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"What I Believe about God Is the Most Important Thing about Me" - A.W.Tozer
"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer
I want you to bookmark this page, print it out or somehow make it easy to access. This is the most important thought I can ever tell you. It took God many years, until I finally understood the essence of my life, the core of Christianity and purpose of Jesus’ life and death.
I want you to really think for a moment: You’re here (wherever you are right now) not by chance, BUT by God’s choosing. He has allowed you to be here at this time in history to fulfill His special purpose for this generation, with and through your life! “He has made everything beautiful in its time” – Ecclesiastes 3:11
You might wonder, what is God’s purpose with your life? God more than anything wants to have a personal relationship with you, because He loves you, cares about you personally. The only way we can have a personal relationship with God is through Jesus. That’s why Jesus came.
“But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons. Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father." So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you also an heir.- Galatians 4:4-7
Before Jesus came people had no personal interaction with God. People would have to go once a year to the priest and he would take their request into the inner sanctuary or the Most Holy Place. But only the priest could enter into God’s presence. When Jesus died, the curtain in the sanctuary of the Temple was torn down the middle. (Luke 23:45). This was the curtain that blocked people to enter in God’s presence. Jesus had to die to make a way for us to God.
Jesus didn’t come to offer you a church membership, a religion, or a denomination. When Jesus came they had all that: they had the religion and the law. The religion and the law weren’t able to bring us into relationship with God. So Jesus came and He was born under the law – Why? – TO REDEEM those under the law. “God sent him ( Jesus) to buy freedom for us who were slaves to the law, SO that he ( God) could adopt us as his very own children” NLT. Jesus was sent and died: Yes for our salvation, Yes to give us a ticket for heaven, BUT more then that … to receive the FULL RIGHTS OF SONS AND DAUGHTERS!!!
YOU ARE THE SON AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE KING!!! With full rights, you are not a slave to the law anymore. You have a Father, who loves you, knows you, and cares about you!!!
Colossians 1:16 says: “For by him (Christ) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him (Christ) and for him. (Christ)
I want you to understand this: you were created By God and for God. What does this means? God made you, to bring glory to Him. How can you do that? By attending church every Sunday? By doing good things? By following the rules and regulations of different denominations? By bowing down to some theological beliefs? NO !!! Just follow Jesus' example. While Jesus was living here in this earth, He modeled us how to live a life which brings glory to the Father … by having a close relationship with the Father!!! Jesus in the four gospels calls God “Father” 189 times. (I read that somewhere, I didn’t count it, but is not a big deal to do it). God refers to Jesus as his beloved Son.
Jesus spent time with the Father to know and understand His will and then Jesus simply just obeyed the Father’s will. In the Bible we can read over and over that those who love God will show their love, by simply obeying Him.
The only way we will ever be able to live to our fullest when we realize that we are sons and daughters with full rights of the Almighty God. Now, I don’t know about you, but this gives me chills and sets me free. No more rules and regulations, no more fear of tomorrow, no more law … it’s just that intimate close love relationship with my “daddy” or “Abba, Father”.
As A.W. Tozer said and you can take this personally: The most important thing about you/ me is the thought that comes to your/ my mind when you/I think about God!
When you think about God, what kinds of thoughts do you think about Him? Do you see God as your Father?
Listen to this song … over and over, until will sink and penetrate your entire being. Read these scriptures, memorize them, print them and carry them with you.
YOU ARE SPECIAL, YOU ARE LOVED, YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND, MADE BY A LOVING FATHER!
“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker;” – Psalm 95:6
“Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.” – Psalm 119:73
“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb” – Jeremiah 1:5a
“Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his ; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.” – Psalm 100:3
“The Lord knows those who are his,” – 2 Timothy 2:19
“You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.” – Psalm 138:16
“I have written your name in the palms of my hands.”- Isaiah 49:16a
“You know my thoughts” – Psalm 139:2
“The Lord knows people’s thoughts;” – Psalm 94:11
“You examine the deepest thoughts and secrets.” – Jeremiah 11:20
“This is what the Lord says to the people of Israel: I know what you are saying, for I know every thought that comes into your minds.” – Ezekiel 11:5
“Jesus knew their thoughts” – Matthew 12:25
“But as for me, Lord, you know my heart. You see me and test my thoughts.” – Jeremiah 12: 3
“You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.” – Psalm 56:8
“This is what the Lord, the God of your ancestor David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears.” – 2Kings 20:5
“As soon as I pray, you answer me” - Psalm 138:3
“And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.” – 1John 5:14
“The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help” – Psalm 34:17
“I love the Lord because he hears my voice and my prayer for mercy.” – Psalm 116:1 NLT
“I love the LORD, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy.” – Psalm 116:1 NIV
“You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.” – Hebrews 5:5
“For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus” – Galatians 3:26
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.” – Joshua 1:5
So I would like to finish with these questions: When you think about God, what kinds of thoughts do you think about Him? Do you see God as your Father? I am looking to hear your thoughts.
