This will be shorter than Part one.  As I studied the scriptures this one breaks

 

down into two messeges.

 

     The first messege is Called To.  I was over welmed by the scriptures but as I

 

read them it is an important part of salvation.

 

     The second part is Salvation Belonggs To God.  I've been studying those

 

scriptures also.  All I can say is that God will give me the wisdom to under stand

 

all that He has to say about it.

 

     Salvation starts with asking Jesus Christ to be Lord of your life.  But there is

 

more to it  than that.

 

     I know I said it befor but if your heart was truly seeking salvation your life has

 

changed.

 

     People you have known will not see you as the same person.  Some may

 

even walk away from you.

 

     But hang in there.  The Lord will send in new friends .  Ones that will lift you

 

up if you are struggling..

 

     Remember God wants only the best for His children.

 

     Tlhe enemy will come in to discourage you.  Make sure you have someone

 

you can talk to.  I have been there and know that it is very important to not listen

 

to the enemy try to take you back.

 

     Keep praying and asking God for the wisdom to understand.  It takes time but

 

God will be there with you to help in  all situations.

 

     There is not a Cristian any where that can say they understand all about God.

 

Every Christian has struggled at one time or another.  Some more than others.

 

     I have had my share of feeling inadaquit.  Falling down and getting back up

 

again.  But a little wiser than when I fell with the struggle. 

 

     Okay lets get started with the second part of salvation.

 

 

                                          CALLED TO

 

     God calls all of us to salvation.  It takes some of us longer to finally admit we

 

can't do this life on our own.  That there is a God with all the power and is in con-

 

trol.

 

     His power is beyond any power on earth.  Most certainly God can put down

 

Satan himself any time He wants. 

 

     Satan knows he has already been defeated.  So now he wants to take as

 

many to  hell with him as he can get to listen to his lies.

 

     One of the scriptures that pulled the Called To gether is in Acts.  Paul wrote

 

most of the New Testament.  Before God got hold of Paul he was a hater of the

 

Israelites.  Paul killed thousands of Jewish people.  Then one day God got hold of

 

him and Paul saw the light.  He was never the same again.  Paul wrote most of

 

the New Testament from prison through letters to the churches.

 

     One  of the scriptures that pulled the Called To together is the one in Acts.

 

In my minds eye I could vision that chapter.  Paul and Sileas  were in prison. 

 

They were chained to the wall.  They had been beaten.  They were hungry.  They

 

were cold.

 

      Instead of complaining and saying how life was so unfair, that they had done

 

nothing wrong  they started singing praises to the Lord for all of their blessings.

 

God put the guard to sleep.  Then He broke the chains so they could move

 

around.  The doors came open and they could have left.

 

     They stayed in that prison cell.  When the guard woke he pulled his sword to

 

kill himself because by the prisoners escaping it meant his death anyway.  Paul

 

yelled out don't do that we are here.

 

      The guard went to Paul and asked how he could be saved.  Paul told him to

 

believe in Jesus Christ  is the Son of God and that God reserrected Him from the

 

dead.  That he and his household would be saved.

 

     That guard took Paul and Silas out of prison himself and took them to his

 

house.  He cleaned their wounds, clothed them, and brought food to the table for

 

them.

 

     Paul told him and his household of the Gospel of Christ and they were all

 

saved that night.  They all danced and praised the Lord.

 

     There is no telling how long God had been trying to get hold of that guard.  It

 

took something spactacular for him to see Gods power.  It is kind of sad that we

 

are all like that guard.  It takes something in our lives that can only be solved by

 

God Himself.

 

     God doesn't want anyone to go to hell.  He goes to great lengths to get our

 

attention.

 

     God made hell for Satan and the fallen angels.  It was not suppose to be for

 

man kind.   Man was not suppose to spend eternity in hell.  That is what His

 

kingdom was for.

 

     Is God calling you right now.  If you don't answer He doesn't force Himself on

 

on you.  But He will try again.  How many times I don't know but I do know this

 

that your life could end at any time.  If you do not choose life before your life ends

 

it is too late.

 

      God sees all, knows what is going to happen before it happens.  God is there

 

for all of us.  He knows what we will need and when we will need it.  Is He calling

 

you all you have to do is cry out to Him and salvation is yours if your heart is

 

right. 

