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Dr. James E. Martin
God’s Soldiers
In Whose Army Are You
Serving?
“…Choose ye this day whom ye will serve…”
Joshua 24:15
II Timothy 2:3,4
“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”
Based on a gospel tract I wrote several
years ago
God’s G. I.’s
G I A well known term in most households todayMost young boys play like they are “G I Joe”Term actually stands for “Government Issue”
Please Consider Some
Additional “G. I.’s”
1.Great Invitation
2.Great Iniquity
3.Great Imprisonment
4.Great Impossibility
5.Grand Inheritance
We all receive, and respond regularly to invitations of all types:
Birthday parties
Weddings
Anniversary parties
Retirements
Many more
Consider
Great Invitation
In John 7:37-38, Jesus said:“…if any man thirst, let him
come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers
of living water.”
In Matthew 11:28 He said:“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.”
Why was this invitation
given
To understand the need for the invitation, one must, of necessity,
think about another “G. I.”
GREAT INIQUITYThe Word of God declares:
“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your
sins have hid his face from you, that He will not
hear.” Isaiah 59:2
“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my
mother conceive me.”Psalm 51:5
This iniquity, my friend, is
universal, and therefore:
IT INCLUDES YOU.
As you ponder the above
statement and possibly consider
totally rejecting it, please
understand the following texts
from the Bible that prove the
statement to be accurate.
“As it i
s writ
ten,
there
is none
righte
ous, no not
one.”
Romans 3:1
0“For all have
sinned, and
come short of
the glory of God.”
Romans 3:23
“All we like
sheep have
gone astray; we
have turned
every one to his
own way…”
Isaiah 53:6NOTICE WORDS LIKE “ALL”, “EVERY ONE”
IN THE ABOVE VERSES. THIS
MEANS THAT NONE ARE EXEMPT!!!!
You may be thinking by now, “O K, this
iniquity includes me. So what?”
Before you stop reading, you should, in all
honesty, consider the next “G. I.” It is the end result
of NOT addressing these previous “G. I.’s”.
GREAT IMPRISONMENT
“For the wages of sin is death…”
Romans 6:23
Death is universal… It affects all“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” Hebrews 9:27This verse indicates physical deathThere is a second death mentioned in the Bible also:“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Revelation 20:14
The first death is that
which we all must face
.
The second death
means , “An eternal
separation from God.”
The Bible indicates
that this place of
separation will be in a
place known as the
“lake of fire.”
As previously stated, the first
death is unavoidable.
The second death is
AVOIDABLE!!
!Yes, my friend, you heard (read)
that correctly. It is
avoidable!!!!!!
How then can I save
myself from this
avoidable end?????
The simple truth
regarding this
question is that,
“YOU CAN’T!!”
Great Impossibility
“For by grace are ye saved
through faith; and that not of
yourselves: it is the gift o
f
God,
Not of works, lest any man
should boast.” Ephesians
2:8,9“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us…” Titus 3:5
This clearly shows, my
friend, THAT YOU CANNOT
SAVE YOURSELF!!
Since you cannot save yourself, you
should consider looking to One who, not only CAN, but
WILL do the saving!!
Only by faith in Jesus Christ
Can you be saved.
“Neither is there salvation in any other; for there is none other name under
heaven given among men whereby we must be
saved.”Acts 4:12
“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.”John 1:12
When Jesus Christ, God’s Son, died on
the cross, He died there for
you, in your place
“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”
Romans 5:6
For you to respond to His Great Invitation, you
MUST:
1. Admit that you are a sinner.
2. Believe that Jesus Christ died
for you.
3. Repent (turn from) your sin.
4. Trust Him, by faith, to be your
Savior.
When this is done,The Bible speaks of another “G. I.”
that becomes yoursautomatically.
Grand Inheritance
“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be
also.”John 14:3
The place that the Lord spoke of in
the preceding verse, that can be your
inheritance, is known as HEAVEN,
according to Isaiah 66:1
Have you consideredEnlisting?