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- God’s Desire
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God desires a personal relationship with us. Understand that God wants to give you a life filed with joy and peace. God wants us to have a life not just to make it through but an abundant and eternal life because he loves you.
"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." ~ John 10:10
"We have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ" ~ Romans 5:1
But to giving you abundant life required the supreme sacrifice:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believe in him should not perish, but have everlasting life" ~ John 3:16
What a wonderful gift the Father has given. If God gave His own Son to provide an abundant and everlasting life, why more people don’t have what He has designed for us to receive?
- Our Problem
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We were created in God’s image for an abundant and joyful life with the ability and need to know God and have a personal relationship with Him. But our freedom of choice of disobedience caused a separation and gap between God and us.
"But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear" ~ Isaiah 59:2
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." ~ Romans 3:23
People always try to fill that empty void in their lives with "things." They even try good works, morality, and religion. Yet they remain empty, for only God, through His Son, can fill that emptiness.
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death” ~ Proverbs 14:12
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." ~ Romans 6:23
Our Problem is that sin separated us from God. But
God provided only ONE SOLUTION
- God’s Solution
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God has provided only one solution to sin and separation from Himself.
Jesus Christ, His Son, is the only way to God.
Jesus Christ paid the penalty for our sin and rebellion against God and bridged the gap between God and humanity by dying on the cross, shedding His blood, and rising from the dead to justify and reconcile you back to God the Father.
"For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God." ~ 1Peter 3:18
"But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." ~ Romans 5:8
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." ~ Ephesians 2:8,9
"For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" ~ 1Timothy 2:5
Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me. “~ John 14:6
God so loved us that he gave his only Son to bridge the gap between us and the Father. God has provided the only way, the only solution. You have to take a decision and choose how to respond to God’s provision.
- Our Response
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Your relationship with God can be restored and you can be brought back into his family by trusting in Christ alone who can save your life from destruction. Jesus is the bridge to the Father but you have to choose to trust him, you have to make a step forward him, you have to step out in faith and give your life to God. At the Cross you can exchange your worst for Jesus’ best.
This step happens by asking Jesus Christ to take away your sin and to come into your heart to be your Lord and Savior.
The Bible says...
"That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." ~ Romans 10:9"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God." ~ John 1:12
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me." ~ Revelation 3:20
Would you like to invite Jesus to be part of your life, to be your Lord and Savior now? You can start a new life with him. It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from, what you did in the past. When you give your life to Jesus you can start all over again. With Jesus you can have a new chance again.
- Receive Christ
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If you too need Jesus to give you a new start, if you realized that Jesus is all you need then here is how you can receive Christ:
Admit your need (I am a sinner).
Be willing to turn from your sins (repent).
Believe that Jesus Christ died for you on the Cross and rose from the grave.
Through prayer, invite Jesus Christ to come in and control your life through the Holy Spirit. (Receive Him as Lord and Savior.)At this moment you can pray the most important prayer of your life by simply saying:
Dear Lord Jesus, I believe You are the Son of God. I believe you died for me on the cross and shed Your blood for my salvation. I believe you rose from the dead and ascended in Heaven. I believe You are coming back again to earth. Dear Jesus, I know I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. Forgive my sins. Cleanse me now with Your precious blood. I want to turn from sins. I invite you to come into my heart. I give you my life now. I want to trust and follow You as Lord and Savior. I receive You now as my Savior, my Lord, and my God. I am Yours forever, I belong to You only. I no longer belong to this world, nor to the enemy of my soul. Amen!
If you sincerely prayed this prayer, confessed your sins, and received Jesus Christ into your heart, God has given you the right to become His child.
The Bible gives you this assurance:
"Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.” ~ Romans 10:13"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith - and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God - not by works, so that no one can boast." ~ Ephesians 2:8,9
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