CHRIST IS ALL

Col 2:9
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.

Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of all that was written in the law and the prophets. There is no other Savior, nor will there ever be another Savior. He is all in all. And to us he has passed on the authority and righteousness found only through faith in him. In Christ we are completely restored to the perfection we had in the beginning. In Christ we are made partakers of all the promises made to the fathers: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them." (Matt 5:17). We are restored to kingship and sonship with God the Father. We are made heirs of the Kingdom, promised since the beginning of the world. Not only is life eternal ours now through Christ, but the lordship over all creation which was given to Adam in the beginning is ours now as well.
Christ is the Kingdom. When once he has become our King, then we are kings reigning alongside him. He is God, who existed eternally with the Father. Yet for our sakes he became a man, and his Spirit entered the earth through the miracle of the virgin birth. The man born to Mary was inhabited by the Spirit of the One who had originally created the entire material universe. He left his heavenly glory to become a man, in order that through his life, death, and resurrection men might again be raised to the status of sons of God.
Christ now sits at the right hand of the Father, not simply as the Son of God who preexisted forever with the Father, but as a man raised from the dead in a glorified body. He is seated next to the God of creation in a body that was once flesh, but is now an eternal body raised from the dead, never to die again. He is the first man to be forever raised from the dead. He is mankind's representative in the heavens. And everything Christ possesses as a man raised from the dead, he has given to us. He chose to give his life for the life of the world. Now every promise, every privilege, every gift, every good thing the Father has bestowed upon Christ is granted to everyone who accepts Christ as personal Savior.
This Savior is the king, the leader of all those who come to God through him. He is the Head of the Body comprised of all believers. He is the high priest, who intercedes for and grants righteousness to all those who trust in him. His blood erases the sins of all those who have chosen to trust in him. What can wash away our sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. Nothing but his blood will suffice, and suffice it does. The Father accepts all those who believe in Jesus, as he would accept Christ himself. It pleased the Father to give every believer the same glory, righteousness, purity, and power that his Son possesses. Christ is the salvation of the children of Israel and the Seed of David who gave the right of adoption into the Kingdom of God to all nations: "For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John." (Matt 11:13). Once Christ came, the prophecies were no longer prophecies--they were accomplished fact. The Messiah had come.
Since Jesus is all in all and coexisted with the Father from the beginning, he can do all things which God can do, and he has chosen to give everything he has to all who believe. All the promises, from material blessings to everlasting life, are ours, "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are 'Yes' in Christ. And so through him the 'Amen' is spoken by us to the glory of God." (2 Cor 1:20). The Kingdom is ours. Victory over all evil is ours. Every spiritual gift is ours. Absolute absolution is ours. Perfect righteousness is ours. Complete forgiveness is ours. The power of God is ours. Healing is ours. Prosperity is ours. Freedom from sin and sin's devastating effects is ours. We have the right to rule and reign in this life through our faith in the Son of God. We have dominion over all in his name. We are more than conquerors through him who loves us.
How marvelous is this plan of God! How complete is our redemption from all evil, from everything which hurts or destroys! How fantastic is the news we have to tell of Christ's love! That God would love us so, and send his Son to bring us back to himself is simply incredible! Once we are in Christ, there is nothing that can in any way harm us. There is nothing in this world that can in any way remove the believer from the love and goodness of God. This is the gospel Jesus came to the earth to preach. This is the power he demonstrated in his triumph over sickness, sin, and death. He sent his Spirit to live within us, so now he is with us wherever we go and with us in whatever we do. This is the faith of the saints. This Christ, who conquered death, hell, and the grave for us, is our defender. We need no other Savior.
The Kingdom of our Lord and Savior began to be established the day he rose from the dead. It has spread throughout the world from that time to this. Slowly, believer by believer, soul by soul, one changed heart by one changed heart, has this Kingdom grown. Little by little, the promises the prophets gave us are coming to pass. Now we are entering the final hours of the age. A new age is dawning soon. The Golden Millennium of our Savior is at hand. The Kingdom of God is rapidly being revealed, and soon will be seen by every eye. Millions are coming into the Kingdom in these last moments before our Savior's triumphant return as King of Kings. His people are learning to stand up and be counted. His people are learning again how to exercise their authority. His people are being prepared to usher in the greatest Kingdom this world has ever seen. His people are being called to go forth and establish a new order upon the earth. His people are being called to establish righteousness and justice upon the earth. The Body of Christ is being led by him who cannot be defeated and they too cannot be defeated, as long as their trust is in him.
Jesus is who we are to trust in, but we are to trust as much in what he did for us, as we are to trust in who he is. We are to have faith in what he accomplished, so all he promised us can be ours today. Whenever believers trust in Christ and in his finished work, they find the power they need for every situation. Jesus is right here, right now, working through them. Jesus is right here, right now, doing his work. Jesus is right here, right now, in the person of the Holy Spirit working miracles and performing wonders. Jesus is here to answer the cry of any who need him and want him. Jesus is leading us onto victory.
The unbelieving world is descending into darkness and rebellion against our great King. They are rejecting his offer of friendship and eternal life. They are turning their back on our Lord and going their own way, and all the while satan is deceiving them. They are wallowing in their own sin and their own blood. They consider the blood of Christ to be of no value to them. They mock and disregard the good news of the Kingdom. But it makes no difference what the world may do, the Body of Christ is going to be victorious. Christ will never let us down, even to the last day. We will always be safe in him.
Let the world go on their merry way. It will not stop us from proclaiming the good news to every man, woman, boy, and girl. Christ demands that his word be preached. Christ works only by his Spirit, through the power of his word. Christ backs only his word, and he will back nothing but his word. The prophets have already told us what to expect and what will happen. The apostles have already told us what we must do. Christ waits for us to believe him, and follow the plan he has laid out for us. He stands waiting to act on the behalf of all who put their trust in him. Christ will give us the Kingdom. We needn't worry about that. What we must focus on is to take others with us. What we must strive for is the proclamation of this message. What we must seek after is the salvation of those around us. We must share this good news with them so they might believe and be saved. Christ will help us. Christ is on our side. Christ Jesus fights for us.
The battle for the Kingdom of God is not over yet. This battle will not be over until Armageddon is fought, and the rider on the white horse returns with his army. Everywhere we turn, we see people lining up on one side or the other of this battle, as we approach the final day. We are on the winning side. Christ Jesus will not leave one good promise unfulfilled, neither will he leave one warning of judgment unfulfilled. We know that woe, sorrow, tragedy, and anguish is coming upon the world. Jesus said it would get worse, before it gets better. But it will get better. It will get better for everyone who trusts in Jesus. It will get better in an instant, when Jesus returns with all his saints and angels to rule the earth. Christ died so that not even one little child would be lost. He has done all he will ever do to pay for the sins of the world. Christ will return when the world has made its' choice to follow him or reject him. Who is on the Lord's side? We are on the Lord's side!

