I'm going through a season of searching for comfort that I can not quite find. I read the scriptures every day. I know that Jesus is real and that He died for my sins so that I might have life. I know that it is not about a feeling that we have but that God is developing my character. I need prayer and that Jesus forgive me. I'm trying not to be in my feelings cause I know from reading that God said that He will never leave you. I questioned sometimes do I Love God? I sincerely want what Jesus said He will give if we Love Him. I know there are trails and troubles I must go through but I feel so alone most of the time. Nothing I do goes right. I know according to the Word that God did not give me the spirit of fear but a sound mind. I will stop now, but put me in your prayers. Thank you
Dear Linda. Below is the story in the Bible about one man's question about how to be saved:
Paul and Silas's jailer asked them in ACTS 16:30 ..."Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" Their answer was as simple as this in ACTS 16:31 ..."Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..." Simple as that.
Linda, you must believe in your heart and you will be saved. Simple as that. Take hold of that and trust God to show you the way to live in daily devotions: prayer, singing, reading and studying the Bible, and in doing for others. Seek out your pastor or a strong Christian that you trust to mentor you. Read the Gospel of John which concerns the deity of Christ. Study the Word to grow from a simple understanding of the Word (the milk) so that one day you will understand the harder things (meat).
1 Peter 2:2 "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:"
1 Corinthians 3:2 "I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able."
Your are SO RIGHT, believe on Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved: your saved from DEATH; but it is a far cry from SIMPLE; Jesus is THE WORD(s) and that means to be brought to TRUTH, you have to believe ALL those WORDS, not just some of those WORDS, he is calling out a priesthood, to serve in the kingdom, and judge in the kingdom, if you don't repent and believe his WORD(S) you will not be a part of that priesthood.
Matthew 5:19 Whosoever shall break one of THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS (all God's words are COMMANDS(ments)), and teach man to do so, he shall be called LEAST in the kingdom of God (not condemned to hell, as the doctrine of man teaches); But whosoever shall do and teach them (these least commandment), the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
There are hundreds of denominations of Churches, each one thinks they alone have the TRUTH.
In one or the threads, either Chris, Jesse, or SSpencer SAID, when we are discussing scriptures, each one in that discussion thinks he has TRUTH, all the while Christ is sitting back laughing, and saying neither of you have the truth.
That is the TRUTH, if we would only AGREE with God, he is TRUTH, and until we are married to him at the death of this body, being totally in his presence, and his presents is TRUTH, we WILL NOT be all TRUTH, but we will be given enough truth to OVERCOME, and win the race.
Dear Ruby Lead Read, being saved IS simple. I'm not talking about the doctrine around it. A lost sinner need not understand anything but Who Jesus is and why he must come to Him for the remission of sins to save himself from Hellfire. Once saved, he/she can learn the doctrine. I'm talking about the simplicity of coming to the Lord to be born again. Read these two verses from the WORD where the jailer asks Paul and Silas what he must do to be saved:
ACTS 16:30 "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
ACTS 16:31 "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved."
Cindyt indeed shared some good things and has given some great advice.
As for the other thread you mentioned, that would have been me that said that, but not quite that way. I would have to go back and read that post, but I believe what I said was that God would be looking down and saying you are both wrong, not saying that neither of you have the truth.
I believe there's a difference in saying that verses saying neither of you have the truth.
Please allow me to explain why I say this, but first let me say that I am not accusing you of anything here. Since you did not remember who said it, my thoughts are that you did not recall the exact words I had used either, and that's okay.
But here's how my pea brain sees it:
Every believer who has been born of Gods Spirit has the truth. We all have the truth. There is not a single born-again believer that doesn't have the truth.
But what is the truth? Is it what I say? Is it what any of us say? I hope you might agree with me when I say that truth has nothing to do with what I or anyone else here says. And dare I even say that truth is not the mere words written in the pages of a book? And before anyone takes this the wrong way, I am in no way discrediting Gods written word.
But you see, truth to me not what we say. Truth to me is a person and that person is Jesus Christ. Jesus tells us in John 14:6 that He is the way, He is the truth, and He is the life.
So again, I would say that we all have the truth, and that truth is Jesus Christ Himself who lives in all those who have been born of His Spirit.
I just wanted to clarify what I had said in the other post you mentioned. Thank you for hearing me out!
I totally agree with you; I used a bad choice of words, all this was manifest through the faith of the operation of God when he raised Christ.
I don't think there are many who fully comprehend what really took place in the operation of his resurrection, I believe our churches have nearly completely diluted what God did for us.
I don't think most fully comprehend that as Jesus is one with the Father, we through his resurrection was made one with the Father and Son.
I don't think most fully understand when they say Christ gave his life for us, realise it means, he gave his life TO US, and his life is the Spirit of his Father.
I do believe as David said, hopefully I remember who said it, and who quoted Daniel, knowledge will increase as we approach the end of this generation. I understand a generation as what was prophesied to happen in that time period, or age. I can see knowledge increasing on this forum and I believe it will keep increasing.
Thinking these thoughts that sometimes come because we live in the last times.
