DISCUSSIONS PAGE

WHAT IS THE GOSPEL?BELOW IS MY ASSERTIONS,THERE IS NO CONCLUSION ON MY PART ON WHAT THE GOSPEL IS,PLEASE READ,CONSIDER,PRAY AND LETS SHARE AND DISCUSS ON THIS THING CALLED THE GOSPEL WHICH APOSTLE PAUL DECLARES IN ROMANS 1: 16 THAT IT IS THE POWER OF GOD.

I discovered that few proffessing christians know what Gospel is.Paul says that the gospel is the power of God unto salvation,it did not say that the gospel has power ,NO,but that the gospel IS THE POWER.No one will agree that they do not know what the gospel is,so i have to ask that questiion in my last posting to awaken the kings in us to reality,to search and pray to know what the gospel is.How Can people proffess to be christians and do not know what the gospel is.It is strange,my brethren,don't you think so.If thegospel is the only thing that could save a man,how can we claim to be saved without knowing the gospel?I am not doubting our salvation,but i'm challenging us to awaken from our slumber to the reality of Christianity an also to awaken those of us that are not saved to run to Jesus for their salvation.
what is wrong with us today,have we exchanged the gospel for a bad-spell ?Have our preachers exchanged the gospel for a bad-spell from hell which accounts for the reason few christians know what the gospel is?

"Blind men see and lame walk; lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear; and dead are raised, and poor have gospel preached to them:"
Mat 11:5

Jesus specifically says that the gospel is for the poor and here ,he is not talking about material poverty unless he came to discriminate among men.He is talking about a different kind of poverty.And paul says that this gospel is the power of God unto salvation.That Romans says specifically The Power of God unto Salvation and not any other thing,not for healing,provision,food or whatever a man will ever need because anybody can do that.Satan can do signs and wonders to deceive men and he can provide for men,the most visible richest men on earth today do not know Jesus,as a matter of fact Christianity is foolishness to them.That the gospel is a remedy for human experience is a wrong gospel,paul says its for salvation.
I am writing this out of inspiration because i realize that many professing Christians do not know what THE GOSPEL IS.And i writing to wake both myself and everyone of us to pray and seek God for what this really means.A man that doesn't know God,what is the Gospel you will tell him that wont make him comfortable but prick his heart.A man that knows God ,what is the gospel you tell him that doesnt make him comfortable but prick him to press into God.He came to give us peace but not as the world gives peace,His good news as well is not as the world calls good news,which shows the reason why mortal men will be ashamed of sharing it with fellow men,we rather prefer to tell them about the good things God can do for them,maybe thats the reason why men have settled for the bad-spells cooked in hell rather than the heart piercing good news cooked in heaven.Until we realize that we do not know something,we will never know it because it is in weakness that God's power makes manifest.The body of Christ is calling for revival but the revival we will never see until we know in truth and experience what THE GOSPEL really means.Paul says he is not ashamed because its something a mortal being can be ashamed of,which shows the reason why the bible says that it is foolishness unto men.Men today do not want to look foolish so they are preaching a different gospel which is not truly a gospel but wickedness from hell.Men today preaches a message that shows how much they love men more than God who died for them,the human heart has the ability to respond to the true gospel but their heart is being deadened more with a false gospel,deceived that they are saved while on that day,they will be surprised that they are not.If we don't individually and corporately recover this gospel,i wonder how much and far we are going in this heaven-sent earthly race.This Gospel is a sword that carries out a supernatural surgery to change men's nature but what is this Gospel,is it what we are hearing and preaching or have we invented another one?My dear,When Jesus says with men ,it is impossible but with God all things are possible,He is talking about salvation,We have simplified the gospel,i mean preachers of the gospel and christians have simplified it ,that today we have many church goers but few saved men.Jesus says that with men,it is impossible.Asking Jesus to come into our heart cannot save us but Hearing the true gospel and repenting,the bible never say we should ask him into our heart which shows how much we have degraded the gospel.It is Romans 10 that men have misconstrued due to our misunderstanding,the first message preached by peter,they were pricked to the heart and asked what shall we do and peter asked them to repent,he never told them to say a prayer.When we preach the gospel today,do men specifically ask what shall we do or we ask for people who wants to experience good things from God to come and give their heart to Jesus,they will say the prayer and still remain the same.
My dear,the question is WHAT IS THE GOSPEL? We have to specifically go on our knees before God to search and pray what is really THE GOSPEL,because the men and women who should tell us what gospel is ,are only preaching the bad-spells ,the delusion that lucifer has sent to them,if Jesus opens your eyes to know what this gospel truly ease,it will radically ruin your life eternally.What is called church today will disgust you,you might not want to go to church again because you will realise that 85% of what you are fed is poison,but in his mercy,grace and humility,when he shows us,we will stay around as long as he allows so that we can show our brethren what the gospel is.Please pray,seek him,when you catch it,you will know,it is painted through out the scripture from Genesis 1 through Revelation.
In your search remember,THE GOSPEL doesn't have anything to do with temporal wants of men that pass away,thats why He said ,seek the kingdom and the ones you need will be given you.
My brethren,My friends,If you are really a christian,you are a man called into a life of brokenness,if my words are hard,do not allow them to offend you but rather allow them to push you closer to our Lord Jesus,push you on your knees to the foot of the cross,accept the fact that something is missing in our lives and seek the Lord to know HIM.

