HEY WAT'S UP

DEVOTE URSELFS 2 PRAY BRINGING WATCHFULTHANKSFUL
COL 4;2

SINCE THEN U HAVE BEEN RAISED WITTH CHRIST SET U HEART ON THINGS ABOVE WHERE CHRIST IC SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD
COL 3;1
THERE 4 CONFESS OUR SINS 2 EACH OTHER PRAY 4 EACH OTHER SO THAT U MAY B HEALED
JAMES 5;16
4 IF U FORGIVE MAN WEN THEY SIN AGAINEST U HEAVENLY FATHER WILL ALSO 4GIVE U

HEY U CAN

Can God Use You?The next time you feel like God can’t use you, just remember…Noah was a drunk.Abraham was too old.Isaac was a daydreamer.Jacob was a liar.Leah was ugly.Joseph was abused.Moses had a stuttering.Gideon was afraid.Samson had long hair and was a womanizer.Rahab was prostitute.Jeremiah and timothy were too young.David had an affair and was a murderer.Elijah was suicidal.Isaiah preached naked.Jonah ran from God.Naomi was a widow.Job went bankrupt.John the Baptist ate bugs.Peter denied Christ.Martha worried about everything.The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once.Zaccheus was too small.The Disciples fell asleep while praying.Paul was too religious.Timothy had an ulcer... andLazarus was DEAD !Now.. no more excuses! God can use anyone.Besides, you aren’t the message, you are just the messenger.God is waiting to use you !

DO U KNOW

What About Those Who Have Never Heard?What the Bible says about eternal life and judgment.1. All people are sinners (Romans 3:23).2. The penalty of sin is death – eternal separation from God (Romans 6:23).3. Christ died to pay the penalty for the sin of the whole world (John 4:42; 1 John 2:2; etc.).4. People are saved from eternal judgment when they put their trust (“believe”) in Christ’s death on the cross for their sin (John 3:16; 5:24; 6:47; Acts 16:30,31; Ephesians 7:8,9; etc.).5. Not all are saved; those who reject Christ’s payment for sin will eternally endure God’s wrath on sin in hell (John 3:18,36; Revelation 20:15).Can a person have his sins forgiven and have eternal life apart from knowledge of Christ?1. No, a person must hear the gospel of Christ and place his or her faith in Christ (Romans 10:13,14)2. “Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father but through Me” (John 14:6).3. “For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).4. “There is salvation in no one else…no other name under heaven…by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).Is God fair if He sends people to hell who have never heard about Christ?1. God is just (Genesis 18:25; Romans 2:11).2. Since all are sinners, God would have been just to send all people to hell. He was gracious to provide salvation through Christ (Ephesians 2:1-9).3. God has put within people a basic awareness of Himself and of the requirement to do right (Romans 1:19,32; 2:15).4. God has revealed Himself (as eternal, as all-powerful, as good, etc.) to all by means of the created world (Romans 1:20).5. Man willfully can ignore that revelation.a. They “suppress the truth” (Romans 1:18).b. They refuse to “honor God” (Romans 1:21).c. They choose to worship idols of men or beasts instead (Romans 1:23).d. They choose to ignore God’s standard of righteousness (Romans 1:24-32).6. So when God has revealed himself and some have willfully rejected Him, He is fair to judge them.If an isolated person responded to God’s revelation in his heart and in nature, how would he ever hear about Christ?1. God desires that all men be saved (1 Timothy 2:4; 2 Peter 3:9).2. God seeks for those who acknowledge their spiritual need and seek Him (Ezekiel 34:11; Luke 19:10).3. When people are seeking the true God two things happen:a. God brings the message to them by prompting a Christian to go to them (Acts 16:6-10).b. The person hearing the message will respond in faith (Acts 16:13,14).An illustration: Suppose a person was lost underground in a dark cave and suddenly found a little lighted arrow pointed a certain direction. Whose fault would it be if he failed to follow it? Obviously his own. God’s “little arrows” are His revelation in man’s heart and nature. We can trust the good and loving Savior to bring the message of salvation to the one who seeks Him.A final evidence.If the yet unreached people of the world are not lost, why did Jesus tell His disciples to “proclaim His name to all the nations (Luke 24:47), “to Go, and make disciples of all the nations” (Matthew 28:19), and to be witnesses “even to the remotest part of the earth” (Acts 1:8)? Why did He tell them to tell others if that knowledge would only condemn most of them? Then it would actually be best if they didn’t hear. Did Christ mislead His disciples? Was Paul misguided to go throughout Asia Minor and Europe? No, the reason Christ sent them, the reason they went and the reason why many should go today is because Christ is the only way to be saved.

WE R BY FAITH

It is God's will that we live our entire lives by faith, which accesses grace. "The just shalllive by faith." This truth is comprehensive. It applies to every aspect of our lives. When we arise in the morning, entrust the day into the Lord's care and guidance.As we communicate with our families, depend upon Jesus for love and patience. In our drive to the office, pray in faith concerning the opportunities and challenges that may await us. If a crisis develops unexpectedly, immediately cry out to the Lord for peace and direction. When times of Bible study and worship approach, exercise faith toward God to make them spiritually genuine and personally effective. Whatever, whenever, whoever," The just shall live by faith."