Get Out Of Self-Condemnation!

Get Out Of Self-Condemnation!

Dear beloved
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

Thank you, for your sincere honesty. That you are not worthy! Though you have tried with all your mighty to be holy, yet again you came short of the glory of God! Even though you’ve tried all your best, but now you know, your best is not good enough!
Leaving you feeling unworthy, not good enough, runaway from God! Because, somehow, you believe God is angry and disappointed with you. If that’s the case:

It shows that you are growing as a Christian and are ready to enter God's rest.
I truly hear your unspoken words and I understand where you are coming from.
I also felt that way before, that no matter what I did, I just didn't believe, God really loved me and forgave me.
In fact most Christians go through it, if not all Christians.
I also used to live in self-condemnation, until God invited me to enter His Love and rest by faith.

The truth is that, it’s not that God doesn't love us or hasn’t forgiven us, but it’s our guilty conscience that condemns us. We don’t really believe that a Holy and Perfect God can forgive all our sins. We look at all that we have done, and judge ourselves with our imperfect hearts, and think that God is like one of us, not easily forgiving. And the devil recognizes it, and uses it against us, planting guilty in our minds and whispering in our ears all our past sins and bringing us to self-condemnation. And if we believe the devil, we will end up thinking that God is always angry with us, because of our past and present sins. And because of this, we think God doesn’t really love us.
But the truth is, God is not angry with us, but we are angry with God. Because we don’t major up to God's standards, the only way out of this self-condemnation, is through God's forgiveness, and since we don’t really believe God loves us and has forgiven us, we unconsciously resent God.
But this is all the work of satan, with all his stinking lies, lying to us that we are too sinful and filthy to be forgiven, and that God cannot forgive some of our sins. And if we continue to believe in his lies, the devil will hold us captive under his power and we will live a miserable, defeated Christian life.

But, our greatest sin is: unbelief! That’s the really problem. We don’t really believe with all our hearts that God loves us and has forgiven us.
And this gives access to the devil to persecute us with all his lies.
Now my dear beloved, you can decide today who are you going to believe, God or the devil?
Here is what the word of God is saying to you, at this very hour, right now:

“For when we [you] were still without strength [sinner], in due time Christ died for the ungodly [you]. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us [you], in that while we [you] were still sinners, Christ died for us [you].” (Romans 5:6-8) emphasis added.

Beloved, this is what God wants you to believe and know:
Before you accepted Christ as your Savior and Lord, before you believed in God, God loved you! And God demonstrated His love for you by sending Christ Jesus our Lord to die for you before you believed and accepted Him as your Savior.
If God loved you before you could do any good, and before you believed in Jesus, How much more now that you have believed and have given your life to Christ. I tell you the truth, God loves you with an everlasting love, and His love for you is not subjected to any circumstances in your life, whether you fail or succeed, His love for you remain the same. It’s only your heart that condemns you, please always remember this:

“For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.” (1John 3:20)

And about your sins:

“I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins.” (Isaiah 43:25)

My dearly beloved, if you have confessed all your sins to God, and have asked God to forgive you in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord and wash you with the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, God has forgiven you! And not only that, He doesn’t remember your sins anymore!
It’s only the devil, that remembers your sins and he wants you to live in self-condemnation.
So when the devil reminds you of your sins, tell him this:
My sins are under the blood of Jesus Christ my Lord, God has forgiven and forgotten all my sins, I am free in Christ. So get you behind me satan.

“Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.” (Romans 5:1-11)

My dear beloved, I can assure you with everything in me, that God loves you! And His love for you will never change. However, the way you see God must change, you must believe and accept with all your heart that God really loves you! Not just on the basis that God loves everyone, but that God loves you as an individual.
As you can read from the verses above, we can only access God’s love and forgiveness for us as an individual by faith, which means you have to believe it first, then, you’ll see it in your life.
Therefore, my dear beloved, I invite you to enter into the grace of God by faith in Christ Jesus our Lord! Please accept that God loves you, He loved you before you believed in Christ, how much more now that you do believe?
Therefore, if God has forgiven you and forgotten all your sins, who is the devil or anyone, or even you to condemn yourself?

