Hello World:
I am doing here the second part of "why did Jesus have to die for me?" As, I was talking before about each person has to or must believe in God. In order for eternal salvation through Jesus Christ to work for a person, he or she must first believe and accept that there is a God. The one true God and Jesus, the Christ are connected.
The Bible says that the fool says that there is no God. So, a person is a fool if they do not believe in God. So, it is important or critical to believe in God, or as I said before such an unbeliever or unbelievers are in some major trouble.
The Bible says because of one man, Adam, all have sinned and come under the death penalty; but also, because of one man, Jesus, the Christ, all can be redeemed, or released from or set free from sin and the death penalty. Another way to put it, is by one man, all were doomed to everlasting death; and by one man, Jesus Christ, all who accept Him will receive life everlasting.
All persons are AUTOMATICALLY born in sin and are under the death penalty. That death penalty is a VARIETY of eternal sufferings and torments AND being without God. I will perhaps go into a description of those eternal sufferings and torments in a later post. However, believe this, no one wants to go through those sufferings and torments, no matter who you are, or no matter how tough you think you are.
As, I have been saying, when I refer to save or salvation, I am referring to gaining eternal life or everlasting life for your soul and escaping death and hell. There are certain things that people can NOT do, and one of those things is save oneself from eternal death and hell. You can NOT save yourself. Your mother can not give you salvation. Money and world power can not bring you salvation. The law does not save you. Your intellect does not save you. Your attitude can NOT save you. Jesus will save you by believing on Him and accepting what He did for you and following Him.
God wanted and required that the ultimate remission and washing away of sins be done through the shedding of the blood of His Son, Jesus, whom He sent. In order for Jesus' blood to be shed, he had to die by crucifixion. This was the plan and prophecy of God for Jesus Christ to die for all; NOT someone else dying, and NOT some other person dying on their own, and NOT by some other method. That is why Jesus Christ had to die for me, you and me.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Why Did Jesus Christ Have To Die For Me? Pt.1
Hello World:
The purpose of this post is to answer a question that many people have. That question is why did Jesus Christ have to die for me? Some people who ask that question may really care about what Jesus, the Christ, did and they may be interested and want to receive salvation. That is a good thing.
On the other hand, there are many others, who would ask that question out of anger and unbelief, because they think that they do not need Jesus to save them. There are those who want to know the truth, and who will choose life in Jesus Christ; and there are those who do not seek the truth, and who because of hardened set ways, reject Jesus and choose death. When a person rejects Jesus, he or she does not realize that they are choosing eternal death, until it is too late.
It is important to know that each person has a spirit, soul and body. One scripture from the Bible that specifically mentions the three parts of a person is I Thessalonians Chapter 5: Verse 23. There are differences between the three parts.
Focusing mostly on the soul part of a person, the soul makes up the real person, and the soul is not physical, but is spiritual as it can not be seen in the natural; though again, different from the spirit. The soul and spirit of a person is more real than the physical body. However, the soul feels everything like the physical body feels, and has thoughts and emotions. It is this part, of a person that continues on after physical death.
When a person physically dies that person goes somewhere. The person either goes to be with God in everlasting joy, peace and happiness, or they go and live away from God in eternal death and torment. So, when a person dies in their sins, having not believed and accepted Jesus Christ, they actually live in a horrifically eternal and unescapable death. Being away from God and being tormented is the real death that is actually experienced or felt.
In past or archive posts, I have talked about the purpose of Jesus before. I am not going to post a lot of scriptures here today as I have in the past, but I want to say some more things about Jesus and still use the Word of God.
At the beginning and top of my blog, I mentioned that every person needs Jesus. Jesus Christ is the most important person that every human being, living, needs. Whether someone wants to accept or not accept that Jesus Christ needed to die for them, does not make what Jesus did invalid. For what Jesus did on the cross IS valid. Jesus life, death, burial and resurrection are what we all needed, because those things are what God wanted to happen.
God sent Jesus, His only begotten Son to die for us, you and me, so that if we believe and accept Jesus Christ, we can be right with God. This is because from the time we are born, we, or every person is not right with God. As I mentioned before, and can be found in the Bible, the very first man known as Adam, who was before you and me, was right at one time with God, but afterwards sinned against God. It was because of that sin by the very first man, that all of mankind fell out of right standing with God.
