5 Honorable Characteristics of the Upright

Posted on 04/21/2024 by goodnewsfromadistantland — Leave a comment

Being of an upright character is something that all of us should strive for. It is very honorable and respectable to be upright in our character. If we know someone who is upright in their character and behaviour then we tend to want to be like them and learn from them.

Let’s consider what it means to ‘BE upright‘ according to the Scriptures!

Biblical uprightness means walking in a ‘straight‘ way — straight meaning without deviation, not disorderly. In other words, walking in honesty, integrity, and committed to righteous, virtuous behaviour.

These beautiful qualities, as we saw in Lead Me in Your Truth, describe our Creator, the Almighty LORD God (whose Hebrew name is Yahuwah Elohim):

To declare that the LORD (Yahuwah) is upright; He is my rock, and there is NO unrighteousness in Him! (Psalms 92:15)

The LORD (Yahuwah) is righteous in ALL His ways, and holy in ALL His works! (Psalms 145:17)

And the LORD (Yahuwah) passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God (Yahuwah Elohim), merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth! (Exodus 34:6)

Aiming For Uprightness

It is possible to possess the beautiful and honorable character qualities of uprightness! In fact, the LORD God is searching for people with these characteristics:

For the eyes of the LORD (Yahuwah) run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him. (2Chronicles 16:9a)

To have a heart that is ‘perfect’ toward the LORD means to have a heart that is committed to God, that strives to be faithful and truthful to God, earnestly seeking to keep His commandments (1Chronicles 29:19) and be in agreement with His WORD, the Bible.

IF we have a desire to possess the honorable characteristics of the upright, and if God’s Holy Spirit is living within us by way of the New Birth, then the LORD’s amazing grace and mercy is available to strengthen us and help us! With the help of His Holy Spirit, who is A Very Present Help (Psalms 46:1), then He will guide us and strengthen us to walk uprightly!

Let’s look at 5 of the characteristics of the upright, as we see in the Bible.

1. The upright depart from evil! – The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He that guards his way preserves his soul. (Proverbs 16:17)

2. The upright seek to preserve their integrity and honesty! – The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on You O God. (Proverbs 11:3 and Psalms 25:21)

3. The upright speak the truth in their heart, maintaining honesty within themselves! – LORD (Yahuwah), who shall abide in Your tabernacle? who shall dwell in Your holy hill? He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. (Psalms 15:1-2)

4. The upright receive strength and understanding because they walk in the Ways of the LORD God (Yahuwah Elohim)! – The Way of the LORD (Yahuwah) is strength to the upright, but destruction to the workers of iniquity. A man of understanding walks uprightly. (Proverbs 10:29 and Proverbs 15:21b)

5. The upright live according to The Truth of the Gospel by believing and trusting in the Saviour, Jesus Christ (whose Hebrew name is Yahushua Messiah) and in His teachings! – But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to The Truth of the Gospel, I said… (Galatians 2:14a)

The above characteristics of uprightness are beautiful! There is something deep within us that earnestly desires such good and noble qualities!

“It is not learning that makes a man holy and honorable, but a virtuous life makes him pleasing to God.” — Thomas, à Kempis

The Reward of His Goodness

The heavenly Father God WANTS to show Himself strong in behalf of those whose heart is committed to Him, determined to be faithful, truthful, self-LESS, and in agreement with His WORD, the Bible.

If our heart is turned toward the LORD, desiring to honor Him by keeping His Word, living in honesty and integrity, then we will know the reward of His goodness.

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD (Yahuwah) will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly! (Psalms 84:11)

Father in heaven, thank You for Your perfect Ways and Your wonderful Word! Help me seek You diligently and study and learn Your Word so that I can walk uprightly, walking in Your Ways. Help me delight in Your Ways and seek You first in all that I do. In the name of Your Son, Jesus Christ (Yahushua Messiah), I pray. Amen.

