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"God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise"

Herez something that needs crying from the roof tops and made plain and clear to all, from the unadulterated, none other book called Holy Bible ...  the "base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen"

It goes on to say ...  "yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: That no flesh (thatz anyone or any peoples) should glory in his presence."

If that has deflated your ego or floored you to the ground by one woosh of a wet towel, then the word of God is working to effect that it may not return void to the Lord and accomplish what itz purpose iz.  May the Lord have his way for a good outcome for us all!  The purpose of these pages is to make available to anyone, from non Christians to our religious friends, the plain truth of God's written word.  In a nutshell ...  the good news!

Moreover, that this divine and vital commodity will not be monopolized by any religious hierarchy, to be dished out at an "appropriate" time, in distorted, condensed or filtered fashion, with the purpose of barring you or muzzling you from telling others this good news.  Itz primary aim is for those outside of Christ, who just happen to be browsing the net looking for answers (while hoping and praying the Holy Ghost may see fit in using this space in pointing them Godwards) that they, in turn, may find the answer also.

Yes, JESUS is always the answer!  The only answer and true path to God, in fact!  Despite what the PC brigade demands or the religious institute censors.

These pages are also uploaded with this purpose in mind, to show you that JESUS (outside using his name only) is always found outside of "churchianity" and the religious mainstream.  All part of the good news package may I add!  However, although some may find the Lord in tandem (so to speak) with the religious apparatus of man, the big con should come apparent when he or she finds themselves captivated by itz additional trappings and unbiblical add-ons, rendering the new convert ineffective in relaying the pure gospel onto others, in order for them to be saved also.

The gospel is the GOOD NEWS for sinners, which the New Testament has exclusive rights to.  These rights don't belong to a church or any religious club for that matter.  Nor is it made available for, or of, any private interpretation either.  Therefore, this makes the gospel not 'for sale' nor to be abused and exploited for personal, financial or political gain.  Or to make someone feel they are important.  In other words, being delivered from sin also means being delivered from religion, with all its baggage and unnecessary add-ons.  As well as being set free to serve the Lord from a willing and unfetted or divided heart.

This is how the Bible puts it ...  "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."  This is the good news, the glad tidings from heaven above, for grubby or refined me and grubby or refined you!  Meaning, we do not have to clean ourselves up to be right with God; whereas God transfers this hope to us when we turn to Christ in remorse for the way we have excluded Him from our hearts and lives.

In contrast to what the invented church teaches, you must maintain this new condition (new man, new nature, new position) by walking in Jesus every moment.  It is a heart beat to heart beat, breath to breath, walk with our Creator 24/7; who is now acknowledged and received as our Redeemer and Saviour.  This has got nothing to do with Sunday punctuality or being faithful to a manmade substitute, or pleasing your pastor or priest.
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 Furthermore, don't think God will let you off the hook if you think salvation is a free ride all the way without doing what His word says.  Somewhere along the line you can loose it if you don't use it.  God will NEVER forfeit you; so NEVER forfeit Him!  Nor His wonderful salvation!  More so, it is a heart devotion in spirit and in truth, daily, outside of human exhibition, interference, ritual, any or physical boundaries or showiness.  If you trip up or blow your chances in Him, fall flat on your face again before Him, without delay, and get straight back on track.  His mercies are new every morning.  The cross makes provision for sin and failure; past, present and future; on the basis of us always being accountable to God and remorseful for falling short.

The answer and way is very simple ...  it is JESUS!!  This is the Jesus of the Bible, the heart of the gospel, the very new life, who answereth to Himself and is a stand-alone God ... our Maker and Creator!  And Redeemer!  The very God of all, and above all!

Jesus is still the door!  The only door in fact!  All other additions or alternatives are man's false ways of using religion as a proxy.  Or a way to dilute God down to an accommodating level, that you may serve man's own version or interpretation instead.  An apostle called Paul (thatz the bloke who wrote most of the New Testament) puts it very clearly this way:

"For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.  For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted"!

Itz clear ...  you can be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ and beguiled to another Jesus, another gospel and another spirit, if you have not already succumbed.  Therefore (whether sinner or saint), avoid the counterfeit (scripture says to resist the Devil) and turn to the living God, NOW, while it is still the day of salvation!  Get a relationship with Him and walk with Him daily, doing what pleases Him!  Thatz true worship; not the corporate clamour the IC promotes and markets!  Moreover, thatz what receiving the gospel brings and being saved means!  Yes, a brand new life, a brand new heart, with a brand new start!  Born again and abiding forever!
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