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This is how one of my unsaved colleagues graded Emily’s response to the assignment!

“Give an example of someone who has impacted your life!”

MARKS OF A TRUE CHRISTIAN

FIRST THE NON PROOFS. ROMANS 3

1. Being moral

2. Having Bible knowledge

3. Being Religiously involved

4. Having an Active ministry

5. Having a Conviction of sin

6. Having false Assurance

7. Remembering your time of decision

SECOND THE POSITIVE PROOFS

The next time you come across somebody and you want to know whether they’re a Christian, or the next time you want to examine your own heart, here’s what you’re looking for:

* Do I love God above all else?

Matthew 10:37

* Do I hate sin and desire to repent from it?

Proverbs 28:13. 2 Corinthians 7:9

* Am I genuinely aware of my nothingness and my feebleness and in true humility do I come to the God of mercy, unworthy to be called His son?

Luke 15:21. Matt ‪16:24‬

* Am I devoted above all things to the expression of God’s glory?

* Am I drawn continually into sweet communion with Him?

Galatians 4:6

* Am I selfless and given to loving others?

1John ‪3:14‬

* Do I find myself longing to be utterly separated from the world?

1john 5:5. 1 John. ‪2:15 -17‬

* Can I look at my life and see spiritual growth?

Parable of soils Mark 4

* And is the deep hunger of my heart to obey, even in those times of disobedience?

1 John 2:3

That’s how you mark a Christian … real saving faith.

Now, listen very carefully. When you’ve done that, you can go back to the first list. And these things may be true about a true Christian.

When you’ve done all that, I believe you will have a visible, genuine morality.

I believe you will have a proper knowledge of the Word of God.

You will be involved in the activities of the church.

You will have a ministry.

You will sense guilt over sin.

You will have assurance and that time of decision will have meaning to you.

But those things can’t stand alone. And so, we must examine ourselves to see whether we be in the faith, that is the issue … are we in the faith? Do we have the marks of saving faith?

ARE YOU AN ALMOST CHRISTIAN?

*You may have a great and eminent speaking gift, yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may have a high profession of religion yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may be much in external duties of goodness and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may go far in opposing your own sin and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may hate sin and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may make great vows and promises, strong purposes and resolutions against your sin and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may maintain a strife and a combat against sin and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may be a member of the church and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may have great hopes of heaven and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may see visible changes, altered life and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may be very zealous in matters of religion and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may be much in prayers and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may even suffer for Christ’s sake and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may outwardly obey the commandments and yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may perform external worship yet be but almost a Christian.

*You may have faith and yet be but almost a Christian.”

Yes! you can have all of those things and be but only almost a Christian. These are not enough!

Well what does it take? What is the evidence? What is the mark of the true Christian?

That will be the topic coming up soon. (Keep the responses coming;)

• When Leonard Cohen himself performed the song with only his voice, you could feel the lyrics and the song. These four Russian kids have recreated that. Not only are their voices and harmonies flawless, they seem to have an understanding of the song that is well beyond their young years. I have goosebumps!

• Read more at

• http://www.metaspoon.com/kids-hymn/?cat=stories#vXmoavgmEVCXYMwG.99

В Священном Писании мы читаем радикальные слова Иисуса Христа: “…Кто не со Мною, тот против Меня..”. А в Евангелии от Иоанна 3:18

написано: ” Верующий в Него (Иисуса Христа) не судится, а неверующий уже осужден”

“Верить” означает принять и доверять что что то является истиной, особенно без доказательств!

У тебя здесь есть только два выбора. Или вы осуждены на ад или же вы оправданы, и вопрос заключается в том верите ли вы.

Ты можешь спросить:” Ты говоришь мне верить, но во что я должен верить чтобы стать христианином. Во что?

* Поверить признать и согласиться в том что вы являетесь грешником

* Поверить признать и согласиться в том что вы отдалились от Бога и должны искренно покаяться и отвернуться от греха

* Поверить признать и согласиться в том что вы уже осуждены и нуждаетесь в Божьем помиловании

* Поверить признать и согласиться в том что вам нужно покаяться (отвернуться от греха) и произвести достойный плод покаяния

* Поверить признать и согласиться в том что Иисус Христос понес ваше наказание на Кресте вместо вас и ждет чтобы простить вас

* Поверить признать и согласиться в том что Божья справедливость была удовлетворена когда Бог воскресил Иисуса Христа из мертвых

* Поверить признать и согласиться в том что сведетельство того что вы истинно верующий состоит в том что вы прозводите “плоды послушания”

Вот то во что вы должны верить. Это – Евангелие. И когда вы верите в это просто доверяя Богу, то Он по своей милости

берет праведность Иисуса Христа и вменяет ее тебе потому что твои грехи были вменены Ему когда Он умер на кресте.

