A GODLY WOMAN WORLDWIDE MINISTRIES

Add yGod.Our sins separate us from God.  Isaiah 59:2, "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that he will not hear".  It is our sins that make the separation.  In Romans 3:23, we are told, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God".  There is not an accountable person living or who has ever lived (except our Lord), who can say that he has never sinned.  We all need the salvation of God.  1 John 1:8 says, "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us"   Do not deceive yourselves concerning your sins.  Don’t rationalize away what God by saying you have not sinned.  God says that man has a sin problem, but man says that he does not.  Who is right and what are we doing to God when we say that we have no sin?  Continuing our reading in 1 John 1:10, "If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us."  God is always right when He tells us that we have all sinned.

     In Romans 6:23 we read, "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord".  Death is a separation.  When we die physically, our body is placed into the grave, but our spirit is separated from our dead body and goes back to God who gave it.  We are told in Ecclesiastes 12:7, "Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it".  In physical death, there is a separation between our body and our soul.

     In Romans 6:23, we saw that, "For the wages of sin is death".  This is a spiritual death, which is eternal separation from God for those who are lost.  The majority of people will experience spiritual death and be separated from God.  They cannot go and be with God in Heaven.  This leaves only one place for them to go, Hell.  We see Hell spoken of as the second death in Revelation 21:8, "the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death".  The second death is eternal separation from God.   

James 4:14, "Whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow.  For what is your life?  It is even as a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away."

DO NOT make an error concerning your salvation by following what seems right, what you think is right  , or what you feel is right because someone said that we are saved.  The Bible says in Proverbs 14:12, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death".  Our feelings are not a safe guide, but only the word of God is safe and true.

 The word of our Savior say’s  in Mark 7:7, "And in vain they worship Me,  teaching as doctrines the commandments of men".  

This is going to be the only standard for judgment, for our Lord says in John 12:48, "The word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day".

Is your soul not worth more than the whole world and everything in it.  Jesus says in Matthew 16:26, "For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?  Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?"  Your soul is the part of you that is going to continue to live on forever throughout all eternity.  You cannot afford to lose your soul and be eternally damned.

 

Repentance

     What else is the will of the Father that we may please Him so that we may go to Heaven?  Jesus says in Luke 13:3, "I tell you, no; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish."  It is either repent or perish; the choice is ours. But Satan does not want us to repent.  Acts 17:30, "Truly these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent."  All people everywhere, and that includes you and me, are commanded of God to repent. Repent of what?  Repent of our sins.  "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves; and the truth is not in us" (1 John 1:8).  Repent of not fully serving and following all that God says.

     God is pleading with us to repent.  He greatly desires that we turn to him.  He tells us in 2 Peter 3:9, "The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance."  God wants us to repent so we can be saved. He is patiently waiting on us.  But eventually our time will run out.  The longer we put off repentance, the harder our heart gets.

     Repentance is not just being sorry.  2 Corinthians 7:10 says, "For Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death."  If one is only sorry he got caught, then this will not lead to repentance.  Godly sorrow helps bring on repentance. Repentance is not sorrow for sin, but one cannot repent without being sorry he has sinned.  “Let the wicked forsake his way…let him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy on him…for He will abundantly pardon”(Isaiah 55:7).  In repentance, one must first understand he has sinned, feel sorrow for the sin, and then stop and turn away from that sin.  Repentance is a change of heart and a change of mind.  We must make up our mind to stop living life our way and start living it God’s way.  It is making up our mind that henceforth we are going to serve God with all our might and do everything He says.  Matthew 22:37,"Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind."  In other words, we must do it with all of our being.

     Paul teaches “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Certainly not!” (Romans 6:1-2).  To show our repentance we are to “Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance” (Matthew 3:8).  Why should we repent of sins?  “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).  Spiritual death is separation from God in eternity.  Unless one repents he cannot go to Heaven, but will eternally suffer the torments of Hell.  We must give up our sin and “Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body”(Romans 6:12).  “He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sin shall have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13).

     Repentance is a change of heart, which results in a change of actions for the better.  Without repentance we cannot receive forgiveness and be saved.  Where we spend eternity, in Heaven or Hell, is determined by our repentance.  All of Heaven is anxious for us to repent.  Jesus says, "Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents" (Luke 15:10).  

     Romans 2:4 says, "Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing the goodness of God leads you to repentance."  God has been so good to us, and this should cause us to want to please Him in every way.  God, because of His love for us, has done so much for us, and because of this we read in I John 4:19, "We love Him, because He first loved us."  This should cause us to want to repent and do all the things that He has asked us to do, otherwise we do not love God.  Jesus said in John 14:24, "He who does not love Me, does not keep my words." 1 John 2:4 says, "He who says 'I know Him', and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him."  Do you know and love God and Christ?  If you do, you will want to do everything that He says.  In John 14:15 Jesus says, "If you love Me keep My commandments."  Are you willing to show your love to God by repenting?

 

 We have all sinned, and the price for that penalty had to be paid in order for God to be just.  Christ has paid the price for that penalty.  Romans 5:6-10 says, "For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.  For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.  But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that, while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.  Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.  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.”

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How And Why Do We Confess Christ?

     Jesus wants us to confess Him before men.  In Matthew 10:32-33 He says, "Therefore whoever confesses me before men, him, I will also confess before My Father who is in Heaven.  But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in Heaven."  If we deny Christ we are going to be lost.  We must not be ashamed to confess to other people that we believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  Jesus says in Mark 8:38, "For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful world, of him the Son of Man also will be ashamed when he comes in the glory of His Father.

     There are several examples of people confessing their faith in Christ in the Bible.  One is found in Matthew 16:16-17,"Simon Peter answered and said, 'You are the Christ, the Son of the living God  Jesus answered and said to him, 'Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in Heaven.'"  Christ was well pleased with Peter's confession and He will be with ours also. 

     In Acts 8:36-37 a man asked the question, "'See here is water.  What hinders me from being baptized?'  Then Philip said, 'If you believe with all your heart you may'.  And he answered and said, 'I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.'"  Here we see we must believe with all our heart that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and not be ashamed to make that confession to others before we are baptized.  Would you be willing to confess to others that you believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son of the living God?