The first coming of Jesus Christ:
GOD’S LOVE:
Bible says In the beginning God created heaven and earth. It took him just a week to make the entire universe and he made MAN AND WOMAN
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
IMAGINE your child looks just the way you are ,your own image and when people identify this and say” Hey buddy he/she is an exact copy of yours”. How do you feel? Obviously Happy! God felt the same way when he made the first man [Adam] and first woman [Eve].
GOD’S COMMAND:
He gave them everything they ever needed .He blessed them and said to be fruitful and multiply. He then commanded them not to eat a fruit of a particular tree of ‘knowledge of good and bad’ because it brings death.
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
THE FALL OF MAN:
Tricked by Satan, the deceiver of all time, which appeared to Eve in the form of a serpent, pressed on the woman and her man to eat the forbidden fruit. And they had eaten it. Because they disobeyed God’s command they were punished and were cast out from the beautiful ‘Garden of Eden’.
Genesis 3:4- says, ‘and the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die: For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil .Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
1 John 3: 4 says, ‘Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness’.
By disobeying God’s command Adam and eve have become subjects to God’s anger.
In his Anger God relocated them from the blessed Garden of Eden to a different ground which was cursed too, because of their disobedience.
Genesis 3:24 Says, So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
GOD's heart Grieved:
Despite all this that had happened God was faithful in loving Adam and Eve and his eye never tired looking after them. He blessed them with children and grandchildren, cattle and all other necessary livestock even in farming too. Later as time passed generations multiplied which became great nation spreading across the four corners until one Day when God looked down on earth and saw that
Genesis 6:5-6 says, The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
God’s Anger: In those days except for a man named Noah none else were pleasing in the sight of the Lord God. So God spoke to Noah and said
Genesis 6:13 says,’the end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall you make in the ark, …..…”
Genesis 6:17-22 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die. But with you will I establish my covenant; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall you bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.And take you to you of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
After 40 days and nights of heavy rain…….
GOD’S LOVE:
Bible says In the beginning God created heaven and earth. It took him just a week to make the entire universe and he made MAN AND WOMAN
Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
IMAGINE your child looks just the way you are ,your own image and when people identify this and say” Hey buddy he/she is an exact copy of yours”. How do you feel? Obviously Happy! God felt the same way when he made the first man [Adam] and first woman [Eve].
GOD’S COMMAND:
He gave them everything they ever needed .He blessed them and said to be fruitful and multiply. He then commanded them not to eat a fruit of a particular tree of ‘knowledge of good and bad’ because it brings death.
Genesis 2:16-17 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
THE FALL OF MAN:
Tricked by Satan, the deceiver of all time, which appeared to Eve in the form of a serpent, pressed on the woman and her man to eat the forbidden fruit. And they had eaten it. Because they disobeyed God’s command they were punished and were cast out from the beautiful ‘Garden of Eden’.
Genesis 3:4- says, ‘and the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die: For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil .Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
1 John 3: 4 says, ‘Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness’.
By disobeying God’s command Adam and eve have become subjects to God’s anger.
In his Anger God relocated them from the blessed Garden of Eden to a different ground which was cursed too, because of their disobedience.
Genesis 3:24 Says, So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
GOD's heart Grieved:
Despite all this that had happened God was faithful in loving Adam and Eve and his eye never tired looking after them. He blessed them with children and grandchildren, cattle and all other necessary livestock even in farming too. Later as time passed generations multiplied which became great nation spreading across the four corners until one Day when God looked down on earth and saw that
Genesis 6:5-6 says, The LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
God’s Anger: In those days except for a man named Noah none else were pleasing in the sight of the Lord God. So God spoke to Noah and said
Genesis 6:13 says,’the end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall you make in the ark, …..…”
Genesis 6:17-22 And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and everything that is in the earth shall die. But with you will I establish my covenant; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons' wives with you. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall you bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive.And take you to you of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
After 40 days and nights of heavy rain…….
Gen 7:21-23 says,’And all flesh died that moved on the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man: All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. And every living substance was destroyed which was on the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark’.
