We’ve been sent to “GO” with a GOOD NEWS life-message. What should this consist of?
EVENING DEVOTION
Tonight, we are encouraged to think about the message that goes out from our heart’s meditations, words, & actions to those around us. What is our life-message that we speak about, portrait & live out to the world around us?
As we read the following Scriptures let us consider some leading questions to meditate on.
1. Does my life-message lead others to salvation & individual revival?
Our salvation message has to go along with Scriptures on the assurance of salvation, helping the believer not to base salvation on a feeling or emotion but on the Word of Truth.
Scriptures on Salvation and the Assurance of Salvation:
John 3:16, Rom 5:5-11, Rom10:10-13, John1:12, 1John 5:11-12, Rev 3:20.
2. Does it originate from truth or opinion?
We have to speak about the truth of Christ’s gospel message.
Joh 16:7-11
(7) Nevertheless I tell you the truth. … I will send Him (the Helper) to you. (8) And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: (9) of sin, because they do not believe in Me; (10) of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; (11) of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
3. Does my message help people making changes towards victorious living & life transformation?
Rom 8:5-6
(5) For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. (6) For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
4. Does our message of revival move people to responsibility for their free will choices?
Time is short… Our message should bring revelation of the consequences of all our choices in this life & lead towards taking responsibility for our choices.
Deu 30:19-20
(19) I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; (20) that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days…
Heb 3:13
(13) but exhort one another daily, while it is called “TODAY,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
5. Does it bring conviction of God’s love & hope in a better future?
The Holy Spirit is our Guarantee of the better promises, the message that can bring about revival in each heart & hope for a better future because of God’s love.
2Co 1:20-22
(20) For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us. (21) Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, (22) who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.
“LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.”
1Pe 4:7-10
(7) But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. (8) And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “LOVE WILL COVER A MULTITUDE OF SINS.” (9) Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. (10) As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Prayer:
Abba Father, thank you for the message of Life to go out to each individual we meet. Help us to know by Your Spirit what Your hearts is for every soul you send on our path. Sharpen our discernment & help us to obey Your voice to bring revival wherever we are. We pray this in Jesus’ name.
Amen
SCRIPTURES as under point 1
Joh 3:16-17
(16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
Joh 1:12-14
(12) But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: (13) who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. (14) And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
Rom 5:5-11
(5) Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. (6) For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (7) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.
(8) But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (9) Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.
(10) For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. (11) And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
1Jn 5:10-12
(10) He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given of His Son. (11) And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. (12) He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
Rev 3:20-22
(20) Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. (21) To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. (22) “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” ‘ “
Each one of us needs to receive our own revelation & understanding of what Christ did for us on the Cross. WHAT a privilege then to gather together around the Communion Table to allow the Holy Spirit to minister to us.
WE NEED TO CHANGE
AS YOU COME to the Communion TABLE… something in you need to CHANGE. • Something in us needs to CHANGE and BREAK, that something can BREAK-THROUGH.
IF NOT – this can MOST LIKELY just become another ritual in our lives.
THE ELEMENTS on the Communion Table
ON this TABLE THERE ARE 3 MAIN ELEMENTS • THE BREAD represents Christ’s BODY broken… • THE WINE / GRAPE-SAP represents His Life & His BLOOD shed for us: • THE CROSS is AN ALTAR – representing A PLACE for the atonement work of Christ, a place of TRANSITION.
THE EXCHANGE at the Communion Table
THIS TABLE also SPEAKS of an ANCHOR-POINT of EXCHANGE!! • You bring your STUFF – put it on the table. • We bring our brokenness, disappointment, hurt, fears, challenges, flaws… our sins. We bring our needs, sicknesses and failures… and lay it down…
• In EXCHANGE we pick up the bread & the wine, the symbols of the victorious Christ… We EAT the elements. It becomes PART OF US as He now becomes part of our life.