Am curious....Why is SIN so inevitable??
It is obvious that virtualy 99% of youths are living in sins ....
I WONDER WHY WE FIND IT SO INEVITABLE???

Lets reason together--------

WHY? WHY?? WHY???

As youths, it seems very difficult many time to follow God's will especially when our environment seems to communicate different values and moral principles but I urge you to not forget who we are and to stick to what apostle Paul said in Roma

Ma (Marlyn), I thought I should give a little insight to your thought-provoking question. I know this has been on your heart after one of our youth discussion nights. However, in my attempt to give a more elaborate explanation pardon me to use a few theological terminologies, and if anyone needs a definition can refer to WIKIPEDIA. I also want to apologize to our European audience for our “American way” of spelling or writing. One more thing! This blog is necessarily long to provide a somewhat in depth explanation to this wonderful question. Pardon me for that too.
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament and prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament as the Messiah or Savior of the entire universe.  

The first known usage of the term can be found in the New Testament in Acts 11:26: "the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." The term was thus first used to denote those known or perceived to be disciples of Jesus. Similarly, in the two other New Testament uses of the word (Acts 26:28 and 1 Peter 4:16), it refers to the public identity of those who follow Jesus. Please read the text for more explanation.

The definition "What does it mean to be a Christian" varies among different Christian groups. Some churches believe to be a Christian an individual must join a church and participate in specific sacraments. Other churches believe all that is necessary is a belief and acceptance in Jesus Christ and others believe a Christian is simply one who tries to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ.

But what WE as members of ZOE PENTECOSTAL MISSION INTERNATIONAL believe was once summarize by Pastor NAK (Associate Pastor, Seattle-Assembly) as-ABC: ACCEPT, BELIEVE, and CONFESS the Lord Jesus as your Lord and personal savior, then you plant yourself in a BIBLE-BELIEVING Church, where you will be taught the word of God, which is necessary for your growth and victory in Christ Jesus. The book of 1 Peter 2:2 KJV says, “As new born Babes, desire the sincere milk of the word that ye may grow thereby.” Therefore, we reject the LUKEWARM mentality of “trying” to follow the teachings of Christ. We preach total surrender to Christ but know that we are not perfected yet. However, we are not ignorant of the GRACE. To my local youth members, please, don’t try, just be IT, “A CHRISTIAN”

Everyone has someway somehow been judged by their first appearance. It could be by the way you talk, the way you walk, the way you stare, the way you dress, etc, and these are all little details that people analyze to have a sense of who we are. Some of these things could actually be part of our character, especially when people constantly have that same first impression about you.
Negative impressions could however be painful when you're being taking for some else you're not. Has someone ever had a false impression about you? Did you ask that person why they thought like that when they first met you?. Whether people's first impressions about you are right or wrong, there is always something that trigger that thought. I know you've had a false impression about someone before....What made you think that way?

You can obtain favor and acceptance from the very first impression you make or you could be blackmailed and rejected. whether you like it or not this is how it works in the world we are living in.
People's impressions about us don't change who we are but could characterize to what we are. Even though as Christians, we are to live our lives to please God and not men, our reputation in the society is very important.
Sometimes people have to CREATE that first impression in other for them to obtain what they want, and so Perception could be deceptive. But in this case, wouldn't it be a sin since you're not manipulating someone? ......well I don't know......
What do you think?

Has someone ever had a negative false impression about you for the first time meting you? or have you had one about someone and later realized you were wrong? Share your story..........