Diagnosed a Sinner

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Unmerited Opportunity

Our temporary existence is an unmerited and merciful opportunity given to us so that we might reconnect with our God.   Other posts in this series on the plight of man and the Good News: Dead at Conception Sinful Since Conception Humanity Died

Humanity Died

 God warned Adam, “…you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die" (Genesis 2:17). Previous Posts: Dead at Conception Sinful Since Conception

Sinful Since Conception

Humans do not become sinners, but are, instead, by virtue of being part of the fallen human family, innately sinful from the moment of conception (Psalm 51:5).   Previous Post: Dead at Conception

Dead at Conception

Being part of the fallen human family, all of us are, from the moment of our conception, already spiritually ‘dead in our trespasses and sins’ (Ephesians 2:1). Following Post: Sinful Since Conception

Reorientation Miracle

WE'RE BORN LOST!!! Sinful Orientation: We are all born sinfully orientated because we are conceived with a sinful nature.   ARE YOU STILL LOST? Moral Orientation: No amount of moral orientation can ever change our sinful nature. It may curb it, but it cannot remove it.   HAVE YOU FOUND THE WAY? God Orientation: Jesus…

TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS – PART 3

PART 3 - IS GOD UNFAIR? YOU DON'T WANT FAIR What of those who don't hear of Christ? Is God unfair? No, because God's word says, "None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one"…

TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS – PART 2

PART 2 - GOD'S WRATH ABIDES WRATH BECAUSE OF SIN Because of sin, the wrath of God has existed against mankind. And, it continues to be stored up for judgment against those who are not reconciled through faith, especially against those who have rejected the Gospel. "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever…

TURN FROM YOUR EVIL WAYS – PART 1

PART 1 - HIDING FROM IMPENDING JUDGMENT "MOUNTAINS, FALL ON US...HILLS, COVER US" are words that have echoed in history, and the echo has not ended. BUT, WHOSE WORDS ARE THESE? ISRAEL The prophet Hosea spoke of Israel's impending judgment with these words: "The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed.…

The Promise of the Spirit

Jesus’ Offer of Salvation John 7:37-39, "In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, IF ANY MAN THIRST, let him come unto me, and drink. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON ME, as the scripture hath said, OUT OF HIS BELLY SHALL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATER. (But this spoke…