In saying all of the above and mentioning God, it is also important to mention, that with all of the above information, a person, or each person must first believe that there is a God, who created all things, and to fear that God. If a person does not believe in God, or rejects God, they are in major big time trouble for eternity. I will pick up more on this topic in the next post.
The purpose of this post is to answer a question that many people have. That question is why did Jesus Christ have to die for me? Some people who ask that question may really care about what Jesus, the Christ, did and they may be interested and want to receive salvation. That is a good thing.
On the other hand, there are many others, who would ask that question out of anger and unbelief, because they think that they do not need Jesus to save them. There are those who want to know the truth, and who will choose life in Jesus Christ; and there are those who do not seek the truth, and who because of hardened set ways, reject Jesus and choose death. When a person rejects Jesus, he or she does not realize that they are choosing eternal death, until it is too late.
It is important to know that each person has a spirit, soul and body. One scripture from the Bible that specifically mentions the three parts of a person is I Thessalonians Chapter 5: Verse 23. There are differences between the three parts.
Focusing mostly on the soul part of a person, the soul makes up the real person, and the soul is not physical, but is spiritual as it can not be seen in the natural; though again, different from the spirit. The soul and spirit of a person is more real than the physical body. However, the soul feels everything like the physical body feels, and has thoughts and emotions. It is this part, of a person that continues on after physical death.
When a person physically dies that person goes somewhere. The person either goes to be with God in everlasting joy, peace and happiness, or they go and live away from God in eternal death and torment. So, when a person dies in their sins, having not believed and accepted Jesus Christ, they actually live in a horrifically eternal and unescapable death. Being away from God and being tormented is the real death that is actually experienced or felt.
In past or archive posts, I have talked about the purpose of Jesus before. I am not going to post a lot of scriptures here today as I have in the past, but I want to say some more things about Jesus and still use the Word of God.
At the beginning and top of my blog, I mentioned that every person needs Jesus. Jesus Christ is the most important person that every human being, living, needs. Whether someone wants to accept or not accept that Jesus Christ needed to die for them, does not make what Jesus did invalid. For what Jesus did on the cross IS valid. Jesus life, death, burial and resurrection are what we all needed, because those things are what God wanted to happen.
God sent Jesus, His only begotten Son to die for us, you and me, so that if we believe and accept Jesus Christ, we can be right with God. This is because from the time we are born, we, or every person is not right with God. As I mentioned before, and can be found in the Bible, the very first man known as Adam, who was before you and me, was right at one time with God, but afterwards sinned against God. It was because of that sin by the very first man, that all of mankind fell out of right standing with God.
In saying all of the above and mentioning God, it is also important to mention, that with all of the above information, a person, or each person must first believe that there is a God, who created all things, and to fear that God. If a person does not believe in God, or rejects God, they are in major big time trouble for eternity. I will pick up more on this topic in the next post.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Blogging Outlook For 2011, And Thoughts On Predicting The Time Of The Rapture, Part Two
Hello World:
Picking up from last time talking about people predicting the Rapture, even though I believe, based on the scriptures in the Bible, that the time of the Rapture can be found out, I am NOT endorsing the PREDICTION FOR early this year as being accurate, by the unnamed person or group as I mentioned in the previous post. Do I hope they are right? Yes. Do I know for certain they are right? NO. Apparently, the person's prediction is based upon calculating the years back in time to Noah, to paraphrase.
I just want to say here, I am not saying they are right to try to predict the time of the Rapture, and I am not saying they are wrong to try to predict it. I actually hope that the person or group is right. In some ways, I hope they are wrong to the degree, the Rapture takes place even sooner, than what was predicted. To me, the sooner the better. However, it is important to be careful and not get caught up in false predictions and false prophecies. Again, thus far, history tells us that everybody who has made such predictions and prophecies have been wrong.
So, what would make this next person and their prediction any different. Once again, I would like to hope that they are right. I, myself, do not know yet, but I would like to find out. If God speaks to me or shows me a specific date for the Rapture, and tells me to talk about it, I will. If He says do NOT say anything about it, I will not say anything.
When I was a very little boy, some years ago, God gave me a dream about the Rapture. He did not give me a specific date. Just to describe a portion of that dream, because I actually still remember it, the Rapture was taking place, and I was in it going up to Heaven with a number of other souls to be with God. Again, I dreamed this many years back as a very little boy.
