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How I came to Jesus
Posted On 11/06/2006 13:05:58 by EternalLife

I remember as a little girl I would go to church with my Great Aunt every once in awhile. I don't ever remember seeing my mom go to church with us. As a very young girl I asked my mom what our religion was. She told me that we were Baptist. Well being as young as I was I didn't fully understand what being Baptist was. I thought all that meant was we believed in God so that meant we were going to heaven. I didn't know anything really at that time about Jesus Christ or God's love for me. As I got a little older my sisters and I would take my mom's big old Bible to our rooms and look at the pictures that were in it. Of course we didn't understand at that age what the pictures meant and why we were seeing a man hanging by a cross. I decided that I was going to find out. So I took that bible and started reading Genesis. I was fascinated by how God made the earth and then Adam. After I read all of Genesis I decided well okay I really liked that so I tried to read the next book. Well at the time I didn't find it interesting like Genesis was. I decided to read about the man that was on the cross. I found out that his name was Jesus. I read about his life and death. I was really sad by what happened to Jesus. From there I went to Revelations. I read that over and over.

As I grew up I started to understand exactly what Jesus did for me. I thought as long as I believed in God I would make it to heaven. Well by this time I was married to a Christian man who grew up in church. His grandfather was a pastor and soon after we married his father became a pastor. Things were really different for me because I wasn't use to being around Christians. Every question I had concerning God, Jesus and what was in the Bible he had an answer for and if he didn't he would find it for me. This was all new for me so of course we spent many hours discussing the Word. There were a few things that just didn't make sense to me though. I tried hard to agree with him because he knew more about this then I did. He explained to me about being saved. He said once you are saved then you are always saved. No matter what I did I just couldn't understand that. I will let you decide.

"but he who stands firm to the end will be saved" Matthew 24:13

"It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age
if they fall away, to be brought back to repentance, because to their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace." Hebrews 6: 4-6

"You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For in just a very little while, "He who is coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous one will live by faith. And if he shrinks back, I will not be pleased with him." But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who believe and are saved." Hebrews 10:36-39

"No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." 1 Corinthians 9:27

"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed-not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence-continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling," Philippians 2:12

"Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3: 12-14

Another one my husband told me about was the Trinity. I had heard of it before but didn't quite understand what it was or meant. I asked him to explain it to me. Okay this was a really big one for me because I have never believed that God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit were one and the same. If Jesus Christ were Yahweh, would he have made this statement at John 5:16?

"So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."

It's pretty obvious that Christ differentiated himself from his Father Yahweh in that statement, isn't it? Why? Because he told only one truth. He knew he himself was not God Almighty. He did not try to fool anyone into believing that he was. Now go to Verse 18 and look at what is revealed: "For this reason the Jews tried all the harder to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God."


In their eyes (the Jews) they felt he Jesus had made himself equal with the Creator. But had he done so? Let's read Verse 19: "Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does."

Does that sound like he was equal to Yahweh? Or, does it sound like Jesus was in submission of his Father's Will? At John 14:28 Jesus said, "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you. If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am."

If Jesus was Yahweh, he would be equal in greatness; but he clearly stated that his Father is greater than he is. He also clearly stated that he was going to his Father. That alone tells us that his Father was somewhere else, not playing the 3-headed part of a Trinity which included the personage of Jesus. It just doesn't fit in the Jigsaw Puzzle to believe otherwise is to believe a lie.

In arguments for Christ being Yahweh by those that have no understanding of the "Mystery" about Christ, they often say "Jesus was the human part of God." If that were so, then why, if Jesus is equal to his Heavenly self as Yahweh, that (his other self portrayed as Yahweh) in Heaven knows things that Jesus, his human self, does not know?

Mark 13:32 states: "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father." Now think about that. How could Christ not know if he was also God Almighty serving in a third role as the Son? It is absurd and ridicules to believe such a myth as the Trinity.

At Daniel 7:9, 10, 13, 14 it states: "As I looked, thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His clothing was as white as snow; the hair of his head was white like wool. His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before him. Thousands upon thousands attended him; ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was seated, and the books were opened....In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power."

This Scripture reveals Christ ascension to the Heavenly Court before the presence of his Father Yahweh. There would have been little need to record the event if Christ was indeed Yahweh. But, he is not. He is His Son and our Savior. There are many, many more verses in the Bible to prove that Yahweh and Jesus are not one and the same.

Do you believe that you have to be baptized in order to be saved? That is a myth. You do not need to be baptized in order to be saved. If you believe in Christ, What is the one thing that will save you? It is accepting him as our Father's son and the Savior of humanity. What did Jesus do to save us? He shed his perfect innocent Holy Blood that we might not die an eternal death. So what exactly is water baptism? It's plainly an outward profession of one's desire to follow in the footsteps of Christ. Here are some Scripture's that describe exactly what I told you.

"But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin." 1 John 1:7

"I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful then I.. I am not worthy to take off His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." Matthew 3:11

"There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12

Water baptism is something my husband and I agreed on. He has come to understand about the Trinity. I am still working on the Once Saved, Always Saved with him. Many different "Christian" religions have put their own spin on what it means to be Christian that they are forcing others away from the one thing that will ultimately save them and give then eternal life.

I became a Light of Life Minister in July of this year. During that time I have become even closer to Yahweh and His Son Jesus Christ. The six of us Ministers have become really close. We were meant to come together to spread the Kingdom Message so people will know what is to come. Sometimes it can be stressful when you get negative responses to the message. I would love to save everyone. That is one thing we have all learned is that we can't save everyone. It has to be in their heart. We spread the Kingdom Message and then let the Holy Spirit take over from there. Yes we get negative feed back from all kinds of people. It really breaks my heart to hear what some people say. The only thing I can do is pray for them. I pray that they will take the warning to their hearts. I love spreading the Kingdom Message to people because I feel like this is what I am meant to do. I have had to learn many lessons on this narrow path I travel.

One of the lessons was to not judge people. It isn't our place to judge. I learned that the hard way. To be honest, at the time I didn't think I was judging anyone but when I really thought about it, I had done exactly that. I may not have always judged people out loud but that doesn't matter because Yahweh knows when we judge whether it is with our words or our thoughts. So always remember your thoughts. That was a really important lesson to learn. Another thing I have learned was to give my problems, my concerns and my fears to Yahweh. When you do that you will feel the burden lifted off your shoulders. We can't let negative energy drag us down. That is what Satan wants. He wants to take down as many of Yahweh's children as he can. I have learned to deliver the message and if I get negative responses to shake the dust off and move on. What ever you do don't get into an argument because that is bringing negative energy on yourself. I always try to stop and think, "What did Jesus do or say?" We have Bible Study twice a week. I look forward to being with my sister's whom I love and trust to learn the Word. I can see how we all have grown in knowledge and yes wisdom.

I would like all of you to just think about something for me. For the one's of you who have children and if you don't have children think about someone in your life that you love with all your heart. Now read this and see how you really feel.

"For God so loved the world, That he gave his only begotten Son, That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, But have everlasting life." John 3:16

I know how that makes me feel. He gave His only Son to die for us. Could you do that?

"I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of this world." John 6:51

Did Jesus have a choice? You bet he did.

"Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and He will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of Angels." Matthew 26:53

To read what Jesus went through for us please read Matthew 27:26-50. Those Scripture's prove how much Yahweh and Jesus Christ love us. Now is the time to open your heart to Jesus.




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