Faith based on KNOWLEDGE

What is the difference between a
fatalistic “what will be will be” philosophy & a
trust in God’s sovereignty;

that He is in control of everything?
 

The first is hopeless resignation & wishing
The other is a CERTAIN HOPE based God's promise.
Also, on knowledge & a relationship with God the creator of the universe and all that is in it.
The only rational way to trust God consistently is to know Him personally & experience His faithfulness and as you experience trusting Him your confidence, faith and trust in Him will grow.
Rather than look to someone or something else, look to the one who made you, who loves you and who gave His life so that you can have a personal, eternal relationship with Him.
Get to KNOW God.
Learn to listen to Him, trust & obey Him.
Learn to REST in Him.

“Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;

my hope comes from Him.”Psalm 62:5 (NIV)

 

Faith based on KNOWLEDGE

What is the difference between a
fatalistic “what will be will be” philosophy &
trust in God’s sovereignty?
The first is hopeless resignation & wishing
The other is HOPE based on knowledge & relationship
with God who is in control!
The only rational way to trust God consistently is to know Him personally & experience His faithfulness as you experience trusting Him rather than look to someone or something else.

Get to KNOW God & you can Trust & Obey
You can REST in Him
“Find rest, O my soul, in God alone;

my hope comes from Him.”
Psalm 62:5 (NIV)

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We all have a sin problem that is insurmountable without Divine intervention - we all miss the mark of God's perfection. It matters not how good you act or that your parents or anyone else have a good relationship with God because your problem with sin is personal and "they" can never make you perfect.
Only Jesus can do that by applying His payment for sin to you!

Quit relying on wishing or thinking or believing in something you did like walking an isle or praying some prayer. Believe in Jesus for it is by Grace through Faith alone that you can be forgiven and brought into a right relationship with God. (Ephesians 2:8-10)
Jesus, who never sinned, was made by God the Father to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him; in Jesus we have God's righteousness or perfection. (2 Corinthians 5:21) 

Don't tell me what you have done good, because it only takes one time of not putting God first for you to be a sinner. All of us are! (Romans 3:23) Once you are no longer perfect, you become imperfect and in need of a Savior. The ONLY one who can do that is Jesus as He is THE way, THE truth and THE life! (John 14:15)

So, quit "wishing and hoping" and give your life to God and receive the life of Jesus; He will give you a new life (2 Corinthians 5:17) let you love Him and be used by Him to do good things and help people and obey Him as you go about growing Spiritually and helping others grow too. "Go therefore and make disciples..." (Matthew 28:19)

Doing any of these things good or bad has no affect on if Jesus loves you.
God loves you because of who He is.
God wants you to believe.
Believe and become a child of God who is forgiven.
Don't try to get better to come to God - come as you are!
He loves you, not what you have or have not done and He wants to forgive you.
Believe or Trust in Jesus and be forgiven; be saved...

THEN, cooperate with God as He changes you and lets you begin experiencing all you are and have in Jesus! "be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." (Romans 12:2)

 

Free to love & obey Jesus

We have all done or thought things we regret or are ashamed of, but on the cross Jesus paid for all sin.
As Christians it is time to quit trying to deal with what Jesus paid for and learn how to live in the "Promised Land"; the place where if you listen to God the work, the thing to do and the victory are all His. Only obedience is our responsibility.
If we have our Ai and try to do things on our own or rebel, we can confess it and get back to walking with God in VICTORY!

In the story of your life,
are there some pages you would not want read?
Give your life to Jesus & all of that will be
covered by the blood He shed in your place.
It is done with once you believe!
Forget it or use it to help others but
never again live under the guilt of “it”!

Don't worrry, be happy.. can you?

Are you happy?
If Heaven is a happy place & a perfect place, then why don't we spend more time & energy preparing eternity there & why aren't Christians happier now too?
4  But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
5  even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
6  and RAISED us up with Him, and SEATED us with Him in the heavenly places IN Christ Jesus,
7  so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
8  For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9  not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
10  For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. Ephesians 2:4-10 (NASB)

Verse 6 kinda thrills my soul & encourages me to love God and join in with Him in those works of His He wants to do through me in verse 10.
Walking in God's will is a happy place no matter how things look through my eyes if I trust Him & I truly believe my eternity is secure based on what Jesus did for me!
Appreciating Grace leads to loving obedience like Jesus said in John 14:15 & other places.

Live or work out your salvation the same way it started and the same way it is finished - by grace through faith!

Be Happy! God is at work in you both to will and to do His good pleasure!

"for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure."
Philippians 2:13 (NASB)


 

Which are you?

Saved or lost?
How do you know?
Are you sure?

 

 

 

 

If you have questions or need more help with your Christian walk or having a personal relationship with Jesus, please write -
perhaps some previous post may help too.
 

Trust God & His Word

What God says is important!
I used to have an old bumper sticker that said:

God said it,
that settles it.
I believe it.

It started out that the "I believe it" was in the middle but a Pastor friend (Thanks Tommy) pointed out to me that my belief had no bearing on the statement so I corrected it to read as above.
 
My belief allows me to enjoy the blessings & benefits of what God has said and that God given to all who believe.
We are lost because we have not believed.
or
We are 'saved' because we have by the grace of God believed.
"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." John 3:18

Look at the context, look at the verb tenses, look at the biblical meaning of words and judge all your experiences and ideas by what God says; don't bend it to make it fit your feelings or what some book or person said.
Put your thinking in the right order!
What God says is settled; it is truth!