As it is written in the Holy Bible,
(Romans 3:10) There is none righteous, no, not one:
(Romans 3:23) For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

If we are a sinner then we are not what God wants us to be.
Without God we are lost and unsaved.
If we die we would not go to heaven.

We have a problem that needs a solution.
JESUS IS THE ANSWER
(John 3:5) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
(Romans 3:24) Being justified (to render, or regard, as just or innocent) freely by his grace (his favour) through the redemption (salvation, and deliverance) that is in Christ Jesus:
(Romans 3:25) Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation (an atoning victim) through faith (our assurance, and belief) in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance (self restraint, and tolerance) of God;

JESUS DIED FOR OUR SIN
(Romans 5:7) For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
(Romans 5:8) But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
(Romans 5:9) Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

WE MUST DIE OUT TO SIN
(Acts 2:37) Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
(Acts 2:38) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, (think differently or reconsider) and be baptized (to make whelmed that is, fully wet) every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission (freedom, pardon, deliverance, forgiveness) of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (Holy Spirit).

(Romans 6:1) What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
(Romans 6:2) God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
(Romans 6:3) Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
(Romans 6:4) 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.
(Romans 6:5) For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
(Romans 6:6) Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
(Romans 6:12) Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
(Romans 6:13) Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

WE ARE BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM
(Acts 8:16) (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
(Acts 10:48) And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
(Acts 19:5) When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
(Acts 22:16) And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

WHEN YOU BELIEVE - YOU NEED TO RECEIVE THE HOLY GHOST
(John 7:37) In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
(John 7:38) He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
(John 7:39) (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)

(Romans 8:3) For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
(Romans 8:4) That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
(Romans 8:9) But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
(Romans 8:13) For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

1.) You must reject sin. ( 1 Corinthians 3:16-17) You are to be Holy.
2.) You must believe. (Hebrews 11:6) ... he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
3.) You must obey. (Acts 5:32) (This is) ... the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
4.) You must ask. (Luke 11:13) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
5.) You must thirst for it. (John 7:37) ... Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
6.) You must expect it and accept it. (Acts 2:39) The Holy Ghost is a promise to you, and to your children, and all that are afar off.

Worship the Lord.
As you feel the "wind" the "breath" or the "spirit" of God let him fill you with the Holy Ghost,
(Acts 2:4) begin to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gives you utterance.
OPEN YOUR BIBLE AND READ ACTS 2:1-4 - ACTS 8:15-17 - ACTS 10:44-48 - ACTS 19:1-6

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

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