Do you feel an urgent need to pray to God for forgiveness? Then come to Jesus, with a true acknowledgement of your faults and wrongdoings. Ask God our Father, who sees everything, to wash you clean. A true repentance must be genuine from your heart.
Do you feel broken? Through Jesus, God wants to heal you and make you whole again. It’s a promise and a gift no one but the Almighty Father can accomplish.
If you have a stony heart, ask God to replace it with a new heart of flesh. Ask Him for a renewal of Spirit, Mind and Soul. Then God will reward you with overwhelming JOY!
The sacrifice God desires the most is a broken spirit. Where you are truly sorry. God promises He will not reject a broken and repentant heart. Thank you God, we can trust in you and you alone!
Psalms 51:1-17 (NKJV)
Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your loving kindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, And cleanse me from my sin.
For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin [is] always before me. Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight – That You may be found just when You speak, [And] blameless when You judge. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts, And in the hidden [part] You will make me to know wisdom.
Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Make me hear joy and gladness, [That] the bones You have broken may rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins, And blot out all my iniquities.
Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me [by Your] generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners shall be converted to You.
Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God, The God of my salvation, [And] my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness. O Lord, open my lips, And my mouth shall show forth Your praise. For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart – These, O God, You will not despise.
Backstory; “- What am I doing? I don’t even know who this Jesus is! Eva retells what she was thinking, as she stood in line to be baptized at a Christian conference in Rogaland, Norway. The year was 2019. The then 26-year-old woman from Stavanger knew little about Christianity, apart from the fact that it was about faith. She had never read the Bible either. “- This is disrespectful, she thought to herself. Nevertheless, she remained in the baptismal queue. She says that she had felt a pull towards seeking out this Christian congregation to be baptised.
It all started when she was scrolling on YouTube to distract himself from her severe back pain. She stopped scrolling at a video where Daniel Haddal, online evangelist and presenter at Visjon Norge, talked about healing. He also publishes a lot on YouTube.
“- I believed in healing, and was very open and searching for the spiritual“, she says. Eva was a certified yoga instructor and yoga teacher, actively practiced New Age and used, among other things, healing, divination, Reiki, chakras and crystals. Now she was in a desperate search for something that could alleviate the strong pain that even painkillers were unable to alleviate, she says.
Although she was familiar with many different spiritual practices, she was not prepared for what awaited her in the healing video. “- I see a young woman, and you have lower back pain. Your name is Eva, and Jesus is healing you now,” Daniel Haddal suddenly said in his video. Then something special happened in the room where she was sitting, she says. “- I just started crying, and the pain disappeared from my back in an instant“, she says.
Eva, who was also a personal trainer, had tried everything. Both medically, practically and spiritually. The incident led her to seek out Haddal. Evangelist Haddal remembers the incident well and says that it was very encouraging for his ministry. “- Suddenly someone called who had seen me on YouTube. She felt a touch on her back when I shared a word of knowledge about Eve with back pain“, says the evangelist, who specifies that he gives all the credit for this to Jesus.
Haddal later met Eva in a cafe, where he shared more about Jesus and the Christian faith. In her quiet mind she thought that this was not for her. “- I respect what you believe in, but I am satisfied with what I myself believe in and practice,” she thought to herself. Nevertheless, she chose to agree to join Haddal at a Christian meeting.
“- I thought it wasn’t for me, but at the same time felt a pull towards walking towards this meeting, she says. What this visit would mean, she had never imagined.
The meeting was held in a packed conference room in Rogaland, Norway. While Haddal sat at the very front, she herself chose the back row, with a short way to the exit. The topics that were discussed were foreign to her, but she noticed that those present were very dedicated.
“- They talked a lot about water baptism, I thought it was a ritual you had to go through to become part of the community“, she says.
The meetings stretched over several days, but Eva soon had enough. After half an hour she left the place.
The following night she woke up with an inexplicable desire to be baptised, she says. The next day she therefore took an extra set of clothes with her, and stood in a queue with 70 others who wanted to be baptized. It was then that she began to wonder why she, who had no interest in Christianity, was even standing there.
