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…the decision of faith. If You Could Sum Up Your Life In One Word or Phrase, What Would It Be ???. The Life…. I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (Jn. 10:10b).
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If You Could Sum Up Your Life In One Word or Phrase, What Would It Be ???
The Life… I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (Jn. 10:10b) Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. (2 Cor. 13:5-6)
What are some reasons to become a Christian??? Eternity sin need
The Need of Nicodemus… Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him.” (Jn. 3:1-2) Jesus’ Response… “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.’ (Jn. 3:3)
Do We See Our Need??? Will We Admit We Have A Need ???
The Deal With Sin… Sin Costs and Hurts… For the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23a) Sin Separates… After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:24)
Jesus Forgives Sin and Restores the Results of Sin… Reconciliation… …if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. (2 Cor. 5:17-19)
Our Decision… Someone has to pay… Christ is Savior and Lord… “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” Jn. 14:6