What does it take to be saved, even after being born-again? Or is that all?

4 things to do after being born-again

Congratulations!

You have made the biggest decision of your life!

To follow Christ

To love Him with all your heart, might and soul

To serve and obey Him diligently

To surrender your life to Him

But, is that really all?



   Some born-again Christians have the misconception that after they are born-again and surrender their lives to God, it automatically makes them saved. Although, this qualifies you for salvation but it doesn't affirm your actual going to heaven

   Once you become born-again, you are given a chance, by the merciful Most High God to live a new and fulfilling life in Him, the Spirit which will later determine whether or not they are worthy  to inherit the kingdom of God.
  You can't possibly expect all to be well and 'goody-goody' after you become a born-again, thinking that's the only requirement to be saved. God makes it clear in the book of James that “.... faith without work is dead..”; if you read through the book of James, you would see that Saint James admonishes Christians to both be active in spiritual works as they are in their spiritual faith.

I don't want to go deeper into that but I hope you understand what I'm trying to say. Basically;

 FAITH+NO WORKS=LESSER HOPE OF SALVATION
 FAITH+WORKS=GREATER HOPE OF SALVATION


   Without wasting much more of your time, here are 4 things a new born-again must do to be assured of salvation.






ONE: Continue being willing to follow Jesus (Mk 8:34, Jn 7:17, Jn 12:26)





Salvation is not a one day thing!

 You can't expect God to notice you if you go back and forth in your spiritual life. I personally think time plays a part in separating the fame-seeking believers from the God-seeking believers.

   Christianity is not just a religion, it's a relationship. It is a true relationship we build with God. If you're a fame-seeking  or materialistic believer, you won't go far, because as you pass the ‘baby stage’ (most Christians sadly don't) and enter into the ‘maturing/youth stage’, the journey tends to get harder and harder and uncomfortable for your physical body (the flesh).

  You can't decide to become a true Christian just because someone else you know is and is very successful in life or because there's a particular guy/girl you admire who attends church regularly and is a devoted Christian; if that's your reason or any other petty reason, you will not go far at all.

That is why our Lord is calling out to true people who want to seek His face not the faces and praises of people or the face of that beautiful girl/handsome guy. He is looking for those that would be willing to follow Him. To continue to follow Him no matter the rough sides and ups and downs, no matter the mockery and scorns from unbelievers geared towards your emotional feelings. He is out to capture the hearts of true seekers that will continue, day and night to be enthusiastic about building a relationship with Him.



Now, ask yourself. Am I ready to daily seek the face of the Lord and follow Him without questions?
(Leave your answers in the comments section below 🙂⬇️)











TWO: Deny himself daily; renounce all self-dependence , self-interest and self-pursuit which are contrary to God (Rom 6:16-23, Tom 8:1-13, Gala 5:19-24)


   As a Christian, your greatest enemy is your flesh(Gala 5:17).

We battle everyday with our flesh because it is in contrast with the Holy Spirit. The flesh wants us to yield to sin but the spirit wants us to dwell in righteousness.

 For us to truly walk in the Spirit and have lesser probability to fall into sin and darkness, we need to completely detach ourselves from anything self-related. By self-related I mean; self-dependence, self-interest, self-deceit, self-despair, self-glory, selfishness, self-praise and self-pursuit....all those related to just yourself and not glorifying God.

For you to truly have constant hope of salvation, it is necessary to deny yourself everyday, say NO to your flesh and don't give in to it's temptations. If self-pride settles in, rebuke it in the name of Jesus and pray for the Spirit of meekness. If self-dependence starts to be the best option for you during a huge dilemma in your life, cast it out in the name of Jesus and pray for the spirit of total surrender and allegiance to God's will for your life.

Christianity is not about you, you and YOU. 

NO.

Many Christians misunderstand this Biblical scripture that “since God loves only ME, you know He loves ME, I do this and that and I'M able to do......”.

NO.

You shouldn't say that; that's self-glory.

It's not about you spreading the word of God but God shining His light in and through you and using you to propagate the gospel of His kingdom. It's not about you being able to write a 3000+ words blogpost/article about His second coming but Him using you to reach out to the world so they can come to the knowledge of the truth of His word and always bear in mind the urgency of His coming.

So, quick tip- If you're a new born-again Christian, don't go around with the ideology that it's all about you and what you can do to “help” God on earth, whereas it's about God and how God can USE you to accomplish all what He has said on His word- to come to fulfilment.



If you truly want to be saved, remove ”self”(me, mine, my, I) from your prayers and from God's entire picture. Rather, say; “Let your will be done in my life in Jesus name.”









THREE: Take up the cross daily (Mk 8:34, Lk 9:23, Colo 1:23)

The cross here represents self-denial.

