Our heavenly father we thank you, for one more time you’ve called us to meet and worship you and study your work, the words of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We thank you that we are in a part of the world that we can study your word, the Bread of Life, the Bible is available to us and we can take it and feed on it without being persecuted, tortured, or killed.  We thank you above everything for our Lord Jesus who died for our sake that we may be forgiven and have eternal life and fellowship with you and the gift of the Holy Spirit.  We ask you to bless the leaders of our country that they may all be Christ-like and great soul winners for you.  We ask you to bless the Moslems all over the world that they may know Christ and call him Lord and Savior.  Please bless every reader of this message here, that they too may cast all away and take Christ only.  We ask all this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Amen.

“And Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection and the Life; he that believeth on me, though he was dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die.  Believeth thou this?”  (John 11:25-26)

Dear friend, we have just been very blessed by the Lord more than ever before in this life.  Because the Lord just gave us another chance to hear the words of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  There words are truthful, powerful, and everlasting; they are the very words of God Himself, to every one of us.

We pray that Lord the Holy Spirit will do the works of conviction and these words will register on your heart forever and lead you to the Savior, and soon the Lord will use you to do His works and win many souls for Him and earn many crowns in heaven.

The opening scripture words of this message were spoken by Christ about 2000 years ago to His audience then and now.  He speaks to every one of us.  Now let us focus on the person of Christ and ask for His blessings to each reader of this message that we may understand the meaning of His words.

The word resurrection means “the act of rising from the dead.”  Christ tells us that He is Himself is the very act of resurrection.  So He is the resurrection and definitely without Him there is no resurrection of the dead.  We Christians know this by the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.  Christ is what He says He is, He is the beginning and the end ¹, and surely without beginning and the ending there would not be a resurrection.

He also tells us that He is “the Life,” and in Him is Life ².  He is telling us right now  “ He that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live,” so we know this fact that without Christ there is no Life anywhere, because He is God and He created it all³.

Man without Christ is the body of Death⁴, the total Darkness⁵, and there is no truth in him⁶.  In fact, the word of God says that the Law was given by Moses (for man to know that he is a sinner and in violation of the Law of God).  But grace and truth came by Jesus Christ ⁷.

All men have sinned and violated the Law⁸ that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai⁹.  God says that by the works of the Law man cannot be justified¹⁰, but by having faith in Jesus Christ who is the forgiver of our sins ¹¹.  God also tells us that those who refuse The Good News ¹², are not saved and already condemned to death¹³, and will perish¹⁴.

In His revelation of the person of Christ, the Lord tells us that He is the Resurrection and the Life.  That is being born again¹⁵, and being resurrected from the body of death¹⁶, on to the truth¹⁷, and living the eternal life¹⁸.

My friend, the Lord has blessed you by leading to this message at the time of your life.  It is a divine appointment between you and God, your creator.  He is revealing to you and telling you about the ultimate revelation of Himself the person of Christ¹⁹.  He wants you to make a decision here and now, because there may not be another time or another place for you.  God wants you to know the good news and the Gospel of the Kingdom²⁰.  The Good News, or the Gospel, is that God sent Jesus Christ to this world, and He was crucified and died on the cross for the sins of man and rose the third day, and now is in heaven.   And all who believe in Him and repents of their sins shall not perish, but have everlasting life.

The word of God tells us that there is nothing good about man²¹. Man is born a sinner²².  Our works and even our good works will not please God²³.  But God loves man so much that he sent Jesus Christ to this sin saturated world to save him.  Christ died for our sins and in Him was no sin.  He gave His life for us almost 2000 years ago that he can save us today if we believe, He will give us His own nature, the very Himself.  If we believe in His deity of being conceived by the Holy Spirit in his mother Mary, His sinless life on the earth, which that by itself is the miracle of the miracles, and proved that he was God because man is a sinner but God does not sin.  God’s nature is just and sinless and cannot sin because that would be against Himself and His nature.  It is only man of all the creatures who commits sin and is his own murderer ²⁵.

If we believe that Christ was crucified, died on the cross, rose on the third day, and now is alive and well in Heaven, if we repent of our sins and ask the living Christ to enter our hearts and give us His own life, we will be saved by Him, and He will do that right now.  Sinner, the innocent Christ, the sinless Christ died for you that you may call on Him and He will come and live in you and will save you from the wrath of God.  He wants to give you Himself right now.  Would you rather have your sins and serve the prince of this world, the devil, or have the very God Himself to be your companion and friend forever?  The living Christ is the final gift of God to man.  Would you receive His gift²⁶, the living Christ right now?  God will forgive all our sins because of Jesus Christ.  Wouldn’t you like to have all of your sins forgiven forever?