DREAMS COME TRUE PT 2

Someday. Someday the Field of Dreams Come True will exist here upon the earth, for God will dwell with man. Then will come to pass the saying that death is swallowed up in victory, and all the dreams of all the ages will be brought to pass in Christ. Christ the Eternal. The One who made the way for all to be saved. Come children and walk in the light of the Son. Your dreams await you. Come walk now in the Kingdom of God. Leave your earthly cares behind. Search, with all your heart, and you will find the place where all your dreams come true.
Christ is the Field of Dreams Come True. Christ is the Kingdom. Christ embodies in his self, in his person, for all mankind, everything right. Christ is Everything Made Right. Weary pilgrims, fellow travelers, remember this one thought: God will make everything right. Do not forget. When life gets all jumbled up with time, and the words get all garbled in your mind, step back and see the forest for the trees, and remember five words which are these: God will make everything right. For the most magnificent promise given by our Father is that we shall become exactly like his Son! One with him, has he made us. One and the same. Now we see only the light at the end of the tunnel. But then, we shall become immersed in the brightest light, it shall be like seeing light for the first time.
This is ultimate rightness!! This is a field of right so white and so wide nothing inside can possibly escape it. Christ is the eternal Keeper of souls. Christ; the eternal Maker of our souls, whose power to keep is as great as his love. Christ; love personified, reality realized, complete salvation, faith in action, the just judge, the word proclaimed, the restorer of right, the great shepherd of the sheep, and the victor over all.
He is the promise of the Kingdom. His is the Kingdom which exists only in our hearts for now. It truly does exist. If you have not found this place yet, then continue to search. You shall find what you seek for. And soon you will come to believe that indeed God will make everything right, for all his words come true. Dream on, until your dreams lead you to Kingdom reality!

Hab 2:14
For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge
of the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.

