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Pastor Tin says ...
You may have never prayed to ask Jesus Christ into your life. Please
realize that it is never too late to begin this relationship with
God. We would treasure the opportunity to guide you through this most
crucial decision.
Beginning A Relationship With God
God, the maker of all things, loves you and has a unique and
wonderful plan for your life. He even gives you this promise in the
Bible: "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord, "plans
to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a
future." (Jeremiah 29:11) God never orders harm to be done to anyone.
Yet He sometimes will allow it.
It may be difficult for you to understand how a loving God could
allow you or anyone else to suffer. Sometimes it takes suffering for
us to recognize our need for God.
God loves you so much and desires to have a relationship with you to
the extent that He even allows you to experience pain, so you will
cry out to Him.
When things on earth are confusing and unpredictable, God wants you
to know He is the only absolute truth and security. He created you
and desperately wants to establish a relationship with you. He wants
to be your loving Father. And He wants this relationship to be an
eternal one that lasts throughout your life and extends after death
when you meet Him face to face in heaven. But to establish this
intimate relationship with God, you must first ask Him for it.
Why Must We Ask For A Relationship With Our Own Creator?
One thing stands in the way of us having a relationship with God–sin.
It is something we all have in common because we were all born with
it. Because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve, we are all born
separated from God. In the Bible, Romans 3:23 says, "For all have
sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Those who have not asked Jesus to save them from sin cannot have a
relationship with God.
The only way to change this condition is for you to receive a new
life by establishing this relationship with Him. This is the only
acceptable way in the eyes of a holy God because all other attempts
to please Him are merely human.
Perhaps you are thinking, "That is very narrow-minded." And you are
right–God is single-minded about the way to heaven. That's because
there is only one way. He is all-knowing, and He has provided this
one way to heaven because He loves us and has a very specific plan
for our lives.
The Bible states in John 3 that to have a relationship with God you
must be "born again." This process of being born again occurs when
God forgives men and women of their sins and allows them to establish
a new life with Him.
Good Deeds Are Not Enough
There is no one who is good enough or kind enough to know God. Many
people try to earn a place in heaven by performing "good" deeds such
as attending church, giving money to the poor, or by getting
baptized.
The truth is that even the most heroic and generous men and women
will die and be separated from God forever—unless they call on the
name of Jesus and surrender their lives to Him. It is impossible to
earn entrance into heaven or into a personal relationship with God.
As the Bible states in John 3:7: "You must be born again!"
The Bible further warns: "The wages of sin is death." (Romans 6:23)
The punishment for our sin is not just a bad day or a slap on the
wrist, it's an eternity of separation from God in hell. You may be
thinking, "I thought God was a loving God. Why is the punishment for
sin so harsh?" It's true that God is a loving God, but He is also a
God of justice. It would not be right for a judge to allow a criminal
to go unpunished for his crimes, nor is it right for God to allow a
sinner to go unpunished.
The evidence of God's loving nature is in the second chance He gives
to every man and woman on earth to be forgiven.
One Door To Heaven
The truly good news is that this same loving and just God gives
everyone on earth a second chance to escape punishment. God sent His
only Son, Jesus, to earth more than 2,000 years ago. That life Jesus
lived on earth—33 years—allowed Him to experience the same pain and
loneliness you have felt. The ultimate purpose for Jesus' life on
earth, however, was so that He could give it up.
By dying on the cross, Jesus took upon Himself the punishment
necessary to pardon your sins. Even though Jesus was without sin and
perfect like His Father, He became a man by living on earth.
Jesus—both God and man—lived a perfect life, dying willingly on the
cross to pay the penalty for our sins, was raised from the dead, and
now lives in heaven. An innocent man took the blame for our
sinfulness. This act of God is described in John 3:16-17 like
this: "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but
to save the world through Him."
Jesus' death on the cross erased our sins and removed the one barrier
separating us from a relationship with Him. His sacrifice of life
makes it possible for us to be saved from the punishment of our own
sinfulness. Romans 5:8 states: "God demonstrates His own love toward
us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
This is how a loving and just God dealt with the problem of our sin.
He provided the one and only way to heaven, through belief and trust
in God's Son, Jesus, as our Lord and Savior. In John 14:6, Jesus
said, "I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through me." You must receive Him in order to live in
heaven after you die. There is no exception.
What Does It Mean To Believe?
The basis of your salvation must be more than just knowledge of
Jesus' existence. True belief is about accepting Jesus as God's Son,
admitting our sins to Him, and choosing to follow Him as Lord of our
lives. It is, in essence, giving Him control of our life, our plans,
our will and our desires.
Romans 10:9-10 states, "If you confess with your mouth, `Jesus is
Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are
justified and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
Once you take these steps, the Spirit of God lives inside you,
guiding you and leading you each day in your decisions and actions.
Faith in Jesus Christ is a commitment to the One whose life becomes
our life and transforms us. That is the great gift of God's grace–the
Spirit of God living in us, guiding us, and making us more like Him.
How You May Receive Christ As Savior
To begin your relationship with God and to establish your place in
heaven, you must begin by praying (talking to God). Below is an
example of a simple prayer that will help you know what to say when
you talk to God.
"God, I realize I need a Savior. I confess that I have sinned and I
know that my sin will keep me out of heaven. I realize there is not
one single thing I can do to earn my way into Your heaven. Right now
I am placing all, 100 percent of my trust, in Christ's death on the
cross and resurrection from the dead as payment for my sin. I now
accept you as my Lord and Savior, and I commit my life to you. Thank
you for forgiving me and filling me with your Holy Spirit."
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Pastor Tin says ...
Hello and God Bless you all. I have a wonderful bunch of friends on line. I have been blessed at times from each of them. There are times when we do not always agree on some issues, but thats all in the day of our walk with God. We are to be C like to forgive and to love. That seems to roll off the tongue pretty easy. How many can forgive the rapist, murder, thief, the - driver who killed or injured some one??? Yes those also we are to love all others forgive all others not just those we love. Know really think about this?????? Jesus did it, he even healed the ear of the soldier who had come to take him in. Yes thats a tall order!!!!!!!!!! When we partake of the last super do we do so rightly??? Is your heart right and true with God, have you dealt right-fully with your fellow man??? It tells us when doing so we are to be right with God, or we bring damnation upon self. We have been so blessed, as we can go to the Father and ask ( we have not for we ask not). OK you asked for a new job new car, we all have from time to time, but really when we go to the Father and ask for those things that are in his will such as love, forgiveness and understanding, knowledge and etc he is sure to give. If we can not over come we can go to the Father and ask his help and he is sure to give. There is no blame, there is no reason to hate or not to forgive some one and to do so is wrong in Gods eyes for we have been given freedom to be able to get help to walk our walk with God. GBU
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