Во втором послании Коринфянам 5:21 мы читаем:” Ибо не знавшего греха(Иисуса Христа) Он (Бог)сделал для нас жертвою за грех

чтобы мы в Нем (Иисусе Христе) сделались праведными пред Богом.”

В Деяниях 2:37,38 людям услышавшим Евангелие стало известно об их вине и греховности перед Богом и они спросили:”Что нам делать?”

На что Петр ответил им: ” Покайтесь и да креститься каждый из вас во Имя Иисуса Христа и получите дар Святого Духа”.

В Евангелии от Луки 18:14, раскаивающийся грешник говорит:” Господи, будь милостив ко мне, грешнику”.

Так что если вы по настоящему каетесь перед Богом, поверьте в то что Иисус Христос совершил для вас на кресте, как те люди поверили.

Бог услышит вас и ваша жизнь измениться в одно мгновение.

Если ваша вера слаба, попросите Бога чтобы Он помог вам верить. Если вам необходимо больше информации, читайте Евангелие от Иоанна

и просите чтобы Он научил вас истине Христовой.

That’s right, You are condemned to Hell ALREADY, as John 3:18 warns, if you’ve not believed on the Son of God and you are merely religious and do not have a personal relationship with Jesus.

More than 150,000 people die every day. Tragically, many of those people die without knowing Christ. What fate awaits them? Do they really Rest In Peace? No! Sadly, those who reject God and His way of salvation don’t find rest when they die. They enter into eternal hell where there’s no peace for the wicked.

So, what does the Bible teach about hell?

Hell Is far from legend, myth, metaphor, or allegory. The Bible presents hell as a real place where wicked people suffer the wrath of God. Consider these vivid portraits of hell from two different New Testament writers:

Then the King will say to those on His left, “Depart from me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels.”…These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. (Matthew 25:41, 46)

And if anyone’s name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15)

Scripture presents a terrifyingly clear case for a literal hell. It’s a place where God punishes unbelievers for all eternity. Hell is not a state of mind or a hard life on this earth. Your state of mind can change; your circumstances can improve. Hell never changes, never improves. Hell is not chastisement; it’s everlasting, insufferable punishment at the hands of an angry God.

According to the revelation Jesus gave to the apostle John, the fate of every unbeliever is to,

…And he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and night. (Revelation 14:10-11)

Jesus and Hell

In scripture Jesus has the most to say about Hell. The existence of hell wasn’t something He questioned, debated, or defended, and He certainly didn’t apologize for it. He assumed the reality of hell just as much as He did the resurrection (John 5:28-29). Jesus viewed hell as a real place, a certainty, and so should you.

When Jesus talked about hell, His purpose was always to warn, not to raise questions or plant doubts. Consider the graphic words He used to portray hell—they clearly aren’t meant to provide comfort, but to frighten.

According to Jesus,

hell is a place of outer darkness (Matthew 22:13)

there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Matthew 8:12).

Hell is a fiery furnace (Matthew 13:42, 50)

of unquenchable fires (Mark 9:48-49).

Hell is a place of spiritual and bodily destruction (Matthew 10:28)

there are endless torments (Luke 16:23-24).

Hell is most certainly a place, a horrific place where agonizing conditions exist.

No Way Out

Hell offers no means of escape, rescue, or relief—no way out, ever. The occupants of hell are sealed in their damnation (Rev. 22:11). Friends and family can’t help; God won’t help. The time for mercy has passed.

As one who knows exactly what awaits the wicked, Jesus told the story of a man who was surprised to be in Hell, and who was tormented in hell:

This man cried out, “Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.”

Dante seemed to understand that message. His imaginary inscription over hell’s entrance, “Abandon hope, all ye who enter here,” rightly pictured hell as a place where mercy and hope are left at the door.

The Word of God leaves no doubt about the existence or nature of hell. God has told us everything we need to know about hell, and how to avoid it through the merits of Christ.

Hi folks,

The most loving thing I can ever do is tell you in 2017 is that if you are not a believer in, and follower of the Lord Jesus, that you are a lost sinner on the road to hell.

However, the good news is that Jesus died on the cross and paid for your sins, making it possible for you to be reconciled to God, and be assured of a home in heaven one day. I am calling on you to repent and believe!

So, what am I supposed to believe to become a Christian! BELIEVE WHAT?

*Believe,Admit, and Agree you are a sinner.

*Believe, Admit, and agree you are alienated from God, and must truly repent and turn from your sin.

*Believe, Admit and Agree that you are “condemned already” and need a pardon.

