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How I Can Know . . .Welcome to Ministers-Best-Friend.com"A Christian Nation, in a Christian World, in our Lifetime!"Worth Living For? Dying For? Fighting For?"YES!"Search Web's Most Comprehensive Christian Site Please visit ‘Index' before leaving. See our TOP-TEN-SERIESOur Basic Categories Updated Continually [ GENERAL HOME PAGE ] [ MINISTERS HOME PAGE ] [ ANTI-AGING & HEALTH ] [ BIBLE & KJV? ] [ CATHOLICS ] [ CHURCH HISTORY ] [ ECONOMICS & WEALTH ] [ JEWISH ] [ TALK-RADIO-CONSERVATIVES ] [ REPUBLICANS ] [ RUSH LIMBAUGH 'BLOG & FORUM' ] [ G.W. BUSH ] [ SARAH PALIN 'BLOG & FORUM' ] [ PRO-LIFE ] [ PRESIDENTS ][ SPEAKERS-&-SERMON RESOURCES ] [ INDEX PAGE ] SEEN THE "TOP-TEN" NEWS STORIES YET TODAY?'Immediately-with-Certainty' that I do have . . .You can know . . . with 100% Absolutely Certainty, because Scripture Says So!ETERNAL QUESTION: Is It Possible TO KNOW . . . in this Life . . . with 'ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY' . . . that I do have - here-&-now - Eternal Life . . . forever? ETERNAL ANSWER: Let us assure you BY HOLY SCRIPTURE: indisputably, that 'IT IS POSSIBLE to "K-N-O-W" - not just wish, hope, think, be somewhat sure, pretty sure, possibly sure, or probably sure: but be VERY SURE, TO KNOW that we do have Eternal Life! I am the "Proverbial Rocket Scientist", but I don't WANT you to take my word on this. PLEASE get your own Bible and mark this in pen, turn the page corner down big and mark the reference inside the front cover! But “HOW” can we know - that “WE CAN” KNOW - this side of the Grave - that we have Eternal Life?BECAUSE God's Word - in ALL 500 versions from Roman Catholic to Jehovah's Witnesses - say we can KNOW!>em> "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; THAT YE MAY KNOW, that ye have eternal life!" We find the 'purpose of God - that we may KNOW - in writing this Scripture' this in First John, one the earliest and smallest Gospel, and perhaps the most wide-spread of all the New Testament Writings, of all the ages. NOTE: God states explicitly what he wants us to KNOW, that we do have ETERNAL LIFE! > > Repeat-I: GOD WANTS US TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE! - NOT just forgiveness of sins, repentance, peace of mind, a 'good-feeling' and a relationship with Him; > > Repeat-II: GOD WANTS US TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE! - NOT just a certificate of baptism, communion, conformation, and/or full-Church membership, > > Repeat-III: GOD WANTS US TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE! - NOT just a new birth, a conversion, an 'Experience' - receive Gifts of the Holy Spirit - a healing, or any other 'spiritual experience'; > > Repeat one more time: GOD WANTS US TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE! - NOT just a 'TASTE' of eternal Life . . . or a 'HOPE' of Eternal Life . . . BUT A "K-N-O-W-I-N-G-! that we have - 'Here-&-Now' - the REAL THING: ETERNAL LIFE!" PLEASE UNDERSTAND: This writer is NOT discounting ANY of the just-mentioned factors, from baptism to peace of mind to physical healing: but will you FACE-the-FOLLOWING FACTS? FACT-A: If we Do ALL the Church things, and have ALL of the experiences - and DON'T GET ETERNAL LIFE - what do the Church-things, experiences, gifts & healings & hoping-for-eternal-life - matter LONG TERM? FACT-B: (The inverse of Fact-A) AS LONG AS WE GET ETERNAL LIFE - even if we don't get all of the church things or experiences mentioned - what does it matter LONG TERM? FACT-C: THIS LIFE, is all about getting ETERNAL LIFE, for the rest of your life: which is forever & ever & ever & ever! Center> 1 John 5:13 '"These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may KNOW that ye have eternal life." We must read this, and read this, and read this, UNTIL WE BELIEVE GOD [instead of whoever is putting doubt in your mind!] - UNTIL WE KNOW that it is POSSIBLE to KNOW, that we do have Eternal Life! We must read this until we understand, that GOD WANTS TO KNOW . . . that "ANYONE" can know, that "EVERYONE" can know . . . that they do have - here-&-now - 'Eternal Life from God', that He gives it to them, and it lasts FOREVER (that's why it's called ETERNAL!). God doesn't give you HEAVENLY LIFE that only lasts till YOU LOSE IT! If it's from God, IT IS ETERNAL! If it's NOT ETERNAL, it's not from God! Thus WE DON'T KNOW we have Eternal Life because 'We Feel Like It!'Rather than 'Human Experience', our KNOWING of Eternal LIFE is by GOD'S INFALLIBLE WORD!In KNOWING that IT IS POSSIBLE to KNOW (Because God says we can know) that we do have Eternal Life, it is very