What has Jesus done for you?

[ldonjohn]

You don't offend me... it's simply that you see the issue through a Christian lens, whereas I don't.
You have your truth and I have mine. You understand things from a Christian point of view.. but I look at things in a different way.

I see the issue through the lens of the Spirit of God who gave me spiritual light to see the truth. It isn't my truth.

 

[Peacemaker1]

Jesus gave me peace. The peace of knowing that my sins are forgiven & my eternity in heaven is secure by His finished work on the cross.

Romans 11.20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

 

[Peacemaker1]

Every day I thank Him for paying the penalty for my sin when he died on the cross, and I thank him for paying the penalty for the sins of my children, grandchildren, and parents.

Luke 18.11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

 

[Tellyontellyon]

I see the issue through the lens of the Spirit of God who gave me spiritual light to see the truth. It isn't my truth.

You have a great deal of conviction and feel guided by the holy spirit.
But people with other religions feel equally guided, you would say by the devil no doubt, but other people believe in their religions just as strongly.
This 'I'm right, everybody else is wrong' is the thing I find most disagreeable in Christianity. It's very cultic, but of course, that is what Christians don't see in themselves and what they project all the time... even onto other Christians who don't believe the 'right way'. The Abrahamic religions in general suffer from the same disease. Then naturally there is the need to proselytise, that has more than once turned into genocide.
I wish Christians listened more to Jesus... they seemed to go astray again straight after his death, making up new theology and slipping back into harshness.

 

[Peacemaker1]

Jesus changed the way I treat other people; he changed me from being a selfish person to having a heart for helping others; he gave me a heart for reaching out to lost people with the hope of the Gospel message. Jesus gave me a grateful heart, so that I serve him out of a heart of gratefulness & thankfulness, not out of an attitude of duty.

Proverbs 27.1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.


John 5.31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.



John 5.41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?

John 7:18
He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.


James 4.13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

 

[Peacemaker1]

The greatest change Jesus made in my life is that He brought me out of the darkness of unbelief into the light of the truth of the Gospel message, the message of the cross. Until that change is made in anyone's' life he/she will never understand the truth about Jesus/God.

Matthew 24.48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

1 Thessalonians 5.2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.

1 Thessalonians 55 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.

2 Peter 39 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,


2 Peter 3.14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

 

[Peacemaker1]

but just as I was before I became a born-again believer in Jesus, so will you never understand because you are in spiritual darkness and are blinded to the truth.

Mark 8:38
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.


Lu.ke 149 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.


1 John 2.28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

 

[Peacemaker1]

I wish Christians listened more to Jesus... they seemed to go astray again straight after his death, making up new theology and slipping back into harshness.

if you want to be a buddist, be one, the world of christians is also fallen from the faith, your way is right to you, whatever your way is, but seeing as you have no interest in Christ, [ which they dont have either] then you only show questions for strife, [which the forum loves] which is against Christ.

the way of unity can only be in Christ, as there is one spirit, one judgement, one lord, one faith, one baptism, all divided people and religions have this in common, they go forward in blind circles.


1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

 

[Peacemaker1]

for the subtle exaltation in this thread, on all of these forums, all the world, it doesn't matter what way things are put, all who show their real love is their own selves, will be revealed by the word of god they make a mockery out of.



2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.


2 Timothy 3.2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

 

[Peacemaker1]

the wide path to destruction is the popular art of conversation, on the christian forum for all the years they have been, anyone afraid of the damnation and condemnation would be alarmed to continue to be in a place of presumption, especially witnessing the whole of the forums discussions cant be corrected at all, no matter what is told.

 

[ldonjohn]

if you want to be a buddist, be one, the world of christians is also fallen from the faith, your way is right to you, whatever your way is, but seeing as you have no interest in Christ, [ which they dont have either] then you only show questions for strife, [which the forum loves] which is against Christ.

the way of unity can only be in Christ, as there is one spirit, one judgement, one lord, one faith, one baptism, all divided people and religions have this in common, they go forward in blind circles.


1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.

