WHICH PATH ARE YOU ON TODAY? ~ This is a good Christian tract showing our walk from being a non-believer, i.e.,
spiritually dead, the Natural Man (1 Corinthians 2:14) - to being a
saved and eternally secure believer in Jesus Christ and all He has done
to offer eternal victory for all who will believe and receive Him as
Lord and Savior.
My Christian sister, co-worshiper, and dear Friend, Heather Fernandez, shared this tract with me today on Facebook Messenger - and immediately I knew that I have to share it with all my FRANs (Friends, Relatives, Associates, Neighbors) - so that you may also share it with all your FRANs.
In the left panel of the tract, you can see us as we were born, burdened with the Adamic Sin Nature, spiritually dead, i.e., the Natural Man. And as we begin our walk in life we find that we will come to a fork in the road of life. One way, the broad way, the world's way, leads to eternal destruction. The other path, the narrow way, will lead us into eternal life in the presence of God.
Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter by the narrow gate (path); for wide is the gate (path) and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in (into eternal destruction, the lake of fire) by it. Because narrow is the gate (path) and difficult is the way which leads to (eternal) life, and there are few who find it."
As you can see from the tract below, just as the Bible teaches us - the Broad Road leads into the eternal lake of fire.
And, as the Bible teaches us, the Narrow Road leads us to Victory in Christ.
There is only one place where I will disagree with this tract. It defines the Carnal Walk as the "Defeated Christian" and I am firmly convinced that no Christian is Defeated! Maybe impaired, confused, backslidden, discouraged - but never Defeated. Not when you have God the Holy Spirit living within you.
When we have the Holy Spirit residing within us, when we have Jesus Christ in our hearts - we cannot be defeated. We can walk with a limp, we can get distracted by every little side path we pass, we can even seem to turn around and walk the wrong way for a while, i.e., backsliding. But once you have the Holy Spirit within you - you cannot be defeated, you cannot be lost to Christ, you are a Born-Again, Regenerated, Eternally Saved Christian believer.
And no one, on earth or in heaven, can snatch you out of God's Hands (John 10:27-29). And, NO, as some confused folks may tell you, once you are a true believer - you CANNOT snatch yourself out of His hands and you CANNOT walk out of His hands. Once you are adopted into His family, you are in His family for eternity.
"But, Bill, doesn't that mean that after I become a believer - I can sin all I want and still be saved?" Simple answer: NO!
If you will look at the paragraph just above, you will find the descriptive word "REGENERATED." That means that the moment you believed and received Christ into your heart, life, and soul - your old self, that despicable Natural Man who reveled in worldly degradation, died, capoot, no more! In his place God created the new, REGENERATED, man/woman that you are today.
"Then, Bill, does that mean that I will never be tempted to sin again now that I am a believer?" NO! NO! NO!
Most likely you will be tempted to sin even more now, than you were before you became a Born-Again, Regenerated, Eternally Saved Christian believer. Why more temptation now? When you were betrothed to Satan, he had to tempt you very little - for the secular world would provide all the temptation needed to keep you swimming in the secular cesspool.
But now that you have turned you back on Satan and his secular world - he has to fight harder now to create temptation for you. From the moment you became an indwelled saved believer - Satan has personally assigned a full team of his demonic angels to be your personal case workers. My friend, from the moment you were saved, the battle is on - and you will encounter many, many landmines as you walk the Christian path.
So in this amazingly good Christian tract, every place you see the phrase "Defeated Christian" - just replace it with "Impaired, But Saved, Christian." Fewer rewards in heaven maybe, but the greatest reward is being in heaven and eternally being in the presence of God. NO ONE can take that reward from you. Now you need to share this tract with ALL your FRANs.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
My Christian sister, co-worshiper, and dear Friend, Heather Fernandez, shared this tract with me today on Facebook Messenger - and immediately I knew that I have to share it with all my FRANs (Friends, Relatives, Associates, Neighbors) - so that you may also share it with all your FRANs.
In the left panel of the tract, you can see us as we were born, burdened with the Adamic Sin Nature, spiritually dead, i.e., the Natural Man. And as we begin our walk in life we find that we will come to a fork in the road of life. One way, the broad way, the world's way, leads to eternal destruction. The other path, the narrow way, will lead us into eternal life in the presence of God.
Matthew 7:13-14, "Enter by the narrow gate (path); for wide is the gate (path) and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in (into eternal destruction, the lake of fire) by it. Because narrow is the gate (path) and difficult is the way which leads to (eternal) life, and there are few who find it."
As you can see from the tract below, just as the Bible teaches us - the Broad Road leads into the eternal lake of fire.
And, as the Bible teaches us, the Narrow Road leads us to Victory in Christ.
There is only one place where I will disagree with this tract. It defines the Carnal Walk as the "Defeated Christian" and I am firmly convinced that no Christian is Defeated! Maybe impaired, confused, backslidden, discouraged - but never Defeated. Not when you have God the Holy Spirit living within you.
When we have the Holy Spirit residing within us, when we have Jesus Christ in our hearts - we cannot be defeated. We can walk with a limp, we can get distracted by every little side path we pass, we can even seem to turn around and walk the wrong way for a while, i.e., backsliding. But once you have the Holy Spirit within you - you cannot be defeated, you cannot be lost to Christ, you are a Born-Again, Regenerated, Eternally Saved Christian believer.
And no one, on earth or in heaven, can snatch you out of God's Hands (John 10:27-29). And, NO, as some confused folks may tell you, once you are a true believer - you CANNOT snatch yourself out of His hands and you CANNOT walk out of His hands. Once you are adopted into His family, you are in His family for eternity.
"But, Bill, doesn't that mean that after I become a believer - I can sin all I want and still be saved?" Simple answer: NO!
If you will look at the paragraph just above, you will find the descriptive word "REGENERATED." That means that the moment you believed and received Christ into your heart, life, and soul - your old self, that despicable Natural Man who reveled in worldly degradation, died, capoot, no more! In his place God created the new, REGENERATED, man/woman that you are today.
"Then, Bill, does that mean that I will never be tempted to sin again now that I am a believer?" NO! NO! NO!
Most likely you will be tempted to sin even more now, than you were before you became a Born-Again, Regenerated, Eternally Saved Christian believer. Why more temptation now? When you were betrothed to Satan, he had to tempt you very little - for the secular world would provide all the temptation needed to keep you swimming in the secular cesspool.
But now that you have turned you back on Satan and his secular world - he has to fight harder now to create temptation for you. From the moment you became an indwelled saved believer - Satan has personally assigned a full team of his demonic angels to be your personal case workers. My friend, from the moment you were saved, the battle is on - and you will encounter many, many landmines as you walk the Christian path.
So in this amazingly good Christian tract, every place you see the phrase "Defeated Christian" - just replace it with "Impaired, But Saved, Christian." Fewer rewards in heaven maybe, but the greatest reward is being in heaven and eternally being in the presence of God. NO ONE can take that reward from you. Now you need to share this tract with ALL your FRANs.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill
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