Sinners Prayer Shallow Insincere Commitment

Many people believe that they are Christians, they believe that they are saved after reciting a "sinners prayer" after somebody and making a shallow, insincere commitment to follow Jesus Christ.

There are many versions of the "sinners prayer." One of the famous ones is the Billy Graham sinners prayer. It goes like this:

"Dear Lord Jesus, I know that I am a sinner, and I ask for Your forgiveness. I believe You died for my sins and rose from the dead. I turn from my sins and invite You to come into my heart and life. I want to trust and follow You as my Lord and Savior. In Your Name.

Amen."

Another version is this one:

"Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life and receive You as my Savior and Lord. Thank You for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Take control of the throne of my life. Make me the kind of person You want me to be"

After repeating these lines, after somebody else people are told that they are saved and now they are going to heaven, they have security of salvation. They walk away and they believe they are saved as long as they attend church and they believe, they think that they will have eternal life but they forget that in reading these lines they made promises to God which they never keep. They go on living like the rest of the world, they do not REPENT, they do not turn away from sin. They do not obey Jesus Christ, be baptized in water, they do not serve Him as Lord and Master. They just believe that they are saved because they repeated these lines after somebody. They never meant it in their hearts and they never kept their side of the bargain, of that which they promised God to do. Can that save us? Certainly not. It is just a meaningless repetition of words. We will not have salvation if we do not obey Jesus Christ and if we have made promises to God we have to keep them because God does not tolerate fools! It is foolish to make promises to God and not keep them. He will hold it against you because you have LIED IN ADVANCE and you have added to your sin. Only those who REPENT, turn away from their previous lifestyle of sin and of serving themselves, who GO AFTER Jesus Christ and obey Him, be baptized in water, OBEY His words, live in holiness and righteousness, it is only they that will have salvation.

It is only those who get into a real relationship with Jesus Christ, who SEEK the baptism in the Holy Spirit and are filled with the Holy Spirit and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit, who TRULY get to KNOW Jesus Christ, only they will be saved.

There is no quick easy contractual formula that you can apply to have salvation. You have to KNOW, FOLLOW and OBEY Jesus Christ until the very end or else you will perish.

Keep your promises to Jesus Christ, place Him on the throne of your life. Serve and obey Him as LORD until the end or else you will not be part of His kingdom and you will perish.

May Jesus bless you.

Get SERIOUS about Jesus or get CUT OFF

If we receive the gospel of Jesus Christ and accept Jesus as our SAVIOR, Lord and Master, like so many do, by praying a SINNERS PRAYER then Jesus Christ takes us seriously. He ACCEPTS us, He takes us in as children of God, we get grafted into the VINE, the TRUE VINE, Jesus Christ Himself, He forgives our past sins, He makes us Children of God but then we have to KEEP OUR PROMISE to Him. We must OBEY Him and SERVE Him.

If we neglect to keep our PROMISE to Him and we refuse to OBEY Him, be BAPTIZED IN WATER, live HOLY and RIGHTEOUS, and FOLLOW Him, then the Holy Spirit will CONVICT us, He will DISCIPLINE us. He will not just leave us but if we keep on refusing to KEEP OUR PROMISE, if we keep on refusing to FOLLOW and OBEY Jesus then eventually we will get CUT OFF.

He says that:”Every branch in Me that does not bear GOOD FRUIT will get CUT OFF AND BURNED but every branch that bears good fruit WILL BE PRUNED by the Master.” He will CORRECT such a branch so that they can bear more fruit through their OBEDIENCE to Jesus, through REMAINING IN Christ.