important for us to KNOW that it is NOT based on HOW WE FEEL IN OUR HEART! In fact, God knew that MOST OF US would "NOT FEEL" like we had Eternal Life, and because our inner-most being - our heart - KNOWS ALL OF OUR SIN, our own heart would CONDEMN US BEFORE GOD! So, to make sure we did not allow NEGATIVE FEELINGS to block our "K-N-O-W-I-N-G", the Apostle John assures in the same little Gospel! "For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart! . . ." So Scripture teaches us we DON'T GO by how our HEART feels! Scripture teaches us we DON'T GO by what our GUT-INSTINCT tells us! (gut-instinct tells us we are UNWORTHY, not good enough, and haven't done enough to earn it!) Scripture teaches us we DON'T GO by what our MIND thinks you are UNWORTHY OF! Therefore God says to one and all before we were ever born: DON'T LET YOUR HEART "CONDEMN YOU" for reasons past, present or future! WHY? Because GOD is much greater than a negative-feeling, pessimistic human-heart - which is up and down in feelings - and God WANTS US TO KNOW and have this ASSURANCE "ALL-DAY, EVERY-DAY, until the FINAL-DAY!"" Isn't it Great how God arranged our Salvation? We must read this . . . and read this . . . and re-read this . . . UNTIL WE KNOW that it is POSSIBLE - that ANYONE & EVERYONE "CAN KNOW" - that God Himself says He WANTS US TO KNOW, that we have this 'God-given-Life', that He gives it to us, and it lasts FOREVER! That's why its called ETERNAL LIFE, and EVERLASTING LIFE! ETERNAL! TEACH THIS TO OTHERS! An excellent way to get a new concept well-understood is to explain it to someone - what God Word says in I John!! It is 'UP TO US' to decide - if WE BELIEVE God's Guarantee that we CAN KNOW and that He WANTS US TO KNOW!WANTS us to KNOW, You are ready to KNOW: "HOW!"Salvation is very, very, very, very simple! Jesus simply asks all of us ONE QUESTION: > > > 1] “Whom do YOU say that I AM?” Mat 16.15 Jesus asks of us ‘just this one question’ & He accepts from us ‘just this one answer’: a very ‘straight (tight)-gate & narrow way’ answer! The answer that saves is the following one! > > > 2] “Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.“ There can be no hedging, no fudging & no maybe’s, no if’s, and’s or but's . . . no ‘possibly sure, practically sure, pretty sure, or probably sure! WE MUST BELIEVE THIS! DOUBT is anything from 1% to 99.99% sure! > > > 3] Jesus conversely declares: “If you BELIEVE NOT that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” John 8.24 > > > 4] BELIEVING Jesus is the CHRIST - saves & gives ETERNAL LIFE! ‘For God so loved the WHOLE WORLD that He gave His Only-Begotten Son, that WHOSOEVER ‘BELIEVETH in Him’ should not perish but have everlasting life!’ John 3.16 ‘He that BELIEVETH on him is not condemned:’ John 3.18 ‘He that BELIEVETH on the Son hath everlasting life:’ John 3.36 > > > 5] Satan seeks to COMPLICATE & CONFUSE Salvation by trying to make the word BELIEVE . . . . . .mean everything EXCEPT BELIEVE, that it means ALL KINDS OF THINGS like to ‘do this’ & ‘do that‘, to ‘be this’ & ‘be that‘ . . . . . . . . that BELIEVING JESUS-is-the-CHRIST SECRETLY INCLUDES believing in a literal hell-fire, a personal devil, the virgin birth, a particular version of Scripture is every-word inspired, in faith-healing, in speaking-in-tongues, in the RAPTURE (that is not even in Scripture) in the TRINITY (which no one can define) in a particular version of BAPTISM, in a particular understanding of COMMUNION, in Deacons & Bishops or lack thereof & on & on & on it goes! > > > 6] But BELIEVING is very, very, very simple! There are NOT 2, 3, or 4 kinds of `believing, there’s just ONE kind of BELIEVING. FURTHERMORE, Believing does NOT mean ONE thing in the world, and ANOTHER THING when applied to Jesus! > > > 7] But Jesus did NOT invent some new word, or change its common everyday meaning. Jesus chose a very simple word that EVERYBODY knows and EVERYBODY uses all the time. BELIEVE! EXAMPLES of what the words BELIEVE means: > A] Who do YOU believe the Greatest American President is? ________________ > B] Who do YOU believe the Greatest Nation of the World is? ________________ > C] Who do YOU believe the Greatest Mother in the world is? ________________ > D] Who do YOU believe the True Christ of God is? ______________________
BELIEVING ALONE SAVES! > > Nothing MORE! > > Nothing LESS! > > Nothing ELSE! This is the most repeated statement in Scripture by far, repeated over 200 times - to MAKE SURE we don’t miss it. In answer to Jesus' one question "Whom do you say that I am?" - If your answer is that you do believe "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God!" - you do have eternal life, now and forever more. Never doubt it! Never deny it! Never debate it! JUST ANSWER AS JESUS ANSWERED: "It is written: Whosever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God! Whosoever believeth in me shall never die! Let's see What BELIEVING actually Means in REAL LIFE!This 2-minute exercise is said to help ‘CLARIFY BELIEVING for SALVATION to the greatest degree! Please read carefully! What is your answer to the question: ”Who is the greatest American President?“ My answer is George W. Bush, BECAUSE he has professed JESUS BY NAME from the beginning, Professed Jesus to be his Saviour, Professed Jesus delivered him from alcoholism, Professed Jesus is his Greatest Philosopher whom he looks to the most on National TV Presidential Debates, was brave enough to declare an Annual “Celebrate Jesus Day’ in Texas, and much more; - that he has done the right thing INSTEAD of the popular thing - ALL while being the most criticized president in all of American history: mocked, hated & cursed by our modern, foul-mouthed & vulgar generation who not only HATES BUSH, but Jesus as well! [ I ] LET’S CONSIDER what it means that I BELIEVE G. W. Bush is the Great President? > > > 1] Does it mean I have to give him MONEY? “NO!” > > > 2] Does it mean I have to CAMPAIGN for him?“NO!” > > > 3] Does it mean I have to VOTE for him?“NO!” > > > 4] Does it mean I have to join a SOCIETY that Promotes Him? “NO!” > > > 5] Does it mean I have to PRAISE him to every person I meet? “NO!” > > > 6] Does it mean I have to CONVINCE every friend, every chance I get? “NO!” > > > 7] Does it mean I have to THANK him in person or in public? “NO!” > > > 8] Does it mean I have to DEFEND HIM when I hear him FALSELY ACCUSED? “NO!” > > > 9] Does it mean I have to put a BUMPER STICKER on my car? “NO!” > > > 10] Does it mean I have to wear HIS NAME of my clothes? “NO!” > > > 11] Does it mean I have to put HIS WANTS & NEEDS before my own? “NO!” > > > 12] Does it mean I have to TALK TO HIM every day? “NO!” > > > 13] Does it mean I have to READ EVERY THING HE WRITES? “NO!” > > > 14] Does it mean I have to AGREE with EVERYTHING he says? “NO!” > > > 15] Does it mean I have to LOVE him MORE than FAMILY? “NO!” > > > 16] Does it mean I have to LOVE him at all? “NO!” > > > 17] Does it mean I have to believe he is the SMARTEST President ever? “NO!” > > > 18] Does it mean I have to TRY TO BE LIKE HIM? “NO!” > > > 19] Does it mean I have to KNOW him REALLY WELL? “NO!” > > > 20] Does it mean I have to be willing to DIE FOR HIM? “NO!” The truth is, Any President - would LIKE for "BELIEVERS" to do ALL of these things,The TRUTH is, President Bush would LIKE for me - [and any President would like for ALL “BELIEVERS”] - to do ALL of these things - and in general, THE MORE ONE WILL DO, THE BETTER - but NO ONE must do these things in order to be a “BELIEVER-ONLY”! The TRUTH is additionally, that some of these 20 things a BELIEVER SHOULD do simply because it’s the ‘Right & Honorable’ thing for a BELIEVER to do - like defend the ‘One-Believed-In’ when falsely accused - but the BELIEVER doesn’t have to! HOWEVER, it is indisputable, irrefutable and unquestionable, that NONE OF THESE are required for me to BELIEVE G. W. is the ALL-TIME Greatest American President! FURTHERMORE, I don’t have to become a REGISTERED REPUBLICAN, or even be an AMERICA CITIZEN to BELIEVE he is the Greatest of American Presidents! Do you see how simple & clear “BELIEVING” is? Likewise, all of these things that apply to my BELIEVING G. W. Bush is the Greatest President, apply to my BELIEVING that JESUS IS THE CHRIST! BELIEVING ALONE SAVES! Nothing MORE! Nothing LESS! Nothing ELSE! > > MAJOR POINT: < < Many get confused, by taking all of the HUNDREDS of SCRIPTURES that urge us to DO ALL OF THESE THINGS for Christ - because we love Him, and MAKE THEM REQUIREMENTS FOR BELIEVING! MAKE NO MISTAKE about it: Jesus does want us TO DO ALL of these things - and even more - but these ‘factors involving commitment & service’ are ALL part of DISCIPLESHIP - and have “NOTHING” to do with believing to SALVATION! I DO BELIEVE that ‘JESUS is the CHRIST! ' TO: MAIN INDEX Top Ten Series, Most Recent Pages Added, *Urgent! GENERAL HOME PAGE TOP-TEN-News-Notes & Nuggets for Conservatives & Christians Thank You Christian FriendsFor visiting us at Ministers-Best-Friend.comCome often and Will You Please tell a Friend?For personal needs & prayer requests, please email David & MarleneMost Important Questions You'll Ever Answer?Search Web's Most Comprehensive Christian SitePlease visit ‘Index' before leaving. 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