Have Christians, and our Christian churches, taught about a personal relationship with Jesus for salvation or have they put up smoke screens that keeps people from developing a personal relationship with Jesus in their hearts?
When you ask most Christians why they think they are Christians and on their way to heaven they will tell you some, if not all, of the following things,
1.) they try to be good
2.) they say they belong to the ONE AND ONLY TRUE CHURCH organization
3.) they go to church
4.) they pray
5.) they participate in church ceremonies and rituals
6.) They give money to Charities.
7.) they say they believe that Jesus died on the cross and they have tried to be like Him and
do good works to become worthy.
But none of these answers will get you into heaven. The only answer is because they believe Jesus was the Son of God and He died on the cross to pay for ALL their sins. That is what they have faith in and it is the only reason they are going to heaven. -- To add any of the things listed above, 1-7, indicates that person is not a Christian because the person is adding his/here works to gain salvation.
John 4:21-24 (NIV)
21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
A person must worship God in, and from, their heart.
Have the physical organized religions taught people to trust in them and their moral social works doctrines instead of in Jesus? Is God really pleased by the pageantry, ceremonies, and rituals of men that "DO NOT REQUIRE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT OF THE HEART? What does the Bible say about a personal relationship with God?
John 5:39-40 (NIV)
39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,
40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
What does the Bible say about works? **** Do Christians know that to place their faith (trust) in anyone or anything other than Jesus is SPIRITUAL ADULTERY?
Many Christians "never" say anything about their personal relationship with Jesus or that they trust in His love and promises towards them shown on the cross. They only say what THEY DO as apposed to what God has done. I sometimes wonder if they really know that Jesus is alive and seated at the right hand of God ready to engage in a conversation with them in their hearts? Do Christians really talk (pray) with Him in their hearts, one on one, or is Jesus something afar off that they do not feel really hears them and may not even exist? Do they really know that the Holy Spirit lives in their hearts?
Jesus said,
Matt 7:21-23 . . (KJV)
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
John 10:14
14 "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
(NKJ)
John 10:26-28
26 "But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
(NKJ)
He can only know you if you have a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Him in your heart.
When you ask most Christians why they think they are Christians and on their way to heaven they will tell you some, if not all, of the following things,
1.) they try to be good
2.) they say they belong to the ONE AND ONLY TRUE CHURCH organization
3.) they go to church
4.) they pray
5.) they participate in church ceremonies and rituals
6.) They give money to Charities.
7.) they say they believe that Jesus died on the cross and they have tried to be like Him and
do good works to become worthy.
But none of these answers will get you into heaven. The only answer is because they believe Jesus was the Son of God and He died on the cross to pay for ALL their sins. That is what they have faith in and it is the only reason they are going to heaven. -- To add any of the things listed above, 1-7, indicates that person is not a Christian because the person is adding his/here works to gain salvation.
John 4:21-24 (NIV)
21 Jesus declared, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
22 You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
24 God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."
A person must worship God in, and from, their heart.
Have the physical organized religions taught people to trust in them and their moral social works doctrines instead of in Jesus? Is God really pleased by the pageantry, ceremonies, and rituals of men that "DO NOT REQUIRE A PERSONAL COMMITMENT OF THE HEART? What does the Bible say about a personal relationship with God?
John 5:39-40 (NIV)
39 You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me,
40 yet you refuse to come to me to have life.
What does the Bible say about works? **** Do Christians know that to place their faith (trust) in anyone or anything other than Jesus is SPIRITUAL ADULTERY?
Many Christians "never" say anything about their personal relationship with Jesus or that they trust in His love and promises towards them shown on the cross. They only say what THEY DO as apposed to what God has done. I sometimes wonder if they really know that Jesus is alive and seated at the right hand of God ready to engage in a conversation with them in their hearts? Do Christians really talk (pray) with Him in their hearts, one on one, or is Jesus something afar off that they do not feel really hears them and may not even exist? Do they really know that the Holy Spirit lives in their hearts?
Jesus said,
Matt 7:21-23 . . (KJV)
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
John 10:14
14 "I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
(NKJ)
John 10:26-28
26 "But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
27 "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
28 "And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.
(NKJ)
He can only know you if you have a PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP with Him in your heart.
