Showing posts with label how to be saved. Show all posts
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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Christianity vs Nominal Christianity: People Need to Know the Difference

  


Over the years Christianity has gotten a lot of bad publicity because of the actions of people who claim to be Christians but are not—they are only nominal Christians. As a result many in the world want nothing to do with Christianity and thus reject their only hope of salvation and being able to be forgiven of their sins and one day being able to enter into heaven. 

Let’s discuss this. First off what is a nominal Christian? 

Definition: a Christian nominalist is one who claims the name Christian, but who has no authentic, personal, sin-forgiving and life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. His allegiance to Jesus is in name, not heart. 

By this definition the vast majority of those who call themselves Christians in the world today are nominal Christians—they have no authentic, personal, sin-forgiving and life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. I would estimate it to be 90% or more of all who claim to be Christians are just nominal Christians. 

They sometimes go to church, pray, give a little money but inside they are basically just like everybody else in the world. If you examined their life, you could not see anything different about them than the average person in the world. I know many nominal Christians—they drink, smoke, cuss, gamble, cheat, etc. They are no different than anybody else. 

I know by personal experience what a nominal Christian is, I grew up a nominal Christian, it was not until I was twenty years old that I was exposed to the true gospel and received the Lord Jesus Christ into my life and entered into a life-changing relationship with Him. 

Over the years it is the nominal Christians that have given Christianity a bad name. One action of nominal Christians that I have heard people bring up over the years is the Crusades.


 

The Crusades were a series of religious wars between Christians and Muslims started primarily to secure control of holy sites considered sacred by both groups. In all, eight major Crusade expeditions—varying in size, strength and degree of success—occurred between 1096 and 1291. 

…the Crusaders were regarded as immoral, bloody and savage. The ruthless and widespread massacre of Muslims, Jews and other non-Christians resulted in bitter resentment that persisted for many years. 

Deaths from the Crusades have been estimated from 1 to 9 million. This was an absolutely horrible occurrence that has blighted Christianity for centuries even to this day. This should have never happened; true born-again Christians would not have done this. These were the actions of nominal Christians—fake Christians—controlled by satan.

And unfortunately, it is events like these that have given Christianity a bad name over the years. Which satan has used to deceive and drive people away from true Christianity and a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

I implore all who are reading this to not be deceived by the actions of nominal—fake—Christians. Look to the Lord Jesus Christ—the true God and creator of the world—for your salvation. 

And what does God tell us about salvation? There are 4 things we must know and accept to be able to go to heaven when we die.


1. We are sinners.



As the Bible says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). 

Sin is falling short of God’s perfection. Everyone has sinned many times in life. We have all lied, or stolen, or cheated, or done something wrong at some time in our lives. 

As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10). 

We are all sinners.


2. We deserve Hell.




Realize that there is a punishment for being a sinner, and that punishment is death. “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). 

Not only a physical death, but also a spiritual death. The place of spiritual death is called Hell. 

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8).

There is probably no person alive who can say that they never told a lie. We have all sinned and we all deserve the punishment of Hell for our sin.


3.  Jesus loves us and died for our sins.


But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). 

Jesus willingly went to the cross, shed His blood, and died for our sins. He paid the price for our sins. He suffered the punishment that we deserve. When He was on the cross, Jesus suffered Hell for us. Hell is a place of total separation from God. When Jesus was on the cross, God the Father separated Himself from God the Son. That is why Jesus cried out “with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? That is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

Jesus was experiencing separation from God the Father. He was suffering the Hell that we deserve. He was paying for our sins.


4.  We must receive Christ by faith through prayer.



In order to receive the forgiveness of our sins, it is not enough to know that we are sinners, that we deserve Hell, and that Christ died for our sins, but we must receive Christ by faith.

 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9). 

Notice that verse tells us that we cannot earn our way to heaven. We obtain salvation through faith, not by works. Faith basically means to place your trust in something or someone. If you are sitting down while reading this, you are placing your faith or trust in the chair that you are sitting upon. Faith requires more than just an intellectual belief; it involves an action of your will. 

For example, if there were a pond covered with ice, and there were people standing around saying that the ice could hold them up, but they were not willing to walk on the ice, then they would only be demonstrating an intellectual belief and not demonstrating faith. However, if they stepped out onto the ice, then they would be demonstrating faith.

 

Placing our faith in Christ




One can place their faith in Jesus Christ by simply calling out to Him in prayer, for the Bible says, “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” I expressed faith in Jesus Christ by sincerely praying a prayer like this:

 

Dear Jesus, I am a sinner. I deserve Hell. Thank you for dying for my sins. Save me. Come into my life. Make me the kind of person that you want me to be. I thank you that you have and that you will take me to heaven when I die. Amen.”

 

If you sincerely pray that prayer to God with all your heart, then the Lord Jesus will come into your life and forgive your sins and save you from an eternity of Hell. And if you were to die tomorrow, you would go to heaven. Not because you are good enough to get there, but because you have received the payment of your sins. It is that simple as the following verses tell us. 

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. 

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:11-13) 

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24)

Jesus loves you and wants to save you, call out to the Lord and be saved today. 

Have you had your epiphany? You need to be prepared for the end times! Read The Coming Epiphany; Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

Monday, November 6, 2023

The Events of 11/3/23 and What May Be Next

  


Here are some thoughts about the events of our watch day 11/3/23 and what it may infer for the future. 