Let’s pray:
Heavenly Father, we come before You in this hour of prayer in the name of Jesus, we approach the throne of grace by the blood of Jesus Christ our Lord, to worship You, Oh God! To give You the praise and honor and the glory.
Father please forgive us all our sins.
Please forgive us our unbelief : please forgive us, for not believing that You love us, and that You have forgiven us. Please forgive us in the name of Jesus
We hereby repent and confess our sins oh LORD, please forgive us in the name of Jesus Christ out Lord, and please wash us with the blood of Christ Jesus our Lord.
And please deliver us from self-condemnation through the power of Your Holy Spirit.
Thank You Father. For your love, mercy and forgiveness!
We hereby accept Your Love and Forgiveness by faith in Christ Jesus our Lord, Thank You Father.
LORD please help us to walk in freedom from now onwards through Christ who strengthens us, we pray in Jesus name, Amen!

by Pastor Ramos Talaya

We have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled!

‎"And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “O Lord, great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and mercy with those who love Him, and with those who keep His commandments, we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments." (Daniel 9:4-5)

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, through the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit.  Amen!

Beloved, our fathers did us much harm! In their bid to avoid confrontation, they have allowed the altar of baal to be erected next to the Cross of Christ. And they left us to defend the Gospel of Christ, surrounded by cults that have taken upon themselves, a form of Christianity. But thus says the Holy Spirit: “Fear not! Nor be discouraged, for this generation must arise and cut down the altar of baal and cast it away from the Cross of Christ”

Yes, my dearly beloved, you and I, are a generation called not only to believe, but also to defend the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ! We are not going to be like our fathers, who departed from the Cross and comprised the Gospel of Christ, and lost the calling of God, and for this reason, they left us a Church full of inventions of men, and fleshly ministries, full schemes and techniques, but no Christ in it! Since without Christ we can do nothing! They left us a church that is powerless! A church that has no impact on the world, but a Church that has become one with the world!

Oh my God, have mercy upon us!

You are Righteous O Lord, great and awesome God, You keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You, and with those who keep Your commandments.

 O my God, I kneel down before You in the name Jesus, as  I approached Your Holy throne in this hour of prayer, I cover myself with the blood of Jesus Christ my Savior, for I dare NOT come before a Holy God in my flesh, I hide behind the Cross and confess the both we and our fathers have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled by departing from the Cross of Christ Jesus our Savior,  and Your Commandments, we have mocked and made a spectacle of the Holy Spirit,  and we have created for ourselves a “gospel of how to”.

Please, forgive us and our father in the name of Jesus Christ, please wash us with the blood of Christ Jesus our Lord, and we shall be whiter than snow! Amen!

You say O God:

 “ Whom shall I send, 

      And who will go for Us?” 

Here we are! O LORD, please send us.

Let him, who have sinned, ask for forgiveness, and turn back to God!

Let him, who stands, take upon himself the burden of the Gospel.

Let him, who don’t want confrontation, defend the Gospel of Christ.

Let him, who is disappointed with the Church, be the Church himself!

Let him who is hopeless, remember that, Greater is Jesus who lives in our hearts, than the devil who is in the world!

“Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling,

      And to present you faultless

      Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,

      To God our Savior,

      Who alone is wise,

      Be glory and majesty,

      Dominion and power,

      Both now and forever.

      Amen.”  (Jude 24-25)

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God our Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you,  now and forever more. Amen.

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New York-- Sodom and Gomorrah!

New York-- Sodom and Gomorrah!

"Do not judge according to appearance, but JUDGE with righteous judgment.” (John 7:24)

My dearly beloved, do not join this evil movement that says we are in the grace, we can do anything! And no one must say anything, because the Bible says "Judge not". God has given us His word has a standard by which we must Judge righteous judgment, NOT according to our opinions or our feelings, but by the word of God (The Bible).

Therefore, we can NOT, allow evil and corrupt men, to take Verses out of context, and teach God's people wrong doctrines! Please hear God's rebuke to the Church in Thyatira, because they allowed false teachers, to teach God's people wrong doctrines:

“And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write,

‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass:  “I know your works, love, service, faith, and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first.  Nevertheless I have a few things against you, because you ALLOW that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols.  And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds.  I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works." (Revelation 2:18-23)

The sin of the Church in Thyatira, was that, they have ALLOWED, false teachings to enter the Church.

And, I am well aware of the devil’s seemingly victory, in New York. (Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the bill that legalizes same sex marriages) 

They may have changed the government Laws, to please themselves in their flesh, but they CANNOT change the Bible.

And as long as God is on the Throne, we shall surely preach the truth in love, nevertheless, the uncompromised Truth!

For there are some people that belong to God, who were deceived, mislead and some forced by the devil and his agents, to enter into this evil.