If you are SERIOUS about following Jesus and about OBEYING Him you will immediately ELIMINATE SIN, temptation and TURN AWAY from those things that separate you from Him. You will not love the things of the world any more, you will not go to the same places, you will not participate in the same things any more, you will not FIT IN WITH THE SAME FRIENDS and immediately you will be REJECTED, they will start PERSECUTING you because of Jesus and you will NEED Jesus, HIS PRESENCE, His HELP, TO STAY with Him but you will have to HANG ON TO HIM. He will give you the power to STOP SINNING, to RESIST TEMPTATION. Your love for Him and your DETERMINATION to follow Him will cause you to CHOOSE between friends, loved ones, the tings that you used to do and Jesus. You will immediately get into a STRUGGLE, but Jesus will be with you. He will never forsake you and He will never leave you but IF YOU LEAVE HIM He will coach you, the Holy Spirit will CALL you, DISCIPLINE you, stand in your way, He will prune you and ATTEMPT to bring you back, call you back to being totally dedicated to Jesus but if you KEEP ON REFUSING and turn away from Jesus eventually YOU WILL GET CUT OFF AND BURNED, you will end up in damnation!

Jesus will not force us to follow Him, He will respect our free will. If we persist in our evil ways and refuse to submit to Him He will respect our desires to separate ourselves from Him and we will get cut off from Him, from the Kingdom of God and we will end up in HELL. Jesus will accept us IF WE ARE SERIOUS and He will be with us always but if we are not serious about following and obeying Him, eventually WE WILL GET CUT OFF AND BURNED. The Spirit of God will not strive with man for ever. Jesus does not tolerate sin or disobedience. If we STUMBLE He will CORRECT us, DISCIPLINE us and bring us back to the right road, the NARROW WAY, but if we persist on the wrong way, the BROAD WAY, if we go OUR OWN WAY we will get CUT OFF AND BURNED, because NARROW is the DOOR that leads to life and FEW there be that find it. We have to STRIVE HARD, get into the STRUGGLE, deny ourselves every day, pick up our cross and follow Jesus. He will give us the strength to endure until the end IF WE ARE SERIOUS but if we are not serious we will get cut off.

How serious are we about our relationship with Jesus Christ? Will we endure until the end or will we give up and eventually be cut off and burned and end up in HELL with the children of disobedience? Be SERIOUS with Jesus!

May Jesus bless you.

Once Saved Always Saved IS A LIE

Once Saved Always Saved is a LIE that people like to believe because it gives them FALSE SECURITY. Many people say a SINNERS PRAYER and they promise Jesus that they will follow and obey Him for the rest of their lives and then they believe they are saved but they never follow Him and they never obey Him, they turn away from Him, because they believe that they are saved.

Nobody is SAVED until the very end. Jesus said:”he who endures until the END will be saved.” If we keep on following Jesus and we keep on obeying Him until the very end of our lives then we will be saved. Someone asked Jesus whether those who are BEING SAVED are FEW and He said:”Strive HARD to enter the narrow door because many, I tell you, will try and not be able.” Very few people will endure until the end. Very few people will follow Jesus Christ. We have to follow Jesus UNTIL THE END.

Jesus said that whoever puts his hand to the plow and looks back is not worthy of Him. If we start following Jesus and we long to go back to our previous life of self-satisfaction, of self-service and sin, if we love the things of the world , then we are not worthy of Jesus and we will not enter the Kingdom of Heaven.

There is not such thing as ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED. That is a LIE! Many people make marriage vows and they say:”Until death do us part.” But very few of those people nowadays stay together until the end. If we do not follow Jesus and stay with Him until the end then we will not be with Him for eternity.

Our salvation depends on our relationship with Jesus. The day we meet Him that relationship starts and the quality of that relationship will determine whether we will be with Him for eternity. If we have not come to know Jesus INTIMATELY because we have not CLOSELY FOLLOWED Him then He will say to us:”Go away I never KNEW you, you worker of wickedness.” We can only KNOW Jesus when we WALK WITH HIM every day and STAY WITH HIM UNTIL THE VERY END.

Jesus will never leave us nor will He forsake us because He is FAITHFUL but if we leave Him, if we deny Him and turn away from Him He will not hold us back, He will let us go but when we come to the end of our lives and we stand before Him He will say to us:”Go away I never knew you, you worker of wickedness.” We have to ENDURE and STAY WITH Jesus until the very end.

When we stand before His judgment throne the books will be opened and we will be judged by what is written inside of those books. What will OUR BOOK look like? What will our book say about our relationship with Jesus? Will our works testify of our relationship with Jesus, our love for Him and our OBEDIENCE to Him, because we have ENDURED with Him until the very end?

