Finding God

Four Steps To God

1. God Loves You!

The Bible says, "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"

The problem is that

2. Sin!

All of us have done, said or thought things that are wrong. This is called sin, and our sins have separated us from God. The Bible says “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

God is perfect and holy, and our sins separate us from God forever. The Bible says “The wages of sin is death.”

The good news is that, about 2,000 years ago,

3. Jesus Christ

God sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins.

Jesus is the Son of God. He lived a sinless life and then died on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins. “God demonstrates His own love for us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.”

Jesus rose from the dead and now He lives in heaven with God His Father. He offers us the gift of eternal life -- of living forever with Him in heaven if we accept Him as our Lord and Savior. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except by Me."

God reaches out in love to you and wants you to be His child. "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe on His name." You can choose to ask Jesus Christ to forgive your sins and come in to your life as your Lord and Savior.

4. Believe and Receive Christ!

If you want to accept Christ,

you can ask Him to be your Savior and Lord

by praying a prayer like this:

"Lord Jesus, I believe you are the Son of God. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. Please forgive my sins and give me the gift of eternal life. I ask you into my life and heart to be my Lord and Savior. I want to serve you always."

Spiritual Growth - Acceptance!

Accepted in Christ!

Having predestinated us

unto the adoption of children

by Jesus Christ to himself,

according to the good pleasure of his will,

to the praise of the glory of his grace,

wherein he hath made us accepted

in the beloved.

Ephesians 1:5-6

ROMANS, VERSE BY VERSE

by William R. Newell

There is no cause in the person

why grace should be shown,

we must stop trying to give cause to God for His care.

We have been accepted in Christ, who is our standing!

We are not on probation.

As to our life past, it does not exist before God.

We died at the cross, and Christ is our Life!

Grace, once bestowed, is not withdrawn.

God knew all the human exigencies beforehand,

His action was independent of them,

not dependent upon them.

To believe, and to consent to be loved

while unworthy, is the great secret.

To refuse to make 'resolutions' and 'vows'...

for that is to trust in the flesh.

To expect to be blessed,

though realizing more and more lack of worth.

To rely on God's chastening (child training)

as a mark of His kindness.

To 'hope to be better' (hence acceptable)

is to fail to see yourself in Christ only.

To be disappointed with yourself

is to have believed in yourself.

To be discouraged is unbelief --

as to God's purpose and plan of blessing for you.

To be proud, is to be blind!

For we have no standing before God, in ourselves.

The lack of Divine blessing, therefore,

comes from unbelief, and not from failure of devotion.

To preach devotion first, and blessing second,

is to reverse God's order, and preach law, not grace.

The Law made man's blessing depend on devotion;

Grace confers undeserved, unconditional blessing:

our devotion may follow,

but does not always do so -- in proper measure.

Why I Love The Bible - Leviticus

HOLY

is the word

that sets God apart . . .

HOLY

means God is alive on God's terms,

beyond our experience and imagination.

HOLY

refers to life

burning with intense purity

that transforms everything it touches into itself.

One of the stubbornly enduring habits

of the human race

is to insist on domesticating God.

We are determined to tame him.

We figure out ways to harness God to our projects.

We try to reduce God to a size

that conveniently fits our plans and ambitions and tastes.

But our Scriptures are even more stubborn

in telling us that we can't do it.

God cannot be fit into our plans,

we must fit into his.

We can't use God -

God is not a tool or appliance or credit card.

HOLY

is the word

that sets God apart . . .

by Euguene Peterson

Assurance of Answered Prayer - John 16:24

Assurance of Answered Prayer

John 16:24

"Until now

you have asked for nothing in My Name,

ask and you shall receive

that your joy may be full."

"In My Name"

refers to the blood of Christ.

"In My Name"

refers to the righteousness of Christ,

the sacrifice of Christ, the mediation of Christ.

Are we using that as the basis of our requests?

"Ask and you shall receive"

so we will be equipped for good works.

So we will be able to carry on and have good success.

"that your joy may be full"

refers to the pleasure

we have in seeing the lost saved,

the Gospel spread, souls converted.

"that your joy may be full"

refers to the satisfaction of seeing

the interest of our Redeemer thrive and flourish

and the kingdom of Satan weakened.

by John Gill

Why I Love The Bible - Exodus

E X O D U S

The Human Race Is In Trouble.

We've been in trouble for a long time.

Enormous energies have been

and continue to be expended by many,

many men and women

to get us out of the trouble we are in

- to clean up the world's mess.

The most comprehensive term

for what God is doing

to get us out of the mess

we are in is SALVATION.

Salvation is God doing for us

what we can't do for ourselves.

Salvation is the biggest word

in the vocabulary of the people of God.

The Exodus story

continues to be a major means

that God uses

to draw men and women in trouble

out of the mess of history

and into the kingdom of salvaion.

by Eugene Peterson