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<blockquote data-quote="money_pit_yj" data-source="post: 530490" data-attributes="member: 7710"><p>Rescue, What is your book called? </p><p></p><p>I hate that people think they need to "clean up" before they come to Christ. Paul was on his way to kill more Christians when he met Christ, the thief on the cross was in the midst of his punishment for his crimes when he met Christ, countless lepers, the most vile and disgusting people alive at that time came to Christ in all their sickness to be healed. The fact is we CAN'T clean up to come to Christ. I know so many men who tell me "I am going to work on some things and then Im going to come to your church" or "I need to get this straight before I can get saved". There are probably men reading this thread who say "I wanna change, I have to straighten up and get right with God". I will tell you all right now that is a LIE from satan. Come to Jesus just like you are, bow at His feet, and let HIM change you. I didn't quit doing all the "bad things" I was a slave to, then come to Christ; I came to Him broken and desperate, I gave Him my life and He began to work in my life. Through discipleship, prayer and the power of Holy Spirit, I began to love Him more than I loved the "bad" things I was doing, and those 'bad things" began to leave my life. Every other organized religion on this earth is about what YOU have to do to "fit in" (not sure what the exact word or phrase is). If we think that WE have to clean up to come to Christ, we are diminishing his power, and modeling our thoughts after all the other religions in the world. Our Faith is in what Christ did when he was crucified on the cross and three days later rose from the dead. Romans 5:8 reads "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." I t does not read "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we <u>were behaving well and not doing bad things</u>, Christ died for us." We clean up to go on dates with our wives or girlfriends. We go to the cross as we are, dirty, broken, and covered in sin, then we get washed in His precious blood. Ephesians 1:7 "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace". It is exciting and encouraging seeing the recent interest in this thread. There are a ton of great thoughts coming through here! Keep it up fellas, it truly is an encouragement to see these posts after a long day of ministering to and shepherding people on top of the regular 9 to 5 job! You guys are a true blessing!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="money_pit_yj, post: 530490, member: 7710"] Rescue, What is your book called? I hate that people think they need to "clean up" before they come to Christ. Paul was on his way to kill more Christians when he met Christ, the thief on the cross was in the midst of his punishment for his crimes when he met Christ, countless lepers, the most vile and disgusting people alive at that time came to Christ in all their sickness to be healed. The fact is we CAN'T clean up to come to Christ. I know so many men who tell me "I am going to work on some things and then Im going to come to your church" or "I need to get this straight before I can get saved". There are probably men reading this thread who say "I wanna change, I have to straighten up and get right with God". I will tell you all right now that is a LIE from satan. Come to Jesus just like you are, bow at His feet, and let HIM change you. I didn't quit doing all the "bad things" I was a slave to, then come to Christ; I came to Him broken and desperate, I gave Him my life and He began to work in my life. Through discipleship, prayer and the power of Holy Spirit, I began to love Him more than I loved the "bad" things I was doing, and those 'bad things" began to leave my life. Every other organized religion on this earth is about what YOU have to do to "fit in" (not sure what the exact word or phrase is). If we think that WE have to clean up to come to Christ, we are diminishing his power, and modeling our thoughts after all the other religions in the world. Our Faith is in what Christ did when he was crucified on the cross and three days later rose from the dead. Romans 5:8 reads "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." I t does not read "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we [u]were behaving well and not doing bad things[/u], Christ died for us." We clean up to go on dates with our wives or girlfriends. We go to the cross as we are, dirty, broken, and covered in sin, then we get washed in His precious blood. Ephesians 1:7 "In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace". It is exciting and encouraging seeing the recent interest in this thread. There are a ton of great thoughts coming through here! Keep it up fellas, it truly is an encouragement to see these posts after a long day of ministering to and shepherding people on top of the regular 9 to 5 job! You guys are a true blessing! [/QUOTE]
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