“- Okay, God, if you see and hear me, and think it is good for me to be baptized, then I will go first. I can’t stand in this line and be unsure“, she thought. Soon after, the leader of the meeting came up to her and asked if she was the one who had been there the day before, and if she wanted to be baptized. She answered yes to that. “- Then you can go first“, said the meeting leader and took her out of the queue. “- Oh, what’s happening now, sort of,” she asked herself.
In front of the baptismal font, when she was going to confess her sin, she did not come up with anything special at first. Then, for a split second, she was suddenly convinced that things were not as good as she thought. I realized that “- Wow, I’ve actually done a lot wrong in God’s eyes, and there’s a lot I don’t want to continue with”, she says. She didn’t quite understand why, but an inner feeling of wanting to start over pressed on. “- I’ve done so much that I need a new life,” she remembers saying to the man who was going to baptize her. “- Yes, Jesus can help you with that,” was the answer she got.
She was amazed at how easy it seemed to get a new life. If it was just a matter of ducking under the water and coming back up – it was no big deal!”- Oh, it was easy to become a Christian“, she thought. But the baptism was to prove to be far from easy.
“A Spiritual Battle” In the baptismal pool, during the laying on of hands, she experienced something she had never experienced in her life. Eva finds it difficult to put into words or explain what happened, but realized that she encountered a spiritual reality that she had no idea existed. She was conscious, but experienced that her body responded to the baptism with physical and verbal reactions over which she had no control. “- I believe that there are angels and demons. I experienced that there was an eviction of one thing after another. I was set free from a great deal. It was really tough“, she says.
Four men were needed to prevent her being dragged under the water, several witnesses to the baptism are said to have told her afterwards. She herself felt as if someone was trying to push her under the water. She describes the incident as a brutal “spiritual battle” that lasted about 20 minutes. “- It was absolutely terrible. I experienced that I got an insight into a dark world“, she says. That’s when she called out to Jesus.
“- Where is Jesus, shouldn’t he help me? Where is he who was supposed to be my rescue“, she thought. In the middle of the intense fight, she experienced a sudden shift. Then Jesus came. “– In that moment I realized that he is real, and I got to experience his love and peace“, she says. From one millisecond to the next, she realized that Jesus is not just someone you talk about, but a living God who loves and sees her. And who will heal her.
“- So much happened the moment I met Jesus, it felt like getting a new heart. I was physically, spiritually and emotionally healed in my heart.”
She experienced it as getting a new life, and immediately realized that she no longer wanted anything to do with yoga, chakras or the alternative spiritual environment of New age. This despite the fact that she had positive experiences with it from before. Shortly after the water baptism, she experienced that she saw the evil roots of both yoga and chakra. “- I saw how dark it is, and how trapped you become“, she says. Eva believes that yoga is more than a physical movement, and that it is a spiritual practice linked to Hinduism.
The meeting with Jesus set a completely new course in Eva’s life, and there was a lot of new things to learn about. “- Suddenly I became a Christian, how do you live then“, she asked herself. Seven years later, she can look back on what followed; Bible school, mission trips, teachings, coaching and work in psychiatry. She has also spoken in various congregations and assemblies.
But it is not only the external circumstances that have changed. She has found a new peace on the inside, and she tells of many moments with Jesus on. Today, she is grateful for what happened to her. She had an encounter with The truth and with a Love that surpasses all understanding. “- There is a freedom in Jesus“, she concludes.
Liberation can be both undramatic and dramatic
Øyvind Gaarder, senior lecturer at the University of Management and Theology (HLT), has read parts of the story of Eve, and believes it is a testimony of spiritual realities that the Bible describes. “- I myself have witnessed deliverance from evil spirits many times, mostly in Africa, but also here in Norway. It can happen in various ways. Dramatic, as in this case, or undramatic.“
He also feels that there are degrees of demonic influence involved, and in many cases he believes it may be more correct to call it a deliverance than an exorcism. “- I have heard a number of testimonies from people who have been involved in new spiritual practices, and who, through faith in Jesus, have been set free from a spiritual darkness they were brought into.” Gaarder Andersen believes that the more the church sees people come to faith in Jesus, the more it will also see the need for deliverance from evil spirits and their influence.
Discover why John Wesley taught that feeling saved isn’t enough for heaven in this profound exploration of Methodist theology and practical holiness.
