Welcome to the Website of Full Gospel Business Mens' Fellowship International, Nigeria
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Welcome to the Website of Full Gospel Business Mens' Fellowship International, Nigeria
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Welcome to the Family and Congratulations!
By receiving Jesus Christ
as your Saviour, you have just begun the most exciting adventure of your life. The
purpose of this section is to help you begin that adventure in Christ on solid
footing. So settle into your chair, ask God to help you understand the words you
are about to read, and then let the words and the scriptures written here help
you start the exciting journey of your new life in Christ. What exactly has happened to you? Put simply, you have
become a child of God, a part of God’s spiritual family who receive eternal
life with Him in Heaven. But how did all that happen? First of all, the Bible
tells us that all men, because of sin, are separated from God, who is holy and
righteous. The Apostle Paul wrote, "All
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). All
scriptures quoted in this page are from the Revised Standard Version). Therefore man, having sinned, is cut off
from God, having no hope of eternal life. But God, in His
great mercy and love, sent His only Son, Jesus Christ, into this world that man
might be saved from his sins through Jesus. The Apostle John tells us, "For
God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him
should not perish but have eternal life" (John
3:16). It is through
Jesus’ death on the Cross, by the shedding of His blood, that you have been
redeemed from your sins (see Matthew 26:28, Ephesians 1:7 and 1 John 1:7). This
salvation is not automatic to all men, but comes only when people such as you
have repented of their sins and have asked Jesus Christ to come into their
hearts. Again we read the words of John: "But
to all who received him (Jesus Christ), who believed in his name, he gave power
to become children of God" (John 1:12). The two key words
here are believed and received.
Believe refers to the acknowledgment that Jesus truly is the Son of
God and one’s Saviour (see Romans
10:9-10) and receive implies a
willingness to follow Jesus in all that the Bible tells us to do and be (John
14:21). You have, by
receiving Christ, removed the penalty of sin from your life, which is spiritual
death in hell. You no longer come into the judgement of God as all unbelievers
must but, as Jesus said, you have "passed
from death to life" (John 5:24). God no longer even sees you as a sinner.
Paul says, "There is therefore now no
condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Romans 8:1). Your sins
have not only been forgiven, but God no
longer remembers that you have even committed them (Hebrews 8:12). So welcome to the
family of God. Welcome to the blessings that God gives His children, to the
spiritual riches which are in Christ Jesus. You may want to
stop here and let these scriptures sink deeper into your mind as you study them
from your Bible. But if you do, be sure to finish this page as soon as possible.
For God has, a vital message to you as a new Christian. There are: A. 4 things God wants you to know (1) God loves you. (2) You are a new
person. (3) You can live
victoriously. (4) God is with you
each moment of your life.
B. 4 things God wants you to do, (1)
Study your Bible. (2)
Pray. (3)
Fellowship
with Christians. (4)
Witness for Christ.
C.
4 things God wants you to have (1)
Peace. (2)The Baptism in the Holy Spirit. (3)
A better life (4)
Heaven.
Without these
things you will not properly grow in your new life in Christ, but with them
God’s blessings will forever be with you. Click on the above
resources sequentially to have further insight on what God has prepared for
you.. We urge you to join
one of our chapters nearest to you and also participate in the online
self-study correspondence bible course.
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