Due to many synchronicities, 11/3/23 was a highly anticipated watch day. The major events that I heard about that occurred on that day involved an exit date given by several groups for Israel to exit Gaza and cease and desist their operations against Gaza or there would be major consequences in the future.


The only other major event I was aware of was the large-scale cyber-attack that brought down several companies’ and bank websites. 

Due to all the syncs I saw, I thought there would be more events, possibly involving a major WW3 attack of some sort. Which I still think is coming. Here are my thoughts, please feel free to share yours in the comments. 

Let’s consider this scene.

 


Notice the rabbit and the girl sitting in a circle. I interpreted this to be an annular solar eclipse in Virgo in the year of the rabbit and that the apple dropping and rolling across the tiles represented 21 days past the eclipse, which led me to 11/3/23. 

So, I concluded, since we didn’t see the apple splitting event, that either they are using a different calendar system, or it is referring to some other annular solar eclipse in Virgo—not the one in 2023. 

Before I delve into those possibilities let me state that the word EXIT that appears in the background has a numerical value of 58, A = 1, B = 2, etc. Israel was told to exit Gaza by 11/3/23 and on that day there are 58 days left in the year. And this occurred in the year of the rabbit which is also in the background. 

So, since the rabbit and the word exit were in the background, does that infer the apple splitting major event and other major events will be in the year of the rabbit or in the year after the year of the rabbit, which is the year of the dragon and begins on 2/10/24? 

If it infers the year of the rabbit, then we could see major events between now and 2/9/2024--when the year of the rabbit ends. And if 11/3 is still in play then we can look to an alternative calendar system. In the Chinese calendar 11/3/23 is on 12/15/23.


In the Julian calendar 11/3/23 is on 11/16/23. Another alternative is that the 113 referred to 1/13/24. 

Or since the apple hit 21 to 23 squares could they be weeks instead of days, which would come to 3/9/24 to 3/23/24, but they are not dates in the year of the rabbit. 

I see all of those as remote possibilities, but I see the possibility that the apple splitting event will occur in the year after the year of the rabbit—the year of the dragon—as a stronger possibility. 


In fact, it will be the year of the wood dragon. And in this scene, it looks like we have a wooden dragon on the wall.

 


In looking at the upcoming solar eclipses we see the following.



The next annular solar eclipse in Virgo, and the only one between now and 2030, occurs on 10/2/2024 in the year of the wood dragon.  

Will the apple splitting event and other major events such as the tsunami, the financial collapse, death of 2 billion, be in the year of the wood dragon? And if so, will the apple splitting event be 21 to 23 days after the eclipse, which would be 10/23-25/2024 or 21 to 23 weeks after the eclipse, which would be 2/26/25 to 3/12/2025. And it is my belief that the apple splitting event will directly involve the antichrist, maybe even his arising. Note: another scene showed some events occurring in Capricorn, which runs from 12/22 to 1/19 each year.

So, since the exit (58) decree was given on the watch day of 11/3/23 with 58 days left in the calendar year will major events unfold in the remainder of the year of the rabbit? And or will major events occur in the year of the dragon with the apple splitting event occurring after the 10/2/2024 annular solar eclipse in Virgo? 

Regardless, the world is running headlong into the devil’s end times trap and unfortunately many will be caught unawares. Don’t be caught in his trap, it leads to hell, be saved today. 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him in? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here. 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Have you had your epiphany? You need to be prepared for the end times! Read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

About the Author: My name is William Frederick and my book entitled “The Coming Epiphany” is available on Amazon.com.  

When you purchase this book you help to support the work that I am doing, and one way that you can really help is by sending digital copies as gifts through Amazon to family and friends.  

Time is short, and I need help getting these warnings into the hands of as many people as possible.  I have published thousands of articles on The End Times Forecaster Blog which are read all over the world. 

I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but I also ask that they include this “About the Author” section with each article. 

The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial, or health decisions.

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

A Fortescue Fishing Story

 

 

In the past I have featured a fishing gospel video made by a person I know. The same guy has just recently released another gospel fishing video embedded below. I recommend sending it to any fisherman or sportsman you know in the hopes that they will heed the message and be saved--time is short, it is almost night. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. Jn 9:4


 

Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:36 

Have you had your epiphany? You need to be prepared for the end times! Read The Coming Epiphany;—Your Guide to Understanding End Times Bible Prophecy. 

Not sure that you will go to heaven? The end times are knocking on the door and so is Jesus. He wants to save you; will you let him in? Find out what you must do to be saved, click here. 

About the Author: My name is William Frederick and my book entitled “The Coming Epiphany” is available on Amazon.com.  

When you purchase this book you help to support the work that I am doing, and one way that you can really help is by sending digital copies as gifts through Amazon to family and friends.  

Time is short, and I need help getting these warnings into the hands of as many people as possible.  I have published thousands of articles on The End Times Forecaster Blog which are read all over the world. 

I always freely and happily allow others to republish my articles on their own websites, but I also ask that they include this “About the Author” section with each article. 

The material contained in this article is for general information purposes only, and readers should consult licensed professionals before making any legal, business, financial, or health decisions.

Saturday, April 3, 2021

The Jesus Film


 


The best ever