My friend, you can be sure that the sacrifice of animals and shedding of their blood will not take your sins away²⁸.  You can be sure that your good works will not get you pardoned and get you into heaven²⁹.  Your material possessions cannot bring you redemption or salvation, and some day your earthly possessions will be a witness against you ³⁰.  Whatever you are dedicated to and worshipping now will someday testify against you!

What a horrible thought it is to reject Christ and not call on Him to save you right now.  Christ is our peace with God ³¹, and without Him, we are God’s enemy ³².  There will never be peace between man and God until Christ enters into the heart of man and makes him a new creation ³³.

What is it that is holding you back from coming to the Savior?  Are you afraid of man to come to God?  You let man stand between you and God and take you to Hell with himself?  Just think about it.  All men have died, from the first one to the last one who has been born into this world.  All graves of the sinners are all over the world, but Christ is alive, the earth could not hold Him.  God tells us the soul that sins shall die³⁴.  But Christ is alive and wants to give you himself now.  Then you will be called a Christian, (a carrier of Christ, the very God Himself).  You can be sure that anytime man rejects God’s offer of love and mercy through Christ God suffers.  Because God loves man and wants to save him, and there is not any other way but through Christ³⁵.

Dear friend it would be a horrible thing to fall into the hands of an angry God³⁶.

The scripture verse at the beginning of this message ends with Christ asking us if we believe his previous statement about his deity. 

Dear friends now this question is being asked of you by the Lord Himself.  Now you answer Him if you believe Him or not!  If you do believe Him, then it is the work of God³⁷ and he has reveled Himself to you as your savior.  For flesh and blood cannot reveal the deity of God to man, but God himself ³⁸.  You are most blessed to be forgiven and redeemed because of what Jesus Christ did for you and your sins on the cross!       

Now I hope that you are ready to call on the Lord to save you.  If you are, then you may say this prayer:

Dear God, I know I am a sinner.  I am sorry for my sins and I apologize and repent of my sins.  Now I know that Christ suffered and died for my sins.  Now Lord Jesus, I ask you to come into my heart and help me to live the way you want me to live forever.  I ask you all this in the Name of Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior, Amen.

If you said this prayer and genuinely repented for you sins, you’ve become a new Christian.  You are just born again.  Born into the kingdom of God and have become a partaker of the Holy of the Holies, the Body of Christ.

Dear friend, the most wonderful thing has happened to you right at this moment.  Because of you believing in Christ as your savior and your repentance you have gone from death to eternal life and you will never die or go to Hell, and that is all because of your faith in God through Christ our Lord and Savior!  And that is His promise at the scripture verses that were quoted to you from the Bible at the beginning of this message.

Congratulations for becoming a Christian.  Now get yourself a New Testament bible and read it prayerfully.  Spend quiet time with God, just you and Him, and ask Him to bless you with more of His knowledge and guidance.  Tell all your relatives and friends that now you are a Christian.  Tell them of your repentance of sin and faith in Christ.  Attend church, especially Sunday school.  Tell the pastor of the church that you need more discipleship study.  Stay away from non-believers and make friends with Christian believers.  For all your need go to God and talk to Him and ask in the Name of Jesus.  Give to the church with your time and treasures and talents.  Become a witnessing Christian to the lost, so you may become a great soul winner for the Lord.

The Lord Jesus Christ will use you for the sake of His gospel.  If you are willing to serve Him and make yourself available to Him, give all you have to the glory of God.

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.  Amen ³⁹.
   

 REFERENCES:

1. Revelation 1:8

2. John 1:4

3. John 1:3

4. Romans 6:27

5. John 1:5

6. John 8:44

7. John 1:17

8. Romans 3:23

9. Exodus 34:28

10. Galatians 2:16, Romans 4:5

11. I John 2:2

12. John 3:16

13. John 3:18

14. II Corinthians 2:15

15. John 3:3

16. Romans 7:24

17. John 14:6

18. John 10:10

19. John 14:9

20. Matthew 4:23

21. Isaiah 1:6

22. Psalms 51:5

23. Isaiah 64:6

24. II Corinthians 5:21

25. Romans 6:23

26. II Corinthians 9:15

27. Hebrews 10:17, Isaiah 55:7

28. Hebrews 10:4

29. Galatians 5:21

30. James 5:3

31. Romans 5:1

32. Romans 8:7

33. II Corinthians 5:17

34. Ezekiel 18:20

35. John 14:6

36. Hebrews 10:31

37. John 6:29

38. Matthew 16:17

39. Romans 22:21