I AM STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD

I AM BELIEVE IN THE COME IN OF JESUS TO TAKE ME UP IN THE AIR WITH HIM SO I WILL NOT SEE THE WAFT TO COME
 King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

“And the Lord Shut Him In”

What is significant about God shutting the door of the Ark?

In His instructions for building the Ark, God told Noah to “set the door of the Ark in its side” (Genesis 6:16).¹ The Ark had only one door to pass through to escape God’s terrible judgment. By faith, Noah and his family entered the Ark. Once they were all inside, the Lord shut them in (Genesis 7:16).
What is significant about God shutting the door of the Ark? It provides a wonderful demonstration of the twin truths of man’s responsibility and God’s sovereignty that we see throughout Scripture.
After God shut the door, the time of judgment arrived. Only those who had gone through the doorway would be saved; no one else could enter. Noah and his family had to obey God’s command to build and then enter the Ark for salvation—but it was God who had commanded the Ark to be built as the means of Noah’s family being saved in this time of judgment.
The Ark pictures salvation in Jesus Christ, our “Ark” of salvation. Jesus said “I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved” (John 10:9).
The Bible makes it clear that we are “dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1). Nothing we can do can save us from our sin and its consequence of eternal separation from God. But the Bible also tells us that if we confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in our heart that God has raised Him from the dead, we will be saved (Romans 10:9). It is “by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). Nothing we can do will save us from our sin—salvation is all of God. Yet our responsibility is to go through the doorway (Jesus), and God will save us.
How do we put all this together? Can we, as finite humans, ever understand the ways of an infinite God? Only God can bring man’s responsibility and His sovereignty perfectly together. We need to live with this tension and accept it—it is what God’s Word teaches.

Gary Vaterlaus earned his undergraduate and master’s degrees in science education from Oregon State University. He also studied at Western Conservative Baptist Seminary. He is director of curriculum & correspondence for Answers in Genesis–USA.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)

 

JESUS SAID HE WILL COME FOR ME 

  AS YOU BELIEVE, SO IT SHALL BE DONE UNTO YOU

Jesus said that faith is essential to making your life into what  you want it to be.  He said, "As you believe, so it shall be done unto you."  What is it about faith that makes it so important?

1.   Faith changes your vision.  When you have faith, you see possibilities that other people cannot appreciate.  While others stumble around in spiritual darkness, you see where you are going, and you have clarity of purpose.2.   Faith changes your focus.  You radically shift your focus in a new direction, and that focus expands.  Instead of your limited and short-sighted dreams, you have the privilege of experiencing God's dream for your life. 

3.  Faith takes the handcuffs off God.  God doesn't push and shove his way into your life.  He enters your heart and mind by invitation only.  You must ask him to come in and change the way you think and feel.  Once you ask him into your heart and mind, the handcuffs come off God, and He starts working miracles.

4.  Faith gives you positive expectations.  Your old way of thinking and feeling is gone.  You believe that there is no limit to how good your life can become when you get in agreement with God's plan.  When you say yes to God, his purpose and plan take you places that you never dreamed were possible. 

5.  Faith is a switch that turns you on and starts you moving.  The inertia of your old life dissipates as the power of God's love rolls through your heart and mind.

6.  Faith makes you congruent.  Your head, heart, and will now want the same thing and move  in the same direction.  You get in agreement with God, and become a part of his unstoppable plan. 
7.  Faith gives you courage when you place your trust in God.  God is your Defender, the Captain of your fate, and the Master of your soul.  He is your Guide and will show you where to take the next stop.  He knows your life from start to finish, and it won't be over until he says it's over.  You have nothing to fear.

 King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.