    Just as I stated in the previous point, self-denial is key in one's spiritual walk with God. Jesus tels us to deny ourselves and take up His cross daily and follow Him. These are the two requirements if you want to truly follow God all the way; Deny yourself and take up His cross daily. The cross here also symbolises the shame and sufferings of Christ borne by Christians. Jesus tells us to take up cross daily; bear the pains and sufferings like He bore for you and all of mankind.


Also, you should be constantly reminded of what our Lord Jesus Christ passed through for the redemption of our sins. If you don't take note of this, you can easily be misled or go off track. No matter how painful or heartfelt it is to always remind yourself of what our Lord went through and dis for us to gain our hope of salvation, you really need to do it. It will always keep you on track and remember that the Lord has done so much for us because of God's love for you and I.


Jesus Christ was crucified on the cross of Calvary; even before that, He was mercilessly tortured, scorned at, shamed. He suffered such terrible pain yet, He never complained, not even once! If out Lord can do that much for us, what makes it so hard for you to bear the same for Him? 
    Isn't a little pain that wouldn't last for a minute worth a greater joy and happiness?









FOUR: Follow Christ daily; not for a while!(Jn 10:26-28)


You've given your life to Christ and accepted Him as your Lord and Savior; then, you think that's that....“If I die tomorrow or even now, I'm sure I'll go to heaven, that's been done!”, you think.... Well, I'm sorry if you have that mindset, but the truth of the matter is that you just started, my friend!

Nothing has been “done” yet or settled. Well, yes, it's been settled that you're now for Christ but your hope of salvation has not yet be settled.

Why?

Because you just started, dear brethren and there is so much more ahead of you... this is simply the beginning of your Christian journey.

But how do I really know I'm saved? I can't answer that as straight-forward as possible but I'm sure you'll know if you are. This is why you just have to follow and seek Him daily. Not for a day or two or a week, but EVERYDAY.

  You shouldn't get bored/tired of seeking Him because, trust me, God has a lot of unspeakable and unthinkable things to reveal to you and if you truly want to be saved, you should seek Him daily.

  As Jesus says in John 10:27, He knows His sheep because they follow Him. His sheep hears His voice and follow Him daily. They obey Him without complaints, seek Him without getting bored, pray to Him without ceasing, worship Him without snoozing and walk in the spirit without saying No.



Are You Christ's Sheep?





The bottom line: Stay away from anything self-related and die daily to your flesh. Never get tired of serving and seeking God; one day, He will manifest himself to you in an unforgettable way.

 Even if you're a born-again Christian or a long-term Christian, and you have the misconception that seeking and following God for a while then backsliding then come back to Christ then backsliding- the cycle repeating itself- excludes you from God's wrath because if His mercy and grace, you are wrong! God says seek Him daily, follow Him daily, bury your fleshly desires daily and pick up your cross daily to follow Jesus.
   
   If you can do all these things, you have a sure hope of gaining eternal salvation.

Conclusion

 Thank you for reading this post. I hope this post was helpful, encouraging and shone more light on a topic/Bible verses you didn't understand clearly. I really hope that you've learnt a few things from this to implement in your lifestyle and keep in your heart everyday. I'm certain you can achieve all these things and integrate them in your life, so as to grow your relationship with God to greater heights. Here's a short prayer to take home;

“O Dear Lord, please give me the spirit of self-crucifixion and self-denial, so I can deny my flesh of all its desires and vanity, pick up my cross to follow Jesus even with the pains and tribulations I'll pass through; pour the zeal in my heart to daily seek your face and follow Christ all of my life as steadfastly and obediently as possible in Jesus name.

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 Thanks once again for lasting this far and I pray you have a wonderful day!




Stay blessed, beloved brethren!

What is hell?

Hell is the future destination of the wicked.


Daniel 12:2




   Today, we'll be focusing on the second option... which is hell.




1.   When one lives a life of self pleasure and refuses to obey the commands given to him by His creator; and lives a life based on his self/fleshy-driven pleasures,his end is guaranteed to be shameful, regretful and horrid.







2.   According to privileged servants of the Lord who are taken to hell by Jesus Christ, they testify of how many people there cry about the fact of them missing the opportunity to give their life to Christ when they were still on earth.

    In the end, they find themselves in hell, constantly regretting their actions on earth. The worst fact is that there are still so many individuals nowadays who go about believing that there is no such place as hell! They only believe in what they can see, so, as hell is in the spiritual realm, they decide not to believe in it's existence.

   When one preaches to them, they merely disregard the teachings, sometimes make mockery of evangelists; some even go as far as to hurt or assault the preacher.









3.  Also, from the beginning of time, God has been calling people through His mediums lol Ike prophets, evangelists, pastors to name a few, telling unbelievers to repent or face the consequences of their wrongdoings at the end of their life/time (when they die).











