A Personal Announcement of Clarity From Me…VGP 1-17-26@1:37 PM

   So, the Holy Spirit has laid this upon my heart and mind. To share with you how to do this and how easy it is  to do so. I will be using the CEB translation for this lesson. So, if you are reading this it means that Father God is working with you to get you to come and accept his son Jesus Christ as your Lord. It is important to specify Jesus Christ when you do this. You Honor Father God in Heaven when you do this by giving him Glory in his son's name. If you don't specify who you are referring to when you say Jesus, it literally can be anyone on earth. There are many other people called Jesus in this world all throughout history. Also repenting of your sins is something that needs to be done not just once but every time we slip and do something wrong.

 

No one is perfect except Lord Jesus Christ, but we have the Holy Spirit to help. He will convict you when you do something wrong so that you know to repent for it. It's a walk and you have to learn to crawl before you walk. When you mature you will make fewer mistakes. You must understand this is a choice as well. It's not Love if it's not a choice. You can't be forced into making this decision and not meaning it from the heart. God the Father reads all hearts and minds and knows who is real and who is fake. How you know someone is for real is by their fruits. The fruits are the changes that God has changed in your life that people would be able to notice differently about you. Let's gather some scriptures on this to see the promise given to us and that's eternal life. So, the very first Scripture that we will look at is John 6:44 drawing of the Father.

 

Drawing of the God the Father

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John 6:44

44. No one can come to me unless they are drawn to me by the Father who sent me, and I will raise them up at the last day.

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This is why I said if you're reading this most likely this is Father God’s call for you to accept his son Jesus Christ as your Lord. And if you're just reading this and already have accepted his son it may be that you are supposed to share this with someone else. But now it's time to see how you accept Jesus Christ as you Lord and we will be looking at the book Romans 10:9

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Accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord

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Romans 10:9

9. Because if you confess with your mouth “Jesus is Lord” and in your heart you have faith that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

 

It's literally that easy my friends. Simply confessing that “Jesus Christ is your Lord” and believing in his death and resurrection. It's that simple but I do want you to understand why I said Jesus Christ is my Lord and not Jesus. Simply because when you say Christ you are honoring God the Father through his Son giving them both Glory and that it points to him and him alone. There are others in the Bible named Jesus which is why it's important to determine who that is. Even the disciples acknowledge who Christ is. And here is the Scriptures for both of these points starting with honoring God the Father and glorifying him. Which is Matthew 16:16 and Philippians 2:11. And then I’ll show in scripture others named Jesus which is in Colossians 4:11 and Matthew 27:16.

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Who is Christ the Son of God

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Matthew 16:16

16. Simon Peter said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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Glorifying God the Father When you confess this

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Philippians  2:11

11. And every tongue confess  that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

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Examples of others name Jesus

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Colossians 4:11

11. Jesus, called Justus, also says hello. These are my only fellow workers for God’s kingdom who are Jewish converts. They have been an encouragement to me.

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Matthew 27:16

16. At that time there was a well-known prisoner named Jesus Barabbas.

Next we need to repent. Repent means to turn away from. And that means change your hearts and lives. It's pointless to live life and keep sinning like your changing underwear. I'm not saying you won’t sin but doing it knowingly and continuing to do so without repenting means you're not changed or even trying to. You receive the Holy Spirit known as the Comforter/Companion when you accept Jesus as your Lord. And when you're in the wrong you make the Holy Spirit upset and he will lead you to repentance. You're not a hypocrite when you sin and repent, how else do we learn? When you acknowledge and repent for your wrong doings you show fruit that you are changing and making the effort and people pick up on that. That's why scripture tells you to show the production of good fruits. What are good fruits and being obedient? When you do this you grow making the mistakes less in your maturity. Let's back this up with some scripture. First we look at repentance and  why it's important to acknowledge it and do it. Go to the book of Acts 3:19 then the book of Proverbs 28:13. And then the practice of sinning and not changing in the book of 1 John 3:4 and verse 8. Then we will look at receiving the Holy Spirit and him comforting us in John 14:16-17 and verse 26. Then the Holy Spirit convicting us of sin in John 16:7-8. And then we will look at showing fruit in the book Matthew 7:16-20, what the fruits of the spirit are in Galatians 5:22-23, being obedient 1 Peter 1:14-16 and finally becoming spiritually mature in Ephesians 4:13-15.

