[Mary Etheldreda]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

Yeah, whip 'em out.

This thread is nothing without fruits.

I don't like your tone.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

Thank you! I accept God and Jesus and I follow their commandments! But what am I supposed to do while I am under investigation?

Please make a thread of your own in the "Introductions" section of the forum, so that we can properly greet you. Tell us about yourself, your church, and how you came to find Jesus.

And if you're here to flame us, better take a look at THIS before making an even bigger ass out of yourself.

I will pray that the Holy Spirit enter you and chase the demons out of your rectum and let Jesus fill you with His Grace. If you use your God-given free will to reject Christ and His temporary death on the cross for my sins, then you are sending yourself to hellfire.

[MitzaLizalor]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

There had been quite a lot of news about "migrants" arriving in northern Europe especially around seaports and I felt led to witness at some of the truck stop locations which around here are called lorry parks. The ones we see on televised newscasts don't look too impoverished or feeble and some of them are armed with machetes? Well if I could avoid the machetes, here was an opportunity for me while I'm away from home so I claimed II TIMOTHY 1:7 and set off.

3. Can my family and friends be saved?

Maybe!

Because of the way the system is set up, it is a requirement of salvation that each person believe in JESUS and confess Him as their LORD.

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. - Acts 8:37

GOD has given us freewill to either choose the free gift of eternal life by doing everything He says, or eternal damnation in a lake of fire by disobedience.

(This may sound like an ultimatum, but really it's a choice.)

This means that any person who will not or cannot believe or understand is going to Hell.

One of the best ways to get your friends and family to be saved is to tell them the Good News of salvation through JESUS CHRIST, and that failure to comply with this offer will result in damnation and eternal torment.

My first question arose almost immediately. Well not my question but something presented to me which I wasn't sure how to deal with. The person concerned hadn't read The New Testament but was relying on some very implausible material from the dark ages which didn't surprise me but of course I have read it and this urger was talking about his family and it was very difficult to get him off the subject. He actually looked a bit like I'd imagine a Macedonian jailor to be:

ACTS 16
BACKGROUND 12a, 13, 16 [In] the chief city of that part of Macedonia, on the sabbath, we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
18b But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
22-23 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And…cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
THE MAIN EVENT 26-30 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
THE CONVERSION EXPERIENCE 31-34 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes and was baptized he and all his straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. KJV

It would seem that the jailor's household had some opportunity to hear The Good News prior to baptism but there was an earlier example of a businesswoman whose family might not have heard or her household which would probably include slaves as indeed would the jailor's I suppose who would have to do whatever he told them. From the same chapter:

LYDIA 14-15 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. KJV

God doesn't explain the exact sequence of events. Was Lydia selling her purple by the riverside accompanied by her entire household? This was just before the demon possessed damsel came along and it must have been quite a busy spot really but my question relates to these households. Did they just have a baptism because they were told to? If the family obsessed migrant I was speaking to last night accepted Jesus what would be the status of his family?

When Lydia and the jailor accepted The Word all their households were included. If one of these migrants did likewise, should they dump their families &/or servants and look for something more local? Or would their families be covered on an interim basis subject to accepting Jesus once they heard The Gospel for themselves?

Of course once they did they could just laugh it off and stick with pagan idolatry or fire worship. Then they would go to Hell. I'm meeting him again tonight so would appreciate any advice on this.

I CORINTHIANS 7 context
14-15b For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: KJV

[Tigereddie]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

Gospel Of Proclaim

[handmaiden]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

Gospel Of Proclaim

Dear Tigereddie;


What you have written above hardly constitutes an introduction. You just posted a non-sequitur onto the end of an instructional thread in the introduction sub-forum.


That doesn't count and you need to do better.


Instructingly Yours,


Handmaiden

[Alvin Moss]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

Gospel Of Proclaim

Eddie, you should know that we are quite aware of the fact that almost every person who comes here and tries to sow confusion with a sparse introduction has malice in his heart. Few turn out to be Christian, but we haven't given up on you just yet. If you plan to continue, if you seek salvation or if you are already saved, please make a proper introduction in our introduction forum. Tell us everything, no matter how sordid. You cannot shock us.

[CulmanO]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

We would all burn in HELL without Jesus!

[DoveOfPeace]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

So often is the question asked by wanderers and the destitute, "How Do I get Saved?"

This is perhaps the most important question you will ever ask.

Fortunately, you are in the presence of True Christians who are more enlightened than you!

All your questions are answered here!


1. How do I get saved?

Allow us to introduce you to somebody: His name is JESUS CHRIST, and He gave up His temporary life on Earth to allow you a chance to escape the damnation He has in store for you!

