MONEY -- PART   2

FINAL TEST

When you are finished with this test, please return the entire booklet back to us for grading. When it is graded, the booklet will be returned to you, along with the next booklet. May God richly guide you and give you wisdom from your study of this subject!

    1. The common definition of Faith Promise Giving is, “__________________, by faith (normally, a ________ in advance), to give an amount of money (which you do ______ presently have) to God for His work, if He will provide it for you.”

    2. The Biblical definition of Faith Giving is, “____________ an amount of money to the Lord from what you presently ________ (whether part, or all of it), and then, by faith, trusting God to meet your __________.”

    3. Mark 12:41 tells us, “And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were ________ cast in ________.”

    4. The next verse says, “And there came a certain ________ widow, and she threw in ______ mites, which make a farthing.”

    5. Verse 43 says, “And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast ________ in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:”

    6. Jesus then tells why, in verse 44, “For all they did cast in of their __________________; but she of her want did cast in ______ that she had, even ______ her living.”

    7. Consider Oswald J. Smith’s statement again, “Have you ever in your life given a Faith Offering, or have you only given a cash offering? It does not require any _________ to give a cash offering. If I have a dollar in my pocket, all I have to do is tell my hand to go into my pocket, find the dollar, take it out and put it on the plate. I don’t have to pray about it. I don’t have to ask God for it. I don’t have to trust Him for any definite amount. I just have to give it.”

    8. His statement does not match up at all with what Jesus taught. The widow gave a cash offering, and the Lord highly honored her for it. She did not promise to give the Lord more than she had — but she gave ______ the ________ that she did have.

    9. When Oswald J. Smith says, "It does not require any faith to give a cash offering," he is greatly in __________, and is assuming that everyone has cash in their pockets that is __________ (money that they do not really need). But many people in this world barely make ends meet, when it comes to paying their bills. When those people give the cash in their pockets, then they do not have the money to meet their needs for gas, groceries, bills, etc. They have to then live by __________ for the rest of that week or month.

    10. Misapplying Hebrews 11:1, the Faith Promise Giving system reaches the false conclusion that you are not giving in faith, unless you ______________ to give God an amount of money which you cannot ______ (an amount of money you cannot see in your pocket or purse; an amount of money which you cannot see in your bank account; an amount of money which you cannot see in your regular weekly check).

    11. If that poor widow attended the average Faith Promise Missions Conference today, and only gave of what she ______, she would be highly criticized for not stepping out on __________ and promising to give of what she could not see. That conclusion is the exact ________________ of what Jesus taught His disciples about giving.

    12. Jesus did ______ commend the giving of the rich, because they were only giving of their abundance. "And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their __________________; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living."

    13. Now, please stop and think. Faith Promise Giving teaches that you are not giving in faith, unless you promise to give that which you do not have. In the Faith Promise Giving system, what you are really praying for is extra money, or an __________________ of money over what you presently make or have, so you can give it to the Lord. Is that what the system really teaches? Read it for yourself: "Without the restraints associated with known income and resources, the Faith Promise expects God to supply His children, __________ amounts of money which they in turn ________ to His work." (Globe Missionary Evangelism http://www.gme.org/giving-fpg.shtml)

    14. They openly state that they are teaching a method that is not going to __________ your present income, but is going to bring in an __________________ from God, which you can then simply give right back to Him. According to what Jesus taught, that is ______ something commendable -- if you just give of the extra or abundance that you have received. That is no sacrifice on your part. Where is the __________ involved there?

    15. Hebrews 11:1 says, "Now faith is the __________________ of things hoped for, the ________________ of things not seen." True faith is NOT a blind leap in the dark or a guess. True faith has evidence and substance to it.

    16. Romans 10:17 says, "So then __________ cometh by hearing, and hearing by the ________ of God." Faith comes through hearing the Word of God. We then base what we do on that substance and evidence which we have heard or read from the Bible.