Isa 53 :4-5
“4 Surely He has BORNE our griefs And carried our sorrows; … 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”
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PERSONALIZE THE CROSS
• As we REMEMBER Christ ; we ALSO come quickly to REPENT of sins… we FORGIVE passionately… & GET RID of every hindrance!! • We come with HUMBLE, penitent hearts. • What happens here is not a ritual, a custom or religious action… IT is real!! • WE do not only come to RECEIVE – BUT ALSO to ACCEPT it BY FAITH. • You have to PERSONALIZE the Cross for your own life… making this experience at the Communion Table real to your personal life…
THE BREAD
THE BREAD SPEAKS of His Body – BROKEN, BRUISED, BEATEN • We bring our BROKENNESS and LET GO… to receive something new from Him… • We RECEIVE His WHOLENESS in exchanged for our failures & distresses. • NOW we can step into RESTORATION by ACCEPTING His GIFT by FAITH.
THE BLOOD
THE BLOOD SPEAKS of LIFE, Forgiveness, Redemption, HIS Righteousness. It ANSWERS all the accusations of the evil one !!!
In Lev 17:11 it is written: “For the LIFE of the flesh is in the blood, and I (God) have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls.”
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THE ALTAR – THE CROSS
• IN the O.T., the Blood of sacrifice – slaughtered, had to be sprinkled on the ALTAR… • If there was no blood shed – there was no atonement. • On the Via de la Rosa – the way to the Cross, and on the Cross itself, Christ’s Blood was TOSSED, SPRINKLED, SCATTERED and DISPERSED all over…. • It was done as God prescribed it… even in this extreme, harshest way. • God knew how DESTRUCTIVE the sins of this world would become. • God knew how much DEVASTATION our sins will cause to our lives… • Therefore the punishment was so severe… the ULTIMATE PRICE had to be paid FOR us.
AS YOU PARTAKE of COMMUNION
AS you COME… I want to ENCOURAGE you to… • ALLOW Him to touch, cleanse, heal you, set you free & bring you PEACE. • ASK God to wash you with His Blood: “GOD WASH me WHOLE with Your Blood”
Something needs to happen here … and so every time and when-ever we draw near to GOD… Christ said “IT is FINISHED” ; THIS IS IT… this is all you need!
COMMUNION – GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU DISPLAYED
The COMMUNION Table is the heightened symbol or display of God’s LOVE. • This is the EPITOME of WHO GOD IS and WHAT CHRIST did TO establish us into the NEW COVENANT with the Father. • A COVENANT of an ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP with the ONLY TUE God that is real in your life RIGHT NOW, TODAY.
• CHRIST is standing here… with His arms open wide: “My Child…The Father LOVES you… the SON… and the Holy Spirit LOVES you.”
CONCLUSION on my contemplation at The Communion Table
As you leave here today… receive and take hold of His Blood that speaks life to you & KNOW that Christ’s BLOOD WILL help you to overcome!
SALVATION : HAVE YOU ANSWERED THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION OF ALL QUESTIONS? THE QUESTION on THE SALVATION of your soul.
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This Blog will deals with the subject of SALVATION:
SALVATION and ASSURANCE OF SALVATION
A quote from M. Henry: Serious REFLECTION is the first step… towards TRUE CONVERSION.
DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER…
…TO THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION YOU WILL EVER HAVE TO ANSWER ?
HAVE YOU ever CONSIDERED ANSWERING the following QUESTIONS?
ARE YOU SAVED?
ARE YOU A CHILD OF GOD?
HAVE YOU COMMITTED YOUR LIFE TO THE ONE and ONLY TRUE GOD ?
Do you understand WHAT IT MEANS TO BE SAVED ?
DO YOU understand what Christ did for you on the cross ?
Important Note: DIAGRAMS, accompanied with the MOST FUNDAMENTAL scriptures on SALVATION & the QUESTION of ASSURANCE of SALVATION follows below. This will give a basic but clear understanding of what SALVATION as well as ASSURANCE of SALVATION is all about.
There are about 500 scriptures in the BIBLE about SALVATION… Here is one that stands out :
Pro 8:32-36 (32) …blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways. (33) HEAR instruction and BE WISE, and do not refuse or neglect it. (34) Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who LISTENS TO ME… (35) For whoever finds Me [Wisdom] finds life and draws forth and obtains favour from the Lord. (36) But he who misses Me or sins against Me wrongs and injures himself;ALL WHO HATE ME, love and court death.
CONSIDERING THE FOLLOWING…
WHAT IS ON YOUR PROGRAM TODAY?
