Greetings dear Ambassadors and all those that have been grafted into the Kingdom!!! I thank God today for making Salvation available for Jew and Gentile alike.
Do you ever just sit and wonder why God cares so much about humanity? Even before Jesus died on the cross God had been telling the children of Israel to repent. God didn't tell them one way or through one person. He told them over and over and over again. He used different people to warn the Israelites too and when they refused His generous offer of forgiveness God used other countries to punish them for their sin and rebellion. BUT every time they cried out in repentance He forgave them and helped them...even when He knew they were going to reject and sin against Him again. Truly Israel had a cycle of sin that we would all do well to look into and avoid, as Paul said these things were written for our example lest we fall I Corinthians 10:5-12
Did you know that after we lead that precious soul to Christ we are then to disciple them? We are to lovingly and consistently teach them the ways of the King and the Kingdom. Our Pastor recommended my husband and I for such a program at church recently. New converts go through a 7 week course of getting really rooted and grounded in the Scripture. In this program we get assigned a new convert and we meet with them once a week. We walk them through a specific Biblical curriculum to help them understand that they are truly "new creatures" and introduce hem further to the realities and requirements of their new citizenship in Christ.
Do you ever just sit and wonder why God cares so much about humanity? Even before Jesus died on the cross God had been telling the children of Israel to repent. God didn't tell them one way or through one person. He told them over and over and over again. He used different people to warn the Israelites too and when they refused His generous offer of forgiveness God used other countries to punish them for their sin and rebellion. BUT every time they cried out in repentance He forgave them and helped them...even when He knew they were going to reject and sin against Him again. Truly Israel had a cycle of sin that we would all do well to look into and avoid, as Paul said these things were written for our example lest we fall I Corinthians 10:5-12
Did you know that after we lead that precious soul to Christ we are then to disciple them? We are to lovingly and consistently teach them the ways of the King and the Kingdom. Our Pastor recommended my husband and I for such a program at church recently. New converts go through a 7 week course of getting really rooted and grounded in the Scripture. In this program we get assigned a new convert and we meet with them once a week. We walk them through a specific Biblical curriculum to help them understand that they are truly "new creatures" and introduce hem further to the realities and requirements of their new citizenship in Christ.
Some of you have neighbors, relatives, and co workers that you've lead to the LORD, encourage them to get involved with your church. The quicker they get introduced and involved in a discipleship program the less chance there will be that the enemy will be able to seduce and deceive them.
Be prepared, Be yourself, Be obedient and Be joyful
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