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HOW TO LIVE A TRIUMPHANT
CHRISTIAN LIFE
AUTHOR: Rev. J.A.McBean, Sr.
Publish By Revival Tract Ministries. Registration NU. G04043700087 Orlando Fl USA.
INTRODUCTION:
D uring world war two, a pilot was shot down over enemy territory, he starve to death. Months later another pilot was shot down over the same jungle and survived. He hides out by day, and travel by night. He eats well. What was the secret to this man survival? He did survival training. He learn how to make a fire without matches, he learn how to collect water from leaf and rocks. The same things with the Christians life, it can be hard or it can be easy. There are certain things that the new Christians need to start doing the moment they got save, in order to have a victorious and easy walk with God. The after coming to know Jesus as savior, the first battle is going to be your immediate family and friends. It is not good to go home and tell them that you got save, people must just see your mannerism, and see your life of living, including change conversation and know that you meet the lord.
CONDITIONS IN SERVING GOD.
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
YOU MUST KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELF.
Eph 2:8 The Message Bible” “Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish! Eph 2:9 We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing!” There nothing you could do to save yourself , the only thing you could do is bowed your head and ask God to save you.
You must believe that there is a God.
No other person can save you except Jesus.
Then you must know that God invites you to come to him.
Now bow your head and pray this prayer.
From this day onward you will begin to feel a flood of joy and peace fulls your heart and mind. You must confess Jesus to others with your mouth. Tell what great thing the lord had done for you. Romans 10:9 (Living) For if you tell others with your own mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord and believe in your own heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Then you need to start reading the bible, start reading from St Mathew. 1 Peter 2:2 (Living) Now that you realize how kind the Lord has been to you, put away all evil, deception, envy, and fraud. Long to grow up into the fullness of your salvation; cry for this as a baby cries for his milk. 1 Tim. 4:13 (KJV) Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
Do not wait until tomorrow to get save.
2Co 6:2 The Message Bible. “God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped.” Delay not your conversion to the lord, put it not off from day to day. Remember that tomorrow is promise to no man. Accept the lord, go home and continue with your life, if the lord..
Matthew 11:28 (ASV) Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:29 (ASV) Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:30 (ASV) For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. The Christians life is not turning over a new leaf nor trying to be good. The Holy Spirit will assist you in living the life. God want you to goes through the same stages as a baby. Christ will broken most of your bad habits the moment you got save but will leave some, so as to give you experience. A solder need exercise, or else he will get rusty, and when the real battle came, he will never be able to defend his country. God is not in any contest with you.
Zech. 4:6 (KJV) Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
UNDERSTANDING WHY THE LORD SAVES YOU.
Isaiah 14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
GOD CALLED US TO LOOSEN THE PRISONERS.
You cannot fight an enemy that you do not know about, you cannot fight and enemy that you underestimate and you certainly cannot fight and enemy if you have no knowledge and battle plan, and how to deal with the enemy. So, you need to understand why you were saved, and you need to understand the obstacles that might be in the way and prepared to deal with it.
GIVE YOUR CHRISTIANS LIFE A FOUNDATION.
SET YOUR HEART TO SEEK THE LORD.
2 Chron. 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
After getting save the new believers must begin to seek God. It is not a time for playing games and seeking love relationship. If you as new saint of God do not set your heart to seek God you will fall into evil.
Hosea 10:12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
You have to set your heart to seek the lord. Rising early and call upon his name. If you refuse to seek the lord you will fall into all kind of bad life style.
THE THINGS THAT CAUSE CHRISTIANS TO BE HAVING TROUBLE LIVING THE NEW LIFE.
Galatians 2:4 (NASB-U) But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.
Hos 4:6 Msgb. My people are ruined because they don't know what's right or true. Because you've turned your back on knowledge, I've turned my back on you priests. Because you refuse to recognize the revelation of God, I'm no longer recognizing your children.” We did not seek the lord to know his will, or what he called us to do, and where to go and what to say, we jump a head of God. We did not seek to know the genuine Holy Spirit, so when the fake Holy Spirit came along it sweep us away further from the will of God.
We failed because we did not know the voice of God we fall into mist-match marriage, which drags us down into discouragement. We felled into money problem and hard time, and finally we did not learn how to dealing with Christians pretenders among us. All these the author will show you how to deal with and turn your Christians life around and make it a success.
