And
we have seen
and
do testify
that
the Father
sent
the Son
to
be the Saviour
of
the world
(1
John 4:14)
The
most important question in your life is "What will you do
with JESUS CHRIST?" Your answer to that question
reveals both what you truly love and where you will spend eternity.
This
site is designed to help you answer that question correctly, as
well as to grow in the grace and knowledge of the true and living
God. Here
you will find an organized and varied offering of
topics
relative
to faith in the Lord Jesus, from salvation
messages
(as
below),
to Bible
study
and
spiritual
growth,
responses to cults
and
false
doctrine,
etc.,
social
and
historical
issues,
and
video
plus
tracts
for
printing. It is my prayer that this site, which should not be a
substitute for a church, may be used of God to save and sanctify
souls. To His glory, amen.
For
more research on issues here, this Custom
Search
should be more helpful than standard Google searches (which no longer even indexes most of this site).
In
this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God
sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live
through Him.
Herein
is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent
His Son to be the propitiation [complete + final sacrifice] for
our sins (1 John 4:9, 10).
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Know
that someone cares for you and your soul. No matter what country
you come from, or what you look like, etc., or even your
lifestyle, a faithful Christian will want to help you, and most
importantly, help you know the one “who loved me and gave
Himself for me” (Gal. 2:20), and to live for Him. This
requires that we face some eternal truths about ourselves and
about God, about our present condition and about eternity, and in
our heart of hearts want truth over error, and a new life in
Jesus over sin. So we urge you to please take some time for now
and for eternity, and read and believe the most important message
of your life!
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
What am I, Why am I here, and Where am I going?
You are a unique human, consisting of a body, soul and spirit, (1 Thes. 5:21) existing within an exceedingly vast, systematically ordered universe, finely tuned for earthly life with its profound complexity and diversity. All of which testifies to a supreme intelligence behind it, that of the omniscient omnipotent all-sufficient God of the Bible.[1] (Psalms 147:5; Jeremiah 10:12; 51:15; Romans 11:33-36) You are here to decide whether you honestly want the living and true God and what He is, (Luke 19:14; John 3:19-21) by effectually believing the gospel and thereby come to know and express the risen Lord Jesus, (Psalms 116:10; Romans 10:913; Heb. 6:9-10) being a reflection of Him (1 Corinthians 6:20; Matthew 13:43; Psalms 73:20) Or if you want sin over Him, which is shown by choices, (Romans 1:21 2:7,14) and rejecting the gospel of grace. (John 3:36)
For unlike something like a cloud, we have the ability to make choices, including how we use our mind, our tongue, our hands, legs, etc. And we have all miused the good things God gave us, breaking His good laws, and for which choices we are accountable as moral beings, Moreover, every single thing that we do - or fail to do - effects other, for good or evil, varying in degree and scope (disobedience to God is why there is suffering in this world).
Therefore we are all in need of salvation, and the most important choice you are here to make is to choose God, and be forgiven and thereby know and follow the living and true God. And with your mission here being that of growing in your relationship with God, with Him being your ultimate source of strength, security and allegiance, and by His Spirit use the abilities God gave us to make a positive difference in the lives of others, for this life and for eternity.
Right
now you are in one of two spiritual conditions, dead or alive,
serving in one of two spiritual kingdoms, that of the devil's or
that of God's, and headed for one of two entirely different
eternal places, God's Heavenly
City or the Lake of Fire!
Unless you have been saved — “born
again” by the Spirit of God — then your sins
separate you from God, your Creator and giver of life, and you
cannot enter or even enjoy the kingdom of God, a place of
“righteousness, peace and joy in the
Holy Ghost” (Rm. 14:17). That leaves only one other
place, a real place which is completely opposite of Heaven but
just as eternal, a place of “weeping
and gnashing of teeth” (Mt. 8:12).
You
MUST
be saved, but as
a sinner (and all have sinned), you are completely unable to
save yourself on any merit of our own, nor that of any church.
The only person that can save you is
Jesus Christ, the Son sent by
God the Father
to save sinners (1Tim. 1:15), by His shed blood and
righteousness.
It
is this Jesus "who did
no sin," but "went about
doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil" by
the power of the Holy Spirit (1Pet.
2:22; Acts 10:38). Yet after doing everything right, it was
the sinless Son of God who took
responsibility for all that we have done wrong,
paying the price for the forgiveness of all our sins with His own
sinless blood by His death on the cross, and was buried. As it is
written, "All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the
LORD hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all." “Christ
also hath once suffered for sins, the just
for the
unjust,
that He might bring us to God" (Is. 53:6; 1Pet.
3:18).
But
because Jesus alone was truly
righteous, God the Father "raised
Him up from the dead, and gave Him glory" (1Pet.
1:21), and who then appeared to many (1Cor. 15:3-8). It is this
Jesus Christ who now reigns in Heaven
as mankind's present Savior
and future Judge!
It
is because Jesus Christ was "God manifest
in the flesh" (cf. Jn. 1:1,14; 2Tim. 3:16) and
paid for your sins and rose again,
that only He can save you. God looks
at your life and sees that your good deeds can never redeem you,
while your sins condemn you. But
looking at His own sinless Son, He declares that what He did is
enough to save anyone who truly
believes on Him.
