Front Page 8th October 2006
Believing in Jesus and knowing you are a child of God is the most wonderful thing a person can experience. To believe that Jesus died for your sins, to free us from guilt and to give us a new restored relationship and eternal life is too much to take in! What a wonderful God we have. He loves us so much, He came and died and rose again, conquering death itself. Jesus said, “I am the Resurrection and the Life”
The apostle Paul, previously know as Saul and a persecutor of Christians, became a changed man when Jesus met him on the road to Damascus. He was once a man who imprisoned and even had men and women killed because of their faith in Jesus. But his life changed. He changed his thinking about Jesus totally and acknowledged him as Saviour and Lord. He also acknowledged the error of his ways and abandoned them and he gradually realised that life must take on a different direction as he gave service to Jesus, a priority. These three important elements were evident in his life as a Christian. For Paul these changes in conversion happened very quickly. God had a specific plan and purpose for his life and used him mightily for many years. But for others today conversion may happen more gradually and less dramatically. But these same three marks should be evident in conversion – Believing in Jesus as Saviour and Lord – repenting of sin and turning from it – living out your life to please God (as it takes on a new direction) in service to him in some way.
May we all experience Jesus more in our lives, daily.
Julie Davis
The apostle Paul, previously know as Saul and a persecutor of Christians, became a changed man when Jesus met him on the road to Damascus. He was once a man who imprisoned and even had men and women killed because of their faith in Jesus. But his life changed. He changed his thinking about Jesus totally and acknowledged him as Saviour and Lord. He also acknowledged the error of his ways and abandoned them and he gradually realised that life must take on a different direction as he gave service to Jesus, a priority. These three important elements were evident in his life as a Christian. For Paul these changes in conversion happened very quickly. God had a specific plan and purpose for his life and used him mightily for many years. But for others today conversion may happen more gradually and less dramatically. But these same three marks should be evident in conversion – Believing in Jesus as Saviour and Lord – repenting of sin and turning from it – living out your life to please God (as it takes on a new direction) in service to him in some way.
May we all experience Jesus more in our lives, daily.
Julie Davis
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