4.  Like the sermon Jesus preaches concerning the rich man and Lazarus in the book Luke 16:19-31: Christ taught us about what will happen if one does in sin, and doesn't confess of his sins and repent of them. Many people are able to confess their sins, but are unable to forsake it; so, they live a life of an unrepentant sinner. Because of this, one needs spiritual help from a good man or woman of God, to help him and to counsel him on how he can able to overcome his spiritual weakness.

     The solutions are through prayers, reading and knowing the word of God, meditating and practising the word of God, self control, abstaining from the things that always make you to stumble and most importantly, seeking help from the Holy Spirit.











 5.  In Matthew 25:41....


According to this verse, hell was meant for the devil and his angels. It was when they had sinned from the very beginning before Adam and Eve were created. But when man also fell in the garden of Eden, through lust and greed, the sinner became a partner with the devil and his angels.

 Hell was created for those who rebel against the will and commandments of God.










6.    John 3:36......



    If you didn't know, the wrath of God is also hell fire. Those that think they are enjoying now, in the world, without having a relationship with Christ will have themselves to blame in the end of their lives.








The bottom line: The only thing that can save ones from hell is Christ in you, your hope of glory. May the spirit of God help you to realise the need to have Christ now in your life before it's too late.

Conclusion

Thank you for reading this post. I hope you've learnt something from this short message to keep in mind. You should know that hell is a really terrible place; it's not the one in movies or cartoons. Hell is as real as heaven is, but it's not worth going to, brethren. Please, you have to work hard, work hard in building your home in heaven and not building your game on earth. It's really not worth it; it really isn't.

Anyways, I pray the Lord guards you and encourages you in your spiritual walk with Him and if you're yet to come of realization of the truth of His word, I pray He manifests himself unto you.

  Share this to everyone you know, please, I urge you to do so! We are in the end times and Jesus' return draws near. Leave a question if you don't understand anything relating to this topic and I'll be sure to answer quickly. Follow this blog for more messages like this.
 Thanks once again for reading and have a fruitful day!



Stay blessed, beloved brethren.



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What is heaven?

Heaven is the final dwelling place of the saints after physical death on earth.

    In John 14:2, Jesus says.......

Conclusion

6 Biblical Reasons Why Humans Love Sin

There are several reasons why humans love sin and darkness in the Bible, as the Lordhad showed me some to be made known to you.

Initially,

    Man loves sin because the whole world lies in the power of evil, and it is sin that is prevailing in the world today. Sin will reign until the coming of Christ in the millennium; then sin will be taken out from the world by the Lord.

    Matthew 16:26 and Mark 8:36 says.........

      Psalms 52:2 says......

Jeremiah 14:10 says.....

2 Thes 2:11-12 says...... 

    John 3:19 says......

Ecclesiastes 8:11 says.....

Conclusion

• Genesis 6:5 says....

  “And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually”.


       When the heart of mine is dark and corrupt, it defiles the soul and body. The soul is the seat of emotions and feelings; man from the garden of Eden has become corrupt with his ways since he disobeyed the law of God (Ps 26:2). The psalmist cried out to God to examine him, to prove and try his heart.


If one is not examined with the word of God, one's heart can play a trick on someone because the unsatisfied heart is full of earthly things. Even those that call themselves God's children may be deceived by believing his imagination if one does not have discerning spirit to detect his thoughts life.

   
    One may also be deceived by believing his thoughts to be inspiration from God.... that is why many have been fooled by their own evil thoughts and have acted upon it without consulting the Spirit of God for confirmation.

Many have also misled others through evil imaginations all in the name of prophecy. False prophets prophesy out of their evil imaginations to deceive and ensnare the victims.

• Job 15:15-16 says...

          “Behold He put no trust in His saints, yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight how much more abominable and filthy is man which drink iniquity like water?”


God did not trust his Angels who rebelled in the days of Noah; they married the daughters of men. They broke the angelic core by intermarrying with the daughters of men; that is why God says He did not even trust some of the Angels who He created to be perfect, talkless of men that that were made from the dust. The day and gave his right to the devil in the garden of Eden, was the day man became evil and corrupt before God.


That created room for redemption... that is why Christ came to pay the price for our sins and redeem us from the devil and hell, only if you believe in him and meet his terms of redemption.

• Jeremiah 16:12 says.....

          “And you have done worse than your father's for behold he woke everyone after the imagination of his evil heart (Jeremiah 17:9)”.


    The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, who can know it?

  The heart is the hiding part of man's life that others are unaware of. One does not know what his neighbour or family member is thinking or planning  against you. It is only by the spirit of God and the mercy of God one can survive the evil intent of an evil heart.

• Mark 7:21 Jesus says......

          “For within out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders; the heart is the custodian of evil thoughts or good thoughts..”