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Morning Prayer 04-15-24

Posted on 04/15/2024 by goodnewsfromadistantland — Leave a comment

(Psalms 103:8; Matthew 1:20a; Genesis 31:11;
Psalms 119:18; Hebrews 2:3; 1John 4:14)

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Recognizing Troubles As God’s Corrections

Posted on 04/14/2024 by goodnewsfromadistantland — Leave a comment

Everyone needs some sort of correction. Since none of us have arrived at perfection, then instruction, improvement, or correction is necessary for all of us!

To be a ‘better’ person, it would be good to desire improvement. But that will involve correction. And often, correction is NOT pleasant!

However, IF we will look to the Saviour for His help (Isaiah 45:22), IF we have become a Lover of Truth, then we will certainly have the desire to BE a ‘better’ person, to BE yielded to the Holy Spirit’s gentle prodding and receive the LORD’s corrections and instructions.

But, feeling irritated, disturbed, or hassled happens to everyone!! When those kind of ‘special’ moments happen, we should pause and consider and ask ourselves — is God trying to tell me something? – trying to correct something? We need to be sensitive to recognize the heavenly Father’s dealings and be willing to examine ourselves as God urges: Examine yourselves to see if you are living in the faith. Test yourselves (2Corinthians 13:5a).

‘Special’ Moments

Perhaps our disturbing ‘special’ moments are God’s way of motivating us to correct our attitude. OR, the ‘special’ moment is calling us to endure an injustice. Whatever the case may be, our moments of distress or frustration are moments of testings and corrections — moments when the LORD God (Yahuwah Elohim) is working in us by His Holy Spirit to BE conformed into the image of His Son:

We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestinated (ordained) to be conformed to the image of His Son, that His Son might be the First-born among many brothers. (Romans 8:28-29)

If we desire to have the superior LIFE that God wants us to have and be conformed into the image of His Son, then we must soften our heart and become teachable, heeding and obeying the wisdom of God’s Word! It is by the trials, the corrections, the testings that the LORD refines us, purifies us so that we can BE a partaker of His holiness and become spiritually mature:

For they (our earthly fathers) truly, for a few days, chastened us according to what seemed best to them; but God chastens us for our profit, that we might be partakers of His holiness. (Hebrews 12:10),

For everyone who lives only on milk (the basic principles of God’s Word) is unskilled in the Word of Righteousness, since he is a babe. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their senses of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. (Hebrews 5:11-14).

The WAY of the LORD

So let’s remember Thirsty Souls, the next time we are feeling irritated, rebuked, or distressed, it could be another one of the heavenly Father’s loving moments of discipline, chastisement, or testings! As He has told us: Whom the LORD loves, He corrects! (Proverbs 3:11-12)

IF our heart is right (Psalms 51:10), IF we determine to turn our heart to discover the LORD’s remedy for the trials we face, then with the powerful help of the Holy Spirit (Zephaniah 3:17a), we will begin to view anxieties and troubles with a teachable attitude. Little by little, we will begin to recognize troubles as opportunities to correct any self-centered ambitions.

May it be that we will know the perfect peace of the LORD (Isaiah 26:3) as we seek more diligently to yield to God’s corrections and walk more fully according to His ways: The WAY of the LORD is strength to the upright (Proverbs 10:29a)!

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Counting the 3-Days and 3-Nights: The Death, Burial, and Resurrection of Messiah

Posted on 04/08/2024 by goodnewsfromadistantland — Leave a comment

Learning numbers and how to count is most often learned as a child. Most children grasp the concept very quickly and are generally excited at the process of counting.

We can find the concept of counting in the first few verses of the Bible, which makes numbers (arithmetic/mathematics) as something that God invented. Therefore it would be beneficial for all of us to learn and understand this most fascinating subject of mathematics!

Most children can understand the process of counting by these verses in Genesis Chapters 1 & 2:

And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were The First Day. Genesis 1:5

And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were The Second Day. Genesis 1:8

And the evening and the morning were The Third Day. Genesis 1:13

And the evening and the morning were The Fourth Day. Genesis 1:19

And the evening and the morning were The Fifth Day. Genesis 1:23

And God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were The Sixth Day. Genesis 1:31

And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on The Seventh Day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made. Genesis 2:2-3

So it is here, from the very beginning of time, we see the concept of counting:

First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

Evening and Morning: The Definition of a Day

It is important to notice how the LORD God (whose Hebrew name is Yahuwah Elohim) defines a DAY. As the above Scriptures reveal, a day begins at sunset (the evening). Hence the morning time is really the middle of a day. A day ends at the moment of the following sunset. Each 24-hour period begins at sunset.