But God is calling some Homosexuals who belong to Him, to repent and forsake their sin and God will deliver them from the powers of darkness, which holds them captive, in the mighty name of Jesus, Amen! And God will forgive them and forget all that, they have done, because God loves them with an evererlasting love! Amen!

“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.  For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. This is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” 

                                                                                                                                                                        Jesus Christ

                                                                                                                                                                     (John 6:37-40)

Humility

Humility

“Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” (Matthew 5:3)

Humility is the 1^St Step

Humility is the first step that any human being can take to draw closer to God.  Humility is a two-way attitude of heart: vertical and horizontal.

a)     Vertical humility (Repentance)

“Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”

(James 4:10)

Vertical humility is your heart’s attitude towards and before God; this is also called ‘’conscious need.’’  It is you settling within your heart your desperate need for God, making a conscious decision to humble yourself before God, and accepting your need of His divine grace through His forgiveness.

Humility means to change the attitude of your heart toward God: to accept God as your God, your Creator, your Father, your LORD, your Savior, your Redeemer, your King, your Master, your Teacher; to lock in your heart once and for all that your existence depends solely in Him; to accept that you have no control whatsoever over your life; and to believe that your life is in His hands. That settles your attitude towards God.

Now your attitude before God is that, when you come before Him, you believe with all your heart that before you were formed in your mother’s womb, God knew you.  Hallelujah!  And everything you have ever done is written in a book, God’s book, so God knows all about you.  Hallelujah! When you come before God, put away pride and self-dignity and strip your soul before Him.  Pour your heart before Him with tears and sorrow.  Accept who you are, a sinner in desperate need of divine grace, confessing your sins with your mouth, admitting and taking responsibility for your sins without blaming others, and begging for God’s forgiveness.  Hope in His mercy rather than depending on your own ability to do good.  This is your rightful position--a helpless sinner.  In your position as a sinner, confess your sins and ask forgiveness from God, and God in His rightful position of righteousness will hear your confession and be merciful to you and forgive all your sins in the name of Jesus. Not sins in part, but ALL your sins.  And by the blood of Christ Jesus our Lord, He blots away all your sins written in His book.

 

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!

How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out.”

   (Romans 11:33)

And again:

“Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.’ And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me a sinner!’ I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” (Luke 18:9-14)

And again:

“This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief. However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life. Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.”  (1 Timothy 1:15-17)

                                 

     

  B) Horizontal humility (Servant Attitude)

“Be kindly affectionate to one another with brotherly love, in honor giving preference to one another.”  (Romans 12:10)

Horizontal humility is your heart’s attitude towards and before your fellow humans, your ‘’neighbors.’’  The truth is, most of us desire to serve God and most of us don’t have any problem serving God, because of who God is and of course because of our own selfish ambitions.  Let’s face it, we always want or need something from God, so none of us who believes has any problem serving God.  Our problem is serving each other.  That is the real difficulty, to become each other’s servants.  That’s beneath us!  We don’t like that, especially because we live in a world that constantly promotes:

·        Worldly pride

·        Appearance (‘’image is everything’’)

·        Worldly success

·        Reputation

·        Riches

·        Rank or position (the devil’s latest weapon against the Church)

We want to serve God in prominent positions, where people can see us and respect us.  We want to serve God in mighty ways.  So we don’t like the small days of preparation, the days of mundane and simple things which God expects us to do in preparation for the big and great things that are to come if we are found humble and faithful with the small things. So in our great pursuit to serve God, we often ignore this simple truth:

  

“To serve God is to serve others”

“By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?  My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” (1 John 3:16-18)

Therefore, to be humble towards and before others is to accept that you are a servant in the Master’s hand, ready for good works; to be prepared to be the last; to learn to lose so that others may win; to be prepared that in everything you must put others before yourself.  A humble life is a selfless life.  And this we learn from Christ Jesus our Lord, who is our perfect example:

 “Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper and laid aside His garments, took a towel and girded Himself. After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded.” (John 13:3-5)

   

Read this again:

“Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands…”

The Father had given all things into His hands!  This was no time to wash feet, this was time to shout victory, to celebrate, to tell the world who is the boss.  But not so with my Jesus.  Christ uses this as an opportunity to teach us the greatest lesson about the Kingdom of God: that in the Kingdom of God everyone is a servant, everyone has a ministry to fulfill, and this ministry starts with the Father who is always working.

“But Jesus answered them, ‘My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.’”  (John 5:17)

Christ uses this event to stamp His position as the “Servant” which in turn serves as an example to us, so that none of us must or can esteem himself too highly to serve others.

