tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72205765143743742132024-03-14T09:26:56.678-07:004you IrelandIrelands Ultimate Questions Website4you Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755556580822221495noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220576514374374213.post-60465244872379763462012-05-07T06:38:00.065-07:002022-07-26T10:25:53.766-07:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">T</span>he message of Christianity is very simple. The Bible’s message is all about Jesus Christ and what He has done to make it possible for us to be reconciled to God. You may not think that you need to be reconciled to God but read on and you might be surprised as to how much we all need this reconciliation.</span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">There are a few things we need to grasp: Some are negative and some others gloriously positive but all very necessary.</span></p></blockquote><h3 style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; font-weight: bold;">1.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></span><span><b>This is God's World</b></span></span></h3><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">He designed and created it with all its beauty, complexity, and amazing detail. It was most certainly not the product of a set of random chance events, after all, it is far too breathtakingly wonderful to be the result of a series of accidents. </span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">He also created us humans who He made to be something like Himself and He put us in charge of His world, and very importantly He gave us good and right Laws that we are meant to live by.</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">"The earth is the LORD's, and all its fullness,</span></i></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">The world and those who dwell therein.</span></i></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">For He has founded it upon the seas,</span></i></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">And established it upon the waters."</span></i></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"> Psalms 24 verses 1-2</span></i></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="381" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wDWLUI-R7AI" width="674" youtube-src-id="wDWLUI-R7AI"></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">...............................................................................</span></i></p><p></p><h3 style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: 22pt;">2.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span>W</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span><b>e have all
sinned.</b> </span></span></h3><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">Regretfully the sad reality is we all reject God’s rule in our lives and have chosen instead to live life our own way. The Bible calls this sin. We sin in our thoughts, in our words and in our deeds, and regretfully we do this every day. We even sin when we choose to worship God in ways that He has not sanctioned. Our sin will have serious consequences, so we need a solution.</span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"><br /></span></i></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"><span style="color: #990000;">"…all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God"</span></span></i></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;"> <i> Romans 3 </i></span><i><span style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right;">verse</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;"> 23</span> </i></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="357" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s2tH5g5XNhs" width="478" youtube-src-id="s2tH5g5XNhs"></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"></span></i></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">...............................................................................</span></i></p><div><h3 style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #990000;"><b><span style="font-size: 22pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3.</span></span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span>G</span></span></b><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>od
will not ignore our sin. </b></span></span></h3><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">He is too holy, too pure, and too good to turn a blind eye to our sinfulness. Yet in His love, He has provided a way by which we can be forgiven and brought into a close personal and eternal relationship with Himself. He provided the solution to our sin problem. If we fail to turn to God seeking reconciliation, we will reap what we have sown and end up suffering the judgement of God; separation from Him in hell forever. An unreconciled person will never enter heaven.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">"…we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God</span></i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">."</span></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;"><i> 2 Corinthians 5 verse 20</i></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 18pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"></span></i></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="361" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/L8kSbFG4vXs" width="479" youtube-src-id="L8kSbFG4vXs"></iframe></span></p></div><div><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">...............................................................................</span></i></p></span></div><div><h3 style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;"><b><span style="font-size: 22pt;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></b><b>The
awesome gift made possible because of Calvary and the Resurrection.</b> </span></h3><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">Forgiveness, full and complete, and reconciliation are freely available. On the Cross, Jesus absorbed into Himself all the punishment due to the sin of every person who would come seeking forgiveness from Him. By His resurrection, He confirmed that on Calvary He had fully paid the penalty for the sin of every believer in all ages.</span></div><div><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><div><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, </span></i><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life." </span></i> </span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"> John 3 verse 16</span></i><br /></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"><br /></span></i></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="344" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cDLR8UZsAGc" width="478" youtube-src-id="cDLR8UZsAGc"></iframe></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">..............................................................................</span></i></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span></i></p><h3 style="margin-left: 18pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><b style="color: #990000; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-size: 22pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>5.</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span> </span></span></span></span></b><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;"><b>The Required
