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“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1:9-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Believe in the one who was sent who has the name above all names.


“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:9-11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Those who believe in Jesus whom was sent by God down from heaven are given the power when they receive the message of truth pertaining to the Gospel which the power of God to Salvation. Salvation from what? A life without God in it.


Because of Yeshua, everyone in this life has been forgiven of their sins (even though the sin of I believe remains with merit to people of non-faith). Their sins were paid for on the cross by Jesus.


It’s really amazing that all one has to do is believe, and when the receive what is promised being the Holy Spirit to be sent to dwell in the heart of a person, that person can have full and complete trust that they have been made right with God because of what Jesus did.


It’s really that simply; the simple message is that God loves all people, even those who don’t have faith, God has given them life and it up to them how they choose to interact and live their very own lives.


Because of Jesus and even having returned God has reconciled the world unto himself through Christ and many people actually have a problem with that.


Either way it goes, Jesus has completed everything and I believe he sits on the throne with his Father which the Father being know as God and Jesus being known as Lord, and people make the choice to have God and the Lord in their life by either seeking out about them or not in which to me the Bible holds a lot of answers.


John 14:15-31

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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocateto help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me
 
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“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1:9-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Believe in the one who was sent who has the name above all names.


“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:9-11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Those who believe in Jesus whom was sent by God down from heaven are given the power when they receive the message of truth pertaining to the Gospel which the power of God to Salvation. Salvation from what? A life without God in it.


Because of Yeshua, everyone in this life has been forgiven of their sins (even though the sin of I believe remains with merit to people of non-faith). Their sins were paid for on the cross by Jesus.


It’s really amazing that all one has to do is believe, and when the receive what is promised being the Holy Spirit to be sent to dwell in the heart of a person, that person can have full and complete trust that they have been made right with God because of what Jesus did.


It’s really that simply; the simple message is that God loves all people, even those who don’t have faith, God has given them life and it up to them how they choose to interact and live their very own lives.


Because of Jesus and even having returned God has reconciled the world unto himself through Christ and many people actually have a problem with that.


Either way it goes, Jesus has completed everything and I believe he sits on the throne with his Father which the Father being know as God and Jesus being known as Lord, and people make the choice to have God and the Lord in their life by either seeking out about them or not in which to me the Bible holds a lot of answers.


John 14:15-31

New International Version


Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocateto help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me

One becomes a child of God so to speak when they choose to stand on Jehovah's side of the issue
 

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Instantaneous attraction. I fell in love with Jesus ❤️from all the stories the minister told about him from religious instruction at school. I’m sure he fell in love with me too. ❤️
 

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At an early age I - an undeserving sinner - was impressed at the need for the new birth (John 3). I recall the joy and peace of exercising faith and trust in the Lord Jesus.
 
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At an early age I - an undeserving sinner - was impressed at the need for the new birth (John 3). I recall the joy and peace of exercising faith and trust in the Lord Jesus.
Farouk at what age did your realisation of this come upon you?
 

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“That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.”

‭‭John‬ ‭1:9-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Believe in the one who was sent who has the name above all names.


“Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:9-11‬ ‭KJV‬‬

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Those who believe in Jesus whom was sent by God down from heaven are given the power when they receive the message of truth pertaining to the Gospel which the power of God to Salvation. Salvation from what? A life without God in it.


Because of Yeshua, everyone in this life has been forgiven of their sins (even though the sin of I believe remains with merit to people of non-faith). Their sins were paid for on the cross by Jesus.


It’s really amazing that all one has to do is believe, and when the receive what is promised being the Holy Spirit to be sent to dwell in the heart of a person, that person can have full and complete trust that they have been made right with God because of what Jesus did.


It’s really that simply; the simple message is that God loves all people, even those who don’t have faith, God has given them life and it up to them how they choose to interact and live their very own lives.


Because of Jesus and even having returned God has reconciled the world unto himself through Christ and many people actually have a problem with that.


Either way it goes, Jesus has completed everything and I believe he sits on the throne with his Father which the Father being know as God and Jesus being known as Lord, and people make the choice to have God and the Lord in their life by either seeking out about them or not in which to me the Bible holds a lot of answers.


John 14:15-31

New International Version


Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocateto help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”

23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me
There is a word that some people seem to be afraid of: Obedience. But obeying God would make us a child of God, I would think.
 
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Bump.

The obedience that I know of is of the two commandments; putting God first - before yourself and your own family? And loving your neighbor as yourself, would you agree @Bob Estey?

It’s understandable that if people make decisions that can lead them in prison? Or bad finically situations and stuff like that, but isn’t the focus on the Lord Jesus Christ his death, burial, and resurrection that implants that we should die to ourselves and become alive in Christ having our mind renewed on heavenly things rather than what the world produces?
 

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Instantaneous attraction. I fell in love with Jesus ❤️from all the stories the minister told about him from religious instruction at school. I’m sure he fell in love with me too. ❤️
What was so attractive about Jesus?
 

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To become a child of God You need to be baptized. You need to learn about Jesus first. Learning about Jesus first so you know what you're getting into. You cannot pray Jesus into your heart. A lot of people think that is all it takes. To believe is to do what he says. The great commission is. Go and make disciples of all nations baptizing them into the name and the Father Son and holy spirit and teaching them to obey everything I commanded you. If you're taught you'll have a better chance of overcoming the enemy. Remember God knows your heart better than you do. He also knows what you need before you ask for it, but he wants you to still ask for it. So be taught and then be baptized.
 
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Simple. Same process as being saved, being added to the body of Christ, the church, becoming a Christian. It all happens simultaneously.
 

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I guess some people don't pay attention to all that the God has to say. As Gods Word says. You can't pay attention to what your itchy ears want to hear. A lot of people disagree with what the Bible says. But the bible says you cannot add or take anything to Gods Word.
 

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Yes a spiritual birth comes by water baptism. Jesus taught that and Jesus commanded it on the day of the great commission. Gods Word has never changed and never will.
 
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MatthewG

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Many differ.

From John the Baptist said it’s the one who’s great than him who could Baptized in the hilt spirit and fire.
 

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True many differ. John baptized for the repentance of sin preparing the way for Jesus arrival. After Jesus died and rose from the dead. What happenned on the day of penntecost The Spirit came they stated speaking in tongues it says their tongues felt like they were on fire. The baptism started then for being reborn into the family of Christ. Our spiritual life belonging to God. Not a baptism for the repentance of sin.