.K.! NEW CHRISTIAN....WHAT NOW? by Elmer G. Magnussen
If you are a new Christian, there are some very
important things you need to
know. First, you need to know exactly what has happened to you. Second,
you need to know God's provisions for your future growth and service to Him.
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The entire world today is seeking wisdom! Education is prevalent in every
city. Literally thousands of young and old alike are attending universities.
But how many of them really know the meaning of wisdom? Wisdom is seeing
things from God's point of view.
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The following testimony is that of a man by the name of Andre.
I WAS IN PRISON, AND YOU CAME TO ME (Matthew 25:36c)
"My testimony to my Christian Brothers and believers in Jesus Christ our
Savior. I want to thank the Lord for saving me from the life I was once
leading. First of all, I was living in darkness and I thought that I truly
loved the way I was.
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1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent,
We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of
the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not
eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said
unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day
ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,
knowing good and evil.
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Today's Bible Study
Hosea's message grew out of personal heartbreak in
Hosea's message grew out of personal heartbreak in
his own family, while Joel's message grew out of
national calamity.
Joel's book records two plagues--that of the
locusts and the terrible drought. The combination of
the two brought the land to a place of famine. Joel saw
in these calamities the disciplining hand of God upon
the people for their sins. But Joel looked far beyond
the locusts and saw another army, a literal Gentile
army, attacking Jerusalem and the Jewish people. Joel
used the immediate judgment of God (the locusts) as an
illustration of the ultimate judgment in the Day of the
Lord.
The Book of Joel is divided into two parts--the
present message about the plague of locusts (chapter
1:1--2:27) and the future message about the Day of the
Lord (chapter 2:28--3:21). Joel uses the phrase, "Day
of the Lord," five times in these three chapters. This
time of tribulation will take place after the Church
has been taken to heaven, and during the period known
as the Tribulation Period. It is described in more
detail in Revelation 6--19. It will end with the Battle
of Armageddon, and Jesus Christ returning to the earth
to defeat His enemies and establish His Kingdom.
There is a personal application of Joel's
message for believers today. God does send natural
calamities when nations refuse to obey Him. Wars, poor
crops, epidemics, earthquakes, storms, recessions--all
or any of these can be used of God to bring people to
their knees. God can even use little insects to do His
will if man will not obey Him! Our lives can become dry
and fruitless if we are out of the will of God. But,
praise be to God, He is faithful and true to forgive us
and again bless us when we come to Him and experience
sincere repentance.
Madam Guyon
