Anonymous asked:
What if a person who isn’t saved expresses desires to be saved? What do we do in order to guide them to Jesus?
worshipmoment answered:
It’s very important that we know how to lead someone to Christ. Here is kinda a step by step according to scripture on how to lead someone to Christ.
- Have them recognize that they are sinners and they are lost:
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Preach the Gospel to them: (Post on what the Gospel is.)
Acts 16:30-31 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved–you and your household.”
John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.
- Tell them they have to receive Christ as their Saviour:
John 1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Rev 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
1 John 5:12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
1 John 5:13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
Masculinity and Femininity
Guys, what do they mean biblically?
Critically, note those things that Scripture does NOT include as part of biblical manhood. Men are not called to be tyrants, ruling a home with an iron fist and a dictator’s attitude. Nor are men called on to enforce, in any sense, the biblical ideals of womanhood in their wives. Humility, self-control, protection, provision, and leadership are the man’s responsibilities and his tools. Men are accountable for spiritual leadership within their families, yet each person is ultimately accountable to God for his or her own life.
To ‘be a man’ according to God, you must:
1.) A man controls himself. He treats women with respect, doesn’t abuse them or use them, he protects them. He keeps his hands off if any woman who isn’t his wife. He treats his wife with love, respect and dignity. He keeps his eyes off pornographic images and from lusting in general (Proverbs 6:25, Matthew 5:28) He protects a single woman’s virginity and innocence. He’s not defined by his exploits below the waist. He’s a man with a heart, head and conscience.
2.) He cares for his family (1 Timothy 5:8)
3.) He protects his family, not just physically but by teaching his sons to be Godly men too ( Proverbs 4:10–15)
4.) Leads by serving his family. Many like to use the verses describing women as submissive and men as leaders to show that somehow men should rule the house hold or should be very dominant figures. That’s not the case. Jesus lead with love, and by serving. Even so far as to wash His disciples very feet. This paints a picture of leadership contrary to how the world views it. A man is called to be a servant-leader – to take responsibility for his wife and children and to put their needs ahead of his own. He is called to demonstrate selfless, sacrificial love – the type of love we see in God toward his children. To be a leader means leading by example, and Jesus gave many examples all throughout the Bible. The proper perspective for this leadership comes from Ephesians 5:25–32. The goal of every believer’s life is to become more and more like Christ (Romans 8:29). For men in their God-given role, this means leading and loving their wives in the same way Christ loved the church: sacrificially (Ephesians 5:2), through service (John 13:14–15), and in selfless love (Ephesians 5:28).
5.) He follows GODs design for masculinity. Micah 6:8 says, “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Those are what it means to be a man according to God. As long as you follow GODs standards of masculinity, it doesn’t matter if your favorite color is pink or if you enjoy facials, if you allow your wife to test Sephora products on you (sacrificial love, guys 😉). The rest of the “manly” standards are man-made. Be you, boldly, according to God’s word. Like what you like as long as it’s right according to God, and be who you are.
To ‘be a woman’ according to God means:
The quest for biblical womanhood begins in the same place that biblical manhood begins. Galatians 3:28 states that “there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” In Christ, we have equal value and equal responsibility to obey and serve the Lord. All scriptural commands about surrender (Romans 12:1–2), service (Romans 12:1), and dedication (1 Corinthians 7:33–35) apply equally to men and women.
From Got Questions: “One common error in discussing biblical womanhood is to mix cultural stereotypes with scriptural truth. This mistake has kept millions of women from pursuing their dreams and developing their gifts. Many pursuits or careers were considered “for men only,” and women were expected to stay home and keep house. However, biblical womanhood does not mean that every woman must conform to a societal standard of femininity. For some women, embracing their femininity will mean they pursue careers in medicine, construction, or law enforcement because God has gifted them to serve in those areas. For others, raising children and making a home is a fulfillment of their God-given desires.
1.) She is industrious
(Proverbs 14:1, 31:13-18, 31:24-25, 31:27)
Men aren’t the ONLY ones who can work for the home. A Godly woman is also a hard worker, whether it’s in the home or out.
2.) She focuses more on inward appearance rather than outward appearance ( First Peter 3:3–4, can also apply to men who worry too much about their looks).
3.) Since most women will be wives at some point in their lives, biblical womanhood affects the husband/wife relationship. Ephesians 5:22–23 is the passage most often quoted in regard to the wife’s role: “Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.” However, we err when we treat this passage as a stand-alone commandment for women. It is sandwiched between even stronger commands to the church at large. Verse 18 begins this section with, “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” The rest of the section instructs husbands to “love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her” (verse 25). The command for wives is merely a reflection of the attitude that every believer should adopt (Philippians 2:3).
4.) Modesty (which goes for both genders as well).
*also see Proverbs 31
And that is what the bible strictly defines as “womanly” attributes. There are many things that God calls people as a whole to be, but these things are strictly what I could find to be “womanly” traits (as many traits listed in the bible and in most articles you read will be directed at men and women both). Therefore, as long as you follow what God has laid out, then who cares if you like to mud, or don’t like to wear dresses, or you’d rather have male friends than female friends. Be boldly YOU before God, not what society thinks women should be. You don’t have to like flowers or want children. He calls many people to many different things. Too long, people have been going by what society says are masculine and feminine instead of what the Bible says. No where in the Bible does it state “Thou shalt like football to be male and thou shalt wear only dresses to be female”. As long as you fit the Godly standards for men and women, who cares about anything else. God gives different people different likes and interests for a reason. And no one gender is better than the other.
Acts 10:34
34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,“
And again:
Romans 2:11
11 For God shows no partiality.
The Bible also says that we are equal heirs to the kingdom of Heaven.
As long as it’s right in GODs eyes, be YOU, and know that you are not inferior or less important than ANYONE, male or female.
God uses Ordinary people to do Extraordinary things.
… that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
-1 Peter 2:9
I love the stories in the Scripture where people are called by God to do something special for him. These people are just like you and me, just common, ordinary people.
Moses was living on the back side of the desert, a total failure as the prince of Egypt, and God called him to deliver a nation.
When Goliath was taunting the Israelites, everyone discounted David, a teenage shepherd boy. But God didn’t! And David defeated the giant and became the king of a nation.
How about Nehemiah? He was living in Persia in complete obscurity serving as a cupbearer and God called him to rebuild the walls around Jerusalem.
Mary was a teenage girl living in Nazareth when God called her to be the mother of the Messiah.
And Simon Peter would have lived and died an ordinary fisherman except that Jesus called him to establish the church.
Do you see the pattern here? God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things. He uses improbable men and women who have nothing of their own to offer, but their faithfulness and willingness to say, “Yes.”
So what has God called you to? I’ll tell you. It’s something wonderful and extraordinary!
He’s calling right now. And all you have to do is say, “Yes, Lord".
GOD USES ORDINARY PEOPLE TO DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS.
If you’re struggling tonight, we want you to know that you’re not alone.
Deuteronomy 31:8 says, “And the Lord, He is the One who goes before you. He will be with you, He will not leave you nor forsake you; do not fear nor be dismayed.” Even if you’ve been discarded by everyone else in your life, God LOVES you and He promised to be there for you through the good times and bad. Before He even brought you into existence, He saw every bend in the road your life would take. Yes, He foresaw all the times you would stumble and turn away from Him but He still decided that He wanted to make you HIS.
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