 

     Just like that guard.  There is no telling how many times God tried to get the

 

guards attention.  But when the guard saw the power of God there was no run-

 

ning or hiding from  God.  Where can you hide?  Where can you run that God

 

won't see you?

 

     In the Old Testament the prophets told of the coming of the Lord to save the

 

world.

 

     God calls all of us but it is our choice.  We can't live and serve God and serve

 

the things of this world.  We are either for or against God.  There is no middle

 

ground.  When you do that it is called sitting on the fence.

 

     We have to put God first in our lives and everything else will fall into place.

 

Family, work, and so on.  God really does want the best for His children.

 

     Somethimes we don't understand why thing happen.  This year has been one

 

of the toughest of my life.  I will say my life has never been easy.  But through

 

all that has happened I know that God is with me.  Even when I got angry with

 

Him for taking my husband home and leaving me alone.

 

    We tend to think of ourselves a lot. I was truly being selfish. I know that I have

 

things that need to be done before God will call me home and I am honored to

 

serve Him.

 

     Think about your life.  How many times has someone witnessed to you about

 

the Gospel of Jesus Christ our Lord and savior?  Why do you think we talked to

 

you?  You know it was no accident that we spoke to you about the Lord.  As a

 

matter of fact He was probably the one putting the words in our mouths.

 

     Just as when I write these studies it is the Holy Spirit living in me doing the

 

actual words.  I am just letting Him work through me.  It is truly an honor letting

 

Him work through me.

 

     That is not to say everyone can do what I do.  Writing is the gift He has given

 

me to serve Him.  But that is another lesson altogether.  He gives us all gifts to

 

serve Him.

 

     Has anything ever happened to you that the doctors are amazed that you are

 

still breathing, walking and talking normal?

 

     The doctors have told me five times that I should not have lived through some-

 

thing but here I am.  Some of those times God was trying to get me to seek Him.

 

If I had  comtinued to ignore Hime there may have come a time that it would have

 

been too late and I did stop breathing.

 

     Other times it has been to witness to others like doctors and nurses that there

 

is a power greater than their eduction.  I have actually had a doctor walk out of the

 

hospital room mad as a hornet because I said that God took care of the problem

 

before I went in for the surgery.  He kept insisting that the tests had been wrong.

 

My question to him was all five tests were wrong?  He could not answer that so

 

he just left.

 

     God was trying to reach that doctor but as far as I know he didn't listen.. But

 

who knows but God .  Maybe he did and I will see him in heaven when God calls

 

me home.

 

     You have the choice life through Jesus Christ or death without Him.  Heaven or

 

hell.  My choice is life and a promise of a home in heaven with my Lord and savior

 

Jesus Christ.

 

     Yes, there are responsibilities when you choose life.  It is truly awesome

 

serving the Lord.  It is no sacrifice.  It is an honor serving Him.  The freedom from

 

all my sins is a feeling that I would not trade for all the money in the world.

 

     Just think about your life, how it has been.  You will see many times that the

 

Lord has reached out for you.  You were drowning in your sins and didn't even

 

realize it.

 

     None of us know how long we will live.  So if you have not chosen life, I pray,

 

that you will make the right choice and live in Gods kingdom for all of eternity. 

 

The alternitive is hell and I don't want to see anyone to go there.  I don't want any-

 

one to loose out on Gods kingdom because they waited too long.

 

 

 

                              SALVATION BELONGS TO GOD

 

     In the beginning there was nothing.  But God spoke everthing into exsistance.

 

Therefore everything belongs to God.

 

     The light, stars, moon, sun, all plants, trees, and animals.  It was all good.

 

So it makes sence that all good things belong to God.

 

     Now man He tok and made us with clay and breathed His breathe of likfe into

 

us.  That in itself tells us just how much He loves us.  He loves us.  He has the

 

power to speak us into exsistance, but did not choose to do that.

 

     Everything was perfect until Adam and Eve let Satan deceive them into eating

 

the fruit from the tree of knowledge.  This sin was bought into the world.  It is in

 

our nature now.

 

     Innocent as a new born baby is  it has the nature in it to sin.  The only thing

 

is that they don't sin knowing that it is what they are doing.