BEWARE OF GETTING SPOILED.
1 Cor. 10:12 (NASB-U) Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall.
Galatians 5:15 (KJV) But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Hebrews 3:12 (KJV) Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
Jeremiah 4:30 (KJV) And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do?
KEEP GODLY COMPANY.
Pro 13:20 Become wise by walking with the wise; hang out with fools and watch your life fall to pieces.
Psa 88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. When a new believer are brought to the community of faith, he she must be aware that there are people among us that was once believers and backslidden in their heart.
Pro 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
In other word they are not serving God any more but they are still there among the worshipers, and still having their same post in the church. These do not like new converts with new power and zeal’s. Read the entire chapter and see what this old prophet does to the younger prophet. God will causes some of them to keep away from you. When you see then withdrew from you, do not be worried about it.
1 Kings 13:11 (KJV) Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.
PUTTING THE WORD IN YOUR SPIRIT.
Putting the word in your spirit, mean to understand the basic meaning of the word, and thereby understand the mind of God. To see how God does things and how he thinks and to bring yourself into agreement with that kind of thinking. Not just to agree with you mouth, but let these things be a part of your life, or to live by these concept, and arrive at all your conclusions base upon the written word.
Years ago when the Gilbert storm hit Jamaica. It is rumored that certain churches was given food to feed the people, the Christians who was responsibly for feeding the people, feed the Christians only and did not share the food with the Rastas1 and their children. The following verses will show you how God does things.
Luke 6:35 (GW) Rather, love your enemies, help them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then you will have a great reward. You will be the children of the Most High God. After all, he is kind to unthankful and evil people.
Matthew 5:45 (KJV) That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Christians suffer stagnating because they did not set their hearts to know the Holy Scriptures. If you do not know the scriptures you will be driven about by every winds of doctrines. Today you are a Jehovah’s Witness, tomorrow you are a Seven Day Adventist, and the following day you are back in sin right where you were taking from. God want you to remain in your calling, stay where you got saved.
Eph. 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; Invest time and money in a good bible, and spend time reading it. Your inner man need three meals per day just like your body.
Matthew 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
1 Tim. 4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine The scriptures show you where to walk
Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts…
WHY GOD REJECTS SOME PEOPLE.
Job 8:20 (KJV) Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
Proverbs 3:34 (KJV) Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Hebrews 12:14-15 (KJV) Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: [15] Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
SOUL PURIFICATION ON OUR PART.
It IS Possible for the believer to become defiled, and spoiled. And stop hearing from the spirit of God. As a new Christian you are going to have many decisions to make, and you are going to need the Holy Spirit to help you in your decision-making. Your change life is going to get you enemies some of which will be secret enemies. You will need the Holy Spirit in your life to reveal them to you. You also need to know that what you will see in charismatic circles being portrayed as the Holy Spirit is some cases Satan disguised himself as the Holy Spirit.
The new believer must embark upon a self-cleansing process. Which he or she begins to cleanse themselves from certain sins of former life style. Namely, grudges, envy, covetousness, evil eyes, bad mouth or tearing down others, speaking evil of others, prejudice, unforgiving spirit, and doublimendedness. When these sins are practice by people of the faith. The bible calls all these spiritual wickedness in high places. The lord is not going to be communicating with such a defiled person.
1 Samuel 28:6 (KJV) And when Saul enquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
1 Samuel 28:7 (KJV) Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.
Joh 16:13 But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won't draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said.
Joh 14:26 The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you.
The reason for this, the Holy Spirit is going to be communicating with you, and these sins will prevent you from receiving the signals as it comes from the Holy Spirit to you.
John 15:3 (NASB) "You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.” As the word of God goes into your spirit, the bad attitudes, and every thing ungodly must begin to go out of your life. Christians became stagnant in their faith because they did not set out to purge themselves from their old lifestyle. Therefore, it spring back again and bring them down.
Hebrews 12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
2 Tim. 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honor, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. )
STRIP YOURSELF DOWN.
God will never use a covetous Christians, because these hurt many people that after awhile they refuses to even forgave themselves. These became stumbling blocks for other to fall over.
