Thread by @JoyfulLife4Him

Control!

We can’t control when, where, or who we are born to. We can’t control the decisions made by others in our lives and in the world that affect us. But, there is one thing that only we can control!

We alone control where we will spend eternity!

God has given each person that choice, and no one can make it for us!

Joshua said this to the people!

Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell:

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Moses said this to the people!

Deuteronomy 30:19-20
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing:

Therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He is thy life, and the length of thy days.

Jesus said this to His disciples!

Matthew 16:24-26
Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for My sake shall find it.

For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

John said this!

1 John 2:24-25,28
Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning.

If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. And this is the promise that He hath promised us, even eternal life.

[28] And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at his coming.

Beloved, have you made the one choice and decision that controls your eternal destiny? No one can make it for you!

You aren’t born into salvation! It’s not a decision your parents made for you by having you baptized as an infant! Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian!

Choosing to follow Christ is a conscious decision only you can make once you understand your need for a Savior!

A baby can’t repent, or call on the Name of the Lord! Salvation only comes through confession and turning from your sins! There is no infant baptism in the Word of God!

When the people heard the gospel message of what Jesus had done for them, this was their response!

Acts 2:37-39
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?

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.

For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.

Each individual must call upon His Name for salvation!

Romans 10:9-11,13-15
That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed. [13] For whosoever shall call upon the Name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on Him in Whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in Him of Whom they have not heard?

And how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

Take control of the one thing you can control beloved!

Decide today to accept the gift purchased on the cross for you! Secure your eternal salvation in heaven! And having done so make the decision to walk in obedience to Him no matter the cost, to the very end!

James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love Him.

Matt 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all men for My Name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

Matthew 24:13-14
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
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