Are You a "GOOD" Person???
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Are You a "GOOD" Person???
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Written permission granted to the following to reproduce portions herein ...
Bobby G. Richardson
Non-Denominational Layman
Bogue Chitto, MS 39629
email: acts2@impact-ministry.com
Bobby Richardson's intro & msg:
http://hometown.aol.com/bobby39629/myhomepage/writing.html
On Line Bible Study:
http://impact-ministry.com/acts2/
((IMPORTANT NOTE)): Links and information throughout the following material should be able to be copied and pasted by left clicking the mouse and highlighting the area to be pasted as one would normally do, and then [while holding down the "CTRL" key] pressing the "C" key to copy .... and, next [while holding down the "CTRL" key] pressing the "V" key to paste.)
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If you said "yes" to the question above ...
then you're just like most people. But how do you define "good?" Chances are, your definition would be a little different from the next person, and theirs would be a little different from the next, and so on.
However, there is one definition of "good" that applies to everyone.
The Ten Commandments define "good" according to God's perfect standard, which never changes (Exodus 20:1-17).
Have you kept the Ten Commandments? To find out, answer the following questions honestly:
Have you ever lied (even one fib, half-truth, or exaggeration)? Have you ever stolen anything in your whole life, no matter how small (the value doesn't matter)?"
If you said, "Yes," then you are a lying thief. Bad news, huh? Hang on...there's more: Have you ever had sex outside of marriage? If so, you're a fornicator. Jesus said that "whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart." (Matthew 5:28). If you've ever hated someone, the Bible says you are a murderer (1 John 3:15).
What's more, you have a conscience ("conscience" means "with knowledge"), so when you sin, you do it with knowledge that it's wrong (Romans 2:15). Bearing in mind that God is perfect, and that He has seen your every thought, when you stand before Him on Judgment Day and He judges you by the Ten Commandments, will you be innocent or guilty?
If you've been honest so far, you've already seen that you'd be guilty before God. So would you go to Heaven or Hell?
The Bible says "all liars, shall have their part in the lake with burneth with fire and brimstone," (Revelation 21:8), and that no adulterers, fornicators, thieves, or murderers can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. You might not believe that, but it will happen no matter what you believe.
That brings us to the good news: Do you know what God did for you so you wouldn't have to go to Hell?
"But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8). You are guilty of breaking God's Law, but Jesus took your punishment ...He paid your fine in full...by suffering and dying on a cross 2000 years ago. Then He rose from the dead and defeated the grave. That's the good news for you because if you repent (which means to confess and turn away from your sin) and put your trust in Jesus to save you (that is, if you trust Jesus like you would trust a parachute...you wouldn't just believe it, you's put it on and hold on tightly to it), then God will forgive you and grant you everlasting life - what better news could there be!
Read the Bible every day and obey what you read. God will never let you down.
And, when you open your Bible, be sure to open your heart and receive everything God reveals to you through His Eternal Word, and apply it to your daily life.
And, God will write His law in your heart and put His Spirit within you (Duet 6:6; 2 Cor. 3:3; Joel 2:28)
"Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster (to bring us) unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith," Galatians 3:24
"The law of the LORD (is) perfect, converting the soul: ..." Psalms 19:7a
"Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God." Romans 3:19
"What shall we say then? (Is) the Law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet." Romans 7:7
"Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4
"But we know that the law (is) good, if a man use it lawfully; Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust." 1 Timothy 1:8-11
God ordained Peter and gave him the keys of the Kingdom, and told him whatsoever things he bound on earth would be bound in Heaven and whatsoever things he loosed on earth would be loosed in Heaven.
At the inauguration of the "original" New Testament Church (in Acts Chapter 2), we read at the end of Peter's Spirit filled, Spirit anointed sermon, the following (in Acts 2:36-39): "Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord AND Christ. Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
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Here's some of my other web pages ....
