I Peter 1
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to HIS abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
8 WHOM having not seen, ye love; IN WHOM, though now ye see HIM not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
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Comments by Joan Boney:
I was born again on August 5, 1975.
I was in bed reading a book when God by HIS Spirit began speaking to me.
HE said: "Joan ... you know all those mistakes you've been making all these years? Those weren't mistakes. Those were sins."
I was very shocked! I thought they were mistakes.
Many people think they are making mistakes when they are committing sins.
When God reveals sin, then you are changed and born again.
Galatians 5:19-21
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
No church can save you. Only God can save you from your sins. The church are those who have been saved.
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Pam Padgett was a Catholic. Her classmate was killed on a motorcycle. She was in high school. Never before had she considered that someone her age could be killed.
It was strongly put into her mind and heart that, if she died, nothing she had learned in the Catholic church could save her. Her only hope was God.
She began to pray. She was very frightened. She said: "If there is any way YOU can save me please do so."
After she prayed that, she realized there was something "of God" in her.
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Years later, she read the following Bible verse and then she realized what it was that was in her.
I Corinthians 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
The Holy Spirit: (John 14:16 & John 16:13)
- teaches us all things
- reminds us of everything Jesus has said to us
- guides us into all truth
- shows us things to come
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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