When
sin is gone, you then feel the amazing Presence of God near
you! What a tremendous comfort! What peace you feel! What joy
floods your heart and soul! A feeling NO amount of money can
buy! A feeling beyond description!
Exodus
33:14 And he said, My presence shall go with thee,
and I will give thee rest. [KJV] We find grace in God’s
sight, if only we find the willingness to trust and obey Him.
Moses dreaded the thought of going forward without the Lord’s
Presence. So too it should be with us. Today, all that come
to God by Christ; receive the privilege of God’s Presence with
them. We are evil, mean, unworthy, weak, and guilty before God
without the benefit of Jesus intercession for us. The compassionate
display of love which was made by Christ Jesus on the cross
must be believed and accepted by us or God the Father will not
accept us! Christ is our Rock; of refuge, salvation, wisdom
and strength. Blessed are all who stand upon this Rock, for
we shall feel the awesome and majestic Presence of God.
Psalm
139:3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
and art acquainted with all my ways. [KJV] Sometimes we
don’t let people know everything about us because we are afraid
they might find something they won’t like. But God already knows
EVERYTHING about us, even to the number of hairs on our heads
(Matthew 10:30), and no matter what our faults, weaknesses or
imperfections, He still accepts and loves His children. God
is with us in every situation and every trial; protecting, loving,
and wisely guiding. He knows and loves us completely.
Psalm
139:5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and
laid thine hand upon me. [KJV]
God
takes personal notice of every step believers take; every right
step and every wrong step. He knows what rules guide us, and
what company we keep. He knows what we hide in our hearts. He
knows the words we will speak before we speak them, be they
worthless or good words. Wherever we are, no matter the time
of day, we are under the eye and hand of God. We don’t know
how God searches us out; but we know He does, because He cares
for us. Such thoughts should keep us from sin, but also give
us great comfort.
Psalm
139:7-10 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or
whither shall I flee from thy presence? [8] If I ascend up into
heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou
art there. [9] If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell
in the uttermost parts of the sea; [10] Even there shall thy
hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. [KJV]
We
can’t see God, but He can see us. David did not want to go away
from the Lord. What he is saying is; "No matter where I
go, I’ll never be out of Your reach or sight." Not even
the thickest darkness can hide us from God. Believers CANNOT
be separated from the supporting, comforting and encouraging
Presence of our Almighty Friend. And should someone take his
life, his soul will the immediately ascend to Heaven. NO circumstances
can separate us from our Lord.
Romans
8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come, [39] Nor height, nor depth, nor
any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love
of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. [KJV] God showed
His love in giving His own Son for us. He gave us the Best He
had because He loves us.
- NO
trouble, sorrow or agony can show any lessening of His love.
- NO
ONE can take Christ away from the believer; and
- NO
ONE can take the believer away from Christ.
You
could be removed from nice comfortable homes and friends, and
possessions, but the soul that is "in
Christ," cleaves
ever so tightly to Him, and those separations can’t hurt him.
Even when death comes, separating the soul and body, the believer’s
soul will be "carried
by angels" into the eternal Presence of our Almighty Father in Heaven.
NOTHING can separate us from our beloved Lord Jesus. We can
enjoy His Presence here and now; and later on in eternity, we
will experience the full and complete joy of Him for ever. Thank
You Jesus!
May
you be blessed by His awesome Presence this day!
TRUE
Gospel Disappearing!!!
For
those of us who truly love and serve God, it is a great sorrow
for us to look around and see millions of people living in a
selfish and ungrateful way. They live each day as if God does
not even exist. They never think of this awesome One to whom
they literally owe their existence, and who holds their eternal
destiny in His Holy Hands. And what is worse, is those who profess
to be “Christians.” My friend, there are a multitude
out there who say “I’m a Christian” and claim
to know God, claim to love Him. But, do they?
Here’s
a check list for you:
1. How often do you tell God you love Him?
2. How often do you tell God you appreciate Him?
3. How often do you go to Him in prayer . . . not only when you want something, but just to talk to Him. To ask Him to help you make right decisions? To make you the kind of person He wants you to be?