*Believe, Admit and Agree that you need to repent (turn your back from sin) and produce fruits of obedience.

*Believe, Admit and Agree that Jesus took your punishment on the cross as your substitute, and is waiting to pardon you.

*Believe, Admit, and Agree that God’s justice was satisfied by the fact that God raised Jesus…from the dead. And when God raised Him from the dead He was saying, “I am satisfied.”

*Believe, Admit and Agree, that the evidence that you are truly a believer is that you produce “fruits of obedience.”

That’s what you BELIEVE! That’s the gospel. And when you believe that by faith, and REPENT, simply trusting God, He, in His mercy takes the righteousness of Jesus Christ and credits it to you because your sins were credited to Christ when He died on the cross. In 2 Corinthians 5:21 we read

“GOD made JESUS who did not know sin to be sin for US, so that WE might become the righteousness of GOD in Him. “

In Acts 2:37-38, after hearing the gospel the people became aware of their guilt as sinners and said, “What shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

In Luke 18:14, the repentant sinner said, “God be merciful to me a sinner.”

So, if you do that in faith trusting, God will hear you and your life will be transformed in a moment. If your faith is weak ask Him to help you to believe. If you need more information read the Gospel of John, and ask God to teach you the truth of Christ.

The Trinity is an unfathomable, and yet unmistakable doctrine in Scripture. As Jonathan Edwards noted, after studying the topic extensively, “I think [the doctrine of the Trinity] to be the highest and deepest of all Divine mysteries” (An Unpublished Treatise on the Trinity).

Yet, though the fullness of the Trinity is far beyond human comprehension, it is unquestionably how God has revealed Himself in Scripture—as one God eternally existing in three Persons.

This is not to suggest, of course, that the Bible presents three different gods (cf. Deuteronomy 6:4). Rather, God is three Persons in one essence; the Divine essence subsists wholly and indivisibly, simultaneously and eternally, in the three members of the one Godhead—the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (We considered the deity of Christ last Thursday, in this post .)

The Scriptures are clear that these three Persons together are one and only one God (Deuteronomy 6:4). John 10:30 and 33 explain that the Father and the Son are one. First Corinthians 3:16 shows that the Father and the Spirit are one. Romans 8:9 makes clear that the Son and the Spirit are one. And John 14:16, 18, and 23 demonstrate that the Father, Son, and Spirit are one.

Yet, in exhibiting the unity between the members of the Trinity, the Word of God in no way denies the simultaneous existence and distinctiveness of each of the three Persons of the Godhead. In other words, the Bible makes it clear that God is one God (not three), but that the one God is a Trinity of Persons.

In the Old Testament, the Bible implies the idea of the Trinity in several ways. The title Elohim (”God”), for instance, is a plural noun which can suggest multiplicity (cf. Genesis 1:26). This corresponds to the fact that the plural pronoun (”us”) is sometimes used of God (Genesis 1:26; Isaiah 6:8). More directly, there are places in which God’s name is applied to more than one Person in the same text (Psalm 110:1; cf. Genesis 19:24). And there are also passages where all three divine Persons are seen at work (Isaiah 48:16; 61:1).

The New Testament builds significantly on these truths, revealing them more explicitly. The baptismal formula of Matthew 28:19 designates all three Persons of the Trinity: “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.” In his apostolic benediction to the Corinthians, Paul underscored this same reality. He wrote, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God [the Father], and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). Other New Testament passages also spell out the glorious truth of the Triune God (Romans 15:16, 30; 2 Corinthians 1:21–22; Ephesians 2:18).

In describing the Trinity, the New Testament clearly distinguishes three Persons who are all simultaneously active. They are not merely modes or manifestations of the same person (as Oneness theology incorrectly asserts) who sometimes acts as Father, sometimes as Son, and sometimes as Spirit. At Christ’s baptism, all three Persons were simultaneously active (Matthew 3:16–17), with the Son being baptized, the Spirit descending, and the Father speaking from Heaven. Jesus Himself prayed to the Father (cf. Matthew 6:9), taught that His will was distinct from His Father’s (Matthew 26:39), promised that He would ask the Father to send the Spirit (John 14:16), and asked the Father to glorify Him (John 17:5). These actions would not make sense unless the Father and the Son were two distinct Persons. Elsewhere in the New Testament, the Holy Spirit intercedes before the Father on behalf of believers (Romans 8:26), as does the Son, who is our Advocate (1 John 2:1). Again, the distinctness of each Person is in view.

The Bible is clear. There is only one God, yet He exists, and always has existed, as a Trinity of Persons—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit (cf. John 1:1-2). To deny or misunderstand the Trinity is to deny or misunderstand the very nature of God Himself.