Thursday, February 22, 2007
Forgiveness of Sins
Thanks and praise to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
The Forgiveness of sins
Christ died to obtain it
Col. 1:14:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Col. 1:12-15
12: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Christ lives to bestow it
Acts 5:31:
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 5:30-32
30: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31: Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32: And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him
The Gospel freely proclaims it
Acts 13:38:
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
Acts 13:37-40
37: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38: Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40: Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
The believing sinner possesses it
1 John 2:12:
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
1 John 2:8-17
8: Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9: He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10: He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11: But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12: I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13: I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14: I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
The Forgiveness of sins
Christ died to obtain it
Col. 1:14:
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Col. 1:12-15
12: Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
13: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
15: Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Christ lives to bestow it
Acts 5:31:
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Acts 5:30-32
30: The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31: Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32: And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him
The Gospel freely proclaims it
Acts 13:38:
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
Acts 13:37-40
37: But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38: Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
39: And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
40: Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
The believing sinner possesses it
1 John 2:12:
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
1 John 2:8-17
8: Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9: He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10: He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11: But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12: I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
13: I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14: I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17: And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Labels: 1 John, Christ, Christ Jesus, Colossians, forgiveness, grace, grace of God, save, Sins, trust
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
Gospel For Asia Update-105yrs old just Saved
Thanks and praise to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Sharing the Gospel in India can be fraught with danger. Christians are routinely persecuted in ways that we cannot even imagine. Some are even tortured or killed because of their faith. It is not an easy life.
In spite of the obstacles, God is moving in a mighty way among the people of India. Hearts are being radically changed. In the east Indian state of Tripura, those with a long history of persecuting Christians are turning toward faith in Jesus Christ. Recently a 105-year-old man who had always been hostile to Christians accepted Jesus as his Savior. Read the amazing story of this centenarian's decision to follow Christ.
As this article reminds you of God's amazing grace, please make time to pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in India.
Sharing the Gospel in India can be fraught with danger. Christians are routinely persecuted in ways that we cannot even imagine. Some are even tortured or killed because of their faith. It is not an easy life.
In spite of the obstacles, God is moving in a mighty way among the people of India. Hearts are being radically changed. In the east Indian state of Tripura, those with a long history of persecuting Christians are turning toward faith in Jesus Christ. Recently a 105-year-old man who had always been hostile to Christians accepted Jesus as his Savior. Read the amazing story of this centenarian's decision to follow Christ.
As this article reminds you of God's amazing grace, please make time to pray for our Christian brothers and sisters in India.
Yours for the unreached,
K.P. Yohannan
Founder & President
John 15:1-27
1: I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3: Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5: I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6: If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7: If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8: Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9: As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10: If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11: These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12: This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15: Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17: These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18: If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19: If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20: Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21: But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22: If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23: He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24: If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25: But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26: But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
1: I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3: Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
4: Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5: I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6: If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
7: If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
8: Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
9: As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10: If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
11: These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
12: This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
13: Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15: Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
17: These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18: If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
19: If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
20: Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
21: But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
22: If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
23: He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
24: If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
25: But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
26: But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
27: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Labels: Christ, Christian, GFA, Gospel for Asia, save, true vine
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Save Darfur Coalition-One Day Left
Thanks and praise to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
There is only one day left to make your tax-deductible year-end gift to support the Save Darfur Coalition's efforts on behalf of the people of Darfur.
Together, we can call on the world to address this crisis and stop the violence.
In order to do so, we'll need your help to accomplish three key goals in the coming year:
- Expand our advocacy efforts around the globe by supporting a growing network of human rights campaigners in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Increase the pressure on President Bush and other world leaders to end the genocide in Darfur. Our efforts continue through direct lobbying, letter writing, phone calls, events and rallies, celebrity spokespeople, media outreach, and print, radio, television and online advertising.
- Raise awareness of the crisis and recruit thousands additional activists to help save Darfur.
Please don't be discouraged! Although the violence in the region continues, our efforts are making a difference; the challenge we face now is to expand them significantly in the coming year.
Will you help?
Once again, we thank you for your commitment to stopping the violence and protecting innocent people in Darfur.
Wishing you a very Happy New Year from all of us here at the Save Darfur Coalition.
Best regards,
David Rubenstein
Save Darfur Coalition
P.S. If you would prefer to donate via postal mail, please make your check payable to the "Save Darfur Coalition" and mail to:
Save Darfur Coalition
Post Office Box 18176
Washington, D.C. 20036
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The Save Darfur Coalition is an alliance of over 175 faith-based, advocacy and humanitarian organizations whose mission is to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives of more than two million people in the Darfur region. To learn more, please visit http://www.SaveDarfur.org.
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Labels: Africa, coalition, Darfur, gift, help, save
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
What Is Faith ?
- Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
- Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See synonyms at belief, trust.Faith
Faith is that in which we have a belief in or trust in and cannot physically prove it. The Holy Bible tells us in Romans 10:17 "So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God". This tells us that faith comes from hearing, or reading, the word of God. If we believe in Jesus Christ then we are the children of God. It is that simple. We do not have to prove this to anyone. All we are commanded to do is to spread the word of God throughout the whole world and God will do the rest.
In the time of Moses , before Jesus Christ was born, the law was in effect. Answers.com tells us:
In the time of Moses , before Jesus Christ was born, the law was in effect. Answers.com tells us:
- Law
- The body of principles or precepts held to express the divine will, especially as revealed in the Bible.
- The first five books of the Hebrew Scriptures.In
The Holy Bible it tells us in Galatians 2:16 "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified".
To be justified is to be taken from sin to the state of God's grace. Grace is the undeserving love of God for man. This is not achieved by the works of any kind by man but through the faith of Jesus Christ.
In the Gospel of John one verse sums it up. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life".
God's only begotten son, Jesus Christ, is the only way to the Father. Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God". You see the author and finisher of our faith is Jesus Christ. Where in Matthew it tells us in chapter 22:37 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38: This is the first and great commandment".
I will finish with Galatians and in it you can read that it is telling us again that we are the children of God through our faith in Jesus Christ and not being subjects under the law.
Galatians 3:22-29
22: But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25: But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26: For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27: For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29: And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
To be justified is to be taken from sin to the state of God's grace. Grace is the undeserving love of God for man. This is not achieved by the works of any kind by man but through the faith of Jesus Christ.
In the Gospel of John one verse sums it up. John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life".
God's only begotten son, Jesus Christ, is the only way to the Father. Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God". You see the author and finisher of our faith is Jesus Christ. Where in Matthew it tells us in chapter 22:37 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38: This is the first and great commandment".
I will finish with Galatians and in it you can read that it is telling us again that we are the children of God through our faith in Jesus Christ and not being subjects under the law.
Galatians 3:22-29
22: But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
23: But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
24: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25: But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.
26: For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
27: For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
28: There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
29: And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Labels: belief, believe, Christ, Christ Jesus, Faith, God, grace, Jesus Christ, love, salvation, save, sin, trust
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