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Many years ago while preaching about the harlot who washed the feet of Jesus, the late evangelist JOHN ALEXANDER DOWIE (1847-1907) of Zion City, Illinois, related the following:
"This poor woman, a harlot, who came in from the streets is called 'Hamartolos'; in the original word, that is to say, a prostitute, a poor, wretched, outcast woman, a harlot. Oh, is there any being upon earth so much to be pitied, so deplorably miserable, as such an one? Perhaps once she had known virtue, and a happy home. She may have been pampered and petted; perhaps educated and made to think that she was the cynosure of all eyes. Now she finds herself, by the betrayal of her heart's affection, a poor wretched outcast, whose only means of sustenance is to prey upon unclean and vicious and foul humanity. I know nothing so sad as this. In all its naked horror it appeals to no one. I have never ceased to shrink almost with terror, man of mature years though I now am, whenever I have been accosted in the street by such an one. One night when I was in far away I was enjoying, for a moment or two, that cool, fresh air, when I heard a clear and beautiful voice say to me, 'Good evening, sir.' I turned around and saw the lovely face of a very beautiful girl. I said, 'Good evening," but I trembled as I said it; because I knew at once what kind of woman she was. 'Good evening,' she said again; and I again said, 'Good evening,' and that was all. She asked, 'Will you go home with me?' And then, having prayed silently, I turned to her and said, 'Home with you?' 'Yes.' 'Where is your home?' So she told me. 'Oh, no,' I said under the anointing, 'that is not your home. Your home is the house of her which is the gate of Hell. The dead are there. If I went home with you I should share the fate of all who enter there, unless God delivers them. BUT, will you go home with me?' She was trembling violently, holding on to an iron post with a ring at the top of it, and her fingers were grasping the ring. 'Home with you?' she said. 'Yes, sir, but where do you live?' I answered her, 'I live on earth, but my home in the heavens. Oh, won't you go home with me to heaven. I will take you tonight to a godly Christian woman here in Melbourne who will be as kind to you as to her own daughter.' She then knew that she had spoken to one who was a child of God. Although I am sure that she had not been long in sin, she opened her eyes wide and held up her hand, and I will never forget her cry - 'It is too late. The waters have gone over me. It is too late,' and with that she darted away. I went after her, but she was lost in a moment amidst the great multitude that was surging up and down the streets from the theatre. 'Too late! The waters have gone over me.' I went home that night with these words ringing in my ears: 'Too late! Too late! The waters have gone over me.' I declared, 'IT IS NOT SO, God; we shall search for that woman in this city UNTIL WE FIND HER.' And blessed be God, tonight that woman is living a holy and happy and virtuous Christian life." Where are you going Shepherd? To find My sheep. How far will you go? As far as My sheep. How far may that be? To the world's end. How long will you seek it? Until I find it. When you find it, will it come to you? No, it will flee from Me. Where will it go then? To the rocks and the sand. When will it stop? When it can run no more. What will you do then? Carry it home. -submitted by Br. Terry Miller as aired over SHARON GOSPEL BROADCASTS Real righteousness is by grace through faith. 
