Hi it's me again Steven Harris. It's been a while since I last wrote anything. For those of you who don’t know, I wrote a brief tract about four years ago. I’m in a wheelchair and it tells about my life and what I know to be true. You can read it by following this link. The Lord wants me to share with you some awesome things He has shown me in his word a.k.a. the Bible. It is amazing how much God has been working in my church, my friends and in me. It is unbelievable what can happen in four years. Ever since the tsunami, I had been praying to the Lord to give me wisdom for new things to share on my website and to other people. What do ya know, the Lord answered that prayer and many others for my church and me. So let me share with you what the Lord has shown me, with the help of His Holy Spirit.
1 John 4:7-16
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
13 We know that we live in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
1 John 5:1-5
1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 This is love for God: to obey his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, 4 for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
Jesus will give you strength in the midst of hard times. I don’t know of anything in this world’s system that can give you strength in the midst of difficult circumstances. The world usually says, “here, take this pill, or give up,” but Jesus promises strength and guidance through His Holy Spirit. These are promises. Unlike the world, which is not sure what they have will work. Its like when the doctor gives you medication, he’s not always sure if it will work or not. I guess what I’m saying is when you give Jesus your heart and life, He will give you strength in those tough times. The tough times may not go away, but He’ll help you through it. If He can help me overcome my pain, He can help anybody.
1 Peter 2:6-8
6 For in the Scriptures it says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion,
a chosen and precious cornerstone, and the one who trusts in him
will never be put to shame.” 7 Now to you who believe, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected
has become the capstone,” 8 And, “A stone that causes men to stumble
and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message–which is also what they were destined for.
If you’re a male or female, loved or hated, rich or poor, weak or strong, bad or good, smart or not so smart Christian, Muslim or Jew, everyone is destined to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. He died once for all for everybody, not just one set group of people or one generation, but for all people and every generation. He loves everybody just the same. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve done.
Romans 10:11-13
11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame." 12For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 For, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
1 Peter 3:10-12
10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil
and his lips from deceitful speech. 11 He must turn from evil and do good;
he must seek peace and pursue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
and his ears are attentive to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
But there are consequences for not accepting God’s free gift of salvation. Because without Jesus we can’t be made right with God. If we’re not right with God we have to be cast away from His presence. I’m not talking about some fun place where you don’t see God. I’m talking about a burning hell where no human should ever go. It was made for satan and the fallen angels, which are demons. If we listen to God’s message and have a relationship with Jesus, we don’t have to worry about being away from God for all eternity.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in[a] Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Peter 3:18
For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive by the Spirit.
then john 3:16-18
Jesus himself was explaining God's plan for the salvation of the world to one of the religious teachers of the day named Nicodemus. In John 3:16 - 18 NIV of the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus painted the picture this way:
16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not parish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son."
Jesus, the Prince of Peace wants you to come home. All you have to do is ask Him into your life. Ask Jesus into your heart, to take away your sin so you can serve Him without being bound by it. God sent his Son to the world, or gave His Son rather, so that one day he would be sacrificed for us. Jesus shed His blood on the cross so that it might cover our sins. He was sacrificed once for all sin.
I’ve found it's more than just having a head knowledge of Him, but its making Him the heart of your life. It would be like having a friend you know is there but not doing anything with them or having a gift that you never open. So when you hear someone ask if you’ve accepted Jesus into your heart, they’re asking you if you’ve made Him the center of your life.
1 Corinthians 15:3-4
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 That he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures.
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