QUESTIONS ON ETERNAL LIFE 2

Then you accepted your lost condition and recognizing Jesus as your only hope of salvation, you called on his name for salvation.
Acts 4:12
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.
Rom 3:24
And are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.
Rom 6:23
The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3:15-18
That everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.
John 3:36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him.
You were then born again by the entrance of God's word and Spirit into your heart, which was recreated by the presence of a resurrected Savior inside you.  You were raised up to sit with Christ on his throne, as a king.  You became a member of God's eternal family.
Eph 2:5-9
{God} Made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions--it is by grace you have been saved.  And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus.  For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast.
John 1:12-13
To all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
John 3:3
Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
You received sight.  You had an experience which no one can take away, refute, or deny.  You received the promises of a God who will never leave you, never forsake you, and never fail you.  You have the life you've always wanted.  You have life, joy, and peace.
John 9:25
He replied, "One thing I do know.  I was blind but now I see!"
You never need worry about anything ever again.  Jesus is yours forever!  Don't worry; be happy!
Rom 8:38-39
For I am convinced that neither death nor life,
neither angels nor demons,
neither the present nor the future,
nor any powers,
neither height nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us
from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

SAVED BY GRACE!

QUESTIONS ON ETERNAL LIFE 1

AQ's (Frequently Asked Questions) on the assurance of eternal life.
1.  What does it mean to be born again?
    It means you are no longer going to die.  In the Bible, death is defined as separation from God.  Now that you are born again, you are one with God and you will never be separated from him again.  When your body ceases to function, your spirit will leave your body, and you will go immediately into the presence of God as if you had never committed any sin.  Sin is death, but all your sins have been washed away, and so the penalty of sin, which is death, has also been removed.  You will never truly die.  When your body ceases to function, the Bible says you are sleeping, because your body never really dies or ceases to exist, any more than your spirit ceases to exist.  Your body will decay, but someday that will change.  Your body will be resurrected, made alive, and joined to your spirit once again, on the day Christ returns to earth as King.  Then you will have an immortal body.
    Hell is death.  Hell is separation from God.  Hell is where the unbelievers and those who rebel against Christ will be kept forever.  Hell is an unpleasant place, a place of pain, agony, regret, and torment; mainly the torment of being apart from God for all eternity.  Before you were born again, your unbelief had kept you separated from God.  You did not believe what God had done through his Son Jesus, and even if you had believed, you had rejected the offer of salvation until finally you accepted his offer.  Once you believe and receive the gift of eternal life through God's Son, then you are saved.  You are free from death and from fear of punishment.  You are made one with God and have a new heart.  Your spirit is made alive with God's Spirit.  You have been rejoined to your Creator, simply by an act of your free will.  You chose to believe God and receive his free offer of eternal life, and you will never really die at all.  Your body may sleep in the ground, or you may even be caught up in the air if you're alive when Jesus returns and be made immortal in an instant, but you never have to fear being separated from God again.
2.  Is salvation earned and kept by good works?
    No.  This is a lie of demonic religious influences on mankind.  You cannot earn eternal life.  No amount of personal effort or self-will can bring you back to life, once you are dead.  You died spiritually the day you sinned.  You were in a hopelessly lost condition.  God alone can give you life, and he does this freely.  He places no requirements on you, other than that you come the way he has chosen.  He chose that through the sacrifice of his only Son, you could be saved.  If you accept this and confess Christ as Lord, then you have done what God requires.  You are now alive again, eternally.  Nothing can take the Spirit of eternal life out of you now, except your own free will.
    God already forgave the whole world their sins in Christ.  He already decided he wanted you as his child, when Christ died for you on the cross.  When you recognized that you were lost and realized that your only hope was Christ, you received the free gift already purchased for you by God.  Only as another act of your free will can you lose this precious gift.  Once you are saved by grace, you are kept by grace, but you do not become a robot.  You still have the choice each day to remain alive in faith, or to cast away your faith.  But once having tasted of God's Spirit, very few will want to throw away such a precious gift.
    You are now a child of God.  You are a part of a family.  You have been born again.  You don't earn membership in a family.  You are part of a family by right of being born in that family.  Earthly parents will rarely disown their children, no matter what they do.  How much more will your heavenly Father keep you as his own, since he has already demonstrated such a great love as to forgive all your sins in Christ?  You have nothing to fear in Christ, and you cannot lose the gift of eternal life by failing to keep some regulation or law.  You live by faith now, and it is through faith that you keep your relationship to Christ alive.  It is by faith in God's promise that you are assured of your home is Heaven and that God is your Father.  You did nothing to earn this gift, and you can do nothing so bad that God will take it away from you.  Just keep believing, and you will always have the calm assurance that eternal salvation is yours.
3.  How can I be assured that I am saved, when I do bad things or I feel like God is not there?
    Through the word.  You are a newborn spiritual baby.  You must have food.  You must grow.  Your faith comes from your spirit, not your mind.  Your faith must be fed, it must have nourishment, or it will become weak and perhaps even die.  You must recognize now that you have an enemy.  The devil was once your master.  He was your spiritual father.  Now he has lost you and he is mad.  He will try everything he can to deceive you, to discourage you, and to stop you from growing.  The only way you can combat him, is through the renewing of your mind by the word of God.
    You see, your heart was changed, your spirit was made new, but your brain is still the same brain, and you still have the same body.  Unless you are saved at a young age, usually the mind is filled with all forms of ungodliness, and the body has developed evil, destructive habits.  Your body will still want to do all the things it used to do.  Your mind will still have all the same lies and garbage in it, that you have accumulated over the years.
    Doubt is a weapon of satan.  Doubt, deception, fear, lust, condemnation, guilt, lies, half-truths, pride, ego, greed, these are all spiritual forces of your enemy, satan.  Jesus defeated satan through the word when he was tempted by the devil in the wilderness.  You will go through wilderness experiences as a believer, and how can you expect to get by without the word of God, when even Jesus needed it?
    Faith comes only through God's word.  You were saved by faith, and by faith you stand.  Make sure you have a Bible, maybe several Bibles of different versions, some Bible tapes, CD's, videos, and start listening to and reading the Bible.  Watch Christian TV and listen to Christian radio.  The only fight you have to fight is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight because the Lord is on your side and he never loses a fight.  His word is greater than all.  Greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.  You need to get more of God in you than you have of the world in you, so you can win this fight.
    God's word will give you the weapons you need for every spiritual battle you face in life.  When you have God's word in you, you will realize that no matter what you do wrong, or how bad you feel, God promised in his word to never leave you or forsake you.  He can't leave you.  He promised not to.  He promised to stay with you.  Eternal life is exactly that--eternal.  It's life that never ends.  Once you receive eternal life, your life will go on forever.  This is a free gift.  Remember this, and you will always have the assurance you are on your way to Heaven.
4.  What exactly happened when I got saved?
    You heard the word of God, understanding came, your eyes were opened and faith came into your heart.  You came out of darkness and death, into light and life.  You recognized that you were lost, blind, hopeless, and in need of a Savior.
Rom 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

