Away with sinful nature, earthly things; deaden the
evil desires lurking within you; have nothing to do with sexual sin, impurity,
lust and shameful desires, don't worship the good things of life, for that is
idolatry.
God's terrible anger is upon those who do such
things. You used to do them when your life was still part of this world.;
but now is the time to cast off and throw away all these rotten garments of
anger, hatred, cursing, and dirty language.
Don't tell lies to each other; it was your old life
with all its wickedness that did this sort of thing; now it is dead and
gone. You are living a brand new kind of life that is continually learning
more and more of what is right, and trying constantly to be more and more like
Christ who created this new life in you.---Col.3:5-10 (Living Bible).
The Devils do not mind if you are religious, so long as you do not open the
Bible. God's holy Word has life changing power! Jesus is the
Word of God as well as God Himself. Jesus without the Bible is impossible.
ARTICLES OF FAITH 1.) That the Holy Scriptures are given by God, are divinely inspired
infallible, trustworthy, and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and
practice.
2.) In our God, eternally existent in three persons,
Father, Son (since the incarnation) and Holy Spirit.
3.) In our Lord Jesus Christ, God manifested in the
flesh His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles and atoning death taking
our place on the cross.
4.) In the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead, in His personal return and the judgement of the world by Him.
5.) That redemption from the guilt penalty, and the
power of sin, is possible only through the death and shed blood and the
resurrection of Jesus Christ.
6.) That all have sinned and inherited a sinful nature
from Adam's fall into sin.
7.) That we all have to ask God to give us the spirit
of repentance in order to turn from sin to holiness and consecration, power to
forsake sin and a brand new heart that loves Jesus Christ supremely and hatred
of sin.
Subject: FW: Jesus vs satan
THIS IS A POWERFUL MESSAGE. PLEASE READ ALL OF IT. I AM
PASSING IT ON BECAUSE I AM CERTAINLY NOT
ASHAMED TO DO
SO.
In
light of the many jokes we send to one another for alaugh,
this is a little different: This is not intended to be
a joke, it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.............. Dart
Test...
A young lady named Sally,
relates an experience she had in a seminary class, given by her
teacher, Dr.
Smith.
She says that Dr.
Smithwas
known for his elaborate object lessons.
One particular day, Sally
walked into the seminary and knew they were in for a fun day.
On the wall was a big target and on a nearby
table were many darts. Dr.
Smithtold
the students to draw
a picture of someone that they disliked or someone who had made them
angry,
and he would allow them to throw darts at the person's picture.
Sally's
friend
drew a picture of who had stolen
her boyfriend. Another
friend drew a picture of his little
brother.
Sally
drew a picture of a former
friend,
putting a great deal of detail into her drawing, even drawing pimples
on the face. Sally
was pleased with the overall effect she had achieved.
The class lined up and began throwing darts.
Some of the students threw their darts with such
force that their targets were ripping apart.
Sally
looked forward to her turn, and was filled with disappointment when Dr.
Smith,
because of time limits, asked the students to return to their seats.
As Sally
sat thinking about how angry she was because she didn't have a chance
to throw any darts at her target. Dr.
Smithbegan
removing the target from the wall.
Underneath
the target was
a picture
of Jesus.
A hush fell over the room as each student viewed the mangled picture
of Jesus; holes
and jagged marks
covered His face and His eyes were pierced.
Dr.
Smithsaid
only these words... "In
as much as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye
have done it unto Me."
Matthew 25:40.
No other words were necessary; the tears
filled eyes of the students focused only on the picture of
Christ.
This is an easy test; you score
100orzero.
It's your choice.
If you aren't ashamed to do this, please
follow the directions.
Jesussaid,
"If
you are ashamed of me, I will be ashamed of you, before My Father."
Not
ashamed...
passthison.
Ashamed...deleteit.
One
day Satan
and Jesus
were having a conversation. Satan
had just come from the Garden of Eden, and he was gloating and
boasting. "Yes,
sir, I just caught the world full of people down there. Set me a trap
used bait I knew they couldn't resist. Got 'em all!"
"What
are you going to do with them?"
Jesus
asked.
Satan
replied, "Oh,
I'm gonna have fun! I'm gonna teach them how to marry and divorce each
other, how to hate and abuse each other, how to drink and smoke and
curse. I'm gonna teach them how to invent guns and bombs and kill each
other. I'm really gonna have fun!"
"And
what will you do when you get done with them?"
Jesus
asked.
"Oh,
I'll kill 'em,"
Satan
glared proudly.
"How
much do you want for them?"
Jesus
asked.
"Oh,
you don't want those people. They ain't no good. Why, you'll take them
and they'll just hate you. They'll spit on you, curse you and kill
you!! You don't want those people!!"
"How
much?" He
asked again.
Satan
looked at Jesus
and sneered, "All
your tears, and all your blood." Jesus
said, "DONE!"
Then
He paid the price.
Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God
and then wonder why the world's
going to hell.
Isn't
it funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the
Bible says.
Isn't it funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not
have to believe, think, say, or do anything the Bible
says. Or is it scary?
Isn't it funny how someone can say "I
believe in God"
but still follow Satan
(who, by the way, also "believes" in God
).
Isn't it funny how you can send a thousand jokes through e-mail and!
they spread like wildfire,
but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord,
people think twice about sharing.
Isn't it funny how the lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene pass freely
through cyberspace, but the public discussion of Jesus
is suppressed in the school and workplace.
Isn't it funny how someone can be so fired up for Christ on Saturday,
but be an invisible Christian the rest of the week.
Are you laughing?
Isn't it funny how when you go to forward this message, you will not
send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they
believe, or what they will think of you for sending it to them.
Isn't it funny how I can be more worried about what other people think
of me than what God
thinks of me.
