March 23, 2011 Mid Week Review.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."

"I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."

"I am the way and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

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. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.

Good Salvation Wednesday Morning, my dear brothers and sisters, and this is the day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it... PRAISE THE LORD, God is so good. Brothers and sisters, please keep praying and keep your faith. Pray for healing for Kathleen Sansoni from cancer and also for God to comfort her from the pain. She has a lot of cancer including 7 tumors on her brain, but keep your faith for God still heals...

Each Wednesday we pray for Salvation, we call it on this line and we have for years and years, "Salvation Wednesday". We ask God to use us to help bring in the lost to be saved. Today I want to take a look at just a few scriptures about Salvation and in fact, I want to look at some for the rest of this week... Two things here.

One, I want to be sure that all of you have the message of Salvation and fully understand that the only way to heaven is with Jesus...

Two, you will be welcome to use these notes (as you always may use what I write) to help you lead others to the feet of Jesus to be saved. Once again I want to point out, we, none of us, can save anyone, we can only lead them to Jesus. The rest is up to Jesus, it is a one-on-one thing, it is personal, that is why it is called "Personal Salvation".

Next, I am not going off the top of my head on this, I am quoting from the Bible and most often in the words or quotes of Jesus.

Let's pray first today... Dear Father in Heaven, clean me of my sins and clean right now all who ask to be cleaned, we want to come to You clean, and to be fully restored this day. In Jesus' name, Amen.

First of all, who really needs Jesus to get into heaven? Just those who really want to get in and see the Father... For that I refer you to John 14:6. Jesus answered: "I am the way and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (NIV)

You say you go to church each week, you are not just a C and E person, and you work hard at the church. So what do you mean, I must know Jesus? I know who he is, you might add. My response is, do you really, really know Him, and have you left Him in your heart? And do you live each day for Him? Not just Sunday, but each day? You might work around the church and that is great, but do you go into the fields of Harvest and work for the Lord?

Now here is a starting point for you and then tomorrow we will dig into this some more. I would really hate to have someone on this line with me for years and years and then find out they are not saved because I missed something. So next step, we find out that God gave us His Son...
John 3:16 - "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life." (NIV)

And now we confess and believe, and for that we look at Romans 10:9/10 9 - 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. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. (NIV)

Now I could stop there and I am going to for today, but I am really just getting started. All so often you will see Altar Calls being made, and they should be made, and you see people coming forward, but then no one follows up with them. Let me put it like this, in my words, that Jesus is giving me right now. An unsaved person is sitting at a concert or in a big church and they hear the call, and they go forward and confess... Ok, that is like getting your garden started, you go out and get the seeds (you heard the message). You put them in a hole in the ground, (you went forward). Then you went back to your seat, but is the seed going to grow? No, you need to cover it, water it, etc.

Tomorrow we are going to review some more on being saved and being "Born Again", and folks, have you ever had anyone ask you if you are a Christian? More than likely you have. Has anyone asked you if you are a Born Again Christian? Folks, if you are not "Born Again" you just are not a Christian.

Pastors whom I know, and who have singers or missionaries in to their church and they see new faces coming forward will get their names and follow up with them. Which, my friends, is what I am going to do tomorrow and Friday on this line. We are going to find out about being "Born Again." Oh, and those two words are so scary to some. Please, please be with me the rest of the week.

Now go forth and share your blessings, which is one of those things you do once you are Born Again, for that is called working for Jesus. Sharing your blessings, working for Jesus. Love ya, Pastor Dan.