What does JOHN 3 verse 16 says about SALVATION?
Joh3v16 Hearts
THE QUESTION -/S THAT EVERY HUMAN BEING MUST ANSWER
DID YOU receive the GIFT of LIFE, that was given to you through the PERFECT LOVE of your SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST – God’s only SON ?
DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE SAVED and therefore been set free from the penalty of sin; ETERNAL DEATH?
DO YOU HAVE ASSURANCE OF SALVATION ?
ARE you sure that YOUR NAME will be written in the Book of life in heaven ?
DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING of what is at stake?
DO you know IF you will inherit ETERNAL LIFE ?
IF you can answer “YES” to the above here are some more questions:
Do you understand the PROSESSES of God in your relationship with Him?
WHERE are you now on your walk on the ” WAY of the CROSS ” or your road of SALVATION ?
INVITATION
I trust that as you go through the DIAGRAM, by following the number sequence, it will be self explanatory;
BUT
you are hereby also invited and are therefore very welcome to contact me if you have any interest in having any of the above questions explained.
BUT FIRST of ALL – THE MOST IMPORTANT moment in your life
IF you have not yet cameto a point in time when you have committed your life into the hands of your Creator God; I hereby invite you to email me; sending me your contact details.
It would be a great privilege to lead you in a short prayer towards the SALVATION of your soul and introduce you to your new SONSHIP/DAUGHTER- position IN CHRIST. Or if you are UNSURE on any of the above questions, I would gladly be of help in this regard.
PLEASE CONSIDER THAT THIS CAN JUST AS WELL BE, THE LAST CHANGE YOU WILL HAVE…TO ANSWER TO THIS MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION & INVITATION FROM YOUR CREATOR to become His child
THE FATHER WANTS US TO LIVE CONTINUOUSLY IN HIS PEACE, PRESENCE & JOY: Phil 4:4-7 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the PEACE of GOD, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
IS THIS HOW YOU CAN DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND ?
This PEACE of God in life is only attainable when we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord & Saviour.
As we do this and repent of our sins, we are being pardoned of our sins, by being washed by the PERFECT BLOOD of the LAMB and therefore are able to stand guilt free before GOD, the RIGHTEOUS judge… IN JESUS CHRIST.
I BESEECH YOU ….. PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TODAY – Do Invite JESUS Christ into your life.
AS by invitation above… please contact me if you have made this ultimate decision; in order to make sure that you will also receive ASSURANCE of SALVATION.
VERY IMPORTANT
Your decision is NOT BASED on an EMOTION, BUT on what the Word of God says about your NEW LIFE, IDENTITY & POSITION in CHRIST ( See DIAGRAM).
Therefore, no person and no voice in your head can ever tell you that there was not a specific day that you GAVE your life to God.
Your ASSURANCE of SALVATION is based on the fact that there WAS a DAY; documented in heaven … that YOUR NAME was written in the Book of LIFE!
Because of this decision, you are now the benefactor of an eternal inheritance. You are now named a CHILD of GOD with the FULL inheritance to all the benefits here & hereafter.
You are now being called a SON/DAUGHTER of the MOST HIGH GOD and you stand hidden in Christ; LOVED by the Father with the same amount of Loved that He had for Christ, His Son…
AND you will spend ETERNITY in HIS PRESENCE, TRUTH, PEACE & LOVE
WILL THE DAY of your SALVATION HAVE TODAY’s DATE ???
TWO DIAGRAMS :
JOHN 3 verse 16 – CHRIST is the BRIDGE; redeeming us from ETERNAL DEATH back to ETERNAL LIFE with GOD
Further FOOD for THOUGHT – Explanation to Proverbs 8 v 36 ( Scripture above)
(36) But he who misses Me or sins against Me wrongs and injures himself; ALL WHO HATE ME, love and court death.
According to this scripture…
‘ All who hate God ‘…actually embraces eternal deathbecause of choosing, with their free will, to ignore God AND rather take advise from their own, human, carnal understanding.
We are all mortal men…. Do we really want to get into a competition about WHO is the wisest between us & God?
