TRANSFORMING LOVE (HE DRAWS YOU, PART 2)

CHAPTER 2
PART 2

God draws YOU

“And I…will draw all men unto me…” (John 12:32).

DEAD IN TRESPASSES

Without God’s divine and holy nature you are spiritually “dead in your trespasses and sins” already and live “…according to this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,” (Ephesians 2:1-5).

In addition, you are conducting yourself “…in the lusts of [your] flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and [are] by [your sinful] nature children of wrath,” (Ephesians 2:1-5).

God, being “... rich in mercy…..because of His great love……even when [you] were dead in trespasses [and sins, made [you] alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)” (Ephesians 2:1-5).

JOHN 3:16

Why? “God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

This is good news! John 3:16 expresses what God did to intervene for mankind and fulfill his plan for restoring or reconciling the loving relationship between himself and humanity (Colossians 1:21-23).

God intervenes out of love. ^“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath]” (1 John 4:10).

INFECTED BY SIN

Sin has you in trouble; terminally marred and you can’t help yourself. Without salvation, you are separated from the holy God, totally infected by sin, its effects, its consequences, and are headed for eternal destruction.

Holiness is a major requirement of God’s and you possess NO holiness at all; without Christ.

This is true whether you believe it or not. You can only become holy or righteous through Christ Jesus. “….You are in Christ Jesus, who became to us……from God…righteousness…..” (1 Corinthians 1:30).

God comes bursting lovingly into your life as a powerful, spiritual intervention and urges you to seek his help by drawing you to himself. God’s only agenda for helping you is Love.

God purposefully draws you to a place to hear and learn about the good news of the gospel. If you hear and are taught the “good news”, God knows it will save you from your sins and draw you to him.

ROMANS 10:14

In addition, God knows faith comes when you hear the good news of the gospel and enables you to be drawn, like a magnet, to God’s invitation of love (Romans 10:17). “How can you believe in someone; [you] have not heard [about?]….How can they hear without someone preaching to them?” (Romans 10:14). God draws you when the good news is preached to you.

Apostle Paul preached the good news of the gospel from Jerusalem to Illyricum and witnessed thousands being drawn to “the gospel of Christ” (Romans 15:19).

The good news of the gospel has supernatural power to wake-up faith and draw you to the heart of God.

God lovingly attracts you to himself through purposeful efforts using the preaching of the “…the good news” through his servants (Mark 16:15).

You have nothing to do with the drawing process. God chases after you and makes all the effort to draw your heart to His.

He loves you and deeply desires a relationship with you. All you do is respond by faith.  

You know you are responding by faith when you find yourself following after the truth you heard.

Following after the truth of God’s word, by doing what it says, is a sign of responding by faith.

The good news tells you that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and rose again, which is the GREATEST demonstration of God’s love for you, AND you respond. (1 Corinthians 15:21-4 and 1 John 4:9).  A

CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH

God draws you, helps you respond to the message, and gets your attention (Hebrews 4:2).  Now all you have to do is, “….confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, YOU WILL BE SAVED.” (Romans 10:8-9).  

CHOSEN, DRAWN AND A RESPONSE OF FAITH

At this point, God has chosen you; God has drawn you, and hopefully you have responded by faith. If this is true, the YADA (oneness covenant) relationship with God has begun.

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