    17. The misapplication of 2 Corinthians 8 & 9 is another major problem with the Faith Promise Giving system. In 2 Corinthians 8:3-4 we read, “For to their power, I bear record, yea, and ____________ their __________ they were willing of themselves; Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the ________, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.” Notice here that they were giving “beyond their power.” The typical Faith Promise Giving interpretation of that is, “They were promising to give money that they actually did not have in their possession.” But that is clearly a faulty interpretation, because they were “Praying us with much entreaty that we would RECEIVE the GIFT.” They were not trying to give them I.O.U.’s, or Faith Promise Pledge Cards. They were pressing them to accept the ACTUAL MONEY (gift) that they had for them.

    18. Then what does it mean when it says, “beyond their power they were willing…” to give? It means that they were giving more to Paul than they could ____________, humanly speaking, because they had no power or means to ______________ that money, which they ____________ for their own bills.

    19.    2 Corinthians 8:10-12 says, “And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a ________ ago. Now therefore ______________ the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye ________. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man ________, and not according to that he ________   ______.”

    20. The Corinthians, a year previously, had stated that they had wanted to do something special for the work of God. What was the problem? They were WAITING for that SPECIAL AMOUNT to be ______________ (that amount that they had stated a year previously), before they were going to give.

    21. Now at this point, the typical Faith Promise Giving message holds this up as the ________________ achievement of scriptural giving (the method of setting an amount a YEAR IN ADVANCE that you are going to give to the Lord). They are totally missing the real point of this passage — that the method ____________. Their zeal and intentions were commendable, but their method was not right, and had failed.

    22. So now they had to be corrected as to what proper giving really is. “Now therefore PERFORM the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to ________, so there may be a performance also ______ of that which ye ________. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man ________, and not according to that he ________ ______.”

    23. The Charismatics are criticized (and rightly so) for using the Corinthian Church as a __________ church for speaking in ______________. The Corinthian Church was a ____________ church, and was having to be __________________ in that matter.

    24.    1 Corinthians 3:1 says, “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto ____________________, but as unto ____________, even as unto __________ in Christ.”

    25. Fundamental churches have now come along and made another __________ of the Corinthian Church, the __________ of giving! They were NOT being commended for promising to give a certain amount of money a year in advance, but were having to be __________________ about the matter, and told to give of what they actually had.

    26. Once again, the emphasis of 2 Corinthians 9:6 is teaching the OPPOSITE of what the typical Faith Promise Giving teaches. They teach you to pray for an amount that you do not have, so you can give it. Notice what this verse teaches. “But this I say, He which ____________ sparingly shall ________ also sparingly; and he which ____________ bountifully shall ________ also bountifully.” God’s order is always that you SOW FIRST (that you give first), and then you will REAP accordingly.

    27. Oswald J. Smith says, “A Faith Promise Offering is a Scriptural offering; it is a Pauline offering and, therefore, God blesses it.” (A Faith Promise Offering, by Oswald J. Smith) That is not the truth. Paul was not praising the Corinthians’ method of giving, any more than he was praising their manner of speaking in tongues. To the contrary, Paul was being used of the Holy Spirit to ______________ the errors of the Corinthian Church.

    28.    2 Corinthians 9:6 is very clear — you give __________, and then God ______________ accordingly. The Bible never teaches us to promise to give God an amount of money that we do not have, and then hope that He blesses us with that amount so we can keep our promise.

    29. Luke 6:38 says, “________, and it shall be given unto ______; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” That verse does NOT teach that God will give you money if you will just pray for it. That verse teaches that YOU MUST FIRST GIVE of what you already have, and THEN the Lord will multiply it, “...good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over…”

    30. In each case, ____________ comes before ______________. There is no substance or evidence in the Bible to support the idea that you can keep all of your regular earnings for yourself (all of the money which you can see), and simply pray for an abundance of money to give back to God.

