Spirituality
Does Forgiveness = No Consequences?
I am struggling with forgiveness. I know that forgiving someone who hurt me is part of my recovery process, but does forgiving someone mean that I need to be willing to treat that person as well as I would treat those I consider my closest friends? (Assuming that it’s appropriate to interact with the person who hurt me.) Does forgiving completely...
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This is part 6 of a 6 part series - How to Be Sure You Are a Christian You can be sure 3. Changed Life Your changed life is a witness to the fact that you are a Christian. Paul records, "When someone becomes a Christian he becomes a brand new person inside. He is not the same any more. A new life has begun!" John says, "How can we be sure...
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This is part 5 of a 6 part series - How to Be Sure You Are a Christian You can be sure 1. External Witness of God's Word The promise of God's Word, not your feelings, is your authority. His word is totally reliable. As a Christian you are to live by faith in the trustworthiness of God and His holy, inspired Word. For years Martin Luther,...
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This is part 4 of a 6 part series - How to Be Sure You Are a Christian 3. Volitional Commitment Becoming a Christian not only involves your intellect and your emotions, it also involves your will. You must first be willing to obey God and His Word. Christ emphasized the importance of man's will in relation to the assurance of salvation....
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This is part 3 of a 6 part series - How to Be Sure You Are a Christian 2. Emotional Commitment Becoming a Christian also involves your emotions. From the Scripture we know that God has emotions. He feels love, joy, sorrow, compassion, anger, disappointment and many other emotions. The Bible also says you are created in the image of God....
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This is part 2 of a 6 part series - How to Be Sure You Are a Christian Threefold commitment Becoming a Christian involves receiving the Lord Jesus Christ - the gift of God's love and forgiveness - by faith. It results in a threefold commitment to a person, the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a commitment to Him of your intellect,...
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This is part 1 of a 6 part series - How to Be Sure You Are a Christian Millions are not sure A prominent businessman, a leader in his church, sat across from me in my office. By every standard of human measure, this man was an outstanding success. As we talked, it became increasingly clear that in spite of his active leadership in the church,...
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