THE TRUTH OF ETERNAL LIFE

Here are a few scriptures to show you that the Bible guarantees eternal life to all those who receive Christ as their Lord and Savior:
John 3:15,16
Everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.  For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Rom 10:9-13
If you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.  As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."  For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile-- the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
John 5:24
I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.
John 6:27
Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.
John 6:40
For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 10:28
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand.
John 12:50
I know that his command leads to eternal life.  So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.
John 17:2-3
For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.  Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

PRAYER OF FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD

I ask that before you read this book,
you take the time to say a little prayer.
One simple prayer can change your life forever!

I believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God.
I believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Anointed One, the Chosen One, the King of Israel.
I believe Jesus is risen from the dead.
I believe Jesus will live forevermore.
I believe Jesus is my only hope of salvation and life eternal.
I believe that only by his death, burial, and resurrection was a way made for me to be cleansed of sin.
I believe Christ Jesus actually took my place, died in my place, suffered in my place, rose again in my place, put away sin in my place.
I believe Jesus is the only perfect Man who ever lived.
I confess that I am a sinner.
I confess that only Jesus can save me.
I confess that Jesus rose from the dead.
I confess that I believe this in my heart.
I confess Jesus as my Lord and Savior.
I receive the gift of eternal life.
I receive Jesus Christ into my heart.
I receive Christ Jesus now as my only Lord and Savior.
I receive the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven.
I confess that I am now a believer in Jesus.
I confess that I am in Christ now, that I am raised with Christ, that my sins are blotted out, washed away, forgotten, destroyed.
And this I also confess:
Sin and satan no longer have any dominion over me.
I am free from satan's power.
I am no longer a slave of sin.
I have the same right standing with God that Jesus has.
I am going to Heaven.
My name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life this very day, and now nothing can separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
I have eternal life.
I have the hope of the resurrection.
I have the deposit of God's Holy Spirit as my guarantee of resurrection, the Spirit of his Son Jesus, in my heart now, making me a new creation, a creation which never before existed and which cannot be destroyed, for I have been born again of God.
I have all this by faith and trust and reliance on God's word.
God the Father declares I am right with him by relying upon the sacrifice of his only Son, so I am right with him.
I am God's child and God is my Father.
I am a born-again child of God, a new creature in Christ Jesus, old things have passed away, and all things have become new.
Heaven is my destiny and Jesus is my Savior.  Amen.  So be it.
WELCOME TO THE FAMILY OF GOD!

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