[christianunity] I will be first

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From: "Dave Hiatt" <edge777@...>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:48:48 EDT
James 2:19 "You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons 
believe that--and shudder." 

The Bible says that everyone sins. Everyone is imperfect and requires 
God's grace--His gift of salvation, to enter
Heaven: 

Romans 3:23 "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," 

Romans 3:10-11 "As it is written: 'There is no one righteous, not even 
one; there is no one who understands, no
one who seeks God.'" 

1 John 1:8-10 "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and 
the truth is not in us. If we confess our
sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us 
from all unrighteousness. If we claim we
have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place 
in our lives." 

Isaiah 64:6 "All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our 
righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all
shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away." 

You must be born again. To receive Jesus into your heart and receive the 
Holy Spirit is an amazing thing. The old
sinful self is erased, and a new, clean person is born. You have a clean 
slate, like starting over. A transformation
into a man/woman of God begins. If this truly happened, you will lose 
desires to sin and look toward God. 

2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new 
creation; the old has gone, the new has come!" 

John 3:3 "In reply Jesus declared, 'I tell you the truth, no one can see 
the kingdom of God unless he is born
again.'" 

John 1:13 "children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision 
or a husband's will, but born of God. 

John 3:5 "Jesus answered, 'I tell you the truth, no one can enter the 
kingdom of God unless he is born of water
and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth 
to spirit." 

John 14:6 "Jesus answered, 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No 
one comes to the Father except through
me.'" 

To accept Christ, you must repent; acknowledge you are a sinner, admit 
you need and want God's help, and ask
forgiveness. God will forgive!!! He does because he loves you more than 
you can possibly never imagine. More
than any human can love...more so even than a mother. Infinite love. 

Acts 17:30 "In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he 
commands all people everywhere to repent." 

Luke 13:3 "I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all 
perish." 

Hebrews 8:12 "For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember 
their sins no more." 

1 John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will 
forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness. 

1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down 
his life for us. And we ought to lay down
our lives for our brothers." 

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, 
that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life." 

John 1:10-12 "He was in the world, and though the world was made through 
him, the world did not recognize him.
He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet 
to all who received him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God--" 

God is faithful. He keeps his promises. If you do this, he will forgive 
you and you will receive salvation. Please do
it...Christ is the ONLY way!!! 

John 5:24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him 
who sent me has eternal life and will not
be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life." 

Romans 10:9-13 "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' 
and believe in your heart that God raised
him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you 
believe and are justified, and it is with
your mouth that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, 
'Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to
shame.' For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile--the same 
Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all
who call on him, for, 'Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will 
be saved.'" 

John 3:35 "The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his 
hands. Whoever believes in the Son has
eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's 
wrath remains on him." 

1 John 5:13 "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." 

You can pray a very simple prayer to accept Christ, if you have chosen 
to do so. Pray this: "Dear Heavenly Father: I
am a sinner. I need your help. I accept your grace and want you to enter 
my heart. Please forgive me of my sins,
and fill me with your Spirit. Wash away my sinful ways and transform me. 
I accept Jesus Christ into my heart
today. In Christ's name, AMEN." 

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