If you have read the article, “God and You“, you may be wondering why there are death, evil, destruction, and poverty in the world if God is good and His creation perfect. Despite His holiness, goodness, and love, we, the human race, distrust God and have chosen our own way rather than God’s way. We …
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48005.1 I Have Not Invited Jesus into My Life
You disagree. You have never invited Jesus into your life as your Lord and Savior. If you would like to submit yourself under the rule and authority of Jesus as your Lord and to believe in Him that He alone is your Savior from all of your sins, we encourage you to make that decision …
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48005.2 I Am Not Sure about Inviting Jesus into My Life
I am not ready You acknowledge that Jesus is the only way back to God. You also believe that Jesus died for your sins and that you can experience God’s love and forgiveness through Jesus. But you feel you are not ready to turn your life over to Jesus. If so, we encourage you to …
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48006.1 I Am Not Filled with the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the most important Person in our Christian life. The Holy Spirit has been sent to every Christian. True Christians are indwelt by the Holy Spirit who guides them into all truth. Even Jesus who was fully God (100% divine) lived as fully man (100% human) and was filled with the Holy …
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48007.1 Why God Wants You to Grow
If you are a Christian, you have, no doubt, been repeatedly encouraged to grow in your faith and relationship with God. But have you ever considered why Christian growth is so important? It is emphasized as if it were an “end” — the ultimate goal for a believer. But growth is really a means to …
48008.1 Why It Is Important to Help Others Grow Spiritually
God wants you to grow so that you can realize the full potential of your new life in Christ and fulfill God’s purposes for your life. One aspect of your relationship with God is to help others grow spiritually. God wants you to be His junior partner in helping others realize their full potential as …
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48009.1 Why We Introduce Others to Jesus
You have the amazing privilege and responsibility of telling others about who Jesus is and what He has done for all of us! What is the most important thing that has ever happened to you? If you are a Christian, it was when you decided to receive Christ into your life as your personal Savior …
48010.1 Why Making Disciples
Disciples are students who closely follow and learn from their master to become like him. Every Christian is a disciple of Jesus. We devotedly love and closely follow Jesus our Lord and Savior, learning from our Master to become more like Him (Romans 8:29; 2 Corinthians 3:18; 1 John 3:2). Jesus’ final words to his …
31053 The Good News
For four hundred years, the people of Israel were slaves in Egypt. Can you remember your family history over four hundred years? Their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents—as long as they could remember, they were slaves. The people of Israel knew no other life than the life of slavery. But the truth is that they were God’s …
71001 Intro to Spiritual Beings
In the first pages of the Bible, we’re introduced to God and humans as the main characters. But there’s also a whole cast of spiritual beings who play an important role throughout the Bible, though they’re often in the background. In this video, we begin to explore these beings and how they fit into the …