This explains why a Biblical Day begins and ends at the moment of sunset. All Biblical Days go from nightfall to nightfall. Thus we can understand why the Sabbath Day begins Friday evening at sunset and ends the following evening, Saturday at sunset.

The LORD God established the definition of a DAY with the first few verses in Genesis. Over and over we can see that the LORD instituted The Evening Time (sunset) as The Start of a Biblical DAY.

The Sign of Jonah: Counting the Days

As this introduction shows, the simplicity of counting should be very easy to grasp. Thus the accurate counting of days for the Sign of the Prophet Jonah, which is also as The Sign of the Messiah and His death, burial, and resurrection, should also be easy to grasp.

In the book of Matthew, we see where the Lord Jesus Christ (whose Hebrew name is Yahushua Messiah) answered the question about His Sign:

Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we want to see a sign from You. But He (the Lord) answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign. And there shall be no sign given to it except the Sign of the Prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:38-40)

It is sad that the religious leaders would ask Jesus (Yahushua) for a Sign. They were already aware that Jesus spoke ‘as one who had authority’, that He was ‘a teacher come from God’, and that He had done many miracles among the people (Mark 1:22; John 3:2).

The religious leaders must have also recognized the significance of the preaching of John the Baptist as the ‘Messenger’ who would declare: “Prepare ye the way of the LORD (the Messiah)” (Isaiah 40:3; John 1:22-23).

And, as we saw in Messiah: Not An Ordinary Man, Jesus (Yahushua) was accepted by a large number of disciples who obviously believed that Jesus was the Messiah. However, the religious leaders eventually rejected Yahushua (Jesus) as the Messiah, just as it was prophesied in Isaiah 53:3; John 1:11; see also Psalms 22 & Psalms 69.

But let me return to our focus: the counting of the days of Yahushua’s (Jesus’) death, burial, and resurrection. These 3 days and 3 nights are just like Jonah’s 3 days and 3 nights in the belly of the huge fish.

The Sign of Jonah: Counting the 3-Days and 3-Nights

There shall be no sign given — EXCEPT the Sign of the Prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the huge fish, so the Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Let’s look at this phrase spoken by Messiah, who often referred to Himself as ‘the Son of Man’:

… the Son of Man shall be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:38-40)

The death, burial, and resurrection of (Jesus) Yahushua occurred in the Biblical Month of Abib, during the Spring Feasts of the LORD. The Feasts of the LORD are Yahuwah’s very special Appointed Feasts Days, as we saw in Preparing For His Appearing. Many of God’s very important events occur during His annual, Appointed Feasts Days!

Let’s look at this special week of the Biblical Month of Abib.

The Biblical Month of Abib

In the Biblical Month of Abib, the 14th Day of the Month is the Day of Passover. That is the Day when the sacrificial lamb was to be slain (See Exodus 12:2-14 and Numbers 9:2-5). Since Jesus (Yahushua) was the Lamb of God, then the Crucifixion and Death of Jesus Christ (Yahushua Messiah) happened on the 14th Day of the Month of Abib.

As we can see by the Calendar Chart above, the event of Messiah’s death, burial, and resurrection (the 3 Days and 3 Nights) could not have begun on a Friday. Proper counting tells us it began on a Wednesday, the 14th Day of the Month of Abib.

As the 14th Day (Wednesday) was drawing to a close, Jesus, who was on the cross, died at 3 pm. Then, right before sunset, near the beginning of darkness, Jesus was taken down from the cross and laid in the grave, “in the earth.” Thus began the FIRST of the 3 Nights in the heart of the earth. (The first Red Arrow on the 14th Day points to Wednesday evening at dusk, the FIRST NIGHT of the 3 Nights.)

