Afraid and Confused about God Community Group
This group is for those who: (1.) may be people like me, who have spent time seeking God through involvement in church and religion, and/or personal study and for some reason still find themselves confused and hurting, (2.) those who think they may be in a cult/or those coming out of a cult and are in need of support without the fear of being controlled and manipulated,...
Thank God for His precious Son and our Savior, Jesus Christ. (Titus 3:4) Jesus is most precious because He loved us enough to come down from heaven to willingly offer us salvation by grace by offering Himself on the Cross. (John 6:51, John 3:13) He died on our behalf while we were yet sinners. (Rom. 5:8) What an awesome concept that Jesus willingly came to earth to live as God in flesh, in the form of a humble human being, experiencing the same trials and pains we do, to die a most excruciating death in order to purchase (redeem) us by His own precious blood. (1Pet. 1:19) Accordingly, there is absolutely NOTHING we can do to earn salvation on our own. (Is. 64:6; Eph. 2:8-10). We depend on the Lord completely and totally for His Grace.
Thank God for our precious Faith through the Word. (2Pet. 1:1; 1Pet. 1:7) The Word should be very precious to us, because it is God's communication to us to bring us to a knowledge of Himself and to give us instructions on how to live rightly. We learn how to have a meaningful relationship with God through what He says in His Word about Himself, and also we learn about ourselves. Our faith helps us to grow in our Walk with God and keeps us from straying into dangerous situations in our lives. We learn discernment and how to make godly choices, which gives us peace and contentment. Most of all, we learn that our identity in Christ is that, instead of sinners deserving of God's wrath, we are now children of God (Rom. 8:16) and therefore very valuable. We need to make it a regular habit to study the Word each and every day, and go to it to hear counsel from God on His direction for our life so we can stay in the center of His Will.
Thank God that we have a future with Him in heaven. (John 3:15, 16) We know we have a much better life waiting for us after our life on earth is over. We can look forward to being around the Throne with Jesus and having everlasting health, freedom, security, love, and happiness. (Rev. 4:1-4) We won't have to contend with the limitations of earthly living forever. It is all based on the Work of Christ, how much He loves us, what He has accomplished for us, and what He has planned for us.
Thank God for the Rapture. (1 John 3:2) For all those who belong to Jesus, He will sound the Trumpet Call at the appointed time and call us to Himself in heaven. As the Bridegroom, He is eagerly anticipating the time to have His bride with Him. Likewise, He wants us to look forward to being with Him as His bride and to trust our future to Him.
He is worthy of our trust! Our future in heaven is totally based on His finished work on our behalf, which is the gift of Grace, and is not based on our own legalistic or meritorious works. We do good works as a result of what He has done for us in salvation and because we want to please Him; we don't do them in order to gain eternal life, because as mere humans we fall far short of the mark.
Thank God we are accepted in the beloved. (Eph. 1:6) When we become Children of God, we are no longer in condemnation and subject to God's Wrath. (Rom. 8:1) All our sins are thoroughly purged by the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5) by the shedding of Christ's precious blood which we apply to our hearts at salvation. It is the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that saves; it is not our works of "righteousness" or water baptism. If that were the case, then Jesus' crucifixion was a sham and unnecessary.
It's very simple. Come to Jesus humbly, recognizing that you are a sinner separated from Himself. That, without Him, you are eternally doomed to destruction and there is no hope. You can't do it your own way and go to heaven; it has to be on God's terms alone. Recognize how much you need His grace by repenting (turning from your sinful life) and ask for forgiveness so this burden of sin can be lifted. Fully acknowledge Him as the Sinless Son of God who willingly came down from heaven as God in flesh to be your Savior, shedding His precious blood and dying on your behalf so you can be forgiven and cleansed of all your sins, past, present and future. Thank Him for His offer of Grace and ask Him to be your new Master. He will respond to you with delight and adopt you into His family forever
Thank God for our precious Faith through the Word. (2Pet. 1:1; 1Pet. 1:7) The Word should be very precious to us, because it is God's communication to us to bring us to a knowledge of Himself and to give us instructions on how to live rightly. We learn how to have a meaningful relationship with God through what He says in His Word about Himself, and also we learn about ourselves. Our faith helps us to grow in our Walk with God and keeps us from straying into dangerous situations in our lives. We learn discernment and how to make godly choices, which gives us peace and contentment. Most of all, we learn that our identity in Christ is that, instead of sinners deserving of God's wrath, we are now children of God (Rom. 8:16) and therefore very valuable. We need to make it a regular habit to study the Word each and every day, and go to it to hear counsel from God on His direction for our life so we can stay in the center of His Will.
Thank God that we have a future with Him in heaven. (John 3:15, 16) We know we have a much better life waiting for us after our life on earth is over. We can look forward to being around the Throne with Jesus and having everlasting health, freedom, security, love, and happiness. (Rev. 4:1-4) We won't have to contend with the limitations of earthly living forever. It is all based on the Work of Christ, how much He loves us, what He has accomplished for us, and what He has planned for us.
Thank God for the Rapture. (1 John 3:2) For all those who belong to Jesus, He will sound the Trumpet Call at the appointed time and call us to Himself in heaven. As the Bridegroom, He is eagerly anticipating the time to have His bride with Him. Likewise, He wants us to look forward to being with Him as His bride and to trust our future to Him.
He is worthy of our trust! Our future in heaven is totally based on His finished work on our behalf, which is the gift of Grace, and is not based on our own legalistic or meritorious works. We do good works as a result of what He has done for us in salvation and because we want to please Him; we don't do them in order to gain eternal life, because as mere humans we fall far short of the mark.
Thank God we are accepted in the beloved. (Eph. 1:6) When we become Children of God, we are no longer in condemnation and subject to God's Wrath. (Rom. 8:1) All our sins are thoroughly purged by the washing of regeneration (Titus 3:5) by the shedding of Christ's precious blood which we apply to our hearts at salvation. It is the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that saves; it is not our works of "righteousness" or water baptism. If that were the case, then Jesus' crucifixion was a sham and unnecessary.
It's very simple. Come to Jesus humbly, recognizing that you are a sinner separated from Himself. That, without Him, you are eternally doomed to destruction and there is no hope. You can't do it your own way and go to heaven; it has to be on God's terms alone. Recognize how much you need His grace by repenting (turning from your sinful life) and ask for forgiveness so this burden of sin can be lifted. Fully acknowledge Him as the Sinless Son of God who willingly came down from heaven as God in flesh to be your Savior, shedding His precious blood and dying on your behalf so you can be forgiven and cleansed of all your sins, past, present and future. Thank Him for His offer of Grace and ask Him to be your new Master. He will respond to you with delight and adopt you into His family forever
TomBar
Thanks, Roger. I needed that. I believe it. Tom
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AMEN.
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