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CAN YOU SAY YOUR ABC'S?
ROMANS 10
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
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14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
One of the first things, we learn to do in life, is to speak and one of the first ways we learn to speak is to learn our alphabet.
We are taught when we come to faith that we are to Admit, Believe and Confess as shown in the passage above.
Let us dig down on these thoughts:
What are meant to admit:
That God is.
Hebrews 11
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
We need to realize who God is, we must believe that he exists, an atheist has to come to the realization that there is a God. Not only must we be made aware that he is real, but that he is both just and loving at the same time. As the verse says, we need to be aware that if we diligently seek him, he will be found.
We must acknowledge that God is just and is justified in his righteous anger against sin and against the sinner.
Romans 3
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
God is not being unfair, he is being just towards sin, we are rebels against God in our hearts and actions, he would be totally justified in sending me straight to hell, I deserve it, but he acted in mercy towards me.
Psalm 103
We Must admit that we are sinful and have strayed from God
Isaiah 53:6
The example of the publican in Luke 18, he realized that he was a sinner, not deserving God's forgiveness.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalted himself shall be abased; and he that humblest himself shall be exalted.
Only when the holy spirit enlightens your heart, so that can truly see yourself as a wretched dirty sinner, can you start to come to faith.
We need to admit that we cannot save ourselves and only Christ can save us
The thief on the cross saw this, he had no option but to admit this, like all those who come to this point, such as the publican, such as Zaccheus. We need to realize, we have no hope, only in Christ do we have hope.
Ephesians 2：1-8
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
So we admit all these things, this brings us to the B
We have to believe
The great story in Acts 16 of the jailer, the story on the day of Pentecost, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.
We believe on the finished work of Christ
John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Would you believe in a half-completed house? No, you can only trust in something that needs no further work.
We have belief in what Jesus did on the cross, we know that when we believe, we can trust God completely
The third letter is C
We can have confidence, when we believe in Christ, we believe on the true God, the one who cannot lie, he is the truth and he gives life
We are convinced or as Paul puts it, we are fully persuaded.
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
What God says he will do.. HE DOES amen
Romans 8
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
The next C is that we confess, once we are convinced and confident, we will confess our faith and one of the ways, we will do this is by baptism and also be sharing the gospel ourselves.
A convinced Christian is probably the best witnessing tool, God can have, you have to believe the whole bible to share it, that's why so many Christians, won't share it, because they don't believe it.
Christians with the three traits above will continue in the faith, that will be steadfast and immoveable as it says in 1 Corinthians 15
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
I hope this message has allowed you to learn your ABC's
God bless you
KK
There are thousands of English devotions also.
https://www.tblfaithnews.com/category/tbl-china
https://www.tblfaithnews.com/tbl-china-prayer-requests
https://www.tblfaithnews.com/
JOHN KNOX INSTITUTE
https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/westminstershortercatechism
https://johnknoxinstitute.org/modules/communion
CAN YOU SAY YOUR ABC'S?
ROMANS 10
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
”
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
One of the first things, we learn to do in life, is to speak and one of the first ways we learn to speak is to learn our alphabet.
We are taught when we come to faith that we are to Admit, Believe and Confess as shown in the passage above.
Let us dig down on these thoughts:
What are meant to admit:
That God is.
Hebrews 11
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
We need to realize who God is, we must believe that he exists, an atheist has to come to the realization that there is a God. Not only must we be made aware that he is real, but that he is both just and loving at the same time. As the verse says, we need to be aware that if we diligently seek him, he will be found.
We must acknowledge that God is just and is justified in his righteous anger against sin and against the sinner.
Romans 3
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
God is not being unfair, he is being just towards sin, we are rebels against God in our hearts and actions, he would be totally justified in sending me straight to hell, I deserve it, but he acted in mercy towards me.
Psalm 103
We Must admit that we are sinful and have strayed from God
Isaiah 53:6
The example of the publican in Luke 18, he realized that he was a sinner, not deserving God's forgiveness.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalted himself shall be abased; and he that humblest himself shall be exalted.
Only when the holy spirit enlightens your heart, so that can truly see yourself as a wretched dirty sinner, can you start to come to faith.
We need to admit that we cannot save ourselves and only Christ can save us
The thief on the cross saw this, he had no option but to admit this, like all those who come to this point, such as the publican, such as Zaccheus. We need to realize, we have no hope, only in Christ do we have hope.
Ephesians 2：1-8
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
So we admit all these things, this brings us to the B
We have to believe
The great story in Acts 16 of the jailer, the story on the day of Pentecost, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.
We believe on the finished work of Christ
John 19:30
When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
Would you believe in a half-completed house? No, you can only trust in something that needs no further work.
We have belief in what Jesus did on the cross, we know that when we believe, we can trust God completely
The third letter is C
We can have confidence, when we believe in Christ, we believe on the true God, the one who cannot lie, he is the truth and he gives life
We are convinced or as Paul puts it, we are fully persuaded.
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
What God says he will do.. HE DOES amen
Romans 8
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
The next C is that we confess, once we are convinced and confident, we will confess our faith and one of the ways, we will do this is by baptism and also be sharing the gospel ourselves.
A convinced Christian is probably the best witnessing tool, God can have, you have to believe the whole bible to share it, that's why so many Christians, won't share it, because they don't believe it.
Christians with the three traits above will continue in the faith, that will be steadfast and immoveable as it says in 1 Corinthians 15
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
I hope this message has allowed you to learn your ABC's
God bless you
KK