Gen 8:1-3 says,’And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
God’s made a covenant with Noah:
Gen 9:9-15 Says,’ And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
GOD’S FEAST, COMMANDMENTS AND LAW
The families of the sons of Noah and their generations multiplied, from them the nations spread across the earth. Few generations passed by but God saw that he was not in the minds of people. God saw that his creation, mankind whom he loved so much had neither comprehended sin nor Satan which was rampant deceiving people of God and luring them to commit sin and go against God thereby provoking him once again to anger. God knew that man is but mere dust and will return to dust (mortal). He then clamed and had compassion on mankind and intended to make known what he wants from his people, with his everlasting love he wanted them back even their ever wandering hearts. He instructed his people through Moses in the wilderness, giving them clear commandment, Law and Feasts to follow and observe.
Gen 8:1-3 says,’And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
God’s made a covenant with Noah:
Gen 9:9-15 Says,’ And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you;
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there anymore be a flood to destroy the earth. And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
GOD’S FEAST, COMMANDMENTS AND LAW
The families of the sons of Noah and their generations multiplied, from them the nations spread across the earth. Few generations passed by but God saw that he was not in the minds of people. God saw that his creation, mankind whom he loved so much had neither comprehended sin nor Satan which was rampant deceiving people of God and luring them to commit sin and go against God thereby provoking him once again to anger. God knew that man is but mere dust and will return to dust (mortal). He then clamed and had compassion on mankind and intended to make known what he wants from his people, with his everlasting love he wanted them back even their ever wandering hearts. He instructed his people through Moses in the wilderness, giving them clear commandment, Law and Feasts to follow and observe.
Unintentional Sin:
Lev 4:1-3 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Num 15:25,27 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:…. And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering
Through Num 15:25-29 and other scripture portions you will see that God has invited people for forgiveness of sin committed in ignorance only! I.e. in those days there was only one manuscript and may be the proper understanding of commandment wasn’t there initially so God was kind enough to shown a way out, to obtain forgiveness from God for unintentional sins committed by his people through sacrifices, but Satan yet again deceived and caused people to blunder against God. He misled people to follow this procedure as a regular practice for forgiveness of sins for intentionally committed sins. God gave law and commandments to make his people know what God Likes and dislikes were but the father of deception, Satan, left God with no choice but to punish everyone who did not obey the law. For man was given a free will to choose for himself either Obedience or disobedience towards God. When the true meaning of sacrifice no longer remained exact ,God hated their falsehood and vain sacrifices they offered.
Isa 66:1-4 says, Thus said the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build to me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, said the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word. He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
God never intended people to opt wrong ways when he gave Law, which is crystal clear, not to commit sin against God. But man has always looked for easier ways and had often fallen in snare of the fowler, so did our ancient renowned scribes and priest [Mosaic Law-book holders] in their ignorance probably. They had more habitually to misuse the Law and have piled up lots of unforgivable sins on himself and on others. King David said ‘It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law. Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Psalm 119:126-128
Isa 55:10 says, So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
God gave the free will for man to choose between life and death. This is what he said concerning sin.
Deu 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and you hang him on a tree:
Deu 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
God gave freewill to man:
Deu 30:15-20 says, See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land where you go to possess it. But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days on the land, where you pass over Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before your life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live: That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may hold to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: …..
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH
Romans 5:12 wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned
Romans 6:23 for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Types of Death
First Death-dust he shall return
Gen 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Gen 3:19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Second Death-Lake of fire
Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Rev 20:14-15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Seeing man misused his free will and many were worthy of eternal death God was worried about his people Just the way a Mother would for her rebellious children .Out of his overflowing Love he promised a ‘messiah’ meaning Saviour, Through his prophet Isaiah, who will fulfill the law and overwrite the Law .He will take the sins of whole mankind on his shoulders and die for them.
