Chapter 6 Faith and Acceptance.
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Hello and welcome to
Steps to Christ in Song.
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Today, we're gonna
be looking at faith and
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acceptance. When we
talk about faith in the
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Bible, we are not
talking about faith
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just in something you can't see.
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But, is actually
faith in something you've
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never felt, something
you've never experienced,
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it's about a change
of your behavior, the
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the change of your
lifestyle, it's kind a
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like telling a caterpillar
that one day he is gonna fly.
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And it's true; one
day he will be able to fly
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when he turns into a
butterfly. And that's a
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kind of faith that
we are to have in Jesus
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Christ that he can
completely transform
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us from what we are
as sinful human beings
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into a character like
the character of Jesus.
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Before we get into
this very important
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topic, I'm gonna ask
Michael to lead us in
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a word of prayer.
Okay, dear my father.
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God I just wanna
ask that you just please
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help us to be able
to accept to what you
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have told us we
need to change and Lord
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not to just expect
feelings or emotions,
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but that we would
expect change in a
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sense, but slowly
like Mr. Lemon said as a
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caterpillar
turns into a butterfly.
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And God I just I
wanna ask you just please
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change us more
in more like Jesus,
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in Jesus name we
pray, Amen. Amen, Amen.
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Do you feel like your
life is just completely
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hopeless? Do you
long to be forgiven
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and set free from
sin and guilt. God has
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promised that he
would do this. In first
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John 1 verse 9 were
it says; if we confess
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our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us
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our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness.
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Now I know what you
are thing, you probably
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thinking this is
way too good to be true.
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But, it is because God
said it. Really the only
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difference
between someone who is
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forgiven and free from
guilt and someone who is
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under the cloud of
condemnation is their faith.
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God, freely offers
forgiveness to all.
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But, it is only
those who believe in him
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that receive the
gift. I wanna encourage you
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today to receive
that precious gift.
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Once I stood in
the night with my head
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bowed low In the darkness, as
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black as could be
And my heart felt alone
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And I cried oh Lord
Don't hide your face from me
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Hold my hand all the
way Every hour every day
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From here to the
great unknown, Take my hand
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Let me stand Where
no one stands alone
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Like a king I may
live in a palace so tall
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With great riches to call my own
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But I don't know a
thing In this whole wide world
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That's worse then being alone
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Hold me hand all the
way Every hour, every day
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From here to the
great unknown, Take my hand
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Let me stand Where
no one stands alone
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Precious Lord, take my
hand Lead me on, let me stand
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I'm tired, I'm weak,
I'm worn, Through the storm,
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through the night
Lead me on to the light
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Precious Lord, take
my hand Lead me home,
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Never give up, Jesus is coming!
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It's the darkest
just before dawn.
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Never give up, Jesus is coming!
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Never give up,
just Keep holding on.
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There are days, I
know, when you get
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so discouraged, It
seems that all hope is gone.
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But There's One Who
can give you courage,
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And strength to carry on.
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Never give up, Jesus is coming!
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It's the darkest
just before dawn.
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Never give up, Jesus is coming!
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Never give up,
just Keep holding on.
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Take my hand, let me
stand Where no one stands alone.
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I know that Brad
told me a story about his
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family and how
they went through a dark
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time, but they kept on
holding on to the faith
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that Jesus would
answer their prayer,
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you want to tell us about that.
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Oh! Sure. Well,
this happen when I was
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about 10 years old
and me, my two brothers,
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Wesley and Alex,
we were out riding our
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bikes on a driveway
and Wesley and I decided
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that we want to go and
try and do something else.
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So, when we put
our bikes away we just
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want to go
inside when my mom came
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out and she ask
us, where our little
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brother Alex was.
He is about three years
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old at the time and
we said we didn't know
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and so we went out
and we started looking
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for him and actually
while we can still can
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find him, so when
we went around the
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house went to the
front of the house and
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out front we have this
little pond with a little
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fountain in it. And
we went there and we
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saw him he was all
blue, face down in the
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water and my mom quickly ran and
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grabbed him and
pulled him out and she told
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me to go find my
dad because he was at
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home, it was his day
off and he was a doctor so.