There was another dream around the same time, that was similar that God gave to me. Although God still gives me dreams, and I have had experiences and even a rapture-like experience, recently, God has not given me any specifics on the Rapture date. So, if I make a prediction or prophecy like THAT, I want to make sure I really heard from God, and I want to be right about what I say.
I do not like to make mistakes or mess up, especially with regards to prophecy and predictons. In some cases, it is better to use the term possiblity; or pardon the contradiction in terms, but also use a conjunctive term like tentative-definitive; meaning not definite, but a very strong possibility to happen, but also subject to change or delay. That is NOT to say I do not trust God speaking to me, because I do.
If God says forget the terms, and come on out and say it, then I will be obedient and say it. I just personally want to make sure it is definitely of God, or that I actually heard from God. I do not want to look like a fool, NOR do I want to make God look bad. As believers in Jesus Christ, we still have to believe, watch and be ready for the coming of the Lord at any time. Believers should always be interested in the Rapture. Every year, we as believers should hope and pray it is the year when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to take us to be with Him in Heaven.
Picking up from last time talking about people predicting the Rapture, even though I believe, based on the scriptures in the Bible, that the time of the Rapture can be found out, I am NOT endorsing the PREDICTION FOR early this year as being accurate, by the unnamed person or group as I mentioned in the previous post. Do I hope they are right? Yes. Do I know for certain they are right? NO. Apparently, the person's prediction is based upon calculating the years back in time to Noah, to paraphrase.
I just want to say here, I am not saying they are right to try to predict the time of the Rapture, and I am not saying they are wrong to try to predict it. I actually hope that the person or group is right. In some ways, I hope they are wrong to the degree, the Rapture takes place even sooner, than what was predicted. To me, the sooner the better. However, it is important to be careful and not get caught up in false predictions and false prophecies. Again, thus far, history tells us that everybody who has made such predictions and prophecies have been wrong.
So, what would make this next person and their prediction any different. Once again, I would like to hope that they are right. I, myself, do not know yet, but I would like to find out. If God speaks to me or shows me a specific date for the Rapture, and tells me to talk about it, I will. If He says do NOT say anything about it, I will not say anything.
When I was a very little boy, some years ago, God gave me a dream about the Rapture. He did not give me a specific date. Just to describe a portion of that dream, because I actually still remember it, the Rapture was taking place, and I was in it going up to Heaven with a number of other souls to be with God. Again, I dreamed this many years back as a very little boy.
There was another dream around the same time, that was similar that God gave to me. Although God still gives me dreams, and I have had experiences and even a rapture-like experience, recently, God has not given me any specifics on the Rapture date. So, if I make a prediction or prophecy like THAT, I want to make sure I really heard from God, and I want to be right about what I say.
I do not like to make mistakes or mess up, especially with regards to prophecy and predictons. In some cases, it is better to use the term possiblity; or pardon the contradiction in terms, but also use a conjunctive term like tentative-definitive; meaning not definite, but a very strong possibility to happen, but also subject to change or delay. That is NOT to say I do not trust God speaking to me, because I do.
If God says forget the terms, and come on out and say it, then I will be obedient and say it. I just personally want to make sure it is definitely of God, or that I actually heard from God. I do not want to look like a fool, NOR do I want to make God look bad. As believers in Jesus Christ, we still have to believe, watch and be ready for the coming of the Lord at any time. Believers should always be interested in the Rapture. Every year, we as believers should hope and pray it is the year when the Lord Jesus Christ returns to take us to be with Him in Heaven.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Blogging Outlook For 2011, And Thoughts On Predicting The Time Of The Rapture, Part One
Hello World:
As always, I want to thank God for another new year.In some past years regards to me blogging, I cautioned everyone that I may be slowing down with posts. Each year I said that, I actually ended with more than I thought I would post.
This year of 2011, I really do believe that my posting will be lighter. I do not have a lot to say so far, as compared to last year. That could still change as the year goes on. I do have a list of topics that I want to discuss throughout the year. Before I finish this post today, I want to say some things about people predicting or trying to predict the Rapture down below. I am going to carry talking about predicting Rapture dates over to the next post. So, this is part one.
One of the things, I want to say to everyone who visit my blog, is that, even though my blogging may slow down, there are plenty of quality archive posts here that I have been led of the Lord to do. I have covered a lot of important ground, so to speak, since I started blogging some 5 years ago.