    31. It is clear that the money that you ______________ is going to be based upon the money that you first ________. That is the opposite teaching of Faith Promise Giving, which teaches people to promise large amounts of money to the Lord, and then pray it in.

    32. The Faith Promise Giving system is filled with deceit; that is, deceptive and misleading statements. Misleading statement #1 — Saying that a Faith Promise Offering is not a ____________.

    33. Churches that use the Faith Promise Giving system usually say that making a pledge is __________. Oswald J. Smith says this about it: “I do not believe in pledges. I have never taken up a pledge offering in my life. What is the difference, you ask, between a pledge offering and a Faith Promise Offering? All the difference in the world. A pledge offering is between you and a church, between you and a missionary society, and some day the deacons may come along and try to collect it, or you may receive a letter asking for it. In other words, you can be held ______________________ for a pledge offering.”- Oswald J. Smith

    34. Now, he continues on with his statement, "A Faith Promise Offering, on the other hand, is between you and God. No one will ever ask you for it. No official will ever call on you to collect it. No one will ever send you a letter reminding you of it. It is a ______________ made by you to ______, and to God alone. If you are unable to pay it, all you have to do is tell God. Give Him your ____________ and if He accepts it, you are free. You do not have to pay it. That, I say, is a Faith Promise Offering." (A Faith Promise Offering, by Oswald J. Smith)

    35. Who made up their definition of the word pledge? That is exactly how people twist Scripture, by making words mean whatever they want them to mean. Here is the recognized definition of the word pledge: "a binding ______________ or agreement to do or forbear" (Merriam-Webster?s 11th Collegiate Dictionary).

    36. Here is part of Oswald J. Smith?s definition of Faith Promise Giving, "It is a PROMISE made by you to God, and to God alone." According to all accepted rules of language and grammar, making a Faith Promise Offering is definitely making a ____________. To try and argue otherwise is just being plain __________________.

    37. Misleading statement #2 -- Saying that you are not held ______________________ for the amount that you set as your Faith Promise Offering. Their whole basis for saying that a pledge is unscriptural, is because they say it is binding upon you -- some one or some organization could come after you to ______________ it. As a Christian, when you make a commitment you should ________ your word -- whether anyone comes asking for it or not.

    38. Proverbs 11:3 says, "The __________________ of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them."

    39. What kind of reasoning is it to say that you should not make a commitment to certain ones, because they may come after you to collect; but that it is okay to make commitments to others, because they will not come after you? That is certainly not ________________ reasoning.

    40. Misleading statement #3 -- Strongly insinuating that promises made to God are not as binding as promises made to man. Listen to Oswald J. Smith's statement again, "What is the difference, you ask, between a pledge offering and a Faith Promise Offering? All the difference in the world. A pledge offering is between you and a church, between you and a missionary society, and some day the deacons may come along and try to collect it, or you may receive a letter asking for it. In other words, YOU CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A PLEDGE OFFERING.  A Faith Promise Offering, on the other hand, is between you and God. No one will ever ask you for it. No official will ever call on you to collect it. No one will ever send you a letter reminding you of it. IT IS A PROMISE MADE BY YOU TO GOD, and to God alone. If you are unable to pay it, all you have to do is tell God. Give Him your excuse and if He accepts it, you are free. You do not have to pay it. That, I say, is a Faith Promise Offering."  Oswald J. Smith says that between the two systems there is "All the difference in the world." The difference that he strongly emphasizes is the part about being held ______________________ for commitments made to ______, but he definitely minimizes that aspect in relation to making a commitment to ______. Is that true? That we should be more fearful of commitments made to man, than commitments made to God? Actually that is the exact opposite of what the Bible teaches.

    41. Luke 12:4,5 says, “And I say unto you my friends, Be not ____________ of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear ______, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.”

    42. Ecclesiastes 5:4, 5 says, “When thou vowest a vow unto ______, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: ______ that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not ______, than that thou shouldest vow and not ______.”