Response.</b> </span></h3><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"> No amount of good works or religious observances can ever bring about this reconciliation. Salvation cannot be merited by anything we do; it is a pure gift to be received not earned. The response the Bible calls for is Repentance and Faith.</span><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 54pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><b>Repentance</b>: In
sorrow for our sinfulness, we surrender ourselves to live under the loving
management of the Lord Jesus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 54pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><b>Faith</b>:
That we put our entire confidence for our much-needed forgiveness in the fact
that the Lord Jesus has already paid the entire penalty due our sinfulness.</span></p></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law.</span></i></p></div></div></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"> Romans 3:28</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"><br /></span></i></p></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." </span></i></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"> John 3:36</span></i></p></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18pt;"></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 18pt; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p></p><p><span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><i>Have a listen to *** as he explains this in a little more detail:</i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="358" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XhOT3iyX_XE" width="479" youtube-src-id="XhOT3iyX_XE"></iframe></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></i></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">..........................................................................................</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I</span>f all this makes sense to you
and you would like to be reconciled to God here is a sample prayer that you
could use:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><i><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">Dear God, I acknowledge my
sinfulness before you and my need for your forgiveness. Thank you so much for
sending the Lord Jesus to pay the penalty for my sin so that I could be reconciled
to you. Thank you that He rose again from the dead to give me new life. Please
grant me your forgiveness and help me from now on to live my life the way you
want it lived.</span></i></p><div align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: center;">
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">If you have truly, in sincerity, prayed
this prayer, then you are now completely forgiven; fully reconciled to God. God
the Father accepts Jesus’ death on the Cross as full payment for your sin. God’s
amazing love is now eternally set upon you, and He will never leave you and He
will never forsake you. Also, you can be assured that one day He will joyfully receive
you into His heaven.</span></p><h3 style="margin-left: 18pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">So What's Next?</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">If this prayer is a true expression
of your heart, then you have become a disciple of the Lord Jesus. In the New
Testament, a disciple was a person who was learning from another, a little bit
like being an apprentice. We are apprentices to the Lord Jesus as we read and follow
His Word, the Bible. We need to be a part of a good Gospel centered church where
God’s Word is taught and where you will find true encouragement and
heart-warming friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">Therefore, we would encourage you to
seek out a Bible-teaching church in your area. If you need help in finding such
a church please contact us, we are here to help. <o:p></o:p><a href="mailto:office@aontas.ie">office@aontas.ie</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #666666;"></span></i></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">.................................................................................................</span></i></p><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: verdana;"><span></span><span></span></span><h3 style="margin-left: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana;">FAQs </span></h3><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Why
Suffering? (Seth Lewis)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Can
the Bible be trusted?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->How can I be sure that there is a God? (Matthew Brennan)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->What
about atheism.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">5.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->How to read the Bible. (Peter Jemphrey)<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">6.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->What
sin is? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">7.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->How
to pray – to whom, in His Name, <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><br /></p><span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;"><a name='more'></a></span></span><h3 style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee; font-size: 12pt; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themetint: 153;">..............................................................................................</span></i></p></span></h3><h3 style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-indent: 0px;"><i style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #eeeeee;"></span></i></p></span></h3><h3 style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana; text-indent: -18pt;">Free Offers</span></h3><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: verdana;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->The
Bible – New Testament<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->Ultimate
Questions???<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>10 of Those notes on Mark<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: verdana;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span><!--[endif]-->If
you would like to talk with a local Christian please let us know. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;">
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;"><i>Note: Please note that because of
limited resources these free offers are only available in the Republic of Ireland</i></span><span style="color: #666666;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin-left: 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0cm;"><br /></p><span style="color: #2f5496; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-IE; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;"></span></div>4you Irelandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07755556580822221495noreply@blogger.com