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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Soundly Saved or Sorta Shaky

Were you ever led in a sinners prayer where someone said to you, 'If you want to go to heaven then bow your head, close your eyes and repeat this prayer after me then you will be saved', and you did this but you still somehow don't have peace or certainty that you WILL enter Heaven after you die?

The Bible says that you can know you will have eternal life. (1 John 5:13)

Maybe you've never really understood the exceeding sinfulness of your sin. It's not simply that you've not been good to others, but that you have offended the One who gave up His life for you, the One who died so you could go to Heaven.

Maybe you've never actually repented of your sins by saying to God, 'I'm so sorry I have offended You; please forgive me' then you turned away from your sin.

Maybe you've never turned away from your sins but continued your same old ways, a life displeasing to God.

Maybe you've never put your faith in Jesus Christ to save you as the Bible states. You cannot be good enough on your own, no amount of good works can earn you any favor with God, He cannot be bribed by good works. Apart from Christ you are without hope.

Maybe you've never really understood about Hell and condemnation; that you are storing up wrath for yourself on the Day of Wrath.

Has the good news that Jesus died for you while you were yet a sinner ever crushed you?
Have you ever genuinely called out to God in repentance and faith and He saved you and you know it without a doubt because your see the changes in your life outwardly that God has started in you inwardly.

When you see these changes come, then you will know God is transforming your life, your old ways will fade away, the things you once loved that offended God will become detestable to you. It will become clearly visible to those around you that you are different than before, not just older and wiser but changed by the Holy Spirit of God that now dwells inside of you. You cannot hide the change that God has made in you.
You cannot pretend to be changed, your outward deeds will eventually expose the lie you so desperately try to conceal. Your true state will become evident to all who truly love the Lord, and on the last day when Christ returns to call His church home, on the day of judgement you will be found lacking and will have no part in God's kingdom. O what a day of overwhelming sorrow that will be.

Has your eternity with Christ been secured, or are the pleasures of this world what you are living for?

Do you KNOW that you are saved from the wrath to come?
Is your new lifestyle evidence of a changed heart or are you pretty much the same as before?

Do you want to be assured that you have a new life in Christ, a place prepared for you in Heaven?

For a thorough and honest examination of your eternal condition visit www.soundlysaved.org

If you are not sure you are saved, send an email to saved@wretchedradio.com and someone will be glad to help you, someone who cares about you and your eternal destiny. Your communication will remain confidential.

Struggling with pornography?
Please don't let this sin drag your soul to Hell. Wise council is just an email away, saved@wretchedradio.com

Please do not wait, secure your eternity.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Top 10 Articles

In response to 1,000 views to my blog, I am posting the top 10 articles viewed at my site run2truth.blogspot.com

Franklin Graham on Fox News: Obama, Rob Bell and the Gospel Message
Posted on May 4, 2011
http://bit.ly/q4YQ3t

The Shack?
Posted on Sep 29, 2010
http://bit.ly/pBqNXu

What Does Dr. Oz Believe?
Posted on Apr 1, 2011
http://bit.ly/nKx6I7

The Daniel Diet?
Posted on Feb 22, 2011
http://bit.ly/nB1t3j

Ron Bell's Strange Theology
Posted on Apr 12, 2011
http://bit.ly/r1dWSR

How to Become an Atheist by Ray Comfort
Posted on Apr 12, 2011
http://bit.ly/qcqhDK

Great Commandments
Posted on Aug 10, 2010
http://bit.ly/oDczzp

6 Things Everyone Needs To Know
Posted on Aug 26, 2010
http://bit.ly/r5uZXg

Misinterpretation of Leviticus 19:18
Posted on Feb 12, 2011
http://bit.ly/mR0dWV

Youth Ministry: It's Time to be Biblical
Posted on Jun 7, 2011
http://bit.ly/n72mmG

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Discipleship

When you disciple someone, you're basically teaching him or her to pursue a godly lifestyle. You're teaching them biblical responses. A person is spiritually mature when his or her involuntary responses are godly. That's how to know if the Spirit of God has control in someone's life.
In discipleship, you are to bring a person to the point biblically at which he or she can spontaneously react righteously, without having to figure certain things out.

Friday, August 12, 2011

Living expositions of the truth!

(James Smith, "The Zealous Christian!" 1864)

Coldness and lukewarmness in the ways of God, are peculiarly offensive to our Lord and Savior; for if anyone deserves our whole hearts, if anyone ought to have the whole of our energies--it is Jesus!

We should be zealous for the truth of the gospel.
It is God's mind.
It is the revelation of the Savior's love.
It is the remedy for the sinner's woes.
It is the charter of the Church's privileges.
It is dear to God's heart.
It is watched over with a jealous eye.
It should be prized as inestimably valuable.
It is . . .
the mirror, in which God is seen;
the map, on which our road is marked out;
the law, by which our duty is made plain!

"That they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything!" Titus 2:10

We should zealously adorn the Gospel. Not by the tinsel of human eloquence--but by a consistent and holy walk.

We ought to be living expositions of the truth!

In our conduct--the nature and tendency of the Gospel ought to be seen!

By our meekness and gentleness,
by our fidelity and prudence,
by our self-denial and benevolence,
by our temperance and brotherly kindness,
by our patience and fervent love--
we ought to adorn the most holy truth of God!
God calls for it.
The Gospel is calculated to produce it!

from gracegems.org

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Christians Cannot Brag.

We too were sinners living to satisfy selfish desire and greed. We deserve only God's punishing wrath. His love and mercy led Him to send Christ to save us.- Ephesians 2:3-5

Friday, August 5, 2011

The Lord Knows Those Who Are His

There is a continual conflict on earth between the truth of God and the lies of Satan. The Father of Lies works overtime to destroy the saving, sanctifying truth God has given us in His Word. As we get closer to the coming of Christ, these deceptions, lies, and misrepresentations will increase. (The Master's Plan For The Church; appendix 7)

2 Timothy 2:19 (NASB)
Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness."