Bible Studies Salvation the Purpose of this life
ON THREE QUESTIONS ANYONE WANTS AN
ANSWER, SOMETIME IN HIS OR HER LIFE
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WHY I'M HERE, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE IF MY EXISTENCE
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WHERE DO I COME FROM, WHO OR WHAT GAVE ME LIFE
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WHERE I'M GOING, WHAT WILL BE THE END OF MY EXISTENCE
FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS DIRECT US TO OUR DESTINY
Dear Friend, maybe the foregoing passage about faith and the Word of God is new
to you, let me explain a couple of things before we go on:
Feelings and thoughts are the things that direct us to our destiny.
As you know there is Good and Evil in this World and we are part of it, all the
good and the evil exists through people like you and me.
It is up to us, what is going to happen, we are responsible.
But both are present in us, and both desire to have the best of us.
I mean this;
I like to be loved by others, I like to do good to others, I want other people
to talk well of me, I like to make them smile and to love them.
On the other hand I don't take the blame, I defend myself, I protect myself, I
sacrifice others that I may gain and get back to those that hurt me, or talk bad
of me, take from me, I seek revenge for al the wrong men shall do to me, in
order to stay on top and to make it in this World .
All people try to survive, protect themselves, this causes the struggles we are
in.
THE QUESTION IS CAN I WIN !
The question is can I win?, and if I win what have I gained.
The Apostle Paul wrote this predicament about himself and I may say, that this
situation is relevant for all of us.
Rom 7:18 For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I
can will what is right, but I cannot perform it. [I have the intention and urge
to do what is right, but no power to carry it out.]
Rom 7:19 For I fail to practice the good deeds I desire to do, but the evil
deeds that I do not desire to do are what I am [ever] doing.
Rom 7:21 So I find it to be a law (rule of action of my being) that when I want
to do what is right {and} good, evil is ever present with me {and} I am subject
to its insistent demands.
Paul says here that he is not in control to do good, but that evil puts its
demands on him.
Though he wants to good, it is the evil he eventually has to do to.
Other powers are at work in us.
We think that our struggle is against people, but the Bible shows clearly that,
it is not true.
Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against
the spiritual {forces} of wickedness in the heavenly {places.}
So what is the solution, Paul again writes this;
Rom 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this
death?
Rom 7:25 Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one
hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my
flesh the law of sin.
Through Jesus I am able to do good, to serve the Lord, why?, because evil will
lead me to eternal death, I may gain the whole world, but I will lose my soul.
In Jesus I will find eternal life and the power over evil.
Rom 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from
the law of sin and of death.
I CANNOT SAVE MYSELF
This is the reason that I cannot do it on my own, God cannot save me because
the good in me is insufficient.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Evil is called sin in the Bible and robs us from all the good we try to do,
WE DO ALL HAVE SIN IN OUR LIFE AND THE WAGES ARE DEATH;
Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
This is the reason for my story to you.
We all need someone stronger than darkness, and that person is Jesus, He is
the one that defeated evil, never sinned and took all the blame and
punishment that was due to us, so we might get free and live a good life
with good deeds and receive eternal life.
Prayer for Salvation
If the foregoing passage has touched your
heart, And you've got the desire to have a relationship with God, to
know Him as your best friend and Savior, and you are not sure how to
take the next step? Then I'd like to invite you, to take that next step
with me, by praying the following words to God.
Please pray with me aloud!
(don't be shy)
 Dear
Lord, I desire to have a relationship with You, I understand that You
have died on the Cross for my sins, I ask You to forgive my sins and to
become my Lord, Savior and Friend. Lord I'll turn from the way I've been
living and turn from my sins, it is my desire to follow You from now on.
I confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that God raised Him
from the dead. Because I confess this with my mouth and I belief it in
my heart, I now have become, a child of God!
The bible declares in;
Rom 10:9 Because if you acknowledge {and} confess with your lips that
Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely
on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
Rom 10:10 For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in,
and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous,
acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and
speaks out freely his faith) {and} confirms [his] salvation.
If you prayed this prayer, and you were honest and sincere, and you have
the full understanding of the salvation message and what Christ did for
you on the Cross, then you may say
"I AM SAVED ! !"
Be sure to tell someone and to go
to church next Sunday.!
Note!
Many people that have
turned to Christ have confessed and believed and prayed this prayer, but
salvation is not only a confession and to believe on Jesus and being
saved is not just a prayer , but it is to believe the whole about Jesus
Christ and His whole being, for what He is and stands for and in so
doing in prayer we accept the whole Gospel and believe with the heart
and confess it with our understanding, and make that total change of
life, and the way you live, from now on your living and outlook of life
is in reliance on Christ Jesus and in obedience He is your Lord, and in
holy living you will show the experience of your faith and real
conversion, it is therefore the evidence of your faith, and the evidence
of your salvation and the evidence of your Born Again Experience, GOD
BLESS !!
BE BORN AGAIN
Every body is desperately
in need of a Comforter and a Savior; now and for eternity.
Y ou
know, everybody needs somebody, someone he can trust with his life, someone
who will put his arm around you, someone who will be there for you, always.
Such a person doesn't exist here on earth, we all have to let go of people
at some point, either for our own protection, or because we are not capable
in spite of our efforts. But with God it isn't like that, He is, and will be
there for you always. The Bible contains many, beautiful promises and when
you became a child of God by receiving Him as your Lord and Savior, you also
have gotten the right to stand on these promises for yourself. When Jesus
became our Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit came to live with us the Bible
calls Him also "the Comforter", He is the Spirit of God and lives within us,
He encourages, comforts and strengthens.
Send us an email, if you have
turned to Christ and we will rejoice with you
and or help you on your way
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God Bless
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