If you are discontent or unhappy, Search your hearts...
Beloved, it is our responsibility to search out and find what we believe in, not to just listen and mimic others we hear. It is not good to put your eternal life and salvation in the hands of earthly greed and beliefs. If you are uncertain, there are many ways you can search your heart, find information and learn the truth. If you are not attending a local Church, please find one and be a member of God's team or at least go and listen and learn. If you have friends that believe in the profession of faith below, ask them questions, or find a minister or pastor who can answer your questions. There are also many very good books that can help you.
My name is Geri. God is my life and my love. I will be praying for wisdom and guidance while I make this site and provide a place for friends to play. The founders of Tribe of Judah gaming site and CGAlliance have done a wonderful job and I am going to borrow some stuff from them for this site. If someone with wisdom works hard on something of value, I feel that it shows respect to them to use their wisdom and allows us to use our time on learning and producing more for God.
Profession of Faith
God created the earth and all within it, including man and woman. (Genesis 1:1-27)
Jesus Christ is the son of God. (Matthew 3:16-17)
Jesus was crucified by humans. (Matthew 27:35)
Jesus rose three days after his crucifixion. (Matthew 28:5-7)
Accepting Jesus Christ as one's personal Lord and Savior is the only way to enter heaven. (John 14:6)
Jesus sent the Holy Spirit after His ascension to heaven. (Acts 1:8, Acts 2:1-4)
The Bible is inspired by God, and its perfection is inherently passed from God to its human authors, and from those authors to its interpretations. (2 Timothy 3:16)
The Bible is a single volume, without sequel or addendum. (Revelation 22:18-19)
For those of you who might be searching and would like to start somewhere, a couple of books I really like are listed below:
Any of Lee Strobel's 'Case for...' books = Case for Christ; Case for Faith; Case for a Creator.
Plan of Salvation
Our "Plan of Salvation" article was written by former ToJ member JoshuaOneSix.
If you were to die today, are you 100% sure you would go to heaven?
You know you can know!
I John 5:13 - "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."
The Bible is clear that we can know that we will go to heaven when we die.
Here's how you can know
Romans 3:10 - "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one."
Romans 3:23 - "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
Everyone has sinned or done things he should not have done. The first step in getting saved is acknowledging that we are all sinners.
Here is where sin came from
Romans 5:12 - "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"
Adam committed the first sin on this earth; and as a result, everyone born since then has sin. Because God is a holy and just God, He cannot allow sin in His presence; so God has placed a price on sin. That price is death, which is not simply dying and going to the grave, but is eternal separation from God in a place called Hell.
Revelation 21:8 - "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."
Eternal separation is what we owe because of our sin.
But the story doesn't end there
Romans 6:23 - "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
Salvation is THE gift of God. A gift is something someone gives you without you doing anything. If someone gives you a gift, they do all the work; all you have to do is accept it. Jesus did everything for you when He died on the cross; all you have to do is receive Him as your personal Savior.
Romans 5:8 - "But God commendeth His love towards us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
This is what you need to know
Romans 10:13 - "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."
To call on the name of the Lord simply means to cry out to Him or ask Him to be your personal Savior. Whosoever means ANYONE and EVERYONE who is willing to ask; and most importantly, whosoever means YOU. Jesus died for the sins of the whole world.
John 3:16 - "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."
If you want to trust Christ as your personal Savior, then simply pray this prayer right now:
"Dear Jesus, I realize I am a sinner, and the best I know how, I right now ask You to forgive me of all my sins and to take me to heaven when I die. I trust You today, and only You, to be my Savior. Thank you for dying for me."
Now if you just prayed this prayer and someone were to ask you were would you go if you died today, you could say with confidence, "Heaven," because the Bible says:
John 3:36 - "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on Him.
I pray that God has used this in your life.
Borrowed with permission of Tek7 from ToJ. Thank you ToJ = http://www.cgalliance.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8for allowing me to use this.