Statements of Faith - I'm A Whosoever

 

JOHN 3:16

 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

ROMANS 10:13

For whosoever shall call upon The Name of The Lord shall be saved. 

WHO ARE THE "WHOSOEVERS/WHOEVERS"?

Revelation 22:14 and 17 tell us they are the people who have washed their robes; who have had their sins washed away by the blood of God's Lamb Jesus Christ. 

Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and may enter the city by its gates. 

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.

1 John 5:11, 12

And this is that Testimony: God has given us Eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son.  Whoever has The Son has life; whoever does not have The Son of God does not have life. 

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in The Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Titus 3:4-7

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by The Holy Spirit. This is The Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by His grace, we would become heirs with the hope of eternal life. 

John 6:40

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees The Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

John 5:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.

Romans 10:13

For whosoever shall call upon The Name of The Lord shall be saved. 

1 Timothy 1:16

This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst. 

    I'm a whosoever. (Romans 10:13). I am a sinner saved by grace. (Ephesians 2:8-10). Back in my youth I lived for the pleasures of sin: I overdosed and died at least once, but God brought me back: it wasn't my time yet. I am a delivered blackout alcoholic. I say delivered because when God filled me with His Holy Spirit, I no longer desired the taste of alcohol, and the smell of any of it was nauseating. So I knew that God had delivered me out of it. 

    Before receiving this Spirit of Discernment, I was gullible: I believed lies told to me and acted upon them. But God. But God filled me with His Love and His Wisdom and I began to realize I am not a stupid woman. I am intelligent. I can do the things I was told I could not do. I am not who I was, nor am I yet who I will be. I am a 'work in progress' because God is still working on me. I am a whosoever.

    Wouldn't you like to be a "whosoever", too? This is only an example of how to pray. Be honest and truthful and sincere when you talk to The Almighty God of heaven and earth. He already knows your hearts: He just waits for us to open the doors of our hearts and invite Him in. (Revelation 3:20)

Dear Lord, 

I admit I am a sinner. I am sorry for the sins I have done against Your Word. Forgive me and wash me clean. Fill me with Your precious Holy Spirit and lead me in Your Ways, that I might glorify You with my thoughts, my words, my behavior and my actions. 

Thank You, Father God, for coming to rescue me from that which would have destroyed me. Thank You, thank You, thank You. 

I praise You and worship You, Lord God. May my every breath be a testimony of Your saving grace. 

In Jesus' Name,

Amen. 

LIVING HOPE  - Abigail Ginsterblum 

THERE IS A PLACE - Nathaniel Bassey

SINNER SAVED BY GRACE - Gaither Vocal Band 

More Than Enough Grace

 2 Corinthians 5:18, 19

All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 

 

    In Christ we are more than enough because there is more than enough of Christ to save all of mankind, not just a few here and some there. Outside of Christ we are not enough. Nothing we do under our own power or strength will guarantee us a seat in heaven. We need a More Than Enough God to save us with His More Than Enough Grace. 

    In Exodus 20:6, God told Moses that His mercy could extend to thousands, if they loved Him and adhered to His commandments. Psalm 103:17 tells us that God's mercy, His loving devotion, His righteousness extends to our children's children (v18) to those who keep His covenants and obey His precepts. More Than Enough. 

Reconciled & Saved Through Christ

    Romans 5:10, 11

For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! Not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. 

    This is God's grace at work in our souls. God begins to change our hearts - how we love and react to being loved; change our minds - how we think, how we discern. He does not leave us where He found us: in the mire, in the dark, in loneliness, nor in confusion and doubt. He brings us up out of all that with His mighty right arm of righteousness: JESUS CHRIST, in Whom we believe and by Whose Name we are saved. 

     Reconciled (brought near to God) through the blood which Christ Jesus shed on the cross and saved (from eternal damnation and punishment for sins) by His Life Eternal (having conquered death, hell and the grave). 

    MORE THAN ENOUGH GRACE. More than enough LOVE, MERCY, LOVINGKINDNESS for each and every one of us who believe. From the time of Adam and Eve to the present day, there is more than enough life-changing, life-giving grace and mercy to all who come to God through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. 

    All we have to do is acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord of All, including ourselves. That it is by His Name we are saved, for There Is Power in The Name of Jesus. We must confess our sins to God that we might receive His forgiveness. We need to follow The Holy Spirit's direction in living the abundant spirit-filled life we are called to live. Before any other part of our lives need to prosper, our souls above all else, must prosper.

    In order to do that, we must read and study out for ourselves God's Word, in addition to taking in The Word being preached in church. If the whole Word of God is not being preached by mouth, by hand and by actions, then that church is not of God. The Spirit of God, if we let Him, will lead us to the church He wants us to be in. 

    The more we draw close to God in our Bible readings, our prayer time and our daily living, the clearer His voice becomes, and the easier it is to obey The Spirit of God when He calls us to enter into God's presence. 

    I serve a 'more than enough' God. He has More Than Enough for you, too. Do you want it? 

LAY IT ALL DOWN - Will Reagan, United Pursuit