 

     How many times has every parent told their child, don't touch the coffee pot it

 

hot.  Yet there are thousands of children every year that are seriously burned be-

 

cause they just could not resist touching the coffee pot and it pours down the

 

front of that child.  Yes a sin because they were being disobediant and did just

 

what mom and dad said not to do.

 

     Of course God would not send a child to hell because at that age they have no

 

idea what sin is.,

 

     So Gods plan for salvation belongs to Him.  He had to have a way to be able

 

to judge us in the ways we lived our lives.

 

     If God sees that we really don't want to change the way we are living then He

 

will not give you the gift of salvation.

     Everything good in your life is a gift from God.  Your family, jobs, house, food

 

on the table, and so on.  All those things belong to God.  He gives you those

 

things even if you are continuing to live in sin.  Why?  Because He loves you !!!

 

     Now if He sees that in your hearts you truly desire to give up the sinful way

 

you are living He is more than willing to give you His gift of salvation.  He is cele-

 

brating you becoming part of His family.

 

     God sets you free from your sins and they are forgiven,  Actually they are for-

 

gotten.  So from that day forward, the way you live your life is what counts.

 

     B8ut I warn you don't straddle the fence so to speak.  You must turn away

 

from your old ways and learn through Gods word how we need to live.  We need

 

to glorify God in all that we do.

 

     You can not give God half of your week and the rest of the week live in the

 

ways of the world.

 

     The thing is with salvation Gods Spirit enters you and joins with your spirit. 

 

He will direct you through your spirit.

 

     Don't let someone else tell you where you should be with you walk in the Lord.

 

He teaches us what we need to know at the time.  Not everyone is learning the

 

same thing that you are.  It doesn't hurt to share with brothers and sisters in the

 

Lord what you have learned.  It may be what they needed to hear at that time in

 

their life.

 

     The longer you've been walking with the Lord the more He will expect from

 

you.   But that only makes sense.  The longer you have been on a job the more

 

the boss expects from you because you know more than someone who just got

 

hired the day before.

 

     Your salvation is a very personal thing between you and the Lord.  Don't let

 

anyone discourage you.  You may stunble and fall but get back up and get back

 

on the right track.

 

     God will never give you more than yoou can handle.  The more you get to

 

know the Lord you will come to realize  that asking Jesus into your hearts is the

 

beginning of a wonderful journey with your Lord Jesus Christ, your Savior.

 

     As time goes by you will want to serve Him more.  But until you are ready He

 

will just be teaching you.  Don't get in a big hurry and run ahead of the Lord.  He

 

is not in a big hurry to send you  out to face the giant.  God had prepared David

 

for that task.

 

     He will teach you through others who have been where you are in your walk

 

with the Lord.  Sometimes it will be through His Word.  But it may also be just

 

through a situation that you are going through as you are walking with the Lord.

 

     Some are hard lessons.  Others are easier and more enjoyable.  In the end

 

you will be glad and thankful that the Lord has  been with you the whole time. 

 

You will not want to give up any of His teaching hard or easy.  You will be thank-

 

ful for both.

 

     God wants only the best puality of life for His children.  It doesn't mean you

 

will have a lot of money.  You will find love, peace, joy and hope that you have

 

been looking for in the world but never could find it there.  The emptiness you felt

 

on the inside will be filled with the Holy Spirit.  You will never regret asking Jesus

 

to be the Lord of your life.

 

     My prayers are with all who read this.  That you will start your journey with

 

the Lord soon.   I want to see you all in person when the Lord calls us home.

 

 

PRAISE GOD THE FATHER, JESUS THE SON, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

 

                   THAT LIVES WITHIN ALL CHRISTIANS

 

    

 

 

 

 

                                     SCRIPTURES- CALL TO

 

Deuteronomy 30:19-20;  19. I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against

 

                    you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing;

 

                    therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

 

                                    20.  that you may love His voice, and that you may cling

 

                    to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days;  and that you

 

                    may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to

 

                    Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them. 

 

Isaiah 55:1-3;  1. Ho!  Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters;  And you who

 

                    have no money,  Come,  buy and eat.  Yes, come, buy wine and

 

                    milk.  Without money and without price.

 

                      2.  Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your

 

                   wages for what does not satisfy?  Listen carefully to Me, and eat

 

                   what is good.  And let your soul delight itself in abundance.