May Jesus bless you.   

What Matters is How you Finish

Many people hear the gospel of Jesus Christ and then they say a sinners prayer, they accept Jesus Christ as their Lord, Master and Savior. They promise to follow Him and obey Him in that prayer but very soon they turn away from Him, they don't keep their promise, they leave Him.

Many people fall in love with somebody and they get married, they make marriage vows but very soon their love grows cold, They find somebody else and they leave the one to whom they vowed to be faithful for life.

It is only those who remain faithful to Jesus until the very end that will have eternal life, it is only those who keep their vows. Many turn away from Jesus. Some want to go back. What is important is not how you start the race but how you finish it. You might have known Jesus, you might have followed Jesus and then backslidden into the world. What matters is HOW YOU END. GET BACK TO JESUS. Love Him, obey Him, follow Him and KEEP YOUR VOW, stay with Him until the end and He will give you LIFE. It is only those who endure until the end that will have eternal life.

What really matters is not how you start but how you finish. Are you running the race with endurance in such a way that you will win the prize? How do you intend to finish?

May Jesus bless you.

Serve the Master

Most Christian believers WILL NOT and CANNOT become part of the kingdom of Heaven. They REFUSE to ACCEPT Jesus Christ as LORD and MASTER. Most of them have said a SINNERS PRAYER and have become Bible students and pew warmers instead of becoming disciples of Jesus Christ.

They never committed themselves to Jesus, they never repented, they never stopped sinning, they never stopped going after their own lusts and desires and they never picked up their cross and started following Jesus. Most of them never got baptized in water. They just became ARROGANT because they believe that they are saved but they do not even know Jesus Christ. They do not obey Him and they do not follow Him. They are arrogant and they are slaves to sin and the desires of their flesh, they are worldly people but they believe that they are saved. They never accepted Jesus Christ as the Master of their lives.

If you want to have eternal life you must become part of the kingdom of Heaven. You must SUBMIT yourself to the KING, Jesus Christ and SERVE HIM AS LORD AND MASTER every day of your life. If you do not carry a cross, YOUR OWN CROSS every day and follow Jesus, you WILL NOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. You will not get into heaven without bearing your cross. You WILL GO THROUGH MUCH SUFFERING and you will LEARN OBEDIENCE through what you have suffered. If you are not suffering, bearing a cross learning obedience through your relationship with Jesus Christ you ARE NOT ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW ROAD, Jesus Christ is not your master, you ARE NOT part of the kingdom of heaven and you WILL NOT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.

Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your LORD and MASTER? Do you serve Him every day or are you a slave to sin and the lust of your flesh? Who do you serve? Who is your God? Your own lusts and desires, your flesh, or is Jesus Christ your Master? Are you led by the Holy Spirit or are you driven by your own lusts, your own arrogance and your own mind doing what YOU please? Who is YOUR Master? Is Jesus Christ YOUR Master?

May Jesus bless you.

Wakey Wakey!

The vast majority of Christian believers are fast asleep. Many of them believe that they have salvation security but MOST of them have no relationship with Jesus Christ whatsoever. Many know the Bible, others just belong to churches and they go fellowship with church people. Many have said a sinners prayer and now they believe that they have salvation and they are saved but they have no relationship with Jesus! They are living in sin and in unrighteousness but they believe that when they die they will go to heaven. They will perish!
It is only those who walk closely with Jesus, who LISTEN to HIS VOICE and who FOLLOW Him, who OBEY Him, who live in holiness and righteousness, it is only they who will have salvation. Jesus said:”My sheep LISTEN to MY VOICE and they FOLLOW ME.” Who do you LISTEN to and who do you follow? Do you follow Jesus Christ or your own mind, your own ambitions? Do you do what YOU like, what YOU feel like and what YOU please? Or do you listen to OTHER PEOPLE? Who are you following? Are you following Jesus Christ?
It is only those who deny themselves, pick up their cross and follow Jesus EVERY DAY, it is only they who will have eternal life. It is time to WAKE UP and follow Jesus.

May Jesus bless you.