How can we know anything about anything? That’s the real question Topic: How to be Born AgainYou can start over. You can have the slate washed clean. God loved us so much that He gave us a way, and that is the only way. It's all about God's family. You can't join God's family. You can't buy your way in. You can't work your way in. You must be born into this family. The way is simple. All who will receive Jesus as their savior from... You can't join. You have to be born into God's family, you know, born again. So how can you be born again? 1 Peter 1:23 says that you must be born of incorruptible seed by the word of God. John 1:1 says that Jesus is the Word. You need to be born of Jesus, the incorruptible seed, who is the Word of God. Romans 10:9 says that if you confess the Lord... So how can you know Jesus and how can you know God? How can you be born again? First Peter 1:23 says that you must be born of incorruptible seed by the word of God. John 1:1 says that Jesus is the Word. You need to be born of Jesus, the incorruptible seed, who is the Word of God. And once your are born in Him, you must go from... For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 God loved you (put your name in here) so much that he gave His only unique Son so that if you (put your name in here) believe in Him, you won\'t die, but you will have a Aionial life. This is a specific kind... Romans 10:13 says that whoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Are you willing to call upon the name of the Lord? You can, you know. Why not call on Him right now? Tell Jesus that you know you have fallen short of the glory of God. Tell Him that you know that you need His help. Tell Him that you want Him to change your life and to... There is a huge difference between knowing about God and knowing God. Knowing about God is nice, but it can't change my life. God makes exclusive claims for His way. There is only one way back to God. As I come to know God more intimately, that changes my life even more than being born again. That's why God gave so much beyond just being born again. Everyone who believes in Christ is born... Unless you are born again, you will lose out. You can\'t enter the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus saith to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother\'s womb, and be born? Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the <\"\" />kingdom of God. ... God's Purpose Is To Bring You Back Into His Family. We're talking about God's family. You can't join God's family. You can't buy your way in. You can't work your way in. You must be born into this family. The way is simple. All who will receive Jesus as their savior from sin are born as spiritual babies into the family of God the Father. Did God send Jesus to save you... You need to be saved from slavery and from the unhappy results of that slavery. Everyone who sins is a slave to sin, and everyone sins. No one reaches the high calling that God has planned for them except through Jesus Christ. The result of sin is death. There is the first death and the second death, commonly called hell. That's what you need to be saved from. And you... Romans 10:13 says that whoever will call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Are you willing to call upon the name of the Lord? You can, you know. Why not call on Him right now? Tell Jesus that you know you have fallen short of the glory of God. Tell Him that you know that you need His help. Tell Him that you want Him to... With free salvation being such a great offer, the only reason anyone would reject this salvation is because they love darkness rather than light. It\'s not just freedom from the punishment--it\'s freedom from the sin. A lot of people try to trick God. They say give me the salvation from punishment, but I still want to keep my sin. John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into... To be a Christian-in-name-only won\'t cost you anything. You can keep all your flesh and misery. Trying to put God\'s new wine into your old wineskins allows you to keep your old wineskins, but to truly have an experience with the living Savior will cost you. To be freed from bondage to sin will cost you your bondage to sin. To be free of depression will cost you your depression. ... You can have it all. No matter how great life may seem to be, you will never know life\'s best until you have the ultimate experience. No matter how terrible life may be, you can still have this same ultimate experience. And it\'s free. It\'s a free gift. Got baggage in your life? You know; burdensome things in your life!? You do have to drop off your baggage that... 1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. Ezekiel 39:7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not [let them] pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I [am] the LORD, the Holy... We All Fail To Keep The Commandments. We All Need Jesus. The emphasis on avoiding hell and getting to heaven is sometimes over-done. This misses the glory that is available in God. Jesus is the only one who can reconcile us to God. Romans 3:23 \"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God\" We have not pleased God. God is absolutely holy and just. Justice must judge all... No. All ways do not lead to God. God has made one way by which mankind may approach to Him. Acts 4:12 says, \"Neither is there salvation in any other [speaking of Jesus]: for there\'s none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.\" Satan is offering every other way in hopes that foolish people will obey him once again and, so, come into greater... God is Love. All who reject God, reject love. Any who does not love does not know God. God gave His unique Son for me and for you, and that way is the one and only way that anyone will be able to approach God. Contrary to what the New Agers in Hollywood, in the universities, in the news media, and in our neighborhoods have been trying to tell us,... We're talking about God's family. You can't join God's family. You can't buy your way in. You can't work your way in. You must be born into this family. The way is simple. All who will receive Jesus as their savior from sin are born as spiritual babies into the family of God the Father. ... Jesus said, "You must be born again." Nicodemus didn't have a clue what Jesus meant. He asked, 'How can I be born again?" It's a great question. The answer is, "you must believe in Jesus for deliverance from your sins." Being born again is getting started on the road to