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Our Response: Turn and Accept Jesus!
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“But God was fulfilling what all the prophets had declared about the Messiah beforehand - that he must suffer all these things. Now turn from your sins and turn to God, so you can be cleansed of your sins. Then wonderful times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will send Jesus your Messiah to you again.”
Acts 3:18-20
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We must choose to turn away from our sin and our own way of doing things and turn to face Jesus. You can not have a relationship with someone if you always have your back turned to them. So we must turn away from sin and...
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“But although the world was made through him, the world didn’t recognize him when he came. Even in his own land and among his own people, he was not accepted. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn! This is not a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan - this rebirth comes from God.” John 1:10-13
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We must choose to accept Jesus. It is like receiving a free gift. When someone offers you a gift you can not enjoy the gift until you take it and open it for yourself. Accepting Jesus also has another, more personal, meaning. You must accept Him into your life just like someone accepts a visitor into their home. This is what Jesus was talking about in the book of Revelation when he was talking to churches that had forgotten about Jesus:
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“Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal as friends. Revelation 3:20
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We hope and pray that you are ready to turn and receive Jesus into your life. Or that you have already made this decision and are learning what it means to have a relationship with God through Jesus.
However, to be true to the teachings of the Bible we must issue the following warning. Because you need to know what happens to those who do not choose to turn and accept Jesus.
Click here to go on to the “Warning”.
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After dark one evening, a Jewish religious leader named Nicodemus, a Pharisee, came to speak with Jesus. “Teacher,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are proof enough that God is with you.”
Jesus replied, “I assure you, unless you are born again, you can never see the Kingdom of God.” “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” Jesus replied, “The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven. So don’t be surprised at my statement that you£ must be born again. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God did not send his Son into the world to condemn it, but to save it.
John 3:1-8 & 16-17 NLT
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Keeping the Main Thing the Main Thing - Jesus Christ!
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