First, no one can make you sin except YOU. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink it. We are accountable to God for our own selves concerning our actions and words (Romans 14:12). We have no one to blame but ourselves for the sins we commit, the mistakes we make, and the foolish decisions in our life.
The Bible plainly teaches in 1st Corinthians 10:13, “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” We can never make excuses for our own wrong doing. HOWEVER, God will hold accountable, those people who LEAD OTHERS TO SIN. Jesus said in Matthew 12:36 that men shall give account to God on Judgment Day for even the words they speak.
"The light" is the truth. God's Word is truth (John 17:17). We have to walk in the light "as He is in the light." He lives in us, and we in Him. We are in union with Him.
John is telling us how we become clean: We become clean as we apply God's Word. It gets in us and begins to clarify and purify our thinking. But it does not become a real cleansing until it begins to be used. Then, it begins to clean up our bad habits and thinking processes. The thinking processes change according to our action, our behavior. If we keep doing the same things all the time, nothing changes. We are resisting. "Walking" denotes living. If we live as He lived, then we become cleansed. This is what holiness is. If we do that, then we will produce fruit—it is impossible not to!
JESUS COMMANDS ALL MEN EVERYWHERE TO REPENT OF THEIR SINS (ACTS 17:30)AND COME FOLLOW HIM, SO THAT HE MAKES THEM A FISHER OF MEN MATT 4:19.
MANY CHRISTIANS ARE SAYING YES LORD, BUT NOT NOW, FOR I AM TO BUSY WITH THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER.
NO ONE CAN COME TO JESUS ON HIS OWN TERMS, AND BECAUSE OF THIS REBELLIOUSNESS, MANY WILL HAVE INCREDIBLE REGRET ONE DAY VERY SOON.
UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO FORSAKE ALL THAT YOU HAVE, YOU CANNOT BE HIS DISCIPLE LUKE 14:33.
COUNT THE COST LUKE 14:28.
NO MATTER HOW KIND AND LOVING YOU ARE, THIS WORLD WILL NOT THINK IT'S LOVING OF YOU TO SPEAK THE TRUTH OF GOD'S HOLY WORD.
WHEN YOU PREACH THAT JESUS IS THE ONLY WAY TO HEAVEN JOHN 14:6, AND THAT ONE MUST BE BORN AGAIN TO ENTER HEAVEN JOHN 3:3, THIS WORLD WILL HATE YOU FOR IT.
WHEN YOU SAY THAT UNLESS ONE IS BORN AGAIN, HE WILL SPEND ETERNITY IN THE LAKE OF FIRE, THEY WILL NOT SEE THAT AS A LOVING MESSAGE, BUT INSTEAD ONE OF HATE.
NO MATTER HOW KIND AND LOVING YOU ARE, THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS IS FOOLISHNESS TO THEM THAT PERISH 1 COR 1:18.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IS OUT OF TRUE GODLY LOVE THAT YOU PREACH THE TRUTH TO THE UNSAVED, THEY WILL NOT SEE IT AS LOVING.
JESUS SAID YOU SHALL BE HATED BY ALL MEN FOR MY NAME SAKE LUKE 21:17.
TRUE CHRISTIANS WALK A VERY LONELY ROAD, FOR THIS WORLD HATES THE TRUE CHRISTIANS (LUKE 21:17), AND WILL ALWAYS REJECT THEM.
MOST PROFESSING CHRISTIANS COMPROMISE THE TRUTH, IN ORDER TO BE FRIENDS WITH THE WICKED, BUT A TRUE CHRISTIAN REMAINS SEPARATED FROM THE UNGODLY, UNLESS OF COURSE HE IS PREACHING TO THEM.
A FRIEND OF THE WORLD IS THE ENEMY OF GOD JAMES 4:4.
ISAIAH 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish Luke 13:3.
Repent ye, and believe the gospel Mark 1:15.
Jesus told the woman caught in the act of adultery, go and sin no more John 8:11.