As Wesley, I revealed the dangerous delusion plaguing American Christianity, the belief that emotional conversion experiences constitute complete salvation while neglecting sanctification and Christian perfection.
Through decades of revival ministry and theological development, I learned that justification is only the beginning of the Christian journey, not its culmination. This article exposes the fatal confusion between being declared righteous and being made righteous, between feeling forgiven and living holy.
You discover the biblical distinction between justification and sanctification, why perfect love is not optional but necessary for heaven, and how the means of grace transform emotional experiences into genuine holiness.
Learn why social holiness and works of mercy are essential evidence of true salvation, not mere additions to personal faith. This teaching addresses the comfortable deception that has weakened American Christianity – believers who rest in conversion experiences while remaining strangers to the transformative power of sanctification.
Though scriptural analysis and practical wisdom from Methodist revival, I show why heart religion must progress beyond initial feelings to perfected love. The path to heaven requires more than emotional assurance. It demands the actual transformation of character through divine grace. Discover how justification leads to sanctification, how personal holiness connects to social responsibility, and why Christian perfection is both possible and necessary in this life.
När Felix Nilssons farfar dog 2020 fick Felix en stark motivation att ta tag i sitt liv, bli en bättre människa och att söka Gud.
I övre tonåren hängde Felix Nilsson från Skara mycket på stan med kompisar, festade och tränade på gym. Men en vilsenhet hade fyllt hans själ. Han sökte efter identitet och saknade en djupare tillhörighet i livet. – Mitt liv var väldigt präglat av att jag längtade efter en tillhörighet. Det tog mig på lite olika banor, berättar Felix.
Han hade provat på föreningsliv och olika sociala sammanhang men inte riktigt hittat rätt. Vägen gick vidare till fester och alkohol, även haschrökning kom in i bilden. Han hamnade i ett umgänge där drogerna hade en central plats, och i den miljön ledde det ena till det andra i destruktiva banor – till stölder och försäljning av droger.
– Jag gled in på det spåret. Jag ville verkligen visa att jag var någon, berättar Felix. Han höll på med ljusskygga saker och hade osunda relationer med tjejer. Det var svårt att uppleva livet som meningsfullt. – Jag kände mig nedslagen. Jag jagade efter mening men hittade den inte.
The Book of Revelation depicts the grand finale of human history. The last thing that will happen before our Savior establishes His kingdom on earth is the final judgment, where we will all be held accountable for how we have lived our lives. After that, heavenly existence enters, with the wonderful promise from the Lord Himself: “He who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be my son” (Rev. 21:7).
But there is also something very encouraging in the Bible texts regarding this. To “overcome” is not just about having faith deep in your heart. As crucial as faith in the heart is, it is meant to go hand in hand with confession in the mouth: “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9).
Jesus is actually even more pointed when he speaks about this. “Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven,” he says. “But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32–33). And in another place: “Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when he comes in his glory and in the glory of his Father and of the holy angels” (Luke 9:26).
Before the Passover feast, and in the darkness of the night, Jesus is captured by the Pharisees (the priests). They want Him crucified and put to death. The reasons are many; they don’t believe in everything that Jesus says, and Jesus is confronting and questioning their character. There is also the jealousy of the Pharisees, who were looking for a another kind of savior, a Messiah, and Jesus proclaimation of the Kingdom of God wasn’t well received at all.
Jesus is sent to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, who has the authority to put Jesus to death, the Jews don’t have that legal right. When Pilate questions Jesus, he finds the accusations harmless and believes there should be no charges against him. But the Pharisees are determined to put Jesus to death, so Pilate are pressured to avoid an uprising and therefore agrees to punish Jesus with 39 lashes and torture. After Jesus is severely beaten, he is shown again to the Pharisees and a crowd of people. Pilate who has sympathy for Jesus, wants to release him and tells the people that they can choose to free Jesus or a captured murderer called Barabbas. The Pharisees shout; Jesus, crucify Jesus! So Pilate is forced to decide that Jesus should be sentenced to death when the Pharisees incite the crowd to demand Jesus be crucified. Then Jesus carries the cross to Golgotha, the place where he is crucified next to two thieves.
