Every individual born on this earthhas sinned in the eyes of God for having transgressed His Law.
Every individual born has violated the principles and commandments that define moral and ethical living. We all need grace, forgiveness, and redemption.
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
God filled with deep love and compassion for everyone extended His mercy towards us, offering a propitiation for our sins by sending his son Jesus who was without sin to pay the price with his blood.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Christians, you are bought with a price, and that price was the blood of Jesus who died for your sins.
1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are no longer ours but God’s.
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
Jesus died on the cross for us and shed his blood so we could have eternal life.
Colossians 1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Serving Jesus is mandatory for all who Jesus has saved.
Today’s church has created a false distinction between those who are ministers and those who are not.
The ministers are thought to be “called” to serve God, but the people sitting in the Church’s seats are called. They are not just the congregation that volunteers in some of their spare time.
All Christians are called to serve God as outlined in the Bible. Every Christian is saved with the purpose of serving; God has not saved anyone so they can simply sit idle. Each person whom God saves is called to serve Jesus in accordance with the gifts that God has given them.
1 Peter 4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so, minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
1 Colossians 3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
The term “minister” in the Bible refers to a servant or waiter, similar to someone who serves at tables. Our purpose is to serve God by serving one another and helping those in need.
Matthew 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Matthew 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matthew 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Matthew 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
Matthew 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Matthew 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Matthew 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Matthew 25:42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Matthew 25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Matthew 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Matthew 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
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