“For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.” (Romans 12:3)

Now listen to what the Lord Jesus said to the disciples after He washed their feet:                                                                                                 

“So when He had washed their feet, taken His garments, and sat down again, He said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you?  You call Me Teacher and Lord, and you say well, for so I am.  If I then, your Lord

and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.”  

Why?

“For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.” 

What for?

“Most assuredly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master; nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.”

And the promise:

“If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.” (John 13:12-17)

Now, this is not just a ritual we ought to follow.  It goes much deeper.  This is the Lord commanding us to put away all our titles, reputation, and pride, to take off all our worldly crowns, the ties and the suits, to roll up our sleeves and join the Lord in His vineyard getting our hands dirty for His sake.  Amen!

“But Jesus called them to Himself and said, ‘You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who are great exercise authority over them. Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.’” (Matthew 20:25-28)

“For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves.”

(Luke 22:27)                                                                              

“For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.”  (2 Corinthians 8:9)                                                                                                                                                                                                   

“And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.” (Philippians 2:8)

“Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”  (1 Peter 5:5)

Finally brethren:

“Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.” (Philippians 2:5-7)

The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you always. Amen!

Meditation: I serve God by serving others.

Prayer points: LORD, please give me the heart of a servant.  Please fill my heart with humility, and work in me and through me for Your glory.  Please teach me, oh God, to put others before myself.  I pray this in Jesus’ name.  Amen!

Commitment: Because You humbled Yourself, oh Lord Jesus Christ, for my sake, so that I may be exalted with You, I also commit myself to learn to put others before myself; to humble myself so that others may be exalted with me. 

God loves you!

God loves you!

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen!

Beloved, it is with great joy in my heart that I share the love of God with you.  My dear beloved, God loves you!

  

The Word of God says:

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”  (John 3:16)

    My dear beloved, it does not matter who you are, where you are from, or what you have done--God loves you!  And He wants you to come to the knowledge of His love for you and be saved.

    Do not worry, my dear beloved, about what you have done or said or thought, for there is nothing you have done, said or thought, that has not been done, said and thought before.

    Everything that you have done has been done by someone else before you, and some of these

people have now accepted God’s offer of forgiveness, so all that they have ever done, God

has forgiven them.  And not only that, God has also forgotten all their sins! Hallelujah!

“For we ourselves [ that is, all of us, who have now accepted God’s offer of forgiveness]  were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.  But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,  not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,  that having been justified by His grace we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” (Titus 3:3-7)

     And you too, my dear beloved, can be forgiven by God today, this very hour!  All you have to do is to accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and personal Savior.

Why do you need Jesus?

Because God, the Creator of the universe and everything therein, has created us to live forever in a perfect world full of love and goodness in His presence, without pain or death.

    Then the first man, Adam, sinned against God, and brought judgment unto himself and his children.   For according to God’s counsel and righteousness, the wages of sin is death:

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23)

    When Adam sinned against God, he died spiritually.  Now, since every man is a direct descendent of Adam, every man and woman is born dying.  But through the mercy of God and by His grace in Christ Jesus, we may have life,

life more abundantly, right here on earth, and eternal life in the kingdom of heaven.

The gift of God

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”  (John 3:16)

    Beloved, we are all descendents of Adam and Eve, and because we were all born after the fall (that is, after sin entered the world), none of us is perfect.

    For our faults and failures, whether small or great, are sins that separate us from the presence and righteousness of God.

    Therefore my dear beloved, the Word of God states clearly that there is none of us who is righteous.  For all of us, through faults and failures, have sinned against God, and have fallen short of the glory of God, which is righteousness and holiness.

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”  (Romans 3:23)

     So God became a Man, a perfect Man--Jesus Christ--who unlike us, was not conceived by the union of a man and a woman.

But while a young woman was still a virgin, Christ was incarnated by the power of God’s

Spirit, into this virgin’s womb, and through this young woman, God was born a Man into the world.

Why?

    Because according to God’s counsel and righteousness, since a perfect man has sinned, a perfect man must die.

    Now since we are all children of Adam, who became a sinner, we are, all together with our father Adam, sinners by default (this is also called original sin).  So none of us qualifies to save himself or others.  None of us can be born, nor live, sinless lives.

    But thanks be to God, who is rich in love and mercy, who sent forth His Son Jesus Christ into the world, to be born of a woman (yet without

sin, because of His miraculous conception), to take our sins, sins Adam and all his children have committed, upon Himself, and pay the penalty of sin for us, which is death.