However,
now you must respond. You were put
on this earth to make one big decision above all the others. What
you do with the Lord Jesus Christ —
whether you receive Him or
reject Him — reveals
what you truly love, darkness
or light, sin
or Him, and determines not only the
course of the rest of your present life
but also where you will spend ETERNITY!
It
is our earnest and sincere prayer that, by the grace of God, you
will not reject Jesus as your Lord
and Savior but will believe God's
word and ask the Lord Jesus Christ
to save you from your sins, and then
be baptized, and follow
Him.
Do
not play games with your soul and put it off! "Behold,
now is
the accepted time; behold, now
is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2). "How
shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation" (Heb. 2:3)? Do not sin away
your day of grace, and live and die
in your sins and wake up in Hell — to your eternal
horror! Instead may you know the
life that only Jesus can give, both
now and for eternity.
Listen
and obey the word of exhortation God graciously gives you.
"Seek ye the LORD while He may
be found, call ye upon Him while He is near: Let the wicked
forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let
him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him; and to
our God, for He will abundantly pardon" (Is. 55:6,
7). Make your peace with God while
you can, confessing yourself as a
sinner
in prayer to the LORD Jesus,
and asking and trusting Him to save
you. This decision is shown by being baptized in identification
with your Lord, and following Him Who promises true believers, “I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee,” (Heb.
13:5) while warning against those who depart from the Living God.
(Heb. 3:12; cf. Heb. 10:25-39; Gal. 5:1-4; 1 Thessalonians 3:5; 1
Corinthians 11:32
Those
who truly believe will know both now
and forever that they made the right
decision, as to be saved and live for God is indeed the only
right choice! And although in this
world we will face real challenges to our faith, if we look to
Jesus who said, “In
the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world” (Jn. 16:33), we can overcome, and not draw away unto perdition. (Hebrews 10:38,38)
Thanks and glory be to God. ►
PRAYERS
in the BIBLE (most
of them) ►THE
FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ►THE
DEATH PENALTY (capital
punishment in the Bible) ►
PARABLES
of CHRIST
(PDF
here) CATHOLIC
ISSUES
►THE
BIBLE
AND
SO-CALLED
JEHOVAH'S
WITNESSES ►THE
GOD
OF
THE BIBLE
VERSUS
THE
god
OF
THE NOI
(Nation
of Islam; PDF tract below) ►PACT
OF
UMAR
(used
by Islam in attempting to slowly strangle Christianity)
►“CHRISTIAN
SCIENCE”
VERSUS
THE
BIBLE
►EUGENE
SWEDENBORG
— DOCTRINES
OF
DEVILS ►HAROLD
CAMPING
— FALSE
PROPHET ►ARE
WOMEN
PASTORS
BIBLICAL?For
PDF click here ►THE
DA VINCI CODE: TRUE
OR
FALSE? ►JUDE
1:3
BLOG:
Various titles
►CATHOLIC
INVENTIONS
and
DEFORMATION of the NT
CHURCH ►STATISTICS
COMPARING
CATHOLICS
+
EVANGELICALS
►DISAGREEMENTS
under
DIFFERENT
CHURCH
MODELS ►REFUTATION
of Walid Shoebat's
“Them
‘Damned’ Catholics” ►CATHOLIC
and
other modern RESEARCH on APOSTOLIC SUCCESSORS to
PETER ►SELECT
CHRISTIAN
ANSWERS
SITES
(mainly
as regards Catholicism) ►What Is the Catholic Understanding of the Biblical Plan of Salvation?
The link to my Custom
Search may provide improved results for answers related
to Christian faith. A page which shows also shows many selected
links may be seen HERE.
Google (while
biased and liberal) also has their own
https://apologeticssearch.com
search page (usually best to skip past the ads). Please
note
however,
that inclusion
of these resources does not mean I agree with everything a site
may include.
Prayerfully
search the Bible with a heart to know and obey what God teaches,
according to Scripture and its means of establishing Truth.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:16-21, 36).
“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power; When He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day” (2 Thessalonians 1:8-10).
"Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name” (Psalm 103:1).
Copying policy: At present, about half of the pages here are “original” (evident by no other source being given for them, such as "off site" or other attribution), that is, by the grace of God, and permission is granted to copy and distribute these original pages only, but only for free. As the apostle Paul said, “that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge” (1Cor. 9:18). And he prayed that the word of the Lord would have “free course,” (2Thes. 3:1) The Lord will provide for His own workers in the field without us having to charge for or restrict the distribution of the truth and things He has given to us to share.
However, you should not change the content except for formatting purposes or grammatical correction, and any personal comments should be put in brackets [ ]. The source, if known, for non-original material is usually carefully attributed within the document and must be kept that way if any copying is made, which again must not be sold or charged for. Glory be to God. But note that copying material on others sites is subject to their own policies.
Note also that this site is the new location for peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org, archived here, which hosting service retired after many years of service, by the grace of God, and which PeaceByJesus.com used to redirect to. Thanks)
> All Scripture quotations are from the Authorized (KJV) version.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++