WHERE IS YOUR LIFE GOING?
Where are you now in your spiritual life? Do you have a satisfying answer to the meaning and purpose of life? Don't you feel a need to get your spiritual life into better focus? Don't you need a closer relationship with God?
You're reading this tract because we at the Northside church of Christ are interested in your spiritual welfare. "And the Spirit and the bride say, `Come!' And let him who hears say, `Come!' And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely" (Revelation 22:17). As members of Christ's church, which is His beloved bride, we invite you to discover refreshing truth in the pure waters of simple, original Christianity. We've quenched our spiritual thirst. So can you.
We sincerely invite you to earnestly investigate and discover for yourself the transforming truth of God's Word. Your search for life's meaning and purpose is profoundly answered by the Holy Spirit's invitation of revealed truth. This is only found in God's one and only Book, the Bible.
WHAT THE BIBLE WILL DO FOR YOU...
ENLIGHTENMENT: "The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple" (Psalm 119:130).
ENDURING HAPPINESS: "Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!" (Psalm 119:1-2).
GREATER FAITH: "Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Romans 10:17).
DAILY GUIDANCE: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Psalm 119:105).
PEACE OF MIND: "Great peace have those who love Your law, and nothing causes them to stumble" (Psalm 119:165).
UPBUILDING: "I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified" (Acts 20:32).
SALVATION: "Therefore lay aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, and receive in humility the Word implanted, which is able to save your souls" (James 1:21).
DIVINE BLESSING: "He who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does" (James 1:25).
NEW BIRTH: "You have been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, because `All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower fades, but the word of the LORD endures forever.' Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you" (1 Peter 1:23-25).
SPIRITUAL GROWTH: "As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious" (1 Peter 2:2-3).
ULTIMATE GOOD: "He who gives attention to the word shall find good, and blessed is he who trusts in the LORD" (Proverbs 16:20).
VITALITY: "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper" (Psalm 1:1-3).
TRANSFORMATION: "We thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe" (1 Thessalonians 2:13).
WHAT JESUS CHRIST OFFERS YOU...
REST: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light" (Matthew 11:28-30).
THE BEST LIFE: "I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly" (John 10:10)...."He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life" (1 John 5:12).
ETERNAL LIFE: "Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life" (John 4:14).
SPIRITUAL NOURISHMENT: "Jesus said to them, `I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst'" (John 6:35).
SACRIFICE FOR YOUR SIN: "The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many" (Mark 10:45).... "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!" (John 1:29).
SALVATION: "He that believes and is baptized shall be saved. He who believes not shall be condemned" (Mark 16:16).
LIGHT TO LIVE BY: "I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life" (John 8:12).
THE WAY HOME: "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me" (John 14:6).
LASTING PEACE: "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful" (John 14:27)...."These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).
FREEDOM: "If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free" (John 8:32).
HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE: "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-6).
WHAT GOD REQUIRES OF YOU...
FAITH IN HIM: "And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6).
RESPECT: "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil" (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14).
OBEDIENCE TO HIS WILL: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven. Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles? And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART from ME, you who practice lawlessness'" (Matthew 7:21-23).
BELIEF IN CHRIST: "Unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins" (John 8:24).
REPENTANCE: "Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish" (Luke 13:3).
BAPTISM: "Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (John 3:5)
COMMITMENT TO CHRIST: "He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life shall lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake shall find it" (Matthew 10:37-39).
MAY WE HELP IN YOUR SEARCH?
Where is your life going? Jesus promised abundant reward in following Him: "Jesus said, `Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake, but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life'" (Mark 10:29-30).
The members of this church of Christ care about helping you better your spiritual condition.We would love to get together with you to read and study God's Word, to help you discover God's will for your life. We invite you to attend our services. You will be our honored guest. Please, let us hear from you!. Write our minister at WFrankWalton@juno.com.
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