Now this Jesus has already come into the world, and has already died for you and me and for everyone else in the whole world.

    Now His blood, death, and resurrection provide the basis for reconciliation with God.

That is, through Jesus Christ, we all can experience a restored and renewed relationship with God.

God’s invitation and promise:

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him [Jesus Christ] should not perish but have everlasting life.”  (John 3:16)

   My dear beloved, this invitation is extended to everyone in this world, no exception, for all have sinned.  He who has stolen and he who has killed, and she who has committed adultery and

fornication, and he who just thought evil, are all the same, for all have sinned.

    But the promise of God is that:

“…whoever believes in Him [Jesus Christ] should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16)

What is it that you must believe about Jesus Christ?

“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned—(For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless

death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which

came from many offenses resulted in justification. For if by the one man’s offense

death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)  Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.”  (Romans 5:12-19)

My dear beloved, glory be to God for our Lord Jesus Christ.   Amen!

    This is what God wants you to know and to believe: we are all born sinners whether we like it or not.  We do not have the choice nor the power to be born sinless.  We are born sinners whether we agree or not.  This is called condemnation (original sin): the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve are made sinners through Adam and Eve’s sin.

     But unlike condemnation, the gift of justification--that is, to be made righteous

without works--we have a choice whether or not to believe and accept.  Because Adam disobeyed God, we are all born sinners; yet even so, because Jesus Christ our Lord has obeyed God unto death, we can all be made righteous by believing in Jesus, that He has indeed obeyed God on our behalf.  In believing, His obedience is credited to us in the form of righteousness.  Hallelujah!  Glory be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen!

    My dear beloved, though we all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, those who believe that Jesus Christ has paid the penalty of

their sins on their behalf, will not perish with those who do not believe, but will receive God’s promise of eternal life through Jesus Christ.

    To believe on Christ means to believe Him with our minds, confess Him with our mouths, commit to Him with our hearts, and most of all, to trust Him enough to give Him our lives.

 “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised

Him from the dead, you will be saved.”  (Romans 10:9) 

        All you must do is believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of living God, and that He died on the cross for all your sins, and that God raised Him from the dead.

    Once you have believed, you must repent, confess, and forsake all your sins by God’s grace, and ask God to forgive all your sins in Jesus’ name, and cleanse you from all your sins with the blood of His Son Jesus Christ.

    And God will forgive you all your sins and cleanse you with blood of Jesus, and you will become a new creature, a new person.

“But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the

blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.”  (1 John 1:7)

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  (1 John 1:9)

    My dear beloved, if you hear the voice of the One who died for you, please open your heart

so that the Lord Jesus may come in, for He is at the door, knocking on your heart’s door.

 “Behold, I [Jesus] stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.”  (Revelation 3:20)

    My dear beloved, do not allow this opportunity to pass you by today.  Yes, today is the right time.  Yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.  Today and even right now is all you have.  Surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ and be saved.  And testify that God indeed is Loving and Merciful.

Here is His invitation for you today, right now, this very day, this very hour:

“Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”  (Matthew 11:28-30)

Do not allow this invitation to pass you by today.   Yes, today is the right time.  Yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come.  Today, and even right now, is all you have.   Surrender your life to the Lord Jesus and give Him all your burdens and He will lift you up.

“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.”  (2 Corinthians 6:2)

Please hear God’s voice TODAY.  Tomorrow may be too late!

“While it is said: today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts…”  (Hebrews 3:15)

“For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”  (Romans 10:10)

“For whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be saved.”   (Romans 10:13)

    Beloved, you can call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ right now and be saved!

You can open your heart right now by offering this prayer meaningfully:

Dear God,

I believe You love me.

I believe with all my heart that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God,

I believe that Jesus died on the cross for my sins, and that God raised Him from the dead.

I come now before Your throne of grace and confess that I am a sinner.

Please forgive all my sins in the name of Jesus Christ, and cleanse me of all unrighteousness with the blood of Your Son, Jesus Christ.

I repent and confess all my sins, and I promise to forsake all my sins by Your grace.

I believe all my sins are forgiven in Jesus’ name.

I now ask Jesus to come into my heart.

I hereby confess Jesus Christ as my Lord and personal Savior.

I hereby break any covenant or agreement I have made with the devil or any of his agents,

knowingly or unknowingly. I break this in the name of Jesus.

I believe that I am free, and I accept Jesus’ promise of eternal life.

Now I ask Jesus to come into my life as my Lord and Savior.

Please help me to live for Christ alone from this day forward.

I ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen!

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