The Bible tells us that we must believe in JESUS in order to be redeemed:

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. - John 3:18

JESUS is the only way to get to Heaven:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - John 14:6

One of the fundamental, reoccurring themes of the Bible is that humans are insufficient and useless on their own:

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. - Isaiah 64:6

Finally, you must confess your sins to GOD:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9

If you accept that you are worthless on your own, and you recognize that JESUS is the Son of GOD and is the only way to Heaven, and you confess your sins, you can be saved! You are really on your way to happiness!


2. Is it enough just to believe in JESUS?

No!

JESUS, being the ultimate manifestation of love and justice, says that if we really care about Him at all, we will do everything He says:

If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15

You can learn more about what GOD's rules are for His people by reading the entire Bible all the way through.


3. Can my family and friends be saved?

Maybe!

Because of the way the system is set up, it is a requirement of salvation that each person believe in JESUS and confess Him as their LORD.

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. - Acts 8:37

GOD has given us freewill to either choose the free gift of eternal life by doing everything He says, or eternal damnation in a lake of fire by disobedience.

(This may sound like an ultimatum, but really it's a choice.)

This means that any person who will not or cannot believe or understand is going to Hell.

One of the best ways to get your friends and family to be saved is to tell them the Good News of salvation through JESUS CHRIST, and that failure to comply with this offer will result in damnation and eternal torment.


4. What if my friends and family won't accept CHRIST?

They may be your friends and family, but GOD's sentiments towards these people are made very clear:

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. - Ephesians 5:11

There is no such thing as a good unbeliever:

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. - Psalm 14:1

In Old Testament times, family and friends who didn't worship GOD were sentenced to death:

6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;


8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:


9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. - Deuteronomy 13:6-9


If your friends and family don't worship the One True GOD of the Bible, it's time to break off contact until they reconsider!


5. Which parts of the Bible should I follow?

All of it!

GOD wouldn't have wrote it down otherwise!

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. - Deuteronomy 12:32

If you break just one point of the law, it's just like you've broken them all:

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. - James 2:10

This includes the Old Testament:

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. - Romans 15:4


6. Is there an unpardonable sin?

If you turn away from GOD's Spirit, how can you receive salvation?

28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. - Mark 3:28-29


7. Where can I learn more?

Christian Advice and Messages of Hope! GOD's Greatest Hits!

The Most MISUNDERSTOOD Passage in All the Bible (Matthew 7:1-5)

You Knew NOTHING Of Morality Before You Came Here

Who are our neighbors? Who are our brothers and sisters? Who are we to love?

i hope i can be saved by are awesome lord

[Alvin Moss]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

i hope i can be saved by are awesome lord

Welcome, unnamed person. Take heart in knowing that even a public school man, like yourself, may be saved through Jesus. We are friendly and welcoming here. All who seek to fellowship with other Christians are invited to participate and we have found isolated Christians from all over the world in this manner, even in God forsaken atheist countries in Europe and Mexico.

Why don't you tell us a little about yourself? We'd like to know when and how you found Jesus, the name of your Pastor, where you worship and with which congregation and such other information as may be useful in our coming to understand you better. You will find that we have a special place reserved for introductions which we call the "Introduction Forum".

God Bless!

[whiterules46]

Hello and thank you for your information

Hello, Bob4God...
I do like the in-depth information you have given, in regards to whatever new person comes into here, wanting to be saved.
My name is James, I am a 46 yr old man has been without religion, or guidance, since I was about 8 yrs old. I was baptized a Catholic, but never really practiced. I have no church I presently worship at, and am working on getting my own copy of the King James Bible from the nearest area to me. I guess you would say I have been "out in the cold," wandering and lost. I am getting to understand the reason and purpose for giving one's self unto God, to serve him well. I came across your website, and started getting into the forums to read some of the topics, and the feedback from many people. I have found them to be very informative and enlightening, from the subjects relating to husbands and wives, to the selling of one's daughter, to bringing back slavery, to the Donald Trump Appreciation....to False Religions and Cults... I am feeling I could really appreciate, and agree, with the way of life, as told through the King James Bible.
I have had many sins in my life, and I do not know if I can overpower them to cleanse myself...but I can try.

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

Re: Hello and thank you for your information

I have had many sins in my life, and I do not know if I can overpower them to cleanse myself...but I can try.

God can cleanse you, dear friend:

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 KJV: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

There is, however, one exception:

Matthew 12:31-32 KJV: 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the [world] to come.

[whiterules46]

kind thoughts and words

Thank you, Pastor, for your input of kind thoughts and words,
I appreciate it very much

[handmaiden]

Re: Hello and thank you for your information

I have had many sins in my life, and I do not know if I can overpower them to cleanse myself...but I can try.