4. How often do you thank Him for past blessings, and answered prayer.
5. How often do you thank Him for His awesome love and amazing grace?6. How often do you thank Him for His forgiving you?7. How often do you thank Him for His patience?8. How often do you thank Him for giving you His one and only begotten Son as a means of redemption and eternal Life?
Think about this my friend.
When
was the last time you really poured out your heart to Him
as a Friend and Confidant? Is
God really pleased with you?Are
you a TRUE Christian? Are
you a disciple of Christ?
Remember,
all disciples are believers, but not all believers are disciples.
You must have a close personal relationship with Christ, you
must love Him with your all, and you must trust, obey and follow
Him where ever He leads.
Unbelievers
are showing more and more contemptible disregard for their Creator.
God clearly states what will happen, but people just don’t
seem to be able to understand that God does NOT lie.
Psalm
9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and
all the nations that forget God. [KJV] Those who forget
God are many! Millions! Can’t people SEE that there is
a Hell, and that God’s judgment will fall on ALL those
who forsake and forget Him?
Romans
1:28-32 And even as they did not like to retain
God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind,
to do those things which are not convenient; [29] Being filled
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers, [30] Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
[31] Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural
affection, implacable, unmerciful: [32] Who knowing the judgment
of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death,
not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
[KJV]
When
people refuse to acknowledge God, He abandons them to their
evil minds and allows them do things that should never be done.
Their hearts and lives became so full of every kind of wickedness:
sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, fighting, deception, malicious
behavior, and gossip. They will lie, slander, gossip, blaspheme,
they hate God, are insulting and brazen, proud, arrogant and
boastful. They invent new ways to sin, and are disobedient to
their parents. They refuse to even try to understand, break
their promises, and are heartless and unforgiving. They are
fully aware of God’s death penalty for those who do these
things, yet they go right ahead and do them anyway. And, worse
yet, they encourage others to do them, too.
Can
you see prophecy being fulfilled in this world today? It is
undeniable that there is a connection between the above verses,
and the following verses, and the wicked and godless TV shows
and movies.
2
Tim. 3:1-5 This know also, that in the last days
perilous times shall come. [2] For men shall be lovers of their
own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient
to parents, unthankful, unholy, [3] Without natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers
of those that are good, [4] Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of God; [5] Having a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. [KJV]
People
today love only themselves and their money. They are boastful
and proud, scoffing and blaspheming God. The majority of kids
today do not know what it is to obey their parents, let alone
God! People are not thankful for anything they have. They consider
nothing sacred. They are unloving, unforgiving; they lie and
slander others and have no self-control. They are cruel and
have no interest in God or what is right and good. They betray
their friends, are reckless, puffed up with pride, and love
pleasure rather than God. Some people act as if they are religious,
but they will reject the power that could make them godly.
Now, is this not the truth? God predicted this would happen
long, long ago! You are seeing it being fulfilled before your
very eyes this day.
Why
does Hollywood glamorize wickedness and ungodliness? Because
that is what people want! They promote youth rebellion, sexual
freedom, lewd perversion, gross scenes of murder, Satanic song
lyrics, blasphemy, cursing, etc. What state of evil do you think
the world was in at the time before the Flood, before the destruction
of Sodom and Gomorrah? Could it have been any worse than now?
What did God do in those two situations? He brought judgment
on the people! ALL the evil doers died.
What would have shamed and embarrassed “Christians”
20 years ago, is now widely accepted by them.
I
recently heard that 50% of “professing” Christians
look up internet pornography. Is this a “Christian”?
NO way my friend! God does NOT have children who “practice”
sin.
I
get SO angry and frustrated at the blasphemous and absolutely
vulgar language on TV. It is my opinion that only an illiterate
and ignorant fool would speak such filth!