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I ran and got him,
he came running off and
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started doing
CPR and my mom went
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and she called 911
and she told us all to
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to kneel down and
started praying and
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soon the ambulance
came and took him to
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the hospital, but
the amazing thing is that
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he had been in the
water for so long and
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even from that he
didn't suffer any brain
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damage or anything.
Amen. Is there a promise in
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the Bible that
goes along with that?
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Oh! Yeah in Mark 11:24 it says,
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Therefore I say to
you, whatever things
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you ask when you
pray, believe that you
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receive them, and
you will have them.
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But, isn't their
condition to receiving
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the things we pray
for? Oh! Well in John 5:14
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it says; Now this
is the confidence that
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we have in Him,
that if we ask anything
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according to His
will, He hears us.
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So, that's telling us
that there is a condition
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that we should ask
according to his will.
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So, sometimes it
is the will of God to
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heal and to bring
life. Is there a possibility
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that there is a
time when it's God's will
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for him not to bring
life for someone to die?
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Well, I know for me
when I was about 9 years old
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I had a little
sister, who was still born
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and when I first
heard she had died.
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I just was struck
with sadness because
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I could not
comprehend why a God of love
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could allow a
perfect little baby to die
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without even having a
chance. When my parents
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named her they
named her Estherho because
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in the Bible it talks
about Esther saying if
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I perish I perish. She
totally left her life in
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God's hands and
also we have the hope of
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seeing her again on
the resurrection day.
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And he, we may have
questions because we
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don't see the whole
picture, but because
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God sees the whole
picture that's why he
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allow things to
happen and now I can just
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totally imagine
what it will be like in
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heaven because my
parents will be able to
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raise Esther in an
environment that is
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totally free from
the sin and sorrow
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that this world has to offer.
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Have you ever asked
God for forgiveness,
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but not yet full forgiven.
What you need is faith.
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The Apostle Paul says
the faith is the substance
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of things hope
for and the evidence
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of things not seen.
So, the moment that you
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accept his promise,
you receive the gift.
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You will have to
wait until you feel worthy
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because forgiveness
is a gift that we don't
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deserve and can never
earn. We may not understand
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everything about
God's plan to save us.
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But, the more we
read his word, he will
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reveal everything to us in time.
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So, you believe in
Jesus, you can start rejoicing
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right now because
you have eternal life.
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Prayer is the key to heaven
Thy faith unlocks the door
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Words are so easily spoken
But prayer without faith is
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Like a boat without an
oar Have faith when you speak
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to the Master That's
all He'll ask you for
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Prayer is the key to heaven
but faith unlocks the door
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God's word is the
key to knowledge and
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faith unlocks the
door If you can grasp what
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is written, And doubts crowd
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your mind and it's
too hard to trust His word
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Have faith God will
show you the answer.
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His eye when he sees
best. God's word is the key
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to knowledge and
faith unlocks the door.
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You know Jonathan
faith is like a hand
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that grasps on to
the promises of God.
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It is as it says in
the song the key that
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unlocks the door. But,
that kind of faith says
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that I see myself
as valuable that God
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really does love me
and that he wants me
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to be in heaven. How
do you relate to that
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idea of faith and His
wanting you to be there.
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Well, lately as I
have been reading the book
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Steps to Christ.
God's really been teaching
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me a lot about
believing in his promises about
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accepting his
salvation through faith and
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about how we can
receive the gift of
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eternal life just
through surrendering to him
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and believing that he
has given that gift to us.
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But, as usual when
God starts working in
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some ones life,
Satan always launches a
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counter attack. And
so he began filling my
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mind with all
these doubts and I just
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began wondering how
can I believe that God
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somewhere up in the
universe is actually
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giving me personally
the gift of eternal life.
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I mean, how in a
world can I believe
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that my name is being
written in the book of
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life up in heaven and
I can't even see it, it's
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somewhere up their
and how is that just
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by believing we
receive that gift.
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You know, I was
reading further in the
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book Steps to
Christ in the chapter Faith
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and Acceptance
and I came across this
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passage that
really helped my faith to
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grow, really helped
me to believe that God
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has given me the
gift of eternal life.