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The call of Repenting to change your Heart and lives

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Acts 3:19

19 Change your hearts and lives! Turn back to God so that your sins may be wiped away.

Importance of repentance (Mercy)

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Proverbs 28:13

13. Those who hide their sins won’t succeed, but those who confess and give them up will receive mercy.

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Why you don't keep sinning

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1 John 3:4

4. Every person who practices sin commits an act of rebellion, and sin is rebellion.

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1 John 3:8

8. The person who practices sin belongs to the devil, because the devil has been sinning since the beginning. God’s Son appeared for this purpose: to destroy the works of the devil. 

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The receiving of the Comforter/Companion (Holy Spirit)

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John 14 :16-17 & 26

16. I will ask the Father, and he will send another Companion,[a] who will be with you forever. 

17. This Companion is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can’t receive because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be with you.

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26. The Companion, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I told you.

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The Holy Spirit Convicting us of Sins

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John 16:7-8

7. I assure you that it is better for you that I go away. If I don’t go away, the Companion won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 

8.When he comes, he will show the world it was wrong about sin, righteousness, and judgment.

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The production of fruit in your life

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Matthew 7:16-20

16. You will know them by their fruit. Do people get bunches of grapes from thorny weeds, or do they get figs from thistles? 

17. In the same way, every good tree produces good fruit, and every rotten tree produces bad fruit. 

18. A good tree can’t produce bad fruit. And a rotten tree can’t produce good fruit. 

19. Every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

20. Therefore, you will know them by their fruit.

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​What are the good fruits that are being shown in

that people see in you that is mentioned

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Galatians 5:22-23

22. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

23. gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against things like this.

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Being obedient as well

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1 Peter 1:14-16

14. Don’t be conformed to your former desires, those that shaped you when you were ignorant. But, as obedient children, 

15. you must be holy in every aspect of your lives, just as the one who called you is holy. 

16.It is written, You will be holy, because I am holy

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Becoming spiritually mature by doing all this sinning less

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Ephesians 4:13-16 

13. until we all reach the unity of faith and knowledge of God’s Son. God’s goal is for us to become mature adults—to be fully grown, measured by the standard of the fullness of Christ. 

14. As a result, we aren’t supposed to be infants any longer who can be tossed and blown around by every wind that comes from teaching with deceitful scheming and the tricks people play to deliberately mislead others. 

15. Instead, by speaking the truth with love, let’s grow in every way into Christ, 

16. who is the head. The whole body grows from him, as it is joined and held together by all the supporting ligaments. The body makes itself grow in that it builds itself up with love as each one does its part.

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God is the reader of our hearts he knows the real intention behind everything we do so keep that in mind too. He does not force anyone to love him or accept Jesus Christ; he gives you the choice. Here is some more scripture to back this up as well. Here is scripture on God searching your hearts Romans 8:26-27 and here is the one for giving us the choice to love him or not with the promise of eternal life John 3:16-18

 

God reader of all hearts and mind

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Romans 8:26-27

26. In the same way, the Spirit comes to help our weakness. We don’t know what we should pray, but the Spirit himself pleads our case with unexpressed groans. 

27. The one who searches hearts knows how the Spirit thinks, because he pleads for the saints, consistent with God’s will

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The choice to Love him and accept his son Jesus Christ

 

John 3:16-18

16. God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him won’t perish but will have eternal life. 

17. God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. 

18. Whoever believes in him isn’t judged; whoever doesn’t believe in him is already judged, because they don’t believe in the name of God’s only Son.

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​​This is everything the Holy Spirit has led me to say. I hope this sheds light on a lot for you. And that I am praying for your Salvation and your Righteousness and that this reaches every person that it is intended to reach. God bless you in the Name of my Lord Jesus Christ.