This morning my son, Brady, and I were driving to school. I heard the Lord begin a poem and asked Brady to grab my phone and start typing…little does he know his significance in these moments. Faithfully, he went to typing. I would love to grin at the memory of this moment but the seriousness of what Christ spoke is worthy of refraining from comedic ploys and antics of any sort. This is a life or death word for someone. May it go deep Father and penetrate the hardest of hearts…the unsuspecting one who believes contrary to your Word…this one or more that you love so very much.

You see, I am the little girl that walked down an isle and professed Christ in a church in my youth. Yet, realized at 30 I was never born again. An authentic conversion experience is truly supernatural. There is a yearning, a drawing to Christ and His heart. There is also a realization at the lack in your life…the sin that needs to be washed away. The need to begin again. You truly do become a new creation..a new person. The old things pass away and the newness is evident. It took me some time for Christ to work out of me that which needed changing. However, there was now Him living in me  and He would bring conviction for the things I watched on television, read in books, participated in with others.. or even when I was alone.

Dare I say…if we never have any conviction of the Holy Spirit…then maybe He does not live within us..

It  was quite a humbling experience to walk back down a church isle years later when everyone around you..including yourself…thought you were a Christian..i.e. “saved.” “Going to heaven”…yet the truth is..I was destined for hell…which is, yes, a real place. The Lord speaks more about Hell than Heaven in His Word. He longs for none to go there. Many I meet seem to believe in Heaven yet not hell…this cannot be. Many I meet believe in Christ yet they do not believe He is the only way to salvation and Heaven. This too is not true. If this is a belief of someone..then they have not been born again as a child of God. You see, you can’t serve two masters. You are either for Him…or against Him. Goodness and honorable ventures and service do not mean that you have been born again.. Being born again means you have been supernatural touched by a living and holy God and you have given your life to Him..to be lived according to His Word and purpose. He says “if you love me…you will obey me.” So…if we don’t obey Him…then we do not love Him. No, it doesn’t mean we do this perfectly..but He knows it’s our heart to obey Him.

“Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me.” Many I meet believe in God…just not Jesus as the only way. In this…they have not been born again and are not Christians. To authentically carry the title of “Christian” means you are a follower of Christ. Many other religions where there is no living God, only dead idols, believe in some sort of god. Yet they are not saved, Christians, born again..nor will they be in Heaven as Christ separates each one who stands before Him upon judgement day. This is a day that will be escaped by no one.
See clearly today that there is no relationship with the Father God without one with Christ the Son. Christ the son was sent by Father God …took His place on a cross as the weight of every sin (yours, mine, the world) poured upon Him…He is the bridge to the Father on our behalf. Because He paid our debts…we have access to the throne as heirs with Christ. Without Christ..there is no salvation…no Heaven…

Yet..for God so loved the world that He gave His one and only son..that whosoever believeth in HIM..would not perish but have everlasting life..John 3:16

Careful not to think this  word “believe” is casual. For even the demons “believe” in Christ. They know their time is limited. Satan knows and believes in Christ. The problem is they refuse to make Him their Savior and Lord. It is a divine exchange. You must give your life over to Christ in order for Him to give His over to you. This means your life is no longer  your own. You are now telling Him your life will be ALL He meant for it to be. It may mean you have to leave behind many ways, people, and things that do not glorify the Lord. Your life is now a life of sacrifice to and for Him. You are giving Him free reign to accomplish with and through you His plan..not your own. You have given yourself to Him to reach a lost and dying world with your gifts, your talents, and the spiritual gifts He places in you as the Holy Spirit moves into your physical body…you are now a temple to a holy God..and are desiring to live as such as He helps you honor Him with  your life.

Then friends..the beautiful adventure of a life with Christ…our risen Savior…who paid the debt we could never pay…has begun. Everything in your past will pale in comparison….

May His word love you to Him..convict you to Him…chase you as far as you run from Him. I can speak from experience…He loves you enough to do whatever He needs to do to bring you to Himself. He wants you as His bride. For me, it was a painful valley where desperation caused me to cry out for Him. With one cry…He came..and the rest is history…Halleluyah!

Are you the bride of Christ?
Adorned with royal robes
Clothed with raiment white
A resurrected soul?

Again, have you been born
Of Supernatural kind
Where drawn by Father’s love
A Savior you did find.

Are you the bride of Christ?
Surrendered all to Thee
Or when the veil is pulled
A shocking thing is seen?

Does Thy Holy Spirit
Live and breathe in you?
Are you now a temple
Where Christ resides in you?

Does fruit show signs of life
Given to The CHRIST?
Or do you dabble still
With worldly ways and thrills.

Remember in His Word
The truth shall set us free
Until you’re born again
A bride you cannot be…

 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:3

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Please forward to your friends…someone needs Christ today. Be His hands and feet. Many are hurting and need to know how much He loves them. He is our only hope. How will they hear if we do not tell them?