Godly Transformation Bible Study

Bible Study for Monday 13, 2013 

Godly Transformation Bible Study 

I know that these Bible studies do seem to be harsh and straight forward, but these warning letters are not to scare you away from the Truth but to show you the wrong that is in the world and God wants you to know it, in hopes to bring you to repentance with a change of heart, mind and soul. God wants everyone to be in Heaven, he does not want anyone going to hell. You do have to realize that your poor choices can send you there. If you want to hear watered down messages and not hear the Truth of God’s Word, there are plenty of t.v evangelists out there who will tell you what only itching ears wants to hear. You can find them on 192 and on channel 11. If you want to hear and know the Truth, then I recommend you to find a good, strong Bible based Church who will teach the True Word of God and read and study the Bible for yourself and stay here. I will always teach the Truth of God’s Holy Word and will never sugar coat it. I see people who lives their lives, as if they don’t really care about themselves. They even speak of blasphemy words that will end up sending them to hell, if they don’t repent and ask God for forgiveness, if they repent and continue living by being blasphemy, they are being disobedient to God and are getting there one way ticket to hell and not heaven. That goes for drinking, smoking, cursing, anger, malice, strife, its all blasphemy to God and His temple, and you are that temple. 1 Corinthians Chapter 3:16-19, pay close attention to this reading, but the main focus is verse 17. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? 17If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. If you have God in your heart and your living for Jesus Christ, God Almighty, then there should be no foul living in your heart. Your body is just like a computer, if you allow the eyes of God’s temple, “which is your body”, if you like it or not and you allow the eyes see trash of this world, the trash gets scanned by the eyes and it goes into the computer chip, which is your brain, it gets processed and sent to your heart. The trash gets built up in the hard drive, which is your heart and whatever the speaker speaks, which is your mouth, flows out the trash that was put into your heart, by what your eyes have seen. You are hell bound, if you don’t repent, accept Jesus Christ into your heart, turn away from your worldly trash, have faith in God and believe on what Jesus Christ did for you on the Cross and take your new faith and new belief and get water Baptized, you won’t see heaven. There are exceptions for those who are on their death beds and they realized that they have done God wrong by rejecting Christ and they ask God for forgiveness, the Holy Spirit will poor into them and can be saved, but for those of you who are ignorant to God’s Holy Word and still alive and well who can get around, you have no excuses for not doing what Jesus Christ as commanded you to do, so your excuses for being ignorant to the Word of God, is lame and your setting yourselves up to be failures in God’s eyes, making yourselves out to be fools. Call upon the Lord and allow Him to cleanse your soul and make you whole again and get on the the Lord side, while you still have a chance of Salvation in Heaven. Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Isaiah Chapter 43:18-19 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, [and] rivers in the desert. Lamentations Chapter 3:22-24 22 [It is of] the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassion’s fail not. 23 [They are] new every morning: great [is] thy faithfulness. 24 The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. Revelation 21:4 - And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Acts 3:19 - Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; 1 John 4:18 - There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. Just this past week, I had things shape up for the best and I feel great, because I gave all troubles that I was facing and God has filled me with His Holy Spirit and guided me on the ways to go in life and took away all my worries, feelings and thoughts, so I can move forward and not back wards. Have you ever heard the words, you can’t keep going forward, if you keep looking back? I am sure you have, in fact, many of you live your lives this way. I was found guilty of this in my life too. The reason why I said I was guilty, listen closely, you just may learn something here, this goes for all sin that you have done in your life. When you repent to God and ask Him for forgiveness, with Godly sorrow, the blood of Jesus Christ covers them. God then remembers them no more. You are then maid perfect in His Love, you then are maid perfect just as He is perfect, until you sin again, then you need to come back in repentance to be back in His perfection. Yes, I have heard that no one is perfect and can never be perfect, people who say’s that, is right, because they don’t truly have God and have not truly accepted Jesus Christ in their lives and they are still living for the flesh and not for God. That is what the difference is between worldly people and Christians, Godly people. Jesus Christ is our perfect example that we must be following and live by, even do exactly what he did, by our new found faith and belief, get water baptized. When He was baptized, the heavens opened up to Him and He then was Blessed and pleased by God the Father. When we are watered baptized into Christ, we are Baptized by the Father, Son and of the Holy Spirit. Then you will be Baptized and filled with the Holy Ghost, not until the completion of water emersion. The reason is, because the Heavens are not opened to you until you have done this, by scripture and the way Jesus Christ has already shown us. Those who say’s, all you have to do to be saved, is to believe and have faith and you can be saved. Friends, pastors, t.v evangelist’s, you have twisted the example that Jesus did. Yes, Jesus died on the Cross for sin, I hear you say that works does not get you into heaven, that is very true, but by you not following through, with your faith and belief, you are not being obedient to what God’s Word say’s. It say’s in the New Testament, Baptism in Water for Believers. Mark 16:16 “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” Acts 2:38 “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.” Acts 8:35-38 “Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.” Acts 16:31, 33 “And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. What Baptism Means to a Believer? Romans 6:3-6 “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.” 1 Corinthians 12:13 “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” Galatians 3:27 “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.” 1 Peter 3:21 “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:” “Baptism is faith in action.” “God’s people should be baptized because God commanded it, not because some church requires it.” “Baptism separates the tire kickers from the car buyers.” When you are Biblically are Baptized by God’s way, “Not man’s way or the way of a Church” but God’s Biblical way, you then will be truly and Biblically and truly saved from sin and filled with the Holy Ghost and Baptized by the Holy Spirit. If there is no water immersion, then you are not truly, biblically Saved. What about the thief on the Cross and people who are on their death bed? I knew you were going to ask that question, every person that is ignorant to the teachings of God’s Word, always asks that question. Here is your true and biblical answer. One thief denied Jesus Christ and went to hell. The other thief on the cross, realized that he was wrong and cried out to Jesus and begged for His Mercy and forgiveness. He got saved and went to heaven. No one could be baptized by the Holy Spirit yet, because Jesus Christ, whom is God, did not die and ascended back to heaven yet. Now that Jesus died from being on the Cross, now water Baptism Saves, found in the New Testament, if you don’t remember, go back and reread it again. God’s Word is the Living and Breathing Truth and it is the facts. Go ahead and deny it, just remember that you are denying Jesus Christ, just like how one of the thefts on the cross did, you will end in hell for that, if you don’t repent, turn away from that type of thinking. Jesus Christ as already set the example and shared with us on how to be obedient, why do you want to take a chance of being disobedient and end in hell fire? When you are following and living by God’s Word, there is a great transformation that will began to take place in your life, I should now, I was there. I felt a change in my heart and life, at the completion of my water Baptism. I could sense the sins rolling off of my shoulders and could feel a bright light that was shinning down on me, from heaven. I felt joy, peace, happiness. Every bad though I felt, went away. My speech was changed, my worldly feeling was changed, now I am able to feel what God feels when one of His sheep goes astray. I tend to feel his happiness and Joy. I am not much of a cryer, but when I am praying with others through the week, I sense the Holy Spirit with in me and I tend to shed tears of happiness in my life. If you truly don’t have God in your life, you may never experience that. God truly blesses people with spiritual gifts, feeling God’s sorrow, sadness, happiness and His Joy, is a gift that God blessed me with. We are to be our brother’s and sister’s keeper, if we see a person who is doing something wrong, it is the Christians job to tell them, in hopes to bring them back to God and to attempt to snatch them out of the devils hands. Being a Christian, we do have some work to do, for the Lord. It is witnessing to others to try to bring others to come to know God and try to bring them to repentance and to gain understanding, faith and belief in the Lord Jesus Christ. If you accept Jesus Christ into your life, you need to obey Him, by doing what He has commanded you to do in scripture, if not, your new found faith and belief is dead. God’s power and Love, can and will transform your life, if you obey and abide in His Word, that saves. Colossians 3:12 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long suffering; Matthew Chapter 6 14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 1 Corinthians Chapter 6:9-11 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. 1 John 1:9 - If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Romans 12:2 - And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Due to the fact that Jesus Christ died on the Cross, for you and me, does not give you the rights to live in sin, it does not give you the right to live the way you want to live. We need to live for God and God alone. We need to separate ourselves from the world. We live in the world, but not of the world and I, myself will never compromise with the world. He or she that compromises with the world, is of the world and satan is your master. I serve and live for God, He is my master, whom is your master and do you serve? Romans 12:2 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 1 John 2:15-17 (King James Version) 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever. Friends, you need God in your lives, more than ever and you need to turn to your creator, God and repent and turn away from sin and do what He has instructed of you, so you may be saved. You need prayer, I may not know you but I am praying for ya. I am praying for our nation and for the world, that means you too. There is power in the Blood of Jesus Christ and in prayer. THE POWER OF PRAYER It has been said that, "Seven days without prayer, makes one weak."Sometimes you hear someone say, "We've done all we can. The only thing we can do now is pray." Prayer really should be our first resort rather than our last resort. Jesus gave us the Lord's Prayer, as a model prayer and Jesus himself often went off to pray, setting an example for us to do the same. In Matthew 14:23, it says, "And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone." (KJV) If Jesus needed to go off and pray, how much more do we need to? Praying should not be something we do out of duty and routine. Prayer is talking and listening to our loving, all knowing, heavenly Father. The book of James tells us to pray for wisdom when we don't know what to do (James 1:5). In Philippians 4:6,7, prayer is connected with receiving God's peace. In Ephesians 6:18, prayer is a very important part of battling the forces of evil We are also told to pray for those in Authority over us (I Timothy 2:1,2). Prayer shows our dependence on God, His power and His wisdom. Prayer is powerful and so important Studies have been done in the medical field showing the power of prayers They used two groups of people to observe the difference between the group that was being prayed for and the group that wasn't There was a marked difference in the recovery of those who were being prayed for, and they weren't even told that they were being prayed for Most hospitals realize the importance of prayer in the healing process for their patients, and welcome pastors and chaplains to be a part of the healing team. It has been said that, "If you are too busy for God, you are too busy." In the midst of our busyness let's remember how much we need God and need prayer and make a daily practice and our first resort instead of our last. Philippians 4:6-7 (King James Version) 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. I pray and hope that you will heed the warnings about sin, from the Word of God. Turn away and walk in the the light of God. Many will turn away from the faith and reject Jesus Christ, that will put you in danger, eternal danger. You will not be blessed with spiritual gifts, if you are still living in sin. God will be the guide of those who are living in obedience to God and His Word. I have had warnings from God, sent by his angels, in person and in dreams. One day, I was walking home from work, I was walking past a Dairy Queen store in Columbus one Saturday, I heard a voice that yelled out to me that said hey. I turned to look, there was an old beat up Oldsmobile sitting in the parking lot. I walked towards it, there was an elder gentleman in it, I asked him, whats up? He was sitting in the car looking down with his hands folded. He looked up at me and said this, “get back to the Bible”. I stood up and said, you got it. I took 3 steps away and stopped. I turned to ask who he was and he was gone. Him and his car vanished. This day forward, I still believe that it was God’s messenger Angel, Gabriel, came to warn me in human form. I was a teenager at the time. Just a few months ago, I had a few spiritual dreams, one was when I was out witnessing to three people at once and they showed up to Church with me, they went up at invitation time to become Church members and got Baptized, into Christ and got Saved that day. The pastor turned to ask for a volunteer, he looked right at me and asked me to come up. he said we are going to do a radio skit, he asked me to sit on the chair and he said that he was going to ask me biblical questions and he said that he wanted me to give honest answers, but speak openly like we are on the radio. I said ok. He asked a question, as soon as I opened my mouth to speak, I heard a deep voice that came out of thin air and it said, “Zach, good job my son, keep on doing what you are doing for my kingdom and I will return for you soon and take you home”. I then woke up. I am not making this up, that dream actually happened to me and the meeting with an angel of God. That Church dream was about 5 months or so, ago. I can remember like it was just yesterday. Those are times in my life that I will never forget. Friends, God is real, Heaven is real, Death is real, satan is alive and real and so is hell. If you are living in disobedient to God, you will never experience the things that I have experienced. Are you living for God? or are you living for satan? You cannot live for two masters. Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior and start living for him and allow the Holy Spirit to transform your life today. Your soul depends on it. Satan only comes to seek and destroy. John 10 (King James Version) 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. Those who denies and rejects God and continues to live in any type of sin, is of satan. John 8:44-45 (King James Version) 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. The trash of this world will destroy you, turn and give your heart, mind, life and soul over to God today. Tomorrow is not promised to any of you, if you are living right in the sight of God, with true faith, belief, lay all sins at the foot of the Cross and walked away from it, accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, you will be saved and have the free gift of eternal life. Follow the command of Jesus Christ and get water Baptized. Today is the day that the Lord has maid, for you and I. Lets rejoice and be glad in it. Lets close with a Word of power of Prayer and allow the Holy Ghost, be your guide, with the remaining days of your life.