Jesus says that it's from the heart evil emanates (Proverbs 4:23). Keep thy heart or guide it, for out of it are the issues of life. If the heart is full of light, the person's whole life will be good and thy future secure, but if the heart is full of darkness, thy life will be full of evil and thy future will end in failure.

• Romans 1:24 says........

       “Wherefore God also gave them up to  uncleanliness through the lust of their own heart to dishonor their own bodies between themselves”.


       When what they only think of is immorality of their soul, it is what they think that they practice. So God let them have their own evil thoughts manifest in the flesh (Pro 1:10-19, 24-33). Proverbs 1:10-19 warns us not to follow the evil counsel of the wicked nor join them in their camp to destroy innocent people because their thought is full of evil and wicked schemes. They are greedy and covetous in acts. So, evil imagination must be cancelled with the blood and name of Jesus.

Conclusion

Thanks for stopping by. I hope this post was inspiring and helpful. If troubled by evil imaginations, learn to occupy your mind with godly things (Philippians 4:8). Meditate in the things of God and there's no room or place for the devil to manipulate your thoughts through evil imagination. May God bless you and keep you safe and free in Jesus name.


 Thanks again for reading this and have a blessed day!


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How is it like when you don't have the Holy Spirit in your life.....

Covetousness  is  when  one  take what  does  not  belong  to  him /her. 

 In  Exo. 20:17, it warns us against coveting any thing that does not belong  to our neighbor. e.ghouse,  wife, manservant, maid servant ox, ass, field, and anything  of his.
 

 FACT 1: Covetousness  breeds  or produce the spirit  of  greed (Pro 1:19,Isa 56:11)

        As a matter of fact, when  one  is greedy to gain things or anything  he  desire , he  can decide to have them by all means leading to illegal means such as stealing, either  through  flattery or violence.

FACT 2: Covetousness  produces the  spirit  of murder 

     That is to say, if  one  cannot  have  what  he desires  immensely, he  can  kill  to  have  it. (Jer 22:17).

FACT 3: Covetousness  also  lead to poverty(Pro 11:24).

FACT 4: Covetousness  produces injustice (Micah 7:3). 

      This is because bribe and corruption takes justice away from the  righteous.









FACT 5: Deception  is one  of  the  tool of covetousness (Mt, 13:22) 
      As in  the  parable  of the  sower, those  who  fell  on  the thorns  where  been  choked  through the  deception  of  riches.








FACT 6: Covetousness breeds defilement (Mt 7:21-23). 
    Those that seek powers for signs and wonders in the wrong way, forsaking God's will, so they can be famous and receive multiple praises from men, and not the praise of God exhibit the spirit of covetousness, the spirit of pride of life.










FACT 7: Covetousness produce the temptations and lusts (1 Tim 6:9-11, 1 Jn 2:15-17) 
       Also, when one is full of the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and pride of life one will also fall into the temptation of coveting what does not belong to him/her e.g like taking another person's wife, husband, properties, to mention a few.









The bottom line........ Pray against the spirit of covetousness as our Lord is not pleased with those who covet.  Be satisfied with what you have and do not lust for more; be selfless and contented(1 Tim 6:6). The Lord is faithful and just to give you all that you rightfully deserve. I pray our Lord God instills the spirit of contentment in you and removes the seed of covetousness you may have. .






                                                       AMEN. 

Peace be unto you. Until next time!

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A transformed life means living a new life contrary to the way the world is.



Having a renewed mind(Rom 12:1-3),

When one's thought is fashioned according to the things of this world, the person becomes influenced by what he sees,hears or feels. He/she is moved by his emotions, desires and lusts;but for one to be free from such debase mind or corrupt heart,one needs to renew his/her thinking pattern.


The person must always think only of the things that are good(Phil 4:8).


You must try as much as possible to forget your old self(e.g character, behavior) and for you to do that,one needs to study the word of God so as to know the word of God and practise it in one's life, train and discipline oneself in the word of God (Heb 12:1-11), Because the word of God is our manual, guidelines to righteous living (2 Tim 3:16).
One's life must be changed from that of the world to things that please God; and to please God is to obey His law and command which He has given to us, through the Scriptures.

Jesus said if you love him keep my commandments (Jn 14:15). So, it is those who keep His commandments they are His beloved.


So to live a transformed life one must become a true born-again believer. Leaving behind one's sinful way of life e.glies, fornication, theft e.t.c and moving forward to a new life with Christ (2 Corinth 5:17). One will enjoy the benefits of a new being in Jesus Christ;

• Peace of mind
• Salvation of soul
• Fellowship with the Father and Son and the Holy Spirit.
• Victorious life over sin
• Deliverance from Satanic bondages
• Being a citizen of heaven

Conclusion