spiritual success. Once you get started, hopefully, you take ground, hold the ground, and go on to total victory. ... Some people say that there are many ways to God or to fulfillment. This is untrue. There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we can be saved. There is only one Jesus. Whoever is not for Him is against Him. Whoever is against Him cannot be for Him. There is no middle ground. Fulfillment is only available in Jesus. Only through Jesus can we approach... We have missed out on the very best. We have failed, fallen short of the glory that God planned for us. This glory is centered on a relationship. God wants a relationship with us and we need a relationship with God. God's plan is that we be born into that relationship and that we grow in that relationship. God has a pattern for being born again; we can't do it our... I'll Do It Myself God provided a way of salvation, and He is looking for those who will accept it. He is looking for those who will not reject Him. Those who reject God's salvation are rejecting a wonderful gift. They are exhibiting the ultimate in rebellion against God. There is no way to sugar-coat this situation. Those who reject Jesus are rejecting God and are condemned already. If you reject... God's love is so great that He gave His only unique Son so we would not have to be cut off from Him in hell. God is Love. All who reject Jesus reject God's salvation. All who reject Jesus reject God. All who reject God, reject love. Any who does not love does not know God. God gave His unique Son for me and for you, and that way is the... Those who reject God are rejecting Love. God is Love. No one has ever found an error in Scripture, and those who don't want the Bible to be God's Word do so because they want to follow the leading of their own mind rather than receiving the revelation of God's will in their lives. They want darkness more than they want Light. They want darkness, and they hate the pure love of... Many people try to rationalize away the salvation of God. Examples include evolutionism, Naturalism, materialism, uniformitarianism, Atheism, Humanism, Agnositicism, Hinduism, Islam, and New Age. Why do people do this? It is plain, from Scripture, that acceptance of Jesus Christ as Savior causes a person to leave behind worldly behavior and to walk in righteousness. John 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness... Both materialistic evolutionary theory and theistic (God-controlled) evolutionary theory claim that we are all descendants of fish. Who could believe such a message? Only someone who wants to avoid God. Given the scientific facts that have been uncovered, a person would have to be willingly ignorant to believe such a thing. They would have to want very badly not to know about God\'s power and sovereignty, wouldn\'t they? They... God's plan is that we have a progressive experience with Him. There are many ways that the Bible refers to this progressive experience. It is called walking in the Spirit. It is called going on to perfection, perfection meaning completion or maturity. It is called edification. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to... God has shown us, through His Word, that there are ways that will stunt our growth. They will cause us to fail spiritually and in every other way. The Bible gives the warning concerning these various pitfalls. If we try to approach God while rejecting His Son, Jesus, and the amazing salvation that God has given, we will fail. We have to do it God's way, or we fail... God is love. There is no other source of love. God created a perfect universe. Mankind was separated from God by rebellion. Rebellion, that is sin, brought death. God, who is love, wants a relationship with you and every other person. God is Light and in Him is no darkness at all. God is good and cannot even look at evil. God\'s law is love. God, by His nature, must judge evil and reward good. The human race is... Lately, we have been hearing more and more about the glorification of the human spirit. To a member of the New Age, Atheist, Agnostic, and Humanistic religions, the human spirit (or even an evil spirit) is the source of salvation and revelation. The intellectuals are put forward as the prophets of New Age, Atheist, Agnostic, and Humanistic religions, although they are false prophets. There is another Spirit that is available... While there is a lot we cannot know about God, there is a lot that we can know. We can know what God reveals about Himself. Consider the following points. God does not have any joy in seeing any person suffer. God is absolutely just, and there will be no suffering in vain. Every person will see, in the end, that everything is fair, just, and right. ... What does it mean to be born again? What does the Scripture say? \"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.\" 1 John 5:1 If you believe that Jesus is the Christ, then you are born again. \"for, Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be... God so loved the world, that is the cosmos, the universe and its order, that He gave His unique Son so that whoever believes into Him should not die but should have the life of the coming age, an uncreated life that does not end. And how do we believe into Him? It is \"into\" in the original language. Well, who is Christ? Christ is the Head of the Body in... Topic: Holiness, Sanctification, and Stability\"It is because of him [the Father] that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God--that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.\" 1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV Holiness is progressive. It is a change in what we are. It is a basic change in our very nature. You were designed for righteousness, holiness, and total redemption. There is an upward spiral of righteousness, holiness, and redemption... 1 Peter 1:6 & 7 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the appearing [Apokalupsis: removal of a covering or veil] of Jesus Christ FREE on-line BOOK (a... Isaiah 48:10-11 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory to another. Many are called, but few are chosen. Look at the place where the chosen are chosen: the furnace of affliction. God does... \"But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind have taken us away.