Dear Doves,
Here are some other articles from the same source that I found helpful:
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SALVATION IN 10 SECONDS
Say this and MEAN IT, WITH ALL YOUR HEART:
I'm a sinner and need a Savior. JESUS, SAVE ME. COME INTO MY HEART. I RECEIVE YOU NOW AS SAVIOR AND LORD. I believe you died for my sins and rose from the dead. I GIVE YOU ALL MY HEART AND ALL MY LIFE.
BASIC TENETS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
1. The Bible is the infallible, inerrant Word of God and is the final authority on everything.
2. There's One Almighty, eternal God, who manifests Himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
3. Jesus Christ is God manifested in human form.
4. Jesus was born of a virgin.
5. Jesus lived, died, was buried, and physically rose from the dead.
6. Jesus in your heart = COMPLETE salvation. There's no salvation in any other person, or by any other means. Salvation is faith in Jesus alone, NOT faith in Jesus "PLUS" something else.
7. Jesus will someday return to earth to set up His everlasting Kingdom on earth.
CHRISTIANITY VS. FALSE RELIGIONS
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS THE ONLY TRUE FAITH.
IF THAT SOUNDS NARROW-MINDED, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU: GOD IS NARROW-MINDED:
"Because straight is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leads to life". . . [Matthew 7:14].
YOU CAN'T BE SAVED
ANY WAY YOU WANT.
GOD IS GOD. HE SETS THE RULES. HE'S
NOT
TAKING POLLS TO SEE HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT HIS PLAN OF SALVATION. OUR
PERSONAL OPINIONS ARE IRRELEVANT, WHERE SALVATION IS CONCERNED.
MAN CAN INVENT AS MANY FALSE RELIGIONS AS HE WANTS, TO SUIT HIS WHIMS AND WARPED IMAGINATION, BUT
THEY WON'T LEAD YOU TO GOD.
PEOPLE MUST COME TO GOD, HIS WAY. HIS WAY IS THRU JESUS CHRIST.
JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GOD.
IT'S HIS WAY, OR "NO WAY"!
Jesus said to him, I am THE way, and THE truth, and THE life: NO MAN COMES UNTO THE FATHER, BUT BY ME" [John 14:6].
"Neither is there salvation IN ANY OTHER: for there is NO OTHER NAME. . . whereby we must be saved" [Acts 4:12].
You
CAN'T be saved by just being "a good person" [whatever
that means].
"NOT by works of righteousness [good works] that we have done, but according to His mercy
He saved us, by the washing of
regeneration [being re-born or born-again], and
RENEWING [making us new again] OF THE HOLY SPIRIT" Titus 3:5].
IT'S NOT WHAT WE DO THAT SAVES US, IT'S
WHAT HE DID. AND
ONLY
WHAT HE DID.
IF YOU COULD COME TO GOD
ANY OTHER WAY,
DO YOU THINK HE WOULD HAVE TAKEN OFF HIS GLORY, ENTERED A BODY OF
FLESH, SPENT 33 YEARS IN THIS MISERABLE WORLD, AND THEN ALLOW HIMSELF TO
BE DESPISED, MOCKED, BEATEN,
LASHED, SPIT UPON, HAD A CLUMP OF THORNS STUCK INTO HIS SCALP,BEARD
RIPPED OFF HIS FACE, CRUCIFIED, AND STABBED WITH A SPEAR???
DO YOU THINK HE WOULD HAVE SPENT THREE DAYS AND NIGHTS IN HELL ITSELF? ... SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THERE?
DO YOU THINK HE DID ALL THAT BECAUSE HE HAD NOTHING BETTER TO DO? 'CAUSE HE WAS BORED BEING GOD?
NO, HE DID IT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY TO RECONCILE SINFUL HUMANITY TO HIMSELF.
THERE'S REALLY NO COMPARISON BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND THE FALSE RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD. CHRISTIANITY IS FAAAAAR SUPERIOR.
CHRISTIANITY IS, IN REALITY, NO RELIGION AT ALL, BUT A DYNAMIC, LIVING FAITH, BASED ON AN INTIMATE, PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CREATOR AND SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.
WHY IS CHRISTIANITY SUPERIOR?