In the village of Herrnhut (Sachsen, Germany) a brotherly agreement was made in 1727 between the Christian inhabitants through the hand of Count Zinzendorf.
“WHOEVER DOES NOT DAILY PROVE HIS FAITH BY HIS WHOLE CONVERSATION – THAT IT IS HIS FULL DETERMINATION TO BE DELIVERED FROM SIN,
THROUGH THE MERITS OF JESUS, AND TO FOLLOW DAILY MORE AFTER HOLINESS,
TO GROW IN THE LIKENESS OF HIS LORD,
TO BE CLEANSED FROM ALL SPIRITUAL IDOLATRY, VANITY, AND SELF-WILL,
TO WALK AS JESUS DID, AND TO BEAR HIS REPROACH AND SHAME
– SUCH AN ONE IS NOT A GENUINE BROTHER.”
The good news is that fallen man, who is an enemy of God, has an advocate with God.
The good news is that God sent his son to die in the place of sinners so that God might be both Just in punishing sin, but also be the Justifier who saves those who place their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
The good news is that sin has been dealt with on the cross.
The good news is that we have Hope of eternal life because of Christ who died for sin and who was raised again on the third day.
The gospel is good news that only has meaning when we recognize the bad news; that we are sinners who are separated from God because of our sins.
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NT contains 27 books and letters, probably written before the destruction of Jerusalem 70 AD but definitely after Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection.’
Matthew: A brief history of the life of Christ, pointing to Jesus as the promised Messiah. AUTHOR: The early church uniformly attributed this Gospel to Matthew, and no tradition to the contrary ever emerged. This book was known early and accepted quickly. Matthew occupied the unpopular post of tax collector in Capernaum for the Roman government, and as a result he was no doubt disliked by his Jewish countrymen. He was chosen as one of the twelve apostles and the last appearance of his name in the Bible is in Acts 1:13. Matthew’s life from that point on is veiled in tradition.
Gospel of Matthew
TIMES: 4 BC-AD 33 KEY VERSES: Mt 16:16-19 THEME: Matthew is typically described as the story of Jesus written by a Jew for Jewish people. In this context it contains the most references to Jewish culture and the Old Testament of the Gospels. The author’s main purpose seems to be proving to his Jewish readers that Jesus is their Messiah. Matthew is also the fullest systematic account of Christ’s teachings. These 5 “blocks” of teaching are one of the key differences with the other Gospels: Chapters 5-7, The Sermon on the Mount; Chapter 10, The Mission Charge; Chapter 13, The Parables of the Kingdom; Chapter 18, The Church; Chapters 23-25, Judgment and the End of the World.
Mark: The briefest and most fast-paced history of the life of Christ.
Gospel of Mark
TIMES: AD 62-6390 KEY VERSES: Ti 3:15-16 THEME: The letters to Timothy and Titus are generally called the “Pastoral” Epistles. They are pastoral in tone and in the subject matter they address. While covering much of the apostolic instruction on the life and doctrine of the church, they also provide some guidelines on how Christians in the church should relate to society. One of the overriding concerns of the books is that truth be valued and guarded. Too often today, truth is subjective and culturally conditioned to the point where people don’t even have problems believing mutually contradictory ideas. Paul speaks of the value of truth in his own apostolic role, and he stands against false teachers who would distort the truth for their own ends.
AUTHOR of 2 Timothy: Fearing for their own lives, the Asian believers failed to support Paul after his second Roman imprisonment and his first defense before the Imperial Court (1:15; 4:16). Now he was in a cold Roman cell (4:13) without hope of acquittal in spite of the success of his initial defense. Under these conditions, Paul wrote this epistle in the fall of AD 67, hoping that Timothy would be able to visit him before the approaching winter (4:21). TIMES: AD 66-67 KEY VERSES: 2Ti 3:14-17 THEME: This is likely the last of Paul’s writings that we have. He writes this letter from a prison cell where he is being kept like a common criminal. He knows that his work on earth is nearing its conclusion, and these are then his last words of counsel to his trusted companion in ministry. One can sense his weariness, but also his strongly held conviction about what is necessary for the continued growth of the church. One can also clearly see the hope that sustains him as he looks forward to going home to Christ.