The next Day was Thursday, the 15th Day of the Month of Abib. This 15th Day of the Month was an annual High Sabbath Day known as the First Day of the Feast of Unleavened, and no work is to be done on this annual High Sabbath Day. Thus began the FIRST DAY of the 3 Days in the heart of the earth.

At the end of the 15th Day of the Month, Thursday evening at dusk, began the SECOND NIGHT of the 3 Nights in the heart of the earth.

The next Day was Friday, the 16th Day of the Month of Abib. This 16th Day of the Month was the regular Preparation Day for the weekly Sabbath Day. This was the Day that the women bought and prepared the burial spices. This Day thus began the SECOND DAY of the 3 Days in the heart of the earth.

At the end of the 16th Day of the Month, Friday evening at dusk, began the THIRD NIGHT of the 3 Nights in the heart of the earth.

The next Day was Saturday, the 17th Day of the Month of Abib. This 17th Day of the Month was the weekly Sabbath Day, and no work is to be done on the weekly Sabbath Day. This day thus began the THIRD DAY of the 3 days in the heart of the earth.

After the end of the 17th Day of the Month, Saturday at dusk, the 18th Day of the Month began. This is the evening that began the next day, being the first day of the new week. It is at this time that Messiah came out of the grave (Messiah’s resurrection), perhaps only seconds after the weekly Sabbath day had ended. HalleluYAH! (The second Red Arrow on the 17th Day points to the end of Saturday at dusk/the beginning of Sunday the 18th day — thus the Resurrection and the completion of the 3 Days and 3 Nights.)

The moment of the Resurrection occurred in the beginning of Sunday, the first day of the new week, which was the 18th Day of the Month of Abib. This 18th Day of the Month was the Wave Sheaf Day — the day after the Sabbath, also known as Firstfruits Day. This was the Day when the Resurrected Messiah was declared the “firstfruits of them that slept” (1Corinthians 15:20), as He went before the LORD God, and was approved and accepted by the LORD (Yahuwah).

A Simple Explanation

This is a very simple explanation of the 3 Days and 3 Nights of Messiah’s death, burial, and resurrection — the time-frame of when He was in the heart of the earth.

Sadly, as with many of God’s truths, Satan has influenced and confused multitudes by twisting the counting of the 3 Days and 3 Nights of the death, burial, and resurrection of Messiah. I say it again – Sadly, there are many popular, convoluted, perverted teachings about this major event in the life of our Saviour. How distressing it is to twist such a simple process of counting!

After searching, I was able to find only a few others that present an accurate understanding of this most important event. There could well be others that understand the Biblical perspective of the 3 Days and 3 Nights, but my search was fairly minimal. I have included 3 links below to these other Biblically accurate articles.

Being in Harmony With God’s Agenda

As we begin to look deeper into God’s Word, we begin to have a better understanding of God’s Ways and the important events of the LORD’s calendar. God revealed His Plans and His timeline in the heavenly constellations from the beginning of time, which includes the telling of Messiah’s visitation to the earth.

The constellations reveal many complex mysteries about the LORD God (Yahuwah Elohim). But why not? Our God is an awesome, amazing, magnificent God which is why the heavens truly “declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows His handywork” (Psalms 19:1)

The wonderful thing about the LORD is that His truths can be explained and understood by a child and yet can also be complex and challenging to a scholar.

The LORD desires that all of His children would begin to line up with His Word and be in-step with Him, the Creator of the Universe. The LORD (Yahuwah) desires that we would enter into His time-frame, into His calendar of events, HIS agenda!

The above explanation of the 3 Days and 3 Nights of Messiah’s death, burial, and resurrection should open our eyes to God’s truth and expose the fallacy and the unscriptural practice of the so-called “Holy Week” of the Catholic Church.

