Posted on 10/19/2024 3:36:57 PM PDT by JAG 5000
"Whoever BELONGS to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not BELONG to God." __The Lord Jesus in John 8:47
But the good news is:
The Lord Jesus is the Light of the world.
The Lord Jesus said I came not to condemn the world, but to save the world.
And the Father sent His Son into the world not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.
Moreover . . .
"God our Savior . . .wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth." 1 Timothy 3:4
Back to BELONGING:
We Christians take huge-enormous comfort in the following Bible verse:
"If we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. So whether we live or die, we BELONG to the Lord." Romans 14:8
And you can too.
The Lord Jesus said that He stands at the door of your heart knocking and that if you will open the door, He will come inside and have fellowship with you -- which would lead to you receiving the gift of Eternal Life from Him.
Pray this simple prayer from a sincere heart:
"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person you want me to be."
Best Regards.
JAG
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Amen 🙏🏻!
So TRUE!
Amen!
Each time the Bible is read something can be made clear or something overlooked becomes so obvious.
I was up most of the night due to tinnitus - couldn’t sleep for the noise inside my brain.
So I biked for a few minutes and then sit down to read passages from Matthew/Mark/Luke/and John.
And when I read Jesus refer to his disciples as ‘friends,’ it just hit something so deep. To read of the Son Of God refer to humans as His ‘friends,’ was so profound.
The pain of the tinnitus was worth reading those words.
Friends...
That got me about 6 months ago too.
“Friends...”
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It is such a revalation of His depth of love for us on all levels.
I hear Him.
Not only friends, which certainly is awesome
But children of God, His Children
Heirs in Christ
This sinner kneels at the foot of the cross to be washed in the blood of Christ that I may become His bond servant.
/smile
Thanks for reading the OP.
God bless.
JAG
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/thumbs up
And may the Lord bless and protect all His people.
God bless.
JAG
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/thumbs up
Additionally:
May the Sovereign God grow and expand His Christian Church in the world — Jesus said that all authority both in Heaven and here on Earth has now been given to Me and then He said THEREFORE go and make disciples of ALL nations teaching them to obey what I have commanded you (ie what He taught His Apostles).
Matthew 28 at the end of the chapter
Victory!
Best Regards,
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JAG
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Amen.
Best
JAG
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/thumbs up
Best to you.
JAG
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