JPH :: The Cattlemen's Way



	FINDING THE WAY The chief end of man, who is created in the very image of God, is to have a personal relationship with Him and to worship and glorify God in who he is and in all he does, for all of eternity. This is not man’s way but God’s way and the first important step then must be to look to God to find the His way to accomplish His will for our lives. Yes, even for eternity! “There is a way that seems right to man, but in the end it leads to death.” (Proverbs 16:25) “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the way that leads to life and only a few find it.” (Matthew 7:13, 14) Jesus answered, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) LOOKING AT OURSELVES As human beings then, created in the image of God and made to worship and glorify God for all of eternity, we truly examine & look deep inside our hearts & we must admit that we fall far short of what God created & intended us to be. This shortfall has also left a deep void within the heart of man. Why? Because it has separated us from the one who created us and it has distorted our relationship with him. “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God or gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.” (Rom. 1:20,21) “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) “There is no one righteous, no not one.” (Romans 3:10) “The wages of sin is death…” (Romans 6:23) MAN MUST TURN BACK TO GOD TO TRULY FIND HIS WAY If man is then going to find his way back to God, be forgiven of his sin and be restored back into a right relationship with Him, he must turn back to God. How does he do that? Repentance is the way. “Unless you repent you to will perish” (Luke 13:3) “God calls all men everywhere to repent.” (Acts 17:30) “God is not willing that any man should perish but that all should come to repentance.” (2 Peter 3:9) “Repent then, and turn back to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that the times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” (Acts 3:19) “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regrets, but worldly sorrow brings death.” (2 Corinthians 7:10) MAN MUST CONFESS HIS SINS TO GOD “He that conceals his sins shall not prosper, but he that confesses and renounces them shall find mercy.” (Proverbs 28:13) “If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:8, 9) MAN MUST BELIEVE & CONFESS JESUS CHRIST AND INVITE & RECEIVE HIM INTO THEIR LIFE “That if you confess, ‘Jesus is Lord’ and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead thou shalt be saved.” (Romans 10:9,10) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only begotten son that whosoever believeth in him should never perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) “Yet, to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the power to become the children of God.” (John 1:12) “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come in and eat with him and he with me.” (Revelations 3:20) “I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” (Luke 18:17) GOD'S NARROW WAY FOR MAN IS SIMPLY THIS: A) Admit you are a sinner and in need of a Savior. B) Be willing to repent of your sin & turn away from what the Bible calls sin. C) Believe in Jesus Christ with all your heart. D) Receive & invite Jesus Christ into your heart and life. E) Here is simply prayer you can pray: “Dear Lord Jesus, I am convinced that I am a sinner and that you died for all sinners, including me. I now repent of my sin and trust you and the Holy Spirit to turn me away from what the Bible calls sin. I now receive you, Jesus Christ as my personal Savior and invite you into my heart and life. In your name Jesus I pray, amen.” If you said this prayer and truly meant it in your heart-Congratulations on the greatest decision you have ever made! You have now experienced the “new birth” and are a new creation in Christ! (please read, John 3:3,5; Luke 15:10; 1 John 5:11-15; 2 Corinthians 5:17) What Next? Read through the Epistle of first John and the Gospel of John. Read, study and meditate on the Bible (Psalms 1, Matthew 4:4, Psalms 119:105) Get baptized in water (believers baptism-Acts 8:26-40, Matthew 18:19, 20) Find a Bible preaching Church that stands on God’s authoritative WORD! If you have said this prayer and would like further information & material, please feel free to contact me through my email address: dtjibben@yahoo.com In Christ’s love Pastor Donn Jibben Phil. 3:10