The prophecy of Isaiah concerning the messiah is written Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I (God) divide him(Jesus) a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Few more prophecies by others concerning ‘Messiah’ are displayed in the picture
Lev 4:1-3 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them:
Num 15:25,27 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance:…. And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering
Through Num 15:25-29 and other scripture portions you will see that God has invited people for forgiveness of sin committed in ignorance only! I.e. in those days there was only one manuscript and may be the proper understanding of commandment wasn’t there initially so God was kind enough to shown a way out, to obtain forgiveness from God for unintentional sins committed by his people through sacrifices, but Satan yet again deceived and caused people to blunder against God. He misled people to follow this procedure as a regular practice for forgiveness of sins for intentionally committed sins. God gave law and commandments to make his people know what God Likes and dislikes were but the father of deception, Satan, left God with no choice but to punish everyone who did not obey the law. For man was given a free will to choose for himself either Obedience or disobedience towards God. When the true meaning of sacrifice no longer remained exact ,God hated their falsehood and vain sacrifices they offered.
Isa 66:1-4 says, Thus said the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build to me? and where is the place of my rest? For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, said the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word. He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offers an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations. I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
God never intended people to opt wrong ways when he gave Law, which is crystal clear, not to commit sin against God. But man has always looked for easier ways and had often fallen in snare of the fowler, so did our ancient renowned scribes and priest [Mosaic Law-book holders] in their ignorance probably. They had more habitually to misuse the Law and have piled up lots of unforgivable sins on himself and on others. King David said ‘It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law. Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold. Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Psalm 119:126-128
Isa 55:10 says, So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
God gave the free will for man to choose between life and death. This is what he said concerning sin.
Deu 21:22 And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and you hang him on a tree:
Deu 24:16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
God gave freewill to man:
Deu 30:15-20 says, See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil; In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land where you go to possess it. But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days on the land, where you pass over Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before your life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live: That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may hold to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: …..
THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH
Romans 5:12 wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned
Romans 6:23 for the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Types of Death
First Death-dust he shall return
Gen 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Gen 3:19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
Second Death-Lake of fire
Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
Rev 20:14-15 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
Seeing man misused his free will and many were worthy of eternal death God was worried about his people Just the way a Mother would for her rebellious children .Out of his overflowing Love he promised a ‘messiah’ meaning Saviour, Through his prophet Isaiah, who will fulfill the law and overwrite the Law .He will take the sins of whole mankind on his shoulders and die for them.
The prophecy of Isaiah concerning the messiah is written Isaiah 53:12 Therefore will I (God) divide him(Jesus) a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Few more prophecies by others concerning ‘Messiah’ are displayed in the picture
Not desiring that Man should die in Law, God gave mankind yet another option, for he LOVED them so very much
Love manifestation:
Christ loved us first before we loved him! He clearly shows it by leaving the heavenly realms and glory and came down to us to make way for you and for me to walk. He shed his blood on the cross for the forgiveness of sins of mankind, thereby made us eligible to be received by God for eternity .He has forgiven us of our sins while we were still in sin. This is pure grace, not because you and I deserved it. It’s simply an unmerited favor granted for all, because he loved. He came to show light that you and I may walk in that light, he came forgive us of our past no matter how bad it was ,instructed us how to live our present in the fear of God and his judgments and promised a hope to live with him for eternity to everyone who believed.
John 3:16-18 says,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 . For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jesus came
1. To save you
2. To give you eternal life
How can you be saved?
Luke 5:32 Says, I (Jesus) came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matt 26:28 for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Eph1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace
Romans 5:8-9 But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him
1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness if we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Acts 16:30-32 …, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spoke unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house
Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
JESUS SAID:
John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 8:12 then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 14:6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bear fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
How shall I receive eternal life?
Let’s see what Jesus said-
Matt 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why call thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments
John 3:3-8…., ‘Jesus answered and said to him, truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water(water baptism-outward) and of the Spirit(holy spirit baptism-inward), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again. The wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.’
When you are born of Spirit you will no longer do thing according to your own will/desire but according to the will of the spirit of God which resides inside of you.