God commands all men everywhere to repent acts 17:30.
Jesus said I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance Matt 9:13.
Jesus first words in his ministry was, repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand Matt 4:17.
John the baptist first words in his ministry was repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand Matt 3:2.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord Rom 6:23.
The wages of sin is spiritual death, for if it was physical death, we would all be dead, for ALL have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God Rom 3:23.
REPENTANCE IS NECESSARY FOR ALL PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHRISTIANS, FOR GOD EXPECTS HOLINESS AND OBEDIENCE FROM HIS CHILDREN.
QUIT DECEIVING YOURSELVES FRIENDS, IF YOU'RE TRULY FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST, HE WILL MAKE YOU A FISHER OF MEN MAT 4:19.
GO INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE MARK 16:15.
PREACH THE WORD, BE INSTANT IN SEASON, AND OUT OF SEASON, REBUKE, REPROVE, AND EXHORT WITH ALL LONGSUFFERING AND DOCTRINE 2 TIM 4:2.
IF YOU'RE NOT PREACHING THE GOSPEL TO THE LOST WORLD, YOU ARE EITHER NOT A TRUE FOLLOWER OF JESUS, OR, YOU ARE A DISOBEDIENT, AND UNLOVING CHRISTIAN.
TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS SPEND MUCH TIME IN PRAYER, AND NO LONGER LOVES THE WORLD, OR THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD 1 JOHN 2:15.
TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS HAVE COUNTED THE COST LUKE 14:28, AND THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY THE PRICE, FOR IT WILL COST THEM EVERYTHING TO BE JESUS'S DISCIPLE.
TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BECOME FISHERS OF MEN MAT 4:19.
TRUE FOLLOWERS OF JESUS DENY THEMSELVES, TAKE UP THEIR CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW JESUS LUKE 9:23.
NO ONE CAN CARRY A CROSS WITHOUT SUFFERING.
THERE WAS A TIME WHEN YOU NEVER EXISTED, BUT THERE WILL "" NEVER "" BE ANOTHER TIME WHEN YOU DON'T EXIST.
THE QUESTION IS, WHERE WILL YOUR SOUL GO ?
EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN, HE WILL NOT SEE THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN JOHN 3:3.
WAKE UP PEOPLE. WAKE UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SPEND ETERNITY? BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS AND OBEY HIS WORD. LIVE ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. WIN SOULS FOR HIM AND YOU WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. NONE OF US ARE HIGHER THAN THE OTHER. WE ARE THE SAME IN THE EYES OF GOD. GOD'S WORD IS NOT VOID. GOD IS THE SAME YESTERDAY TODAY AND FOREVER.
NO ONE CAN BEAR TRUE GODLY FRUIT WHILE STILL LIVING FOR SELF.
EXCEPT A CORN OF WHEAT FALL INTO THE GROUND AND DIE, IT ABIDES ALONE, BUT IF IT DIE, IT BRINGS FORTH MUCH FRUIT. JOHN 12:24 ( YOU'RE THE CORN OF WHEAT SAINTS )
JESUS SAID IF ANY MAN WANTS TO FOLLOW ME, LET HIM DENY HIMSELF, TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY, AND FOLLOW ME LUKE 9:23.
IF YOU LOVE YOUR LIFE, YOU SHALL LOSE IT, BUT IF YOU HATE YOUR LIFE IN THIS WORLD, YOU SHALL HAVE IT UNTO LIFE ETERNAL JOHN 12:25.
FOR YE ARE DEAD, AND YOUR LIFE IS HID WITH CHRIST IN GOD COL 3:3.
Live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way, bearing fruit in every good work growing in the knowledge of God.
ALL THOSE WHO LIVE GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION 2 TIM 3:12.
THE TRUE SAINTS WHO ARE LIVING GODLY IN CHRIST JESUS SHALL SUFFER PERSECUTION, BUT THOSE LIVING WORLDLY WILL BE LOVED BY THIS EVIL WORLD.
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