1
John 3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit
sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because
he is born of God. [KJV]
A person
CANNOT practice sin, day after day, and be a child of God. The
Holy Spirit will not permit it. But, someone who simply “professes”
to be a Christian (a hypocrite), is NOT a TRUE Christian! A person MUST “possess” Christ
in their heart and soul or they are NOT a Christian, no matter
how often they say “I’m a Christian.” God
knows His true children.
Upon
all those who make a false profession, His wrath and judgment
shall fall. God will not give the Gift of His Holy Spirit to
someone who is not sincere about Jesus. But to those who are
sincere, He graciously gives His Spirit to help them live a
life with which He is pleased (Rom.8:9). Will we never sin again?
How I wish that were true, but we will sin. But, we will NOT
practice sin in our lives.
More
and more churches today preach only what the people want to
hear. People today cannot tolerate the true Word of God, the
Gospel of Christ, and certainly any pastor who preaches on Hell
will not be tolerated. This too was prophesied in the Bible!
2
Tim. 4:3 For the time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they
heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; [KJV]
The
time has come, is already here, when people will no longer listen
to right teaching. They will follow their own desires and will
look for teachers who will tell them only things they want to
hear (Isa.30:10). The bold preachers and teachers are rapidly
retreating or dying off. Now preachers are bringing the gospel
of self-love, self-esteem, and positive thinking.
Preachers
do not want to offend anyone with the Truth, because people
will NOT endure “sound doctrine” just as was prophesied!
- There
is NO teaching the fear of a Holy God’s wrath against
sin!
- No
teaching about repentance!
- NO
teaching of an actual, literal Hell.
- NO
teaching of a grateful faith in Christ!
- NO teaching of the virgin birth of Christ, the Messiah!
- NO
teaching of the Blood of Christ!
- NO
teaching of a bodily resurrection.
Blood
offends people! Christ’s
precious Blood is NOT preached! What is the Gospel without the
virgin birth and His Blood shed on the cross? If you are privileged
to hear sermons on these subjects, praise God. It is extremely
rare in today’s times!
Churches
are stooping to pleasing the devil by trying to lure youth into
church by contemporary worship, contemporary music. I understand
rock concerts are common in some “churches.” The
paganism of today’s society is creeping into even some
so-called “evangelical” churches.
The holy
character of God has not changed, nor will it ever change! Sin
separates mankind from God, and the judgment to come, will come.
Count on it. God’s remedy for
sin and salvation to eternal life has not changed either. It
is still Christ! God has not changed or updated His Plan of
salvation, nor is He about to do so. God does NOT make mistakes,
does NOT lie!
God
is truly willing and eager to accept sinners when they SINCERELY
repent. But His holiness and justice will pardon only those
who believe Him and accept His one and only Plan; those who
accept Christ’s work on the cross on their behalf. Jesus
poured out His Holy and Precious Blood on the cross for the
sins of the world. We must believe and accept this fact, this
Truth!
The
Gospel must be preached throughout the world.
Mark
16:15 And he said unto them, Go
ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. [KJV] The Gospel of Christ, and only the Gospel of Christ
has the power to save a person from the pits of Hell.
Romans
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. [KJV]
Acts
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby
we must be saved. [KJV]
John
3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him. [KJV]
1
John 5:10-12 He that believeth on the Son of God
hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath
made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God
gave of his Son. [11] And this is the record, that God hath
given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12]
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son
of God hath not life. [KJV]
Saved means redeemed from the judgment we truly deserve for our sins,
and one day resurrected and made fit for Heaven with new glorified
bodies like Christ. An unbeliever too will be resurrected (Dan.12:1-2).
But they all will be cast into the Lake of Fire (Hell, Rev.20:15).
John
3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily,
I say unto thee, Except
a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.. [KJV]
How
to be Born Again!
John 1:12-13 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: [13]
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh,
nor of the will of man, but of God. [KJV]
John
3:15-18 That whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. [16]
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. [17] For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be
saved. [18] He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he
that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [KJV]
Thank
You Jesus!
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