NOTHING IS TO BE ADDED TO THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST:

The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; so this second part of the holy Bible is entitled: The new covenant; so it might as well be rendered; the word signifies both. But, when it is (as here) spoken of as Christ's act and deed, it is most properly rendered a testament, for he is the testator, and it becomes of force by his death (Heb. ix. 16, 17); nor is there, as in covenants, a previous treaty between the parties, but what is granted, though an estate upon condition, is owing to the will, the free-will, the good-will, of the Testator. All the grace contained in this book is owing to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour; and, unless we consent to him as our Lord, we cannot expect any benefit by him as our Saviour. This is called a new testament, to distinguish it from that which was given by Moses, and was not antiquated; and to signify that it should be always new, and should never wax old, and grow out of date.

DO NOT THINK YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO COMMITTED SIN

Don’t think it is only you who do wrong. All do wrong. But still God loves us and want to bless us.

The Bible says, “God love the world” (John 3:16). This means God love every person of the world.

You God is so loving. Apostle John rightly called “God is Love” (1 John 4:16). 

You may think you are the sole guilty person. You may see many good persons. But, to God, all are equally ‘sinner’. God love you so much that He says the Bible  “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.”(Romans 3:23)

God knows all of us are sinner. But He loves us and want to save us,  that He gave us His only begotten Son to save us from eternal condemnation but that we may receive His blessing. That whosoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” ( John: 3:16)

You might have committed many wrong. You might have been condemned, excommunicated and even convicted. But God still love you and want to bless you if you obey Him.

So, believe in Him and receive His blessing. 

If God forgive you, who can condemn you? Instead, God will let everybody forgive you. If He gives you New Life in Christ, all will love and regard you. You will start a new life in Christ and with all the people.

So, believe and receive Jesus Christ for your Lord and Saviour and receive the blessings of God. 

DO NOT LET YOUR WEAKNESS HINDER YOU TO WALK CHRIST

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.” (Hebrew 12:1-2a)

Do not let your weakness hinder you to walk with Christ. God knows your sin, guilty, weakness, and everything about you. But His love is greater than your shortcoming.

There may be ‘witnesses’ of, people talking about, your fault and inadequacy. God wants you to forget(throw off) your weaknesses  only to disturb you, but take steps to grow in your faith and live Godly life by looking at your Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Jesus loves you and died on behalf of you and give you ‘Salvation’, makes you God’s child. Always remember this ‘Love of God’.
To grow spiritually, read the Bible daily and always pray. Pray any time,anywhere, whatever you eat and do.

God So Loved The World

Does God love me?
God loves you, and He loves you with a love that you don’t even know anything about, because there is no human love comparable to divine love.
God loves you. He wants to forgive you. He wants to have fellowship with you.
It doesn’t make any difference how far you tried to run from God. He loves you. His eye is on you. He sees you.
God created us in his image, and you as a person are important to God.
“God created mankind in His image.” − Genesis 1:27
The Bible says that God has the hairs of your head numbered. Every moment of your life is watched by God.

BE READY TO RECEIVE JESUS

What does ‘repent’ mean, and why is John the Baptist’s message in the book of Mark so important?

1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,

 2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way”—

 3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’”

 4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

 6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

 In the very first verse, Mark announced that he would write about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is surprising, therefore, that he did not start out by telling about Jesus Himself; instead, he described the work of John the Baptist. This was because John was to prepare the way for Jesus. John fulfilled this mission by preaching to get people ready for the coming of the Lord.

 John's message focused on two themes that will help us get ready to receive Christ.

 First, he preached about repentance. To repent means to decide to change. John was telling his hearers that they had to reverse their life's direction to get ready for Christ; those unwilling to change could not come to Him.

Second, John declared the greatness of Jesus. He said Jesus was so great that he himself was not even worthy to stoop down and untie His shoes. This was an amazing declaration because one does not have to have much worth to untie somebody's shoes. In fact, in John's day, untying shoes was considered to be a slave's lowest duty -‐ John wasn't worthy to be Jesus' humblest slave!

 So, for us to be ready to receive Jesus, we must repent (change our lives) and recognize His awesome greatness. Keep thinking about it

• John the Baptist was a fulfillment of prophecy made years earlier by Isaiah. What does the fulfillment of prophecy show you about God?

 • John was preaching about repentance to the people. If John talked to you today, what might he ask you to repent of?

THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

"... the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control; against such things there is no law." (Galatians 5:22-23)

""The fruit of the Spirit is love." Only as we live in love can we fulfill the will of God in our lives. The believer must become love-inspired, love-mastered, and love-driven (2 Corinthians 5:14). Without the fruit of the Spirit (love), we are just a religious noise (1 Corinthians 13:1).

"The fruit of the spirit is love," and it is manifested in joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control:

1) Joy is love's strength.
2) Peace is love's security.
3) Patience is love's endurance.
4) Kindness is love's conduct.
5) Goodness is love's character.
6) Faithfulness is love's confidence.
7) Gentleness is love's humility.
8) Self-control is love's victory.

"Against such things there is no law." A Holy Spirit-controlled person needs no law to live a righteous life. The secret of a Spirit-controlled life is found in dedication to God (Romans 12:1, 2). Put your all on the altar, and the Holy Spirit will fill your heart with the love of God. (Romans 5:5).

Who can have this fruit of the Holy Spirit?

You and me and all can have. God give and enable us have this fruit of the Holy Spirit to all who receive Jesus for Lord and Saviour and always devote in His words day and night and obey Him faithfully.

Therefore, let us always devote (read and study) the Bible and meditate in His words day and night and always pray faithfully.

CHILDREN OF GOD

Hope you are true Christian by having –

1.    heard the word of God - Salvation through Jesus Christ,

2.    Admitted that you are a sinner and live far away from God,

3.    repented your sin, turned away from your sinful way of life and turned to God

4.    confessed your sin and asked the forgiveness of God.

5.    thank God for sending Jesus to save you from the power of sin.

6.    received Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord of your life.

7.    surrendered your life and everything to Jesus.

8.    entrusted Jesus Christ to control and direct your life, thought and actions.

If you have already followed the above steps, in the strength of God’s word in the Bible, you are now God’s child, ‘spiritually born again’! But, how will you confirm whether you become God’s child?  The Bible says,

“If you declare (confess) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. ” –(Romans 10:9)

“ Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God 

— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” (John 1:12,13)

“ Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old has passed away;behold, all things are become new! ” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN

 One of the strongest desires human beings have is to be loved, to be accepted, and to feel that they belong.  We want a sense of connection and belonging to something or someone.  We want to feel valuable.  We cannot be guaranteed of always getting that in our dealings with people, but we can get it from God.  Even though God knows everything about us – and I do mean everything – He still chooses us on purpose.  According to Ephesians 1:4, He actually picked us out on purpose to be His very own and to belong to Him.  I encourage you to say aloud, right now, “I belong to God.”

WHO DO YOU SAY THAT I AM

You can’t be neutral when it comes to Jesus. He doesn’t give you that luxury. If you really listen to what he says, you either need to believe that he is the Pre-eminent Son of God and worship him, or you need to get as far away from him as you can. He demands a hot or cold response and spews anything lukewarm: 

“ I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. (Revelation 3:15–16).
21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: “The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire.” (2 Peter 2:21-22)

THE SHOCKING CLAIMS OF JESUS

A SIMPLE WAY TO SHARE THE GOSPEL

Once, one of our community leader, respectable and educated, was given a speech in the Church, he said that he met a very desperate person in train, who wanted to kill himself considering himself the most unlucky person. The leader thought the best way to comfort that person was to share the love of God as reveal in the Gospel. But he did not know how to tell him and blamed our Pastors never teaching him and other Church members how to share the love of God in Christ.

Since then, I have published small booklets and distributed among our Church members from my short messages in social media, though I am not Pastor. I have presented such papers many times when I preached in our Church. Here, I post again, a very simple but effective way of sharing the Gospel from the teachings of  many good evangelists:

Know God

GOD :
The study of God proper is called Theology. It is the loftiest meditation Man is capable of and, as far as we know, we are the only creatures on earth capable of it.  Questions regarding the existence of God is primal in every culture, and tenets concerning God’s nature and plans are foundational to almost every religion. A proper understanding of God is essential in order to live a life in harmony with one another, with nature and most importantly, with nature’s God. Some believe that the many representations of God in the various religions describe the same supernatural Being. However, a study of these ‘representations’ and the teachings that accompany them reveal major differences, and even contradictions, that belie this belief. With all due respect to the many adherents and their religions, our study will concern the ‘one true God’ as revealed in His Word. We begin with the basic question:
Is there a God?