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Where are you?
Are you at that point where you just know that the things of the world aren’t enough. That you can’t be good enough not
to get worn out, you can’t be kind enough not to get attacked and hurt, can’t make enough money and can’t save
the world. It’s the place where you get tired depressed ,sad ,broke , sick and you have tried everything
but you just know all you have known is not enough. There’s more He’s not a religion. He’s the God who loves you and
convicts you so you may turn and receive salvation.
It’s not about self effort it’s at the end of that. It’s a seeking for the more that somewhere deep inside you
long for. It’s that depth in you that just knows there has to be more. It’s the yes this world is ugly. According to God it’s a fallen place. So why are we here? What is turning from it? Let’s start with why we’re here. I
never understood it. I thought my worldly life was the answer. It wasn’t and blessed be God there is more.
Why are we here? Adam and Eve represent us. God wanted to give them
everything , bless them and favor them and spoil them. Well what did they do? They didn’t appreciate it. They didn’t understand how good it was, until they lost it. He gave
them the good first.
They walked away from God
From the relationship with him, to rule their own lives. Where we are now is that fallen world. It seems good. We like things of it. We feel like it is the reason to be
but we learn by being here it’s all empty without God . That’s when we feel in trouble and start turning to that which whispers in us there is more. Turn to it it’s the
truth. It is the way and the way to turn around the time here towards your real purpose. That is a
relationship with God through Jesus Christ. Jesus took our sin so we can be restored to the relationship God
planned.
The bible says we have all turned from him.
Romans 21: For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God
for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a
lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
So why JesusJohn 3:16 For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten
Son that whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
God loves you so much that despite the punishment we deserve he sent his son to take our beatings, our persecution. He became our payment by suffering, as we should have suffered. He is the only way to our perfect father , who cannot look on us in our sin. When
we believe Jesus and are Baptized with him, we are restored through him, and him only, to that relationship. If you are not a sinner lost
and having fallen short of God then this is not for you.
You need JesusYou have a past that you can’t go back to correct but his love heals that
past. He can go back and wipe that slate clean and make you new.
How are you going to get a new start on your future without Jesus. Jeremiah 29:11 says I know the plans I have for you ….. Plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope . In those days when
you pray I will listen.
So what is turning from that world ? It’s in faith turning and calling Jesus and receiving him as your lord and savior.
Hear JesusThen Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
We all make MistakesFor everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s
glorious standard. Romans 3:23
Everyone Can Call JesusAnd it shall be that everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved Acts 2:21
It’s time to call Jesus“The time promised by God has come at last!’ “The Kingdom of God is near! Repent of your sins and believe the Good News!” Mark 1:15
Confess Him in faith“If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be
saved. For it is believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth you are
saved. “ Romans 10:9-10
Born Again
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.[a]”
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to
be born!”5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to
flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it
pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.” John 3:3-8
BORN AGAIN IS PART OF SALVATION
So Salvation brings you to be born again. I see it like this Adam and Eve were given perfection and they still wanted their own way. So God reversed his plan for redemption rather than us just taking his good and obeying we needed to see what self
without him is like. Hence the fallen world = self without God. That’s where we are when we turn and call Jesus. Just like Jesus said you’d never know some of us are headed that way when he spoke about the new spirit that will live inside us. Being Born Again makes us new but new babies. As we grow we
learn and just like the spirit you may not see what we will look like but keep looking it get’s better.
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Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests
to God. “ Phillipians 4:6“
Continue in prayer and watch in the same thanksgiving;” Col 4:2
“The Lord is near to all them that call on him” Psalm 145:18
Read your BibleMany do not think they will understand it but after you turn to follow
Jesus ask him for help he will help you understand it .“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.’ Psalm
119:105In the word you will find the instructions for this new life. Your life will
change, for the good. Fear not he is with you.
The Holy Spirit And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one
of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Acts 2:38
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
1st Peter 3:21
SalvationSo that is salvation. Being born again, it’s not of our own power, but in the power of the conviction God sends us to turn to Him. It’s
not a religious thing. It’s just a turning from your own ways. to see it wasn’t what you were meant for. Want to say the Salvation Prayer. Well there is no perfect one. None biblically anyway, however the next page will lead you in a heartfelt confession to turn from sin and what’s happening in your life. to God’s way , through Jesus, who is your only way to God. He shed his blood for the forgiveness of your
sins as your Lord and Savior.
Salvation Prayer
Lord Jesus I repent of my sins. I confess that I have sinned against you and the fathers plan. I ask your forgiveness and ask you to teach me a new way to turn from my ways and learn yours. I receive the
sacrifice you made for me that I be made new. Thank you Lord Jesus that I am saved. I make you the Lord and Savior of my life.
Salvation Scripture
For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Ephesians 2:8
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
Romans 6;23
Celebrate
In Samuel 13:3 the shofar was blown (a ancient horn) by the Jewish people to celebrate victory. If you have received Jesus
as your Lord and Savior heaven is celebrating. Blow this shofar that you too may celebrate.
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