John 3:5
King James Version
5 Jesus answered,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
If six years may not seem long, compared to other ministers being devoted to CHRIST for decades, it's long enough for me, considering the HOLY SPIRIT and I write most everyday.
The result of which, we have 113 blogs to offer -- on sin awareness, spiritual warfare, salvation, and Scripture.
It's been six years today.
The day GOD made me born again.
The day my life turned around 180 degrees.
The day His SPIRIT led me to the Bible, and made it easy for me to understand.
In ways I had not known all my life.
On 6 September 2019, GOD responded to the cry of my heart.
That I wanted to be a new person, repentant, and desirous to be FREE of sin.
That I grieved at all my many errors back in April 2019.
If it seemed to have taken the LORD
five months to respond, it's because
only He knows the perfect time for conversions.
The waiting is usually the toughest.
Will GOD show up?
Will He answer your prayer?
How will He answer it?
How do you know He has, or had, answered you?
In what form would it take?
In that waiting, I could so have easily fallen away, removing myself from my original intentions.
But no, I didn't.
I wanted to be FREE of sin.
I wanted to do right, this time.
And I was resolute.
I wanted to be GOD's own.
To know His ways, His will, His laws.
I wanted to know ABSOLUTE truth.
I could not bear to live the life I used to live before.
My soul was aching to be redeemed.
It had strayed long enough.
When GOD finally made me born again in 2019, I didn't realize how I thirsted for the Bible.
I practically devoured its pages.
Having started from Zechariah, for that's where SPIRIT led me right away, He then led me to the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
And then SPIRIT guided me to back to the VERY beginning.
The FIRST two verses had me by its truth:
Genesis 1:1-2
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1 In the beginning
God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.
Its many truths were powerful:
"God created the heaven and the earth"
"the earth was without form, and void"
"darkness was upon the face of the deep"
"the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters"
All I can say, as a barely-a-day-old Christian then, was "WOW!"
That was also my VERY FIRST encounter with the "Spirit of God".
After which, He merely took over, and started teaching me.
He taught me Bible prophecy.
He taught me how to write about Scripture.
He taught me how to "rightly divide" the verses.
2 Timothy 2:15
King James Version
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God,
a workman that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.
It was a unique way He taught me.
First, He led me to verses He wanted me to learn from.
Then He "divided" the verses, a word at a time.
Eventually, He gave me sets of phrases.
That's how He taught me to write about Scripture.
That's how He wanted me to write articles for Him, and you.
Now, when we write articles, we give you sets of phrases, to digest at a time.
Letting the significance of each word register upon your soul.
It was the simplest, and most logical approach.
A word at a time.
A phrase at a time.
In the right context,
seeing everything as a whole.
In honor of GOD's GLORY.
I am still in awe of how we continued this way, all these six years.
This workman hasn't veered from it, for it was a "system" created by SPIRIT specifically for my work with Him.
My mind remains in awe of the volume of thought, studies, and material, we scoured through all those years.
And the volume of articles each blog produced.
Perhaps, we've written hundreds of posts.
Maybe even thousands.
Some days, SPIRIT made me write up to seven articles, especially when we start a new blog.
SPIRIT made it all possible.
That's why I would never want to stray.
I want to remain a student of SPIRIT, listening to His every WORD.
He taught me about GOD, JESUS, and Himself -- the TRIUNE GOD.
He led me to Bible DISCOVERIES.
He taught me about repentance, salvation, and faith.
"Nothing is permanent,
except GOD."
He taught me how to connect daily/world events, with the WORD of GOD.
If it's all GOD that I live, and breathe, that's pretty much me now.
Once GOD makes you born again, and anoints you with His SPIRIT, to serve His purposes, you will never want to veer from it.
Losing GOD is losing your own soul.
You would never want to be away from Him.
You depend on His Son, JESUS, for everything.
Once you know His love and mercy, through His Son, JESUS CHRIST, you'd be shamefaced to reject, stray, or backslide, at all.
John 3:16-17
King James Version
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.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world
to condemn the world; but that the world
through him might be saved.
Romans 5:6
King James Version
6 For when we were yet without strength,
in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Ephesians 1:7
King James Version
7 In whom we have redemption
through his blood,
the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;
Ephesians 2:8-9
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8 For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Colossians 2:12-14
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12 Buried with him in baptism,
wherein also ye are risen with him
through the faith of the operation of God,
who hath raised him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
hath he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances
that was against us,
which was contrary to us,
and took it out of the way,
nailing it to his cross;
In this sixth year, we continue even more.
With greater faith, fervor, and focus.
Sharing the WORD, because JESUS gave it.
Following the laws, because GOD gave them.
Sharing the gospel, so all may be saved.
All according to GOD's will, and wisdom.
2 Peter 3:9
King James Version
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward,
not willing that any should perish,
but that all should come to repentance.
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