Do we really want to be at risk of having to spent ETERNITY in the lake of Fire with Satan & all His demonic cohorts just because of pride; not wanting to except that I need God. To belief the lie that I can do this life without God and that I don’t have to care or don’t have a say in where I will end up after my physical death… will cost me an ETERNITY without HIM – a NEVERENDING thirst, pain & separation from God.
We all have been given a GIFT of LIFE.
WHAT we make of it, IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY & will determine our ETERNAL DESTINY!
THE ONE who created you wants to have an UNENDING, LOVE relationship with you… FOR ETERNITY LONG!
IF we BELIEVE it or not…. IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT on ALL of us. It is like the law of GRAVITY: A child does not necessarily belief in it… YET IT IS THERE and IT DETERMINES their EVERY MOVE!!!
SHALOM
Α – Ω
GOD BLESS & KEEP YOU IN HIS PEACE
There are MORE relevant SCRIPTURES & COMMENTS below.
IN AFRIKAANS :
(Die Engels is meer volledig)
VERLOSSING / GELOOFSVERSEKERING
WEET u of U n kind van God is ?
WEET U OF U VERLOS IS van die EWIGE DOOD?
HET U VERSEKERING VAN GELOOF ?
IS U SEKER dat u naam in die Boek van die Lewe geskryf is ?
Waar sal u, uself plaas op die GELOOFS-pad van die ” WEG van die KRUIS ” of SALIGHEIDSPAD ?
Weet u of u die EWIGE LEWE sal of KAN be-erwe ?
GOD BEGEER om u te herstel en te genees binne in Sy ewige LIEFDE, daarom vra Hy u vandag om Hom aan te neem as jou VERLOSSER en SALIGMAKER.
Al wat ons hoef te doen is om Hom in ons harte en lewe in te nooi en Sy liefde te ontvang.
Indien u enige belangstelling het om enige van die bg. vrae beantwoord te hê, volg asb die onderstaande “link” en kontak my gerus … met verwysing na hierdie bladsy
VOLG asb die onderstaande “LINKS”
DIAGRAMME :
JOHN 3 vers 16 – JESUS CHRISTUS is die BRUG wat ons uit die pad na die EWIGE DOOD herstel terug na ‘n pad van die EWIGE LEWE saam met GOD
Druk op die Blok/LINK wat oopmaak. Dit maak oop in ‘n “WORD” dokument aan die onderkant van u rekenaarskerm.
Hier is n skematiese skets van DIAGRAM. Die DIAGRAM op die “LINK” is meer volledieg met STAPPE & SKRIFTE ingesluit.
Johannes 3v16 diagram
UITNODIGING
Ek vertrou, dat soos wat u deur die DIAGRAMME werk en dit stapsgewys volg u dit eintlik baie duidelik sal vind…
MAAR
u is ook baie welkom & word hierdeur uitgenooi om my te kontak indien u enige verduideliking oor enige aspek van bg. inligting benodig. Kontak my asb met u kontak besonderhede.
Dit sal vir my n groot VOORREG wees om u in ‘n kort gebed te lei tot WEDERGEBOORTE in Hom & u bekend te stel aan u NUWE posisie IN CHRISTUS; as SEUN of DOGTER van die Lewende GOD.
MAAR DIE BELANGRIKSTE VAN ALLES – GAAN OOR DIE BELANGRIKSTE OOMBLIK IN U LEWE
INDIEN U NOG NIE BY die punt gekom het of UITSLUITSEL HET OOR HIERDIE EWIGHEIDS VRAAGSTUK – WAT ELKEEN VAN ONS EENDAG MEE GEKONFRONTEER SAL WORD – BEDINK DIT ASSEBLIEF, DAT HIERDIE MOONTLIK DIE LAASTE KANS KAN WEES WAT U HET OM U SKEPPER SE LIEFDES UITNODIGING TE KAN BEANTWOORD… om Sy kind te word.
DIT GAAN VIR GOD DAAROOR OM N PERSOONLIKE VADER-LIEFDE VERHOUDING MET ELKEEN VAN SY MENSE-KINDERS TE HE.
Dit gaan NIE oor n spul religieuse reëls & voorwaardes wat nagekom moet word nie.