Dear God, Father in Heaven, You who know about all things small and great. You who do not change. Earlier in the same chapter 10, we can read about Paul's concern that Israel cannot yet see Jesus. . Some can now Amen Hallelujah we got to experience Him. We thank You God for all that You have given us, also the important one the Holy Spirit who has deposited in our hearts. Amen! We pray that we may still be living Christians, so that those outside may be converted from darkness to light. May Your Light shine in us Lord Jesus Christ in Your name we pray, Amen. By the will of God the Father, Amen
Stay strong in the word of God, remember me in your pray, love u in Christ.
Paul and Silas's jailer asked them in ACTS 16:30 ..."Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" Their answer was as simple as this in ACTS 16:31 ..."Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved..." Simple as that.
Linda, you must believe in your heart and you will be saved. Simple as that. Take hold of that and trust God to show you the way to live in daily devotions: prayer, singing, reading and studying the Bible, and in doing for others. Seek out your pastor or a strong Christian that you trust to mentor you. Read the Gospel of John which concerns the deity of Christ. Study the Word to grow from a simple understanding of the Word (the milk) so that one day you will understand the harder things (meat).
1 Peter 2:2 "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:"
1 Corinthians 3:2 "I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able."
Your are SO RIGHT, believe on Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved: your saved from DEATH; but it is a far cry from SIMPLE; Jesus is THE WORD(s) and that means to be brought to TRUTH, you have to believe ALL those WORDS, not just some of those WORDS, he is calling out a priesthood, to serve in the kingdom, and judge in the kingdom, if you don't repent and believe his WORD(S) you will not be a part of that priesthood.
Matthew 5:19 Whosoever shall break one of THESE LEAST COMMANDMENTS (all God's words are COMMANDS(ments)), and teach man to do so, he shall be called LEAST in the kingdom of God (not condemned to hell, as the doctrine of man teaches); But whosoever shall do and teach them (these least commandment), the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
There are hundreds of denominations of Churches, each one thinks they alone have the TRUTH.
In one or the threads, either Chris, Jesse, or SSpencer SAID, when we are discussing scriptures, each one in that discussion thinks he has TRUTH, all the while Christ is sitting back laughing, and saying neither of you have the truth.
That is the TRUTH, if we would only AGREE with God, he is TRUTH, and until we are married to him at the death of this body, being totally in his presence, and his presents is TRUTH, we WILL NOT be all TRUTH, but we will be given enough truth to OVERCOME, and win the race.
God Bless YOU!
ACTS 16:30 "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
ACTS 16:31 "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved."
Cindyt indeed shared some good things and has given some great advice.
As for the other thread you mentioned, that would have been me that said that, but not quite that way. I would have to go back and read that post, but I believe what I said was that God would be looking down and saying you are both wrong, not saying that neither of you have the truth.
I believe there's a difference in saying that verses saying neither of you have the truth.
Please allow me to explain why I say this, but first let me say that I am not accusing you of anything here. Since you did not remember who said it, my thoughts are that you did not recall the exact words I had used either, and that's okay.
But here's how my pea brain sees it:
Every believer who has been born of Gods Spirit has the truth. We all have the truth. There is not a single born-again believer that doesn't have the truth.
But what is the truth? Is it what I say? Is it what any of us say? I hope you might agree with me when I say that truth has nothing to do with what I or anyone else here says. And dare I even say that truth is not the mere words written in the pages of a book? And before anyone takes this the wrong way, I am in no way discrediting Gods written word.
But you see, truth to me not what we say. Truth to me is a person and that person is Jesus Christ. Jesus tells us in John 14:6 that He is the way, He is the truth, and He is the life.
So again, I would say that we all have the truth, and that truth is Jesus Christ Himself who lives in all those who have been born of His Spirit.
I just wanted to clarify what I had said in the other post you mentioned. Thank you for hearing me out!
I totally agree with you; I used a bad choice of words, all this was manifest through the faith of the operation of God when he raised Christ.
I don't think there are many who fully comprehend what really took place in the operation of his resurrection, I believe our churches have nearly completely diluted what God did for us.
I don't think most fully comprehend that as Jesus is one with the Father, we through his resurrection was made one with the Father and Son.
I don't think most fully understand when they say Christ gave his life for us, realise it means, he gave his life TO US, and his life is the Spirit of his Father.
I do believe as David said, hopefully I remember who said it, and who quoted Daniel, knowledge will increase as we approach the end of this generation. I understand a generation as what was prophesied to happen in that time period, or age. I can see knowledge increasing on this forum and I believe it will keep increasing.
God Bless YOU!
Thinking these thoughts that sometimes come because we live in the last times.
Dear God, Father in Heaven, You who know about all things small and great. You who do not change. Earlier in the same chapter 10, we can read about Paul's concern that Israel cannot yet see Jesus. . Some can now Amen Hallelujah we got to experience Him. We thank You God for all that You have given us, also the important one the Holy Spirit who has deposited in our hearts. Amen! We pray that we may still be living Christians, so that those outside may be converted from darkness to light. May Your Light shine in us Lord Jesus Christ in Your name we pray, Amen. By the will of God the Father, Amen
Stay strong in the word of God, remember me in your pray, love u in Christ.
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