    43. Misleading statement #4 — Saying that a Faith Promise Offering is not a commitment to a local church, but only to God. It is plain dishonest to say that Faith Promise Giving is not a commitment to the local church (as opposed to saying it is only a commitment to God), because in truth, it is, and every pastor knows it. Local churches ____________ upon those figures to plan their ______________ — whether for Faith Promise Missions, or for Faith Promise Building programs. So, in fact, the local church is depending upon those offerings to be received.

    44. Pride is a result of the Faith Promise Giving system. Consider Oswald J. Smith’s statement again: “I would never go back to the cash offering. With a cash offering I could only get very ____________, but with a Faith Promise Offering I can get ________.”

    45. To see if Oswald J. Smith’s method produces the spirit of the definition of the word greedy “a SELFISH DESIRE for WEALTH,” or whether it brings glory to God, let us do a little test. In his following statement, count how many times the word God appears and is glorified, and how many times the word I or we appear. “___ would never go back to the cash offering. With a cash offering ___ could only get a very little, but with a Faith Promise Offering ___ can get much. In our Annual Missionary Convention ____ never get more than $7,000 in cash, but ____ get a quarter of a million or more in Faith Promises.” How many times was the word God used in his statement? _________ times. How many times was the word I or we used? ________ times.

    46. Debt/surety is a result of the Faith Promise Giving system. When people try to say that faith-giving is promising to give to God an amount of money which you presently cannot see or do not have, that is NOT faith-giving, but is by definition a different financial term called ____________, and the Bible clearly WARNS us to NOT BECOME SURETY. Surety is “a formal engagement (as a ____________) given for the fulfillment of an undertaking; guarantee; a basis of confidence or security.” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary)

    47. Proverbs 6:1-5 says, “My son, if thou be ____________ for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, Thou art ____________ with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the __________ of thy mouth. Do this now, my son, and ______________ thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand   of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.”

    48. What has made credit cards so popular with both businesses and banks? Think of the many headaches associated with credit cards. People often charge more on them than which they can make the payment, and they end up declaring bankruptcy. Credit cards are frequently stolen, and items are purchased with them before the customer can call his/her bank. Added to this, each store loses a little profit on each credit card sale, as a service fee to the bank who holds the card. Considering all of the above (and more negative aspects of credit cards could be given), why would any bank or store get involved in such a system? Because people ______ more on ____________, than they do with cash.

    49. Now read Oswald J. Smith’s statement again. “I would __________ go back to the ________ offering. With a cash offering I could only get a very ____________, but with a Faith Promise Offering I can get ________. In our Annual Missionary Convention we never get more than $7,000 in cash, but we get a quarter of a million or more in Faith Promises.” (A Faith Promise Offering, by Oswald J. Smith) Oswald J. Smith found a gold mine (humanly speaking) when he introduced giving to missions on the credit plan. “You do not have the money today? That is okay, just give to missions on credit. Tell your local church that you will commit to a debt for missions for the next year, and they will spend that money right now. You can just pay them back on monthly terms.”

    50. Do churches actually collect all the money that people promise to give? No. Statistics reveal that it is common for churches to collect only __________% of the money promised, so they factor in those losses in their budget. But they still find out that they can bring in much more money on ____________, than on cash. Faith Promise Giving and its promise or pledge cards is no different than the Promissory Notes given to banks in years past when taking out a loan. Promissory Note = “a note containing or conveying a ______________ or assurance” (Merriam-Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary).

    51. Wrong statements/conclusions are emphasized as a result of the Faith Promise Giving system. Consider this statement made by a group promoting Faith Promise Giving. “Faith-Promise giving takes giving to another level. When making a faith-promise, a believer looks to God to give more. In effect the believer asks, "How much can I trust ______ to ________ through me?” (Globe Missionary Evangelism http://www.gme.org/giving-fpg.shtml) The truth is the exact opposite of that statement. The problem is not whether you can trust God to give you enough money. The real problem is “CAN GOD TRUST YOU with the amount of money that He has already given to you?”