\" Isaiah 64:6 \"For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness\" (I Thessalonians 4:7). Some theologians assume that Scriptures that seem so completely opposed as these two are an indication that one of the Scriptures must be... The Way Is Very Narrow And The Gate Is Very Strait Key Scripture: whatever is not of supernatural belief and trust is sin. Romans 14:23b Whoever does miss the mark (sin) also does lawlessness, for sin is lawlessness. * 1 John 3:4 Owe no one anything, but to love one another: for whoever loves another has fulfilled the law. For this: You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal,... If God requires total holiness, how can a Christian live total holiness? Is it even possible? Yes, It is possible to live in total holiness, but watch out for this. Do not modify holiness to be something that you can do. Do not think that holiness is something that you can do. Holiness is something that God causes you to become. You just receive it or reject it. There is a... The Scripture Testifies to Holiness as the Heritage of the Church 1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now... Ephesians 4:24-30 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him... Ephesians 4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ; Ephesians 4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation (conversation refers to the whole manner of life) the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; Ephesians 4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your... Question: I\'m 28 years old and I\'m from the United Kingdom. I said the sinners\' prayer in 2005 with some other Christians and I\'ve been going to church ever since. I got baptized in 2006. I was drinking very excessively before I started coming to church and I continued to live in this sin of drunkenness even when I was hearing the gospel at church and after I got baptized. When... 1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: You see that they have purified their souls (soul, mind, heart, life are all the same Greek word.) This purification is holiness. There is a measure of holiness in those who follow Jesus. It is accomplished by obeying... Topic: WorksThe words of which God speaks are real. They are Truth. It is His Truth that sets you free from Satan\'s lies. He who does righteousness is righteous. (1John 3:7) Real righteousness is by grace through faith. God\'s process for righteousness is by grace, and grace is through faith. (Eph 2:8-10) (some caveats about hearing God\'s Voice) FREE on-line BOOK (a classic): The Real Faith, by Charles S. Price FREE on-line BOOK... Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. Real righteousness is by grace through faith. FREE on-line BOOK (a classic): The Real Faith, by Charles S. Price FREE on-line BOOK (a classic): The Meaning Of Faith, by Charles S. Price ... Romans 5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses to justification. Justification goes beyond forgiveness to righteousness. It is an imparted righteousness, but it is a righteousness that does the works of God. Real righteousness is by grace through faith. ... Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Sin shall not have dominion over you. Every person who has not been born again is absolutely controlled by the dominion of sin. The unsaved can do self-righteousness, but it is not a true righteousness. All true righteousness flows from the throne of God. Real righteousness is by grace through faith. ... Luke 13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. Real righteousness is by grace through faith. ... Romans 6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Romans 6:13 Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law,... 1 Peter 1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: You see that they have purified their souls (soul, mind, heart, life are all the same Greek word.) This purification is holiness. There is a measure of holiness in those who follow Jesus. It is accomplished by obeying... We may have never realized just how very strait (constricted) (Luke 13:24) and narrow (Matthew 7:14) that way of righteousness is. It is very narrow and constricted. If God didn\'t tell us to think it, say it or do it, then it is sin. It is missing the mark. If God did tell us to do it and we get our flesh involved at all, to the extent that we... The Scripture Testifies to Holiness as the Heritage of the Church 1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 1 John 2:8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now... \"But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind have taken us away.\" Isaiah 64:6 \"For God hath not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness\" (I Thessalonians 4:7). Some theologians assume that Scriptures that seem so completely opposed as these two are an indication that one of the Scriptures must be... Question: I\'m 28 years old and I\'m from the United Kingdom. I said the sinners\' prayer in 2005 with some other Christians and I\'ve been going to church ever since. I got baptized in 2006. I was drinking very excessively before I started coming to church and I continued to live in this sin of drunkenness even when I was hearing the gospel at church and after I got baptized. When... Topic: Is It Too LateQuestion: I\'m 28 years old and I\'m from the United Kingdom. I said the sinners\' prayer in 2005 with some other Christians and I\'ve been going to church ever since. I got baptized in 2006. I was drinking very excessively before I started coming to church and I continued to live in this sin of drunkenness even when I was hearing the gospel at church and after I got baptized. When... If God requires total holiness, how can a Christian live total holiness? Is it even possible? Yes, It is possible to live in total holiness, but watch out for this. Do not modify holiness to be something that you can do. Do not think that holiness is something that you can do. Holiness is something that God causes you to become. You just receive it or reject it. There is a... A site visitor askes a sincere question. \"Am I Saved?\" As a teenager, he had gotten into sin with drugs and girls. God obviously called him and he thought about God and talked to God, but drugs and other sin continued to plague his life. He knew that God is to be feared as a severe judge when we do evil. So his real question is, \"Am I saved?\" Read... What does it mean to be born again? What does the Scripture say? \"Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.\" 1 John 5:1 If you believe that Jesus is the Christ, then you are born again. \"for, Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be... |
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