Making Adjustments

All of us need to adjust ourselves away from man-made time frames, and toward GOD’s time-frame, so that we can be in harmony with observing the LORD’s annual Feasts Days. This is because our participation in His annual Feast Days becomes the start of a much greater understanding of our heavenly Father’s plans and purposes, and of His phenomenal love for His children:

But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love Him. (1Corinthians 2:9)

Our walking in harmony with God’s Word makes His presence and plans much more exciting and real.

Thank You Father God, for Your great love for Your children. Thank You for guiding us by Your Word. Help me to adjust myself to be in harmony with Your agenda. Help me to turn my heart more fully to You and to Your purposes. In Jesus Christ’s (Yahushua Messiah’s) name I pray. Amen.

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Study References:

The Passover Week Timeline – Hoshana Rabba Ministry (excellent)
The Passover of The Lord – Abib of God Ministry (detailed study)
3 Days and 3 Nights – (by haRold Smith from He That Has An Ear Ministry)

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What’s So Special About Eternal Life?

Posted on 03/17/2024 by goodnewsfromadistantland — Leave a comment

Thanks to the Internet, all of us are very aware of the things that go on in this world. Sadly, much of what goes on in this world is corrupt and perverse. As many of us know, this world is full of unrestrained sin. Troubling also is that the righteous ones are often the target of persecution, ridicule, and are denied justice!

It is obvious that few people are interested in living according to righteous standards. Multitudes focus on this world’s enticements, embracing the very real passions of ‘carpe diem‘ — looking to the ‘pleasures of the moment’. But such enticements eventually lead down into the dark and wicked realm of Satan: The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble (Proverbs 4:10).

As we saw in Where The Tree Falls, many do not know that our lifetime on this earth is a preparation for our immortal, spiritual lifetime in Eternity! Our very brief life on this earth is a valuable time of training for every soul for the eventual life-after-death!

Few are seeking to prepare themselves for Eternity – preparing for their life on the other side of death – preparing for something that is eternal (forever). Many think this present world is all there is. Therefore, they have no interest in preparing for that which is to come. Their focus is with this present lifetime – the things of this world.

None of Us Are Exempt

NONE OF US are exempt from giving in to the ‘pleasures of the moment’. ALL of us have had moments of no concern whatsoever for the future, not caring one whit about consequences.

But, some of us have learned the hard way and have come to our senses. We have realized there is more to this present, earthly lifetime! There is more than what appears on the surface. We have begun to awaken from spiritual darkness. We have begun to ‘see’ with our spiritual understanding the invisible things of the Heavenly Kingdom.

No one really likes to think about their death, much less talk about it! And no one really knows the hour of their death. But there is no escaping the inescapable. However, multitudes put off the care of their soul, thinking there is no need. Yet, if we do not care about our spiritual condition now, then most assurdedly we will care about it at the moment of our death. But then, it will be too late!

So let’s ask: What IS so special about Eternal Life?

Eternal Life, also known as Everlasting Life, is a topic the Bible talks about. Since the Bible is such an important book, it would be good to look at what it says about Eternal Life (forever, unending life).

Here are two verses in the Gospel of John where Eternal (Everlasting) Life is contrasted with something:

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son (Jesus Christ), that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have Everlasting Life. – He that believes on the Son has Everlasting Life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see Life; but the Wrath of God abides on him. (John 3:16,36)

Do you see what is contrasted with Everlasting Life?

There is either Everlasting Life OR there is Perishing and The Wrath of God.

Here is another Bible verse that contrasts Eternal (Everlasting) Life with something:

And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth (the dead) shall awake, some to Everlasting Life, and some to shame and Everlasting Contempt. (Daniel 12:2)

The contrast is either Everlasting Life OR Everlasting Contempt (abhorrence, disgust).

Choices

We CAN choose whichever option we desire. Would you like to choose This One or That One?

One choice will require the effort of searching, with the promise of great reward (Psalms 19:11). The other choice will require nothing – just keep on with the aimless drifting, being a casual spectator.

However, the LORD God advises us, urges us, warn us to Choose LIFE (Deuteronomy 30:15,19; see also Luke 10:38-42)!