John 14:16-21 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also. At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Matt 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Gal 5:16-17 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Rom 8:15 For as many as are LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, they are THE SONS OF GOD.
WALKING IN LUST:
Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envying, murders, drunkenness, revelling, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
English Definitions with bible reference
Adultery - extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
Fornication -or voluntary sexual act between persons not married to each other
Uncleanness - dishonoring their own bodies-homo sexual
Lasciviousness - feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Idolatry - the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God
Witchcraft -the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
Hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
Variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Emulations - effort to equal or surpass another
Wrath - intense anger
Strife - lack of agreement or harmony,
Seditions - an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
Heresies - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion, any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
Envying - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
Murders - kill intentionally and with premeditation,
Drunkenness - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Revelling - unrestrained merrymaking, celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
They which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
1 John1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Gal 5:22-26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
Love manifestation:
Christ loved us first before we loved him! He clearly shows it by leaving the heavenly realms and glory and came down to us to make way for you and for me to walk. He shed his blood on the cross for the forgiveness of sins of mankind, thereby made us eligible to be received by God for eternity .He has forgiven us of our sins while we were still in sin. This is pure grace, not because you and I deserved it. It’s simply an unmerited favor granted for all, because he loved. He came to show light that you and I may walk in that light, he came forgive us of our past no matter how bad it was ,instructed us how to live our present in the fear of God and his judgments and promised a hope to live with him for eternity to everyone who believed.
John 3:16-18 says,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 . For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Jesus came
1. To save you
2. To give you eternal life
How can you be saved?
Luke 5:32 Says, I (Jesus) came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Matt 26:28 for this is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Eph1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace
Romans 5:8-9 But God commended his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him
1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness if we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Acts 16:30-32 …, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spoke unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house
Acts 4:12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
Acts 2:21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
JESUS SAID:
John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 8:12 then spoke Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life
John 10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
John 10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
John 11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 14:6 Jesus said unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 15:1-2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bear fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
How shall I receive eternal life?
Let’s see what Jesus said-
Matt 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto him, Why call thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments
John 3:3-8…., ‘Jesus answered and said to him, truly, truly, I say to you, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water(water baptism-outward) and of the Spirit(holy spirit baptism-inward), he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again. The wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound thereof, but cannot tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.’
When you are born of Spirit you will no longer do thing according to your own will/desire but according to the will of the spirit of God which resides inside of you.
John 14:16-21 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also. At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Matt 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Gal 5:16-17 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Rom 8:15 For as many as are LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, they are THE SONS OF GOD.
WALKING IN LUST:
Gal 5:19-21 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envying, murders, drunkenness, revelling, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
English Definitions with bible reference
Adultery - extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
Fornication -or voluntary sexual act between persons not married to each other
Uncleanness - dishonoring their own bodies-homo sexual
Lasciviousness - feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Idolatry - the worship of idols; the worship of images that are not God
Witchcraft -the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world
Hatred - the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
Variance - a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions
Emulations - effort to equal or surpass another
Wrath - intense anger
Strife - lack of agreement or harmony,
Seditions - an illegal action inciting resistance to lawful authority and tending to cause the disruption or overthrow of the government
Heresies - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion, any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position
Envying - a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another
Murders - kill intentionally and with premeditation,
Drunkenness - a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol
Revelling - unrestrained merrymaking, celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities
They which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
WALKING IN THE SPIRIT
1 John1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Gal 5:22-26 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.
LORD JESUS HUMBLE PRAYER BEFORE CRUCIFICATION FOR YOU AND ME:
These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. And now, O Father, glorify you me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was. I have manifested your name to the men which you gave me out of the world: your they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept your word. Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are of you. For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from you, and they have believed that you did send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you have given me; for they are yours.
And all mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.[John 17]
These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. And now, O Father, glorify you me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was. I have manifested your name to the men which you gave me out of the world: your they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept your word. Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are of you. For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from you, and they have believed that you did send me. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you have given me; for they are yours.
And all mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth. As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.[John 17]