 

                       3.  Incline your ear, and come to Me.  Hear and your soul shall

 

                   live;  And I will make aneverlasting covenant with you--The sure

 

                   mercies of David.

 

Isiah 55:6-7;   6.  Seek the Lord while He maybe found,  Call upon Him while He

 

                   is near.

 

                      7.   Let the wicked forsake his ways,  And the unrighteous man

 

                  his thoughts;  Let him return to the Lord,  And He will have mercy on

 

                  him;  And to our God,   For He will abundantly pardon.

 

Luke 3:6;   And all flesh shall see the Salvation of God.

 

Acts 16:31;  So they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be

 

                 saved, you and your household."

 

Hebrews 2:3;   how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation,  which at

 

                 the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by

 

                 those who heard Him.

 

 

                                  SCRIPTURES--SALVATION BELONGS

                                                      TO GOD

 

 

Psalm 3:8;   Salvation belongs to the Lord, Your blessing is upon Your people.

 

Psalm 36:8-9;  8.  They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house,

 

               and You gave them drink from the river of Your pleasures.

 

                      9.   For with You is the fountain of life;  In Your light we see light.

 

Psalm 37:39;   But the salvation of the righteous is from the Lord;  He is their

 

                strength in the time of trouble.

 

Psalm 68:18-20;   18.   You have accended on high,  You have led captivity cap-

 

                 tive;  You have received gifts among men,  Even the rebellious,  That

 

                 the Lord God might dwell there.

 

                           19.   Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits,

 

                 The God of our salvation!

 

                           20.   Our God is the God of salvation; And to God the Lord be-

 

                long escapes from death.

 

Psalm 91:16;   With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation.

 

Psalm 98:2-3;   2.  The Lord has made known His salvation;  His righteousness

 

               He has revealed in the sight of the nations.

 

                       3.   He has remembered His mercy and His faithfulness to the

 

               house of Israel;  All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our

 

               God.

 

Psalm 106:8;    Nevertheless He saved them for His name"s sake,  That He might

 

               make His mighty power known.

 

Psalm 121:1-8;   1.  I will lift up my eyes to the hills--From whence comes my

 

                help?

 

                          2. My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.

 

                          3.  He will not allow your feet to be moved;  He who keeps you

 

                will not slumber.

 

                          4.  Behold,  He who keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor

 

                sleep.

 

                         5.  The Lord is your keeper;  The Lord is your shade at your

 

                right hand.

 

                         6.  The sun shall not strike you by day,  Nor the moon by night.

 

                         7.  The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;  He shall preserve

 

               your soul.

 

                        8.  The Lord shall preserve your going out and your coming in

 

               From this time forth, and even forever more.

 

Isaiah 46:12-13;  12.  Listen to Me, you stubbornhearted, Who are far from right-

 

               eousness;

 

                         13.  I bring My righteousness near,  it shall not be far off;  My

 

               Salvation shall not linger.  And I will place salvation in Zion.  For Israel

 

               My glory.

 

Isaiah 51:4-5;     4.  Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation.

 

               For law will preceed from Me,  And I will make My justice rest as a

 

               light of the peoples

 

                         5.  My righteousness is near,  My salvation has gone forth. And

 

               My arms will judge the peoples;  The coastlands will wait upon Me,

 

               And on My arm they will trust.

 

Isaiah 63:9;      In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His Pre-

 

              sence saved them;  In His love and in His pity He redeemed them; And

 

              He bore them and carried them all the days of old.

 

Jeremiah 3:23;   Truly, in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the

 

               multitude of mountains;  Truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of

 

               Israel.

 

Jeremiah 21:8   "now you shall say to this people,  "Thus says the Lord:  "Behold

 

               I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

 

Ezekiel 18:32;   "For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,"  says the

 

              Lord God.  "Therefore turn and live!"

 

Joel 2:32;           And it shall come to pass, That whoever calls on the name of

 

              the Lord, Shall be saved.  For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there

 

              shall be deliverance,  As the Lord has said,  Among the remnant who

 

              the Lord calls

 

1 Peter 1:5;       who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation

 

              ready to be revealed in the last time.

 

1 John 2:25;       "And this is the promise that He has promised us--eternal life.