The 'must' question!

Remember the advertisement that said, "You must have this item!"? So you went out and bought the Item only to find out it didn't work for you or it did not suit your purpose or was not as appealing to you as it appeared in the ad! To cut to the chase of what must inevitably happen in our lives, (in order to inherit the kingdom of God) we put a search for the word "must" in the NIV bible search program and we came up with the following list! We concluded that these things must take place in our lives in order to fulfill our destiny and be what God called us to be! It is possible that this list could be expanded with other implied 'must' scriptures but we thought this list in itself was very indicative of what must indeed take place in each one of our lives spiritually in order to attain our full potential in God!
The twelve 'must happen' of the gospels concerning us:1. You must be born again of water and the spirit (Outer cleansing of our mind through the word & In the indwelling of the spirit) to enter the kingdom. (Jn 3:7) 2. He who comes after me(Jesus) must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me(Jesus) daily (Mt16:24, Jn 12:26)3. Must remain on the vine in order to bear fruit (Jn15:4) 4. Must preach the gospel (MK 13:10) 5. Other Sheep must come or be added (Jn 10:16) 6. Must love one another (Jn13:34) 7. Must be a servant in order to be great in God's kingdom (Mt 20:26) 8. Must worship God in spirit and truth (Jn 4:24) 9. Must work while its day! (Jn 9:4) 10. Must testify (Jn15:27)11. Must be ready for the return of the king (Mt 24:44) [How to be ready?] 12. You must be on your guard for persecutions (Mk 13:9) Concerning the world:Wars and rumors of wars, revolutions, natural disasters must happen! Offenses and sins must happen! (Woe to the world and woe to the one who does them) (Mt 24:6, Luke 21:9) Scripture must be fulfilled! The big 'must do' question and the answer? What good thing must I do to inherit eternal life? (Mt 19:26, Mk 10:7, Lk18:18) Click to find the answer!

Famine in the land for God's Word!

The ignorance concerning the Bible in our time is abhorrent! Some of the greatest artists and writers of the former centuries like Shakespeare or Rembrandt or say Sir Isaac Newton were well aware of the treasure chest of wisdom to be acquired within its pages and had familiarized themselves with it, and in fact made its stories and its truths the subject of their works which we still admire today. They might even owe the greatness of their genius to having read this extraordinary book. Where would have been the light of the civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King if he hadn’t known the treasures within this sacred book? How about the German guy by the same name,(Watch the recent movie about the german reformer titled 'Luther') who brought about the reformation and enlightened subsequent generations which happened only after he had an immense struggle to appropriate this book in his own personal albeit miserable existence? The next (and perhaps last) real revolution and change (call it revival if you like) can only happen through bringing to bear these same words and principles to the prime time activity, life and detail of today’s uncertain times and fearful world society. Yet there are powers that seek to marginalize its influence and demote its principles and ideas as archaic and not useful for today's world! Such powers should be fought with the same vehemence and determination that they seek to destroy "truth" or its truths. In the least, this book deserves to be read and studied by each generation no less than other so called important documents of historical significance like the constitution of the United States or works of fiction like Shakespeare. This is because it contains weighty matters of life and the soul, and other matters concerning our beginnings and the prophesied end and many more such issues that, if their truth were ascertained, no man should be uninformed of their contents and statements!Today, in an increasingly secularized world (bringing with it increasing refutations of the scriptures and questions about their authenticity and truthfulness) there is a famine and a draught for the word of God. Yes, of course, there are quite a number of churches and there is that radio station on an obscure AM channel that gets drowned out by the numerous sounds for irreverent pop culture shows and highly biased political and entertainment shows. The Bible is hardly, if ever at all, the subject of a prime time TV show and gets painted in a negative light when it gets the rare coverage. If the Bible is to be taken for what it claims, no one can attain the full potential of who they are unless they rightly appropriate the information within its pages. So, whereas we have shoots of so called knowledge from highly cerebral and intellectual people, we don’t really have nearly enough spiritual giants who have gotten the big picture to point us in the right direction and lead us in a very confusing and turbulent times when many questions have arisen that require answers. Questions relating to religion, God....

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