You can never overpower sin or cleanse yourself. That is lesson number one of Jesus.


Jesus died on the cross so that His Perfect Blood would wipe out your sins before the Perfect, Sinless, Holy God.


Just confess your utter worthlessness before God. Accept that Jesus and Jesus alone could atone for your sins and spare you from Hell. Ask God to cover you with Jesus' Blood and Done!


You are washed clean as white wool by virtue of Jesus' red corpuscles. In fact, it's the only time in the history of the universe where red makes white!


After that, you just pray with complete faith, read the Bible and obey its every command. It also helps to fellowship with others who read and obey its every command. And that is why we are here.


So, welcome, God Bless and have fun following the real Jesus , not the sandal-wearing hippie that the rest of the world thinks it knows.




Joyously Yours,
Handmaiden

[FredClevland]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

So often is the question asked by wanderers and the destitute, "How Do I get Saved?"

This is perhaps the most important question you will ever ask.

Fortunately, you are in the presence of True Christians who are more enlightened than you!

All your questions are answered here!


1. How do I get saved?

Allow us to introduce you to somebody: His name is JESUS CHRIST, and He gave up His temporary life on Earth to allow you a chance to escape the damnation He has in store for you!

The Bible tells us that we must believe in JESUS in order to be redeemed:

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. - John 3:18

JESUS is the only way to get to Heaven:

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. - John 14:6

One of the fundamental, reoccurring themes of the Bible is that humans are insufficient and useless on their own:

But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. - Isaiah 64:6

Finally, you must confess your sins to GOD:

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. - 1 John 1:9

If you accept that you are worthless on your own, and you recognize that JESUS is the Son of GOD and is the only way to Heaven, and you confess your sins, you can be saved! You are really on your way to happiness!


2. Is it enough just to believe in JESUS?

No!

JESUS, being the ultimate manifestation of love and justice, says that if we really care about Him at all, we will do everything He says:

If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15

You can learn more about what GOD's rules are for His people by reading the entire Bible all the way through.


3. Can my family and friends be saved?

Maybe!

Because of the way the system is set up, it is a requirement of salvation that each person believe in JESUS and confess Him as their LORD.

And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. - Acts 8:37

GOD has given us freewill to either choose the free gift of eternal life by doing everything He says, or eternal damnation in a lake of fire by disobedience.

(This may sound like an ultimatum, but really it's a choice.)

This means that any person who will not or cannot believe or understand is going to Hell.

One of the best ways to get your friends and family to be saved is to tell them the Good News of salvation through JESUS CHRIST, and that failure to comply with this offer will result in damnation and eternal torment.


4. What if my friends and family won't accept CHRIST?

They may be your friends and family, but GOD's sentiments towards these people are made very clear:

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. - Ephesians 5:11

There is no such thing as a good unbeliever:

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. - Psalm 14:1

In Old Testament times, family and friends who didn't worship GOD were sentenced to death:

6 If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

7 Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth;


8 Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:


9 But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. - Deuteronomy 13:6-9


If your friends and family don't worship the One True GOD of the Bible, it's time to break off contact until they reconsider!


5. Which parts of the Bible should I follow?

All of it!

GOD wouldn't have wrote it down otherwise!

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. - Deuteronomy 12:32

If you break just one point of the law, it's just like you've broken them all:

For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. - James 2:10

This includes the Old Testament:

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. - Romans 15:4


6. Is there an unpardonable sin?

If you turn away from GOD's Spirit, how can you receive salvation?

28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:

29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. - Mark 3:28-29


7. Where can I learn more?

Christian Advice and Messages of Hope! GOD's Greatest Hits!

The Most MISUNDERSTOOD Passage in All the Bible (Matthew 7:1-5)

You Knew NOTHING Of Morality Before You Came Here

Who are our neighbors? Who are our brothers and sisters? Who are we to love?

Sounds good, I am hoping to become saved and make up for my mistakes ( infractions on this site ).

[Roland]

Re: How Do I get Saved? A Guide for the Lost!

Sounds good, I am hoping to become saved and make up for my mistakes ( infractions on this site ).

Hello Fred,

Interventions exist to help you. They are meant to help you to find the solution for your problems if you want to be a Christian and get to spend eternity with Jesus. You need to repent for all your sins, the most repulsive and the most mundane ones, if there is a difference anyway (James 2:10).

The best thing you can do if you want to become a Christian is tell the pastors everything about your lewd ways, leave no detail unmentioned, and accept the HUGE Love of Christ.

Kind regards,

Roland