1.THE GOSPEL WAS ANNOUNCED ALL THE WAY BACK IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN [GENESIS 3:15].
CHRISTIANITY HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TIME.
WHO REMEMBERS THE "GODS" OF ANTIQUITY? WHO WORSHIPS ZEUS, HERMES, APHRODITE OR APOLLOS? WHO WORSHIPS ZOROASTER, AMON-RA, ISIS, BAAL OR ASTEROTH? THEY'VE BEEN ALL BUT FORGOTTEN. ONLY THE GOD OF THE BIBLE, THE JUDEO-CHRISTIAN GOD, IS STILL WORSHIPED. PRAISE HIS NAME!
2. ONLY CHRISTIANITY GUARANTEES SALVATION. FALSE RELIGIONS CAN'T. YOU KNOW WHY? CAUSE THEY'‘RE FALSE. THEY'RE BASED ON LIES. HOW CAN SOMETHING FALSE GUARANTEE YOU ANYTHING?
3. CHRISTIANITY, AND ONLY CHRISTIANITY, OFFERS A SOLUTION TO THE SIN PROBLEM PLAGUING MANKIND. NO OTHER RELIGION DOES THAT.
THE FOUNDERS OF WORLD RELIGIONS
DIDN'T PAY FOR YOUR SINS. DIDN'T EVEN
CLAIM TO DO SO: BUDDHA
DIDN'T, CONFUCIUS
DIDN'T, KRISHNA
DIDN'T, ALLAH
DIDN'T, MOHAMMED
DIDN'T.
JESUS DID!
These guys were sinners THEMSELVES. They THEMSELVES NEEDED SALVATION. How on earth, then, could they save OTHERS?
4. ONLY CHRISTIANITY OFFERS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CREATOR.
OTHER RELIGIONS VIEW GOD AS SOMETHING ABSTRACT , LIKE THE UNIVERSE ITSELF. EVEN THOSE WHO REGARD GOD AS A PERSONAL ENTITY, LIKE ISLAM, OFFER NO DIRECT, INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
IN CHRISTIANITY THE ONE AND ONLY, ALMIGHTY GOD, THE CREATOR, BECOMES YOUR VERY OWN FATHER! YOU ARE ADOPTED INTO HIS FAMILY AND BECOME HIS CHILD! YOU HAVE DIRECT ACCESS, THRU JESUS CHRIST, TO HIS VERY THRONE.
WITH CHRISTIANITY, GOD HIMSELF COMES TO LIVE IN YOU!
HAVING GOD LIVING IN YOU IS THE GREATEST, MOST WONDERFUL, MOST JOYOUS EXPERIENCE IN ALL THE WORLD.
5. ONLY THE CHRISTIAN FAITH GUARANTEES ETERNAL LIFE.
FALSE RELIGIONS CAN'T GUARANTEE ETERNAL LIFE BECAUSE ALL THEIR FOUNDERS ARE DEAD.
BUDDHA IS DEAD, CONFUCIUS IS DEAD, KRISHNA IS DEAD, ALLAH IS DEAD [THERE IS NO "ALLAH"], MOHAMMED IS DEAD. JESUS CONQUERED DEATH.
JESUS IS ALIVE!
WANT TO EXPERIENCE THE GREATEST "HIGH" IN ALL THE WORLD? WANT TO HAVE GOD HIMSELF LIVING IN YOU? WANT PROOF THAT JESUS IS ALIVE?
INVITE HIM TO ENTER YOUR HEART RIGHT NOW.
IF HE'S DEAD, LIKE ALL THE OTHERS, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN. YOU'LL BE THE SAME OLD YOU.
IF HE IS ALIVE, [AND, TRUST ME, HE IS], HE WILL TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE...
AND THAT'S A GUARANTEE!
"All
those that the Father gives me, will come to me. And he or she who
comes to me I will in no way, for no reason, cast out" [John 6:37].
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Brothers and sisters, are you ready to meet the Lord in the sky? Repent and believe that grace is by faith alone and can ONLY be attained through Jesus Christ. Get ready and leave the temptations of this world behind and ready yourself as a Bride.
Surely, time is almost up.
YbiC, MathMan