ONS is gehoorsaam aan God uit LIEFDE vir Hom, soos wat Hy kom om Sy verbonds-geloftes op ons hart te skryf ( Hebr4)
SPREUKE 8:32,35-36 (32) Luister dan nou na my, seuns; want gelukkig is hulle wat My weë bewaar. (35) Want hy wat My vind, het die lewe gevind en verkry ‘n welbehae van die HERE. (36) Maar hy wat My mis, benadeel sy eie lewe; almal wat My haat, het die dood lief.
Sien asb die verduideliking oor hierdie skrif hier bo (In Engels)
DIE VADER WILL GRAAG Hê DAT ONS DEURGAANS, ELKE OOMBLIK… IN SY VREDE, VREUGDE & TEENWOORDIGEHEID SAL LEEF
Php 4:4-7 4 Verbly julle altyd in die Here; ek herhaal: Verbly julle! 5 Laat julle vriendelikheid aan alle mense bekend word. Die Here is naby. 6 Wees oor niks besorg nie, maar laat julle begeertes in alles deur gebed en smeking met danksegging bekend word by God. 7 En die vrede van God, wat alle verstand te bowe gaan, sal julle harte en julle sinne bewaar in Christus Jesus
IS DIT HOE U , U HUIDIGE DENKE & GEMOEDSTOESTAND KAN BESKRYWE?
Hierdie VREDE van GOD is net verkrygbaar wanneer ons Christus as ons PERSOONLIKE SALIGMAKER & VERLOSSER AANNEEM.
Wanneer ons dit doen & om vergifenis vra vir ons sondes, want almal het gesondig ( Rom3v23)…, word ons skoon gewas met die kosbare Bloed van Jesus, wat Hy aan die kruis vir elkeen van ons gestort is.
DAAR is n DRUPPEL BLOED met JOU NAAM DAAROP!!!
Die perfekte Offer wat Christus na die Vader gebring het… HYSELF… verklaar ons GEREGVERDIG & SONDE-SKULDVRY voor GOD, die regverdige Regter.
EK SMEEK u om die REGTE BESLUIT VANDAG TE DOEN –
NOOI vir JESUS CHRISTUS in u lewe in vandag.
Soos hierbo… indien u HIERDIE BESLUIT geneem het, nooi ek u daarna uit om my te kontak dat u ook duidelikheid kan kry oor u VERSKERING van GELOOF.
BAIE BELANGRIK!!! – :
Die BESLUIT wat u geneem het IS NIE GEBASSEER op EMOSIES nie,
MAAR… op wat die WOORD van GOD sê oor u NUWE LEWE IN CHRISTUS, U NUWE IDENTITEIT asook U POSISIE IN HOM & DIE BE-ERWING van die EWIGE LEWE! ( Sien die skrifte op diagram aangeheg op die link)
DAAROM… kan geen persoon of stemmetjie u vertel dat hierdie dag nie plaasgevind het nie.
VANDAG se datum, saam met u naam, is nou neergeskrywe in die BOEK VAN DIE LEWE in die hemele! U verskering van geloof en KINDSKAP is op skrif gebasseer wat hierdie staaf. ( Sien skrifte ook onderaan)
U is nou, a.g.v u besluit om Jesus aan te neem, n SEUN/DOGTER van die ENIGSTE LEWENDE God. U het nou ook be-erwe die EWIGE LEWE en is mede-erfgenaam saam met Christus aan al die beloftes van die VADER.
Die VADER het u lief met dieselfde LIEFDE as wat Hy Christus liefgehad het. U gaan nou tot in ewigheid, in SY totale VREDE, LIEFDE , WAARHEID, VREUGDE & GOEDHEID deurbring.
SAL HIERDIE DAG… dan die DAG VAN U EWIGE VERLOSSING & NUWE KINDSKAP WEES ?
MORE RELEVANT SCRIPTURES to the TOPIC at hand
THERE IS A BOOK of LIFE
Rev_3:5 He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels
Rev_20:12, 15 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
Rev_21:27 But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
Rev_22:19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
Phil 4:3-7
3 … and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
ETERNAL LIFE
Joh 3:15-16 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS AT STAKE?
Rev_20:15. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
TO WALK IN HIS WAYS
Luk 11:28 But He said, Blessed (happy and to be envied) rather are those who HEAR the Word of God and OBEY and PRACTISE it!