GETTING TO KNOW THE GENUINE HOLY SPIRIT.
You might ask, how many Holy Spirit there are? There is one Holy Spirit. I will not elaborate on this because we have one book called fire on the mountain that deals with the Holy Spirit. But this is where many Christians went off course, because what is being portrayed in many churches as the Holy Spirit is just another one of Satan spirit posing to be the Holy Spirit. If a believer do not know the Holy Spirit and do not know when the Holy Spirit is operating upon a person life, he she is bound to be deceived by deceiving spirits.
FIRST MARK OF A GENUINELY FILLED CHRISTIAN.
Acts 16:25 (KJV) And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
Depression, mean spirited, sassy spirit and unforgiving spirit is not the mark of believer who has received the genuinely baptism of the Holy Spirit. This person is being deceived, by one of Satan familiar spirit posing as the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit came to give power to God’s people.
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO IMPLANT LOVE.
1Jo 4:8 MSGB: The person who refuses to love doesn't know the first thing about God, because God is love--so you can't know him if you don't love.
2Jo 1:6 MSGB: Love means following his commandments, and his unifying commandment is that you conduct your lives in love. This is the first thing you heard, and nothing has changed. Romans 5:5 (NASB-U) and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Col. 3:12 (KJV) Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO SHOW US THINGS TO COME.
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO COMFORT THE SAINTS.
THE HOLY SPIRIT CAME TO HELP US LIVE THE LIFE.
Ephes. 2:8 (NASB-U) For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; Ephes. 2:9 (NASB-U) not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A SPIRIT OF LOVE.
Ephes. 5:9 (KJV) (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
1 John 4:20 (NASB-U) If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
2 Thes. 3:10 (NASB-U) For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either.
What some people call love is hand out. They sit down and commit fornication all day and smoke and Christians relatives of the family must support them and they call it love.
THE HOLY SPIRIT DO NOT INGENEARED WILD IMPULSIVE BEHAVIORS.
Wild impulsive behaviors in the church are not of God, it is just self-displaying and self-lifting up. 1 Cor. 14:33 (KJV) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
GETTING TO KNOW DECEIVING SPIRITS.
Leviticus 20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
These two spirit take possession of many Church people, infect the church is a breeding ground for these two spirits. Some of them break fight right there in church. Behind all that niceness there will be a hate undreamt. These also do not have any stomach for the written word of God. They prefer somebody gave them a word Many Church people do not know genuine Christians, and do not know the spirit of God. Nor know demonic spirit. You and I will never live a triumphant Christian’s life if we do not know deceiving spirits.
John 16:2 (Living) For you will be excommunicated from the synagogues, and indeed the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.
FOOLED BY EVIL SPIRITS.
HOW DEMONS ATTACK ADVANCE BELIEFS.
VARIOUS KINDS OF DEMONS.
There are others of a higher order that act directly on man’s spiritual nature, upon the conscience, or the spiritual perceptions. These are the ones that act as angels of light, and side-track and delude many who are real Christians.
HOW DEMONS FASTEN ON HUMAN BEINGS.
WILD ABNORMAL IMPULSES BEHAVIORS.
Another person said he felt like rolling on the floor, and groaning and pulling the chairs around, but he distinctly perceived that the impulse to do so had some things wild in it; and a touch of self-display contrary to the gentleness and sweetness of Jesus; and, as quick as he saw it was an attack of a false spirit, he was delivered. But another man had the same impulse, and fell down groaning and roaring, beating the floor with his hands and feet, and the demon entered into him as the angel of light, and got him to think that his conduct was of the Holy Ghost, and it became a regular habit in the meetings he attended, until he would ruin every religious meeting he was in.
THE END
The author of this article.
Was born in Jamaica west Indies.
Bachelor In Theology.
Masters in Christians counseling pending.
Member of the AACC. American Association of Christians councilors
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Proverbs 3:6 in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Psalm 34:8 (NASB-U) O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
Isaiah 7:11 (ASV) Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Isaiah 7:12 (ASV) But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.
Ezekiel 18:32 (ASV) For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
First you must recognize that you are a sinner and need God mercy.
1 Peter 2:24 (Living) He personally carried the load of our sins in his own body when he died on the cross so that we can be finished with sin and live a good life from now on. For his wounds have healed ours!