    52. Luke 16:10,11 says, “He that is faithful in that which is __________ is faithful also in ________: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?”

    53. Sadly, when it comes to Faith Promise Giving, many people who attend fundamental churches are living the same way. The Bible is clear on the subject, but they say, “I do not know about that (what the Bible ______________), but I know what I have ______________________!”

Are you certain that if you died today, you would go to heaven?

1. Do you realize that you have sinned?

(Romans 3:23)  "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."

(1 John 1:8)   "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us."

(Ecclesiastes 7:20)   "For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."

2. Do you realize the penalty for your sin?

(Romans 6:23)   "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

3. Do you realize that if you die in your sin, you will go to hell?

(Psalms 9:17)   "The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God."

(Proverbs 15:24)   "The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath."

(Luke 12:4-5)   "And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.   But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him."

4. Do you realize that the Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, paid that death penalty for you?

(Matthew 1:21-23)    "And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.    Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,     Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us."

(John 14:6-7)    "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.   If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him."

(John 3:16)    "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

(Romans 5:8)   "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

(1 Peter 3:18)   "For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit."

(1 Peter 2:24)   "Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed."

5. Do you realize that it is only through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ that you can be saved, and not through any good works of your own?

(1 John 1:7)   "But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."

(1 Peter 1:18-19)   "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;    But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."

(Ephesians 2:8-9)   "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:    Not of works, lest any man should boast."

(Titus 3:5-7)   "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;   Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;   That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."

6. Do you realize that after Jesus died for your sins, He arose victorious from the grave the third day, proving that His sacrifice was sufficient to pay for all of the sins of the whole world?

(1 Corinthians 15:1-4)    "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;   By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.    For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;   And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures."

7. Do you realize that to be saved you must repent (you must have the desire to turn from your sin and false beliefs, and have the desire for God to transform your life)?

(Luke 13:3)   "I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish."

(Acts 3:19)   "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord."

(Acts 26:20)   "But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance."

(Mark 9:43-48)   "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:   Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.   And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:   Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.   And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:   Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

8. Do you realize that after you get saved, God's first command for you is to get baptized and then to live for Him?

(Acts 2:41)   "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls."

(Romans 6:1-4)   "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?   God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?   Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?    Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."

(2 Corinthians 5:17)    "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

(Titus 3:3-8)   "For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.   But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,   Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;   Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;   That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.   This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men."

(Titus 2:11-14)    "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,   Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;   Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;   Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works."

(1 Corinthians 6:9-11)   "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,   Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.   And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God."

(Galatians 5:19-26)   "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,   Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,   Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.   But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,    Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.   And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.   If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.   Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another."

(1 Corinthians 11:14-15)   "Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?    But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering."

(Deuteronomy 22:5)   "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God."

(Ephesians 4:22-32)   "That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;   And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;   And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.   Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:   Neither give place to the devil.   Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.   Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.   And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.   Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:    And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."

9. Are you ready to now ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you of all your sins, and to save you?

(John 1:12)   "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."

(Romans 10:9-11)   "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.   For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.    For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."

(Romans 10:13)   "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved."

(1 John 5:13)   "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God."

ATTENTION:    If you die before you make this decision, then you will spend eternity in the torment of hell fire.  Turn from your wickedness and sin, and humble yourself before Almighty God right now.

Bow your head right now and confess to God that you are a sinner deserving judgment.  Ask the Lord Jesus Christ to forgive you of all your sins, and to save you.  Tell Him that you now repent, and ask Him to cleanse your life, and to give you the power to live for Him.  Tell Him that you are trusting in His shed blood alone to cleanse you from all your sin.  Ask Him to lead you to a good, Bible-preaching church, where you can follow the first command after salvation — that of getting baptized and publicly confessing your faith in Him.  Ask Him to help you find some good Christian friends to encourage you in the faith and to help you grow.

If you have just asked the Lord Jesus Christ to save you, please copy this into an email with your name, so we can rejoice with you.

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