Roman Road #2

Yesterday we learned all of us are sinners in the eyes of a Holy God. Thus we need help to be to be in a relationship with Him because He will not be in the presence of sin. I have some good news!!!

Romans 6:23

23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

First the bad news...because we are sinners we will die. We die physically but we also die spiritually because we are separated from God because of our sin.

Now the good news. God has a gift for you! God sent Jesus Christ to die on the cross for your sins thus He defeated sin and death on the cross and when He resurrected from the grave! Jesus took your place and your sins on the cross! We deserve death and hell for our rebellion against God but God in His great love gave us a gift....Jesus His only Son!!!

When you repent of your sins and put your faith and love in Jesus and make Him Lord and Savior of your life you obtain eternal life with God in heaven forever. there is no other way to heaven but Jesus. That is God's gift to us out of His great mercy and grace for those He made in His image. 

So it is up to each individual to accept or reject the gift of God....Jesus! Which ever you choose has eternal consequences. Choose wisely.

Tom

Roman Road #1

Over the years you may have heard of the Roman Road. The Roman Road is some verses from the bible many use to lead others to Jesus to be saved from their sins and to follow Jesus as Lord and Savior. So over the next several days I want to take you down the Roman Road so you will can lead others to Jesus. We are commanded to share the gospel with others so they may obtain eternal life in heaven but more importantly have a personal relationship with Jesus!

The first scripture is:

Romans 3:23 

23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

All need to know we are sinners!!!! Every single person ever born on this earth are sinners except Jesus! We sin against a Holy God and in our sin we can not bring Him glory. He made us to bring Him glory and have a relationship with Him. We can not have a relationship with God in our sin. God gave us His laws to live by in the old testament. These laws reveal to us how sinful we are as we can not keep them. Look at the ten commandments. We have broken all of them according to the Word of God. So we have a problem. How can we have a relationship with God then if we are sinners? 

The only answer is Jesus! 

Stay tuned the rest of the week as we walk down the Roman Road together.

Tom

I have overcome the world!

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Remember Devil in the end you lose!

Choose friends carefully.

God's word covers every area of life. Here we even see He teaches us about choosing friends:

Proverbs 12:26 

26 The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Followers of Jesus are only righteous because of Jesus. He died for our sins and thus we as followers of Him have become righteous by faith alone in Him as Lord and Savior. As followers we are told here to choose our friends carefully. Find friends who are also followers of Jesus. They will help us grow in our faith. However if we choose friends who follow the worlds ways they will lead us away from Jesus and to sin! 

We also have a duty to lead the lost to the Lord so we will have friends who are of the world but our closest friends whom we spend much time with should be followers of Jesus!

Heed the Word of God!

Tom

Be blessed!

The Lord tells us how to be blessed:

Proverbs 8:32-33 

32 “Now therefore, listen to me, my children,
For blessed are those who keep my ways.
33 Hear instruction and be wise,
And do not disdain it.

Several points to catch here:

1. To be blessed you have to be one of His children. You must follow Jesus as Lord and Savior.

2. You must listen to the Lord.

3. You must keep His ways as defined by His Word....the bible.

4. You must listen to His instruction which can come from His Word or the Holy Spirit.

5. To be wise is to do what He tells you.

6. Never think God's instruction is un worthy to be considered (disdain).

Be blessed....do things God's way! 

Tom