Also, I mentioned this before, a few of my topics are a single post, but a majority of my topics have multiple posts. If you read part 1 or install(installment)1 of a topic on neighbors, for example, know that there are other parts to that topic.
Also, some of my topics do end after II(2) or III(3) parts. Not every topic is the same length. One topic could be 7 parts long, while another could be 5 parts. I believe I have a couple of topic series that are close to or near 12 parts. So, as readers, it is important to search the posts around a topic series to see where a given topic begins and ends, as I try to show that. Another thing I want to mention, is that the search engines are not showing everything. The search engines are not listing all the parts in every series and are not updating efficiently.
Usually, with a particular subject, I will post parts of the subject in sequence or order, back to back, or close to each other. The only exception is my health and nutrition series, which is split and is ongoing. So again, to gain a full understanding of what I am talking about, please check or look for all the parts on a given subject. I want to continue to be led by the Lord to post good quality posts.
Now, as I mentioned above, before I leave this post, I want to say some things in regards to the Rapture, or the rapture of the church or rapture of believers. All the time we hear people come forth and they make predictions about when the rapture takes place. It is important to NOTE that each prediction about a specific rapture date, thus far, has been wrong.
Someone came out and predicted a specific date for the Rapture to happen early in this 2011 year. Now, at this time I want to express that information in general terms, and not mention the exact detailed date that was predicted, because I want people to understand it did not come from me.
There is a lot of debate among believers in Jesus Christ as to whether or not we can know the time of the Rapture. I have taught on this Rapture subject before. I believe that many people misinterpret what Jesus said concerning the Rapture. I do believe that based upon what Jesus actually said, that it is possible to know the time of the Rapture. I talked about this before in my archive posts on the subject. Me saying that, does NOT mean that this person or group predicting the Rapture this year is right or know what they are talking about. I will say more on predicting the Rapture in next post.
As always, I want to thank God for another new year.In some past years regards to me blogging, I cautioned everyone that I may be slowing down with posts. Each year I said that, I actually ended with more than I thought I would post.
This year of 2011, I really do believe that my posting will be lighter. I do not have a lot to say so far, as compared to last year. That could still change as the year goes on. I do have a list of topics that I want to discuss throughout the year. Before I finish this post today, I want to say some things about people predicting or trying to predict the Rapture down below. I am going to carry talking about predicting Rapture dates over to the next post. So, this is part one.
One of the things, I want to say to everyone who visit my blog, is that, even though my blogging may slow down, there are plenty of quality archive posts here that I have been led of the Lord to do. I have covered a lot of important ground, so to speak, since I started blogging some 5 years ago.
Also, I mentioned this before, a few of my topics are a single post, but a majority of my topics have multiple posts. If you read part 1 or install(installment)1 of a topic on neighbors, for example, know that there are other parts to that topic.
Also, some of my topics do end after II(2) or III(3) parts. Not every topic is the same length. One topic could be 7 parts long, while another could be 5 parts. I believe I have a couple of topic series that are close to or near 12 parts. So, as readers, it is important to search the posts around a topic series to see where a given topic begins and ends, as I try to show that. Another thing I want to mention, is that the search engines are not showing everything. The search engines are not listing all the parts in every series and are not updating efficiently.
Usually, with a particular subject, I will post parts of the subject in sequence or order, back to back, or close to each other. The only exception is my health and nutrition series, which is split and is ongoing. So again, to gain a full understanding of what I am talking about, please check or look for all the parts on a given subject. I want to continue to be led by the Lord to post good quality posts.
Now, as I mentioned above, before I leave this post, I want to say some things in regards to the Rapture, or the rapture of the church or rapture of believers. All the time we hear people come forth and they make predictions about when the rapture takes place. It is important to NOTE that each prediction about a specific rapture date, thus far, has been wrong.
Someone came out and predicted a specific date for the Rapture to happen early in this 2011 year. Now, at this time I want to express that information in general terms, and not mention the exact detailed date that was predicted, because I want people to understand it did not come from me.
There is a lot of debate among believers in Jesus Christ as to whether or not we can know the time of the Rapture. I have taught on this Rapture subject before. I believe that many people misinterpret what Jesus said concerning the Rapture. I do believe that based upon what Jesus actually said, that it is possible to know the time of the Rapture. I talked about this before in my archive posts on the subject. Me saying that, does NOT mean that this person or group predicting the Rapture this year is right or know what they are talking about. I will say more on predicting the Rapture in next post.
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