YOU MUST KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELF.
2 Peter 3:18 (ASV) But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Zech. 4:7 (KJV) Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Eph 2:8 The Message Bible” “Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish! Eph 2:9 We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing!” There nothing you could do to save yourself , the only thing you could do is bowed your head and ask God to save you.
You must believe that there is a God.
No other person can save you except Jesus.
Acts 4:12 (Living) There is salvation in no one else! Under all heaven there is no other name for men to call upon to save them."
Then you must know that God invites you to come to him.
Do not wait until tomorrow to get save.
2Co 6:2 The Message Bible. “God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped.”
Delay not your conversion to the lord, put it not off from day to day. Remember that tomorrow is promise to no man. Accept the lord, go home and continue with your life, if the lord.. If the lord saves you in bad life style, he has some plan up his sleeve how to get you out of it, give him time to work out his salvation in your life.
WHOSEOEVER SHALL CALL.
Romans 10:13 (KJV) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Ezekiel 33:11 (KJV) Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Now bow your head and pray this prayer.
From this day onward you will begin to feel a flood of joy and peace full your heart and mind. You must confess Jesus to others with your mouth. Tell what great thing the lord had done for you. Romans 10:9 (Living) For if you tell others with your own mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord and believe in your own heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Then you need to start reading the bible, start reading from St Mathew.
THE LORD WILL MAKE YOU HOLY IN HIS OWN TIME.
OUR BODY WAS NOT REEDEM AT CONVERSION.
Rom 8:21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Rom 8:23 And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
THE SINS OF THE BODY WILL NOT BE CONQUERED LITERALY BY ALL SAINTS WHILE LIVING ON EARTH.
When the Lord redeemed us our body was not redeem, it was our spirit and soul. The changes took place in our spirit man. Not the body. The body will still continue to sin. If the believer do not know this they will become worried as to why am I still lusting? And became eaten up with guilt to the point where they experience no peace and joy.
Even though our body were not redeem, we who wanting to live up to certain standard, to please society, must bring our body into subjection, even thou we do not do that to buy salvation. But to prevent Satan from capitalized on it. But to bring this body into subjection take time. We saw belivers at the judgment seat of Christ in heaven being judge for the deeds of the body.
1 Cor. 9:27 (NASB-U)but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
2 Cor. 2:11 (NASB-U) so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
Romans 12:1 (GW)Brothers and sisters, in view of all we have just shared about God's compassion, I encourage you to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, dedicated to God and pleasing to him. This kind of worship is appropriate for you.
2 Cor. 12:7 (NASB-U)Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!
SOME THING YOU OVERCAME IT BY IMPUTED GRACE.
“I saw a river of blood, flows from Calvary Mountain, I am in it and your are in it, and I am clean, clean” By Smith Wiggle worth.
We can sing with the song writer" I rise walk in heaven’s own light above the world and sin with heart made pure and garments white, and Christ en-throned with in. The cleansing stream I see I see I plunge, and O It cleans-eth me. O praise the Lord, it cleans-eth me, it cleans-eth me yes, cleans-eth me."
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HOW TO CONTINUE IN THE FAITH.
Do not put any pressure upon yourself to live holy. Do not put any pressure upon your selves to live the Christians life, as you go on from day to day, the lord will work out his life and will in you. Do not let other over pais Christians set holy gold for you, it will strangulate you into discourage. The lord ask you to taste and see. Taste mean to take a small portion and feed upon it in your own time and style, and when you approved you take more.
Psalm 34:8 (NASB-U) O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
TWELVE PILLARS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
Daily praying, alms giving, confession of sins, fasting and prayer, daily Bible reading and mediating on the written word, assembling of yourself with other believers, confessing your faith to others, or faith sharing, supporting the ministry with your offerings and tithes, love the brotherhood, perfecting holiness, LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, and learning to listen to the leading voice of the Holy Spirit. This is not a twelve commandment, nor a way to get nor keep salvation, but if you master these it will fill your life with daily power, new vision and fresh revelation.
Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
As you and I walk with the lord from day to day we will just walk right into his will, as we yield to his Holy Spirit. His will, will be unfolded to us.
Titus 3:2-AV To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but] gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-AV And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Romans 13:8-AV Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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