BISHOP

<<< I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL >>>
just as it is written, " BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION (Jerusalem)
A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE,

AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM (JESUS)
WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."(Romans 9:33)
HE IS NOT HERE... HE IS RISEN ... JUST AS HE SAID HE WOULD...
WHO IS BISHOP ??

WELL TO SUM IT UP ---
I'M BASICALLY A CHRISTIAN
WHO WALKS WITH A SWAGGER... LOL

AS YOU CAN SEE, I'M NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL

LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE,
I TRIED LIVING FOR "THE WORLD"
BUT THE LORD NEVER GAVE UP ON ME.

AND NOT ONLY DID HE DIE FOR MY SIN'S
BUT HE CHANGED MY LIFE AROUND
AND GAVE ME A PURPOSE*

I USED TO THINK THE WORLD HAD THINGS TO OFFER
(MONEY, SEX, ETC)

BUT GOD SHOWED ME A BETTER WAY...

AND WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT
OUR LