The Power Of God Unto Salvation

20 “For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

21 “But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

THIS TELLS US THAT NO ONE IS EXCLUDED FROM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE EVERLASTING LIFE

NOW AS WE GO ON I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE UP AFTER THEY RECEIVE SALVATION BECAUSE OF SELF CONDEMNATION.

OR THE THINGS THAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY TO THEM.

YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU GO AND TELL THE WORLD THAT YOU HAVE JUST BECOME SAVED THE DEVIL TELLS ALL OF YOUR UNSAVED FRIENDS TO REALLY WORK YOU OVER.

ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE TRY TO MAKE US THINK THAT WE ARE TO BE PERFECT AND NEVER MAKE A MISTAKE, NONE AT ALL.

NOW WHEN WE BECOME BORN AGAIN WE MUST LOOK AT THIS LIKE WE WOULD BE A NEW BORN BABY.

SO WE BEING BORN AGAIN ARE LIKE A NEW BORN BABY IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THE NEW BORN HAS TO GROW, AND AS THEY GROW THEY WILL MAKE MISTAKES ALL OF THE WAY.

SO WE ARE SURE TO MAKE MISTAKES AS WE GROW IN OUR SPIRITUAL LIVES.

MANY SKILLS REQUIRE THE COPYING OF BEHAVIOR THAT THE CHILD SEES AND EXPERIENCES ON A DAILY BASIS.

AND MANY OF THESE SKILLS MUST BE PRACTICED OVER AND OVER BEFORE SUFFICIENT MASTERY IS OBTAINED.

THE SAME IS TRUE FOR US SPIRITUALLY.

GOD GIVES ALL OF US THE HOLY SPIRIT AT THE TIME WE ARE SAVED AND WE RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR.

WE WILL STILL NEED TO GROW UP SPIRITUALLY HOWEVER.

BEFORE WE CAN MANIFEST CERTAIN TRAITS AND SPIRITUAL QUALITIES AND BEGIN TO USE THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS AND FRUITS GIVEN TO US SO THAT WE CAN BECOME SPIRITUALLY MATURE INDIVIDUALS.

THE GRACE OF GOD AT WORK IN OUR LIVES UNFOLDS TO US AS WE MATURE SPIRITUALLY AND ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE IT.

THEN ALL OF GODS GIFTS ARE DEPOSITED INTO OUR SPIRITUAL ACCOUNT.

AND AS WE GROW IN CHRIST, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS THESE RICHES.

YOU CAN NEVER ALLOW THE NEGATIVE STATEMENTS OF OTHERS TO IN ANY WAY STAND BETWEEN YOU AND GOD.

AND YOU SHOULD NEVER ALLOW PEOPLES STATEMENTS TO MAKE YOU THINK THAT YOUR PAST SINS CAN NEVER BE FORGIVEN BECAUSE THEY CAN.

THE CROSS THAT JESUS DIED ON IS GOD’S ASSURANCE THAT YOU CAN NEVER SIN TOO MANY TIMES OR COMMIT A SIN THAT IS TOO BIG OR TOO TERRIBLE.

YOU SIMPLY CAN NOT ( OUT SIN ) GOD’S DESIRE AND ABILITY TO FORGIVE YOU.

LOOK AT THE SCRIPTURE IN Luke 15:7

7 “I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

WE MUST ALL REMEMBER THAT GOD KNOWS EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE EVER DONE AND EVERYTHING THAT WE WILL EVER DO AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE THERE FOR US.

LET US LOOK AT Romans 8:37-39

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,

39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

THE MISTAKES THAT YOU MAKE AND THE SINS THAT YOU COMMIT AFTER YOU HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS CHRIST DO NOT SEPARATE YOU FROM GOD.