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It says With the
rich promises of the Bible
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before you, can you
give place to doubt?
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Can you believe
that when the poor sinner
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longs to return,
longs to forsake his sins,
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the Lord sternly
withholds him from
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coming to His feet
in repentance? So, when
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I give myself to
Jesus when I come to him
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and ask him Jesus
save me, is he gonna
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say no Jonathan I
need you to stay right
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there, don't come
any closer you can't have
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the gift of
eternal life, I mean that's
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ridiculous that's not the
kind of God that we serve.
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Jesus died on the
cross, so that each one
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of us can have that
gift. He longs for each one
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of us to live
eternally with him. It reminds
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me of the story of
the prodigal son and when
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the son was out in
the world living his wild
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life and then feeding
the pigs the father was
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at home longing for
his son to return to
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him to come home
and then when the son
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did decide to come
home and the father
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saw him coming in
the distance did the
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father say to a
servant, okay servant I need
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you to go out and
tell my son he has to go
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back to the pigs,
he can't come home he
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has been too
sinful, now that's not what
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the Bible says. The
Bible says that he ran
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toward his son and
he embraced him and he
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kissed him. And
that's the way it is with
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God, he longs for
us to return to him and
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he longs to give us
that gift of salvation.
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And he won't, he
won't withhold that
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gift from anyone, who
truly asks him for it.
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Amen, what a promise.
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Some are afraid to
come to God because
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they know that
sin displeases Him.
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They forget that God
hates sin, but he loves
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the sinner. So, they
don't need to be afraid.
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Through the prophet
Ezekiel God says for
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I have no pleasure in
the death of one who dies.
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Says the Lord God,
therefore turn and live.
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Jesus tells a parable
of a prodigal son, who
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asked for his inheritance
before his father died.
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So, that he could spend
it on extravagant living.
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Once his money was
gone, he lost all of his
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fair-weather
friends and ended up working
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in a pig farm and
eating pigs' food.
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He decided to take
his chances and return to
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his father to ask
for a job as a servant.
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When his father saw
him coming he raised
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out and embraced him
rejoicing that his son
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had retuned. Then he
promptly called for a
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big party and
reinstated him as his son.
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This is how God will treat us if
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we come to him just as we are.
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I've wandered far away from God,
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Now I'm coming
home; The paths of sin too
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long I've trod,
Lord, I'm coming home.
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Coming home, coming
home, Nevermore to roam,
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Open wide Thine arms of
love, Lord, I'm coming home.
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I've wasted many precious years,
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Now I'm coming home; I
now repent with bitter tears,
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Lord, I'm coming home.
Coming home, coming home,
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Nevermore to roam, Open
wide Thine arms of love,
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Lord, I'm coming home.
My only hope, my only plea,
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Now I'm coming home; That
Jesus died, and died for me.
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Lord, I'm coming home.
Coming home, coming home,
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Nevermore to roam, Open
wide Thine arms of love,
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Lord, I'm coming home. I
need His cleansing blood,
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I know, Now I'm coming home;
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O wash me whiter than the snow,
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Lord, I'm coming home.
Coming home, coming home,
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Nevermore to roam, Open
wide Thine arms of love,
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Lord, I'm coming home.
Coming home, coming home,
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Nevermore to
roam, Open wide Thine
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arms of love,
Lord, I'm coming home.
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Jesus is giving
you the opportunity to
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come home into his arms of love.
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Sometimes, we feel
that we are so sinful
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that we can't even
ask God to save us.
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But, you now, Jesus
takes us just the way
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we are. The Bible says
in Luke 11 verse 9 ask,
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and it shall be
given to you. Jesus wants
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you to ask him for that gift.
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Now having that kind
of faith Jonathan means
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that we have a relationship.
Michael you told me a
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story about a
relationship that you have
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with your grandparents. You
wanna talk to us about that?
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I have been looking
forward to the Junior-Senior
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campout earlier and
I had also been looking
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forward to my
sister's Grad, but then I found
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out that there are
gonna be both within
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the same time
period. And so I had to make
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a choice, I had to
decide whether I go to
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my sister's Grad or the campout.