Bobby G. Richardson
Non-Denominational Layman
An Introduction to, and Special Message from, Bobby G. Richardson
http://hometown.aol.com/bobby39629/myhomepage/writing.html
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First off here's a plug for the Motorcycle Ministry AND local
Church I am affiliated with ...
Azuza Street Riders Apostolic Motorcycle Ministry
http://www.azuzastreetriders.com/
First Apostolic Church of Bogue Chitto, MS
http://hometown.aol.com/firstacofbc/myhomepage/family.html
MY NON-DENOMINATIONAL WEB PAGES ... The whole gospel to the whole world!
Salvation .... The Roman Road?? Or, the Jerusalem Road??
http://hometown.aol.com/firstacofbc/myhomepage/howto.html
Grammatical Explanation of Matthew 28:19 concerning the correct NAME ...
http://hometown.aol.com/actschap2bgr/myhomepage/business.html
50 Reasons Why The Bible Doesn't Mention A Trinity, Or Refer To God As "Persons".
http://www.impact-ministry.com/acts2/trinity.html
My sojourn with, and EXPULSION from, CMA (Christian Motorcyclists Association)
http://hometown.aol.com/actschap2bgr/myhomepage/motorcycle.html
$ 10,000.00 Reward.
http://www.impact-ministry.com/acts2/reward.html
Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed?
http://www.impact-ministry.com/acts2/believed.html
Non-Denominational Bible Study.
http://impact-ministry.com/acts2/
When God Became A Man - Mystery of all Mysteries!
http://hometown.aol.com/firstacofbc/myhomepage/faith.html
Actual email Bible discussions with Bobby Richardson
http://hometown.aol.com/firstacofbc/myhomepage/books.html
Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" Movie
http://hometown.aol.com/firstacofbc/myhomepage/movies.html
Open letter to Mormons.
http://www.impact-ministry.com/acts2/mormon.html
Open letter to Jehovah Witnesses.
http://www.impact-ministry.com/acts2/witness.html
Jehovah's Witness Minister Debates Bobby G. Richardson, Non-Denominational Layman
http://hometown.aol.com/actschap2bgr/myhomepage/rant.html
Open Letter to professing Christians who are homosexual.
http://www.impact-ministry.com/acts2/profess.html
Who says the supernatural manifestations of God have ceased?
http://hometown.aol.com/actschap2bgr/myhomepage/profile.html
Minister with 45 years of Rabbinic Hebrew training challenges Bobby Richardson
http://hometown.aol.com/firstacofbc/myhomepage/writing.html
Mainline Minister accepts the Bobby Richardson challenge. (loads slowly)
http://hometown.aol.com/clmgr1951/myhomepage/newsletter.html
Larry Hafley, Church of Christ debater with OVER 30 years experience, refuted (loads VERY slowly)
http://hometown.aol.com/clmgr1951/myhomepage/travel.html
Larry Hafley's Godhead debate Scripturally refuted by Bobby Richardson
http://hometown.aol.com/bgr1952im/myhomepage/business.html
#1 What do you "really" know about Freemasonry, and where did you learn it? (loads slowly)
http://hometown.aol.com/bobby39629/myhomepage/military.html
#2 Can a Christian be (or should a Christian remain) a Mason/Patriot? (loads slowly)
http://hometown.aol.com/bobby39629/myhomepage/newsletter.html
#3 Bobby Richardson refutes former Mason & several "so called" Apostolic ministers (loads slowly)
http://hometown.aol.com/bobby39629/myhomepage/rant.html
#4 The saga continues - withstanding and refuting the misled and misinformed ...(loads slowly)
http://hometown.aol.com/bobby39629/myhomepage/business.html
#5 Another "so called" Apostolic Minister fails to refute Freemasonry (loads slowly)
http://hometown.aol.com/bobby39629/myhomepage/books.html
Last Call At Mile Marker Seven (not updated to reflect where I now live [MS]).
http://www.impact-ministry.com/testimonies/mile.html
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