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This is Paul Washer of HeartCry Missionary Society . My heart yearns for all of us who have the incredible privilege to call ourselves children of God to burn with passion for our Lord, Savior, God - awesome, holy, sovereign - our Lord God who has no equal is worthy to be praised, honored and worshipped because He is who He is and looks upon us wretched souls and loves us enough to give us all that He has, His one and only begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Knowing this, how can any child of God not desire to give Him all we have? What is so good here on this earth, that we must hold on to it with one hand and try to hold on to God with the other? What causes us to be so double-minded? What is so great about this world? What is so great about our desires outside of God? What is so wonderfully captivating about the things of this world that our minds our not continually renewed and transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit? Lord God, whom have I in Heaven but You? And earth has nothing I de...

I'd like to tell you a story about four people, named: Everybody , Somebody , Anybody and Nobody There was a very important job to be done, and Everybody was asked to do it. Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did. So, Somebody got angry about this, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Somebody would do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t. It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when Nobody did what Anybody could have done. The moral of this story is: Be a Nobody and do what Everybody won’t! Live a life honoring to Christ alone and evangelize, evangelize, evangelize...GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES! Don’t strive to be like Everybody and follow the crowd; don’t pursue to make a name for yourself in this world and become Somebody ; and don’t settle to be just Anybody ; but make your life’s goal to become Nobody so that the Gift of Jesus Christ’s fullness may be displayed in you so that the...

Short answer....NO! And for those of you who’d like for me to elaborate a bit, the following Scriptures support the reason why no one can ever work/earn their way to Heaven: John 14:6 “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Titus 3:4-7 “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of the rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.” Romans 8:22-24 “This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:8-9 “F...

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My old church had a volunteer position called, “Decision Counselors”. As a Decision Counselor, part of my job was to “sign up” new people who desired membership at our church. Part of that “sign up” process was to first ask this question, “In your own words, describe how a person can go to Heaven.” I got some interesting answers, but most times, I’d get the “right” answer, “Ask Jesus into your heart.”, or “Ask Jesus to be your Lord and Savior.” But I didn’t usually get just answer. About 95% of the time people either added a statement right before saying the “right” answer, or something after, “Do good things, read the Bible, obey the Ten Commandments, go to church, believe in God”, etc. Sometimes, the really well-versed would even quote Ephesians 2:8-9 or Romans 10:9-10 , or some other verses that has nothing to do with salvation. To everyone who gave me a “weak” answer, I’d ask a second question, “What does Jesus mean to you ...personally?” These are the responses I received 100% of...

Many people ask , “Can I lose my salvation?” This is truly a tough question. But since the word of God says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” ( Psalm 119:105 ) Let’s look to the word of God to reveal the truth (shine a light) on this question so we can “see” what the answer is: “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 “...for God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.” Romans 11:29 “The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.” Mark 10:26-27 I know many people have a different take on this, but here’s what I believe according to what God’s word says about our salvation. God’s word says that salvation comes only through faith in Jesus Christ ( John 3:16-18 , Acts 4:9-12 , 1 Thessaloni...

Guilt n 1. the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, esp. against moral or penal law 2. a feeling of remorse and responsibility for some offense, crime, wrong, etc. Guilt only leaves you with the revelation of an error, offense, wrong or sin with no hope of redemption, but only with the despair of condemnation. (Leviticus 5:17, Psalm 38:4, 2 Corinthians 2:7) Conviction n 1. a fixed or firm belief, 2. the act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation (the act of proving an error, defect or wrong). Conviction reveals an error, offense, wrong or sin, then opens the light of truth and provides a way out of shame and condemnation, and offers forgiveness, redemption, salvation and freedom in Jesus Christ (Romans 8:1-2, 1 Corinthians 10:13). "As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no los...