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Did you know that God created you and loves you? He made you in your "mother's womb." 

Psalms 139:13 NIV

[13] For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Did you know your were made in His image, His likeness? He is spirit and eternal. He made you with an eternal spirit. Humanity will live forever because we all have eternal spirits.

 

Talking with Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, the Father said...

Genesis 1:26-27 NIV

[26] Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” [27] So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.

John 4:24a.NIV

[24] God is spirit...

1 Timothy 1:17 NIV

[17] Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Did you know that He made you to find Him? That's why we are here on Earth.

Acts 17:26-27 NIV

[26] From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. [27] God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 

Did you know He wants to adopt you into His eternal family so that you can live with Him forever? He made you so that He could be your eternal Father in heaven!!!

How do we get to God then? How does He adopt us into His family? How do we get to live with Him forever? Through His Son, Jesus Christ and His finished works He did while on Earth.

Jesus Christ came to take away the sins of the world and by dying on the cross, shedding His blood, taking every sin upon His broken, crucified body, He paid the penalty for sin, the one thing that naturally separated men from God. So now, today, we all can have access to God through Jesus Christ. We do not have to be separated from God. That is what God wants, which is for us to find Him through His Son Jesus Christ, and be added to His family, the Kingdom of God.

How can we be added to God's family? By believing in His one and only Son, Jesus Christ. When you believe in Jesus you are "born again," by the Holy Spirit. God gives you a new nature, which is being "born again," and adopts you into His family. It is all made possible by Jesus Christ. Then God gives you the free gift of eternal life through believing in Jesus Christ the Son of God.

John 3:1-8 NIV

[1] Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. [2] He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.” [3] Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” [4] “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!” [5] Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. [6] Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. [7] You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’ [8] The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

John 1:12-13 NIV

[12] Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— [13] children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

1 John 5:1a. NIV

[1] Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God...

Romans 6:23b.NIV

[23b.] ...but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 John 5:11-13 NIV

[11] And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. [12] Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. [13] I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 

By putting our faith or trust in Jesus Christ, we are born again, adopted into the kingdom or family of God, and are given the free gift of eternal life. We will never be separated from God ever again and we will live with Him for all eternity!!

Believe in Jesus Christ today. Believe in His death, burial, resurrection, and ascension today. Make Jesus Christ the Lord of your life and you will live with God forever!! Today is the day of salvation. Don't let it slip by.

Romans 10:9-13 NIV

[9] If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. [11] As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” [12] For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile—the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, [13] for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Believe in Jesus Christ today!!!!

If you are born again already, please share this blog entry with everyone who is not saved yet.

Love you all,

Jeffrey Post

Have Faith!! Trust In God!!

 As Christians, a lot of talk floats around the Church about what God will do for us. Popular terminology such as "get a breakthrough," or "get your miracle," circulates around the Church. It is real popular to preach messages where people think God is just going to give people whatever they want. While God wants and does bless the Church and provides for us, it is important to note that we have to do our part for God to work in our lives and give us those wonderful breakthroughs and miracles. 

Since God is immutable, which means He never changes, whatever we learn about how He does things, can be applied to today, right now. 

He tells us this directly in Malachi:

Malachi 3:6a. NIV

[6a.] “I the Lord do not change..."

So, in Second Kings 5, we learn how God works in the life of Naaman. Since God does not change, we can assume that He works the same way today. Let's read the account:

2 Kings 5:1-14 NIV

[1] Now Naaman was commander of the army of the king of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy. [2] Now bands of raiders from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman’s wife. [3] She said to her mistress, “If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of his leprosy.” [4] Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. [5] “By all means, go,” the king of Aram replied. “I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing. [6] The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: “With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of his leprosy.” [7] As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, “Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!” [8] When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him this message: “Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come to me and he will know that there is a prophet in Israel.” [9] So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha’s house. [10] Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, “Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed.” [11] But Naaman went away angry and said, “I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of my leprosy. [12] Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Couldn’t I wash in them and be cleansed?” So he turned and went off in a rage. [13] Naaman’s servants went to him and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, ‘Wash and be cleansed’!” [14] So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.

We see that no matter what Naaman had expected or envisioned for his healing, he had to do what God's prophet told him to do first before he could be healed. He had to do his part before God would do His part. So after a lot of pride, arrogance, and stubbornness, Naaman finally humbled himself and did his part. He dipped in the Jordan river seven times, as God, through the prophet, told him to do. THEN he was healed instantly of his leprosy.

Whatever we want God to do in our lives, we pray and ask Him for it, then we do everything on our end first, putting our faith in Him. Then we wait patiently for Him to do His part just like Naaman did. He will always require something on our end, as an act of faith, before He does His part.

For example, if a person needs a job, they pray and ask God to give them a job. However, they don't just sit at home, waiting on the phone to ring. They go to businesses, and fill out applications. They submit resumes. They go to job interviews. They take action like Naaman did, all the while trusting in God to give them a job. They do everything on their end for God to open a door and work in their lives.

See? Cool stuff. If you want miracles in your lives, pray, do your part, and wait patiently on God to work it out.

Love you all,

Jeffrey Post