The Spiritually-Minded

There is much more information about Eternal (Everlasting) Life in the Bible than what is presented here! If you do your own search, you will find that the Apostle John wrote most frequently about Everlasting Life, also known as Eternal Life.

Additionally, the Bible has much to say on the topics of Heaven and Hell — topics that have to do with the spiritual realm of Eternity. I did a Bible word search on e-Sword – the free Bible study app, and found that the word ‘heaven’ appears 583 times in the Bible, and the word ‘hell’ appears 54 times.

But these topics are of interest only to the spiritually-minded (Romans 8:5-6). The spiritually-minded have learned a Biblical principle: that each one of us is a spirit, we have a soul, and we live in a body.

The spiritually-minded recognize the inner longing for Eternity within their spirit. This is why the spiritually-minded look beyond the things that are ‘seen‘ and are interested in the invisible things of the Kingdom of Heaven – the things that are ‘not seen‘:

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. – Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. (Hebrews 11:1,3)

IF we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. (Romans 8:24-25)

For we walk by faith, not by sight. (2Corinthians 5:7)

Though you do not now see Him (Jesus Christ), you believe in Him and rejoice with joy… (1Peter 1:8)

God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. (John 4:24)

One Last Thought

The Bible tells us repeatedly that our Creator, the Eternal KING, the LORD God (whose Hebrew name is Yahuwah Elohim), who inhabits Eternity (Isaiah 57:15a) — He is GOOD, gracious, merciful, righteous, holy, and truthful!

Because of the LORD’s good and loving nature, He has many GIFTS for those who love Him and try their best to obey His Word, the Bible (1Corinthians 2:9).

God’s loving Gifts are truly for our well-being, both in this present world and in the one to come.

One of God’s Gifts is revealed in Romans and in 1John:

For the wages of sin is death; but the GIFT of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)

And this is the record, that God has given to us Eternal Life, and this Life is in His Son. (1John 5:11)

As these verses teach, if we are interested in having the GIFT of Eternal Life (Everlasting, Forever, Never-ending Life), then we must seek it through the Son of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, who died for our sins and rose from the dead for our justification (Romans 4:24-25).

The earnest seeking for the Gift of Eternal Life begins with our own sincere personal prayers to the LORD and the reading of the spiritual wisdom and truths found in the pages of the Bible.

IF we want to enter into God’s Eternal Heavenly Kingdom and avoid the misery of eternal separation from God, then we must talk to God personally, in the name of His Son. We must approach God personally, in prayer, and tell Him out loud that we want to know His Truth and His Ways.

Prayer

Here’s a suggested prayer that may help you know what to say to God:

Dear God, I want to know the Way to Eternal Life. I ask You to show me, teach me how to turn to You and do what pleases You. I ask You to come into my life and help me turn away from sin. Please bring me into Your Eternal Kingdom, and make me Your child. In the name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Amen.

Abundant LIFE

God is calling to you! By His Holy Spirit, He is right beside you saying: “Come!” He rejoices whenever a soul comes to Him and receives Jesus Christ!

The Way to Eternal Life is open! Talk to God! He loves those who trust Him and He is very near to honest seekers!

The GIFT of Eternal (Everlasting) LIFE that God offers through His Son is what Jesus calls Abundant Life:

Jesus said unto them,… The thief (the devil) comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly (life that is superior, vigorous, joyful, glorious). (John 10:10; see also Romans 2:6-7)

For some, Eternal Life will begin on that appointed Day when Jesus Christ will send His angels to “gather together His Elect from the four winds, from one end of Heaven to the other” (Matthew 24:30-31).

May you and I be among God’s gathered Elect — His Favoured Ones! Such a gathering is a big reason why Eternal Life is so special!!!

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Jesus said, “I am The Way, The Truth, The Life: no one comes to the Father (God), but by Me.” (John 14:6)

This message is written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and by believing you may have LIFE through His Name.

“I want to know one thing – the Way to Heaven, to Eternal Life!
God came down from Heaven to teach us the Way! He has written it in a Book.
Give me that Book! At any price, give me that Book (the Bible)!”

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(This article is available as a Gospel Tract here.)

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