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| Repent For The Kingdom Of God Is At Hand by ogbeisioma: 5:38pm On Jan 18, 2008 |
“REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND” INTRODUCTION: My dear brother or sister, the message you are about to read is undoubtedly one that you have read or heard about in the past. Nevertheless I adjure you to please read through the contents of this tract once again. I am convinced that, by so doing, your life will be transformed for the better in Jesus name, amen. GOD’S INITIAL PLAN FOR MAN Let me start this message by reminding us of the initial plan God had for us. According to Genesis 1:26, it is clear that man is supposed to exhibit godly attributes like sinlessness, good health, dominion over all other creatures, immortality, etc. But the converse is the case as man sins unreservedly, sickness, abject poverty and diseases ravage mankind. Worst of all man eventually dies. This ought not to be. Why is this so? THE GENESIS OF DEATH, SICKNESS, ETC After creating man and woman, God placed them in a garden and gave them an express command: “And the lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die” (Gen. 2: 15-17). Adam and Eve (the first man and woman from which mankind sprang from) disobeyed this first command: (Genesis 3:1-19) and by so doing brought on themselves death, sickness, etc and also by extension the unborn generations after them (Romans 5:12). But God being a merciful and loving God immediately thought out a plan for mankind’s redemption. At the root of this novel plan was the coming to earth of His son: Jesus Christ: “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son that whosoever beliveth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16) CHRIST’S 1st COMING: HIS MISSION ‘And almost all things (were) by the law purged with blood: and without shedding of blood is no remission’ (Hebrews 9:22). It was common practice in those days in the land of Israel that if one contravened any of the mosaic laws, he or she was to sacrifice. The sacrifice ranged from killing bulls, goats, sheep, or lambs. But for the remission of the sin of the entire human race a more excellent & perfect sacrifice was required. And Jesus was that perfect sacrifice. For as a sacrifice, ‘He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed …. And the Lord (God) hath turned the iniquities of us all.’ (Isaiah 53:5&6). “For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and of the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctified to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:13,14) “Therefore as by the offence of one (Adam & Eve) judgement came upon all men to condemnation: even so by the righteousness of one? (Jesus Christ) the free gift (i.e. Salvation) came upon all men unto justification” (Romans 5:18) ‘But God commanded His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us: (Romans 5:  . (Further reading Genesis 3:14,15; Revelation 5:1-14; Isaiah 9:6,7; 11:1-16; 53:1-12).HIS MESSAGE To partake or benefit from the saving mission of Jesus Christ to mankind, there is a pre-requisite to be met. When Christ came some thousand years ago, His gospel message centered round this one ‘pre-requisite’. What was this pre-requisite? “Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven is at hand” (Mathew 4:17) Repentance! Repentance!! Repentance!!! God has reserved a day in which He is going to judge mankind (both the dead and the living) (Revelation 20: 12-15). That day is fast approaching and His judge to all those who neglect the salvation message of repentance i.e. eternal damnation awaits them but life everlasting to all those who take heed. (Romans 3:13) CHRIST’S 2nd COMING: HIS MISSION The second coming of Christ, also called the rapture, begins the “coming of God’s Kingdom” (Mathew 4:17). His mission is to rapture the redeemed. “But as the days of Noah so shall the coming of the son of man (Jesus) be…. Then shall two be in the field: the one shall be taken and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the will: the one shall be taken and the other left. (Mathew 24: 36-41). “…, this Jesus which is taken up from you into Heaven, small so come in like manner as ye have seen Him go into heaven.” (Acts 1: 11) WHEN IS HE COMING? “But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of Heaven, but my father only.”(Mathew 24:36) Not even Jesus knows when! One could also say that another type of rapture is death because both are unpredictable as no one knows when he or she will die. SIGN OF HIS COMING Mathew 24:3-35 tells of woes that will befall the earth as the end approaches. These range from wars, diseases, hunger, natural disasters, etc. All these are already happening. CALL TO REPENTANCE OR ELSE…. My dear friends seeing that the day of the Lord really ‘draweth nigh’, I adjure you to please accept the free gift of salvation by fully repenting of all your sins and be sure of eternal life in heaven (John 3:16; Romans 6:23) On the other hand, “And whosoever was not found in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” (Revelation 20:15) HOW TO ACCEPT CHRIST INTO YOUR LIFE 1. Confess all your sins to God. 2. Ask him to forgive you & cleanse you with the blood of Jesus. 3. Repent from them all. 4. Ask Jesus to come into your life. 5. Believe that you are forgiven and that Jesus has come into your heart or just simply say this prayer: “Father Lord I am sorry for all the sins I have committed. I ask that You have mercy and forgive me. Use the precious blood of Jesus shed on the cross of Calvary to cleanse me. Jesus come into my heart. Today I accept You as my personal Lord and Savior. And grant me the grace oh Lord to continually live the life that You expect of me. All these I pray in Jesus name, amen.” NOW THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR LIFE TO CHRIST 1. Desist from all former evil behavior, conduct, character, etc. Also disassociate yourself from all evil friends. 2. Pray always. 3. Read your Bible always. 4. Regularly attend a Bible-believing church. “May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with from now on till the end in Jesus name, amen.” For testimonies, prayer requests and FREE tracts for evangelism contact Evangelist Isioma P.O. Box 2649, Festac town, Lagos. evangelistisioma@yahoo.com 07034541632[/color][color=#990000][/color][color=#990000] |
| Re: Repent For The Kingdom Of God Is At Hand by Nobody: 5:02am On Jan 19, 2008 |
my dear, the kingdom of christ is already here with us.  |
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