Not sure what you mean by that statement, but not all Christians have fallen from the faith. Not everyone who claims to be a Christian is one. And I agree with you that the purpose of this forum seems to promote strife.

 

[Peacemaker1]

not all Christians have fallen from the faith.

Luke 187 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Luke 2134 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

2 Thessalonians 2.2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

2 Thessalonians 2.9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

Revelation 69 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

 

[Peacemaker1]

Not sure what you mean by that statement, but not all Christians have fallen from the faith.

not sure what you mean by your biblically opposing statement either, but if you continue to make statements it will be made more clearer.

 

[Peacemaker1]

if you dont know, i am testifying the faith, this is what Jesus is doing for us all, a chance for all to repent, i am ending soon because the forum and all here are too crooked, who can acknowledge anything right, instead of disputing with me, to consent to the wholesome words of jesus christ, the doctrine which is according to righteousness, when christian forums receive anything right, all it can offer is more of its wrong.

 

[Hazelelponi]

What has Jesus done for you in your life?
What has changed for you... whether internally to you, or outside of you.. what is different?

Jesus saved, is saving, and will save me from the just wrath of God for my sins.

Nothing else matters.

 

[Peacemaker1]

Jesus saved, is saving, and will save me from the just wrath of God for my sins.

Nothing else matters.

Luke 18.11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
16 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

 

[Divide]

What has Jesus done for me? Do you mean other than what the gospel says what He did for us, like in Testimonies of supernatural help from the Lord?

I have some. I have a lot actually. How many Testimonies would you like to hear? I may have 20 or 30 by now.

One time I was behind in my rent $2000 and had justreceived my eviction papers so I prayed and God sent an Angel to my garage sale and he gave me $2400 dollars for a bunch of junk!

One time the Lord had delivered to me 2 pounds of coffee at my house.

He stopped me from being found by the Police when they were searching for me to arrest me.

He stopped my son from being arrested one time because I prayed.

One time I prayed did God have something for me so that I can help the Kingdom, but can it be something I can do from my easy chair? And he sent someone within 30 minutes for me to witness too!

One time I heard the audible voice of God and the Lord Jesus asked for me to pray for a Brother in Christ which needed help.

There's a few. I'll tell you about any of them if you want. Say the word...Which one(s)? I have more too.

 

[Peacemaker1]

What has Jesus done for me? Do you mean other than what the gospel says what He did for us, like in Testimonies of supernatural help from the Lord?

I have some. I have a lot actually. How many Testimonies would you like to hear? I may have 20 or 30 by now.

One time I was behind in my rent $2000 and had justreceived my eviction papers so I prayed and God sent an Angel to my garage sale and he gave me $2400 dollars for a bunch of junk!

One time the Lord had delivered to me 2 pounds of coffee at my house.

He stopped me from being found by the Police when they were searching for me to arrest me.

He stopped my son from being arrested one time because I prayed.

One time I prayed did God have something for me so that I can help the Kingdom, but can it be something I can do from my easy chair? And he sent someone within 30 minutes for me to witness too!

One time I heard the audible voice of God and the Lord Jesus asked for me to pray for a Brother in Christ which needed help.

There's a few. I'll tell you about any of them if you want. Say the word...Which one(s)? I have more too.

John 5:34
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

 

[Divide]

John 5:34
But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.

That's ok I guess. You could always maybe pretend I wasn't talking to you and just don't red it if you don't want. Nothing wrong with that.

I was answering the OP from a different member. He pretty much asked the question, what has Jesus really done for you. And the Lord HAS done a LOT for me!
I remember
1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:.../KJV

That's all I was Doing Brother. I have good answers to his question. I asked him if he wants to hear any of them?

I wont lie about any of them. I dont take donations, there's no Caddy in my drivewway. I don't own a Jet! I'm not even selling books or CD's so I literally have no reason to lie!

So sir, you have no motive to nsinuate that it would be untrue or I lie. That's discouarging to me that you're calling me out before I even said anything! smh

 

[ldonjohn]

not sure what you mean by your biblically opposing statement either, but if you continue to make statements it will be made more clearer.

Be specific please, what biblically opposing statements?