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And then my grandparents
called me and told me
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that they are
willing to pick me up on the
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way down and bring
me to my sister's Grad,
00:25:20.28\00:25:23.33
but I'd still have
to miss the campout, so
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I had to decide
whether well which one
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was more important.
And I decided that my
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sister's Grad was
more important, so
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I got packed and
couple of weeks later
00:25:35.92\00:25:38.56
my grandparents
came and as I was
00:25:38.59\00:25:40.55
going out to the
car I told to one of my
00:25:40.58\00:25:42.28
friend's Robby,
bye have fun on the
00:25:42.31\00:25:45.32
campout and then I
put my stuff in the
00:25:45.35\00:25:48.61
back of the car
and we headed out.
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And my grandma asks
me about the campout
00:25:50.90\00:25:53.35
and I told her that
it was the one for this
00:25:53.38\00:25:56.07
year and then about
10-15 minutes down the road.
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She ask me Michael
do you really want to
00:26:00.46\00:26:02.35
go on that campout.
I told I did, so she is
00:26:02.38\00:26:05.97
like okay. So, my grandpa turned
00:26:06.00\00:26:08.86
around and they
drove me back and my
00:26:08.89\00:26:11.97
grandma paid for
my Greyhound ticket
00:26:12.00\00:26:14.65
down to Portland
and I realize you know
00:26:14.68\00:26:19.24
I didn't have the
greatest communication skills
00:26:19.87\00:26:21.84
with my grandparents,
but they gave so much
00:26:22.17\00:26:24.84
for me and they
loved me so much and the
00:26:24.99\00:26:29.07
more I thought about
that the more I realized
00:26:29.10\00:26:32.27
it happens with me
and God sometimes too.
00:26:32.30\00:26:35.06
Umm! Umm! Sometimes, I don't
00:26:35.09\00:26:37.77
spend the most time
with him and I don't
00:26:37.80\00:26:40.09
think about him a
lot, and yet he gives me
00:26:40.12\00:26:41.77
so many blessings
throughout the day.
00:26:41.80\00:26:43.37
And he gives me
friends and everything
00:26:43.84\00:26:46.04
else I can imagine
and it just seems so
00:26:46.07\00:26:50.76
amazing that he
does that for us.
00:26:50.79\00:26:52.18
So, faith is really
not about our goodness,
00:26:52.92\00:26:55.34
but it is about
God's goodness towards us.
00:26:55.65\00:26:57.72
Umm! Umm! And I
think about Jesus how
00:26:57.75\00:26:59.79
good he was when he was on earth
00:26:59.82\00:27:01.66
everywhere he went
there was healing and
00:27:02.15\00:27:04.55
people had faith
in him except his
00:27:04.58\00:27:06.52
hometown, which is
really strange that was
00:27:06.55\00:27:09.81
one place, where
people didn't have a
00:27:09.84\00:27:11.24
great deal of faith
in him and I think that
00:27:11.27\00:27:14.20
we should close our
time together with a
00:27:14.23\00:27:17.04
word of prayer in
asking God to give us
00:27:17.07\00:27:18.98
more faith in
him and his promises.
00:27:19.01\00:27:21.51
Let's pray together.
Heavenly Father I pray
00:27:21.54\00:27:26.33
that you will give
us an increase of faith.
00:27:26.36\00:27:28.78
Help us to not only
have faith that you are
00:27:30.28\00:27:34.46
gonna fulfill your
promises, but have faith
00:27:34.49\00:27:37.05
in your goodness,
have faith in your
00:27:37.08\00:27:39.01
love and we know
that when we think of
00:27:39.04\00:27:41.22
Jesus and the
price that he paid on
00:27:41.25\00:27:45.94
Calvary that we
know that your love is
00:27:45.97\00:27:48.77
constant towards us
and we can have faith
00:27:48.80\00:27:52.59
in you because you are faithful
00:27:52.62\00:27:54.09
in Jesus name we pray, amen.
00:27:54.57\00:27:56.48
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