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1 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | Centurian | 3109 | ||
There are two (at least) words that I find are used in ways which seem to me to be non-functional? They are heart and love. Dealing with the heart (save love for another day)....how can one really "accept Jesus into their heart?" The heart is only a member of the total family of human organs, designed for specific functions geared toward staying alive. Yet some must envision it as a "door" that can be opened and shut, allowing all manner of "visitors", etc. The terms "I love you with all my heart, accept Jesus into your heart, pray with all my heart, forgive you with all my heart," I believe would cause some to shy away from accepting Jesus "into their lives" because of this use of the word heart. The heart is inside your body...accepting Jesus into your heart would mean that any changes would be internal, and not showing through...accepting Him into your life would show a lifestyle change, and ways that He is working in your life. What happens when someone has a bypass operation and they are stitched up...is the "door" to the heart sealed? Does the doctor and attendants see all the "visitors" that you have "allowed into your heart?" Why not just simply say "I have invited Jesus" into my life," and then show it by your actions, not just words? Thanks for your patience. Centurian |
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2 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | CDBJ | 35254 | ||
Centurian, I agree with you on what you had to say about the heart but then you said that we must invite Jesus into our life. I can't find any Scripture to back up either view; where we are told to invite Jesus into anything, be it our life or our heart? | ||||||
3 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | believer57 | 35302 | ||
Romans 10:8-9, "But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy HEART: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine HEART that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved". I believe this scripture is plain. How can we confess something that we believe in, in fact, the most important thing in our life, without it being part of us? How can something be a part of us, if we do not INVITE it into our lives? "Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their HEART far from me, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men". (Isaiah 29:13). "Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then I will profess unto them, I NEVER KNEW YOU: depart from me, ye that work iniquity"; [Matt.7:22-23]. Need more? Need Jesus in your life? How else, but to INVITE HIM..."Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and OPEN THE DOOR, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me"; [Rev.3:20]. God Bless You...believer57 | ||||||
4 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | CDBJ | 35461 | ||
Let me see if I am hearing you right, just to get the record straight, lets say for sake of the discussion, that I don't the Bible form a boy scout manual, and you come up to me on the street and say to me, hay buddy, if you ask Jesus into your heart you can be saved: And I wonder what ever being saved is? I say ok, I'm all for saving stuff,I got a friend that's a real packrat maybe I can be one up on him. Ok Jesus come into my heart; now does that mean that I just did something that's worthy enough for me to get eternal life? On your authority you just promised me eternal life and by the way what authority do you have, how much weight do you push around here? And will God back you us or are we both going to fall in a ditch of trouble? |
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5 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | believer57 | 35465 | ||
Dear Friend, I speak to you with the authority of the living Son of God, Jesus Christ. He was sent into this world so that you and I may have eternal life. What is the opposite of eternal life? Eternal damnation. That is the choice that confronts each of us. Which way do we wish to go? Now, accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, is a decision that you should make based upon reliable information. I would that you would not make a decision as important as this otherwise. What are the facts? Is God real? Yes. Did He provide man with a plan for salvation? Yes. Why did He provide us with this plan for our salvation? In the garden of Eden, Adam, the first man, fell from His grace by choosing sin, (disobeying God's Word), over obedience to his Word. However, God loves you so much that He sent His only Son to die on the cross for you. You may not understand all of this now, but it is the truth. Since the garden, all men are born sinners and do not have a way back to God other than through acceptance of His Son as the Lord of their life. In other words, we "accept" His atonement that He made for us on the cross. He suffered horribly, so that you might be saved from eteranal separation from Him. Romans 3:23 tells us; "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God". Psalms 14, 2-3; "The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are ALL gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, NOT ONE." The Bible also tells us that "the wages of sin is death". We have a choice, my friend, but there really is no choice. If you would like to have: eternal life, living in fellowship with like-minded children of God, His promise of eternal existence with Him after you leave this world, living now with peace, love, joy, gentleness in your life, a way of understanding all the chaos in the world today, an anchor in your life that will hold you in the storms that lie ahead, a Friend that will never leave you or forsake you, then His name is Jesus Christ. Jesus declares, "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free"; [John 8:32]. What is the truth? "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]. My dear friend, all you have to do is get upon your knees and pray a simple prayer. And when you pray this, mean it from the bottom of your heart. Do this all by yourself. You don't have to be with anybody; (you will want to tell somebody later, why? Jesus desires us to "confess Him before men", Matt. 10:32). Just pray that you desire Him to come into your heart, and be the Lord and Saviour of your life. Pray that you renounce satan, and sin. Your are tired of being a lost sinner, and wish to know Him. Your are tired of the confusion and anguish in this world, and cannot face it another day without Him. He will come into your life, and the angels in heaven will rejoice! Jesus told us that "I will not leave you comfortless, I WILL COME TO YOU". He is knocking at the door... Ask Him, and He will come in...Your life will never be the same! God Bless..Write back, if I can be of some more help. If I have confused you, let me know. Together, we'll get if figured out!..believer57 | ||||||
6 | Invite Jesus into you LIFE, not HEART... | Rom 6:23 | CDBJ | 35508 | ||
Dear believer57, I really appreciate your response to my question but I feel bad now because you evidently didn't catch the wording, (lets say for sake of discussion), I am not questioning the message of what you are saying, I am questioning the function or action that you said one must do to be saved. I am very sorry if I mislead you into thinking that I am not a member of the elect. I have been save for over 36 years now I just said that I haven't read in the Bible where an unbeliever is supposed to ask Jesus into his heart, or life, technically speaking. The verse that you mentioned in Revelation 3:20 is so misused when presenting the salvation message. Christ wasn't even talking to unbelievers at this point but believers that were out of fellowship. He comes into unbelievers for salvation not to sup as with a believer for fellowship. A lot of believer have the Spirit but He is quenched in their life. Jesus wants to restore the closeness and have fellowship with them. God doesn't rebuke children that aren't his! The word repent for the unbeliever it toward Christ the living word, the word repent for the believer is toward God's living written word, the Bible. Rev. 3:17-20 . 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. The message of Christ at this point is toward those in the church not outside. One of the best books for the presentation of the good news about Jesus is the book of John; in fact that was why it was written. John 20:30-31 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. What I am trying to point out, and evidently failed to do, is to eliminate the false notion that one can ask Jesus into their heart or life. One can receive Christ into their life but not just by asking, that would be works! The word believe is the key, when a person believes in Jesus with the intensity that the Greek word PISTEUO conveys receiving Christ is something that is automatic. Ephes. 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, People aren't saved because they walk and aisle or jump through some ones psychological hoop or by quote some magical phrase. They need enough information to put their confidence and trust in Jesus and the only way this can happen is by hearing God's word about His Son. Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. The Greek idiom, heart, sure has messed up a lot of well meaning people. If one would think of the heart as that of a tree as being the very core or center, they would be closer to the real meaning; the inner most being. Jesus mentioned this to the woman at the well. John 7:38 (NASB) "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.' " There are a lot of so-called believers out there that think just because they did something that they are saved. They don't know enough about Jesus to know what he did for them but they sure are trusting in what they did by raising their hand in a service or making some kind of a decision to walk an aisle. A good example would be the thief on the cross next to Jesus, what did he do that brought on the response from Christ that the thief would be with him in paradise? I hope that I haven't confused you, if you would like to I will go in it in more detail. If you think the idiom of heart is a problem, you aught to see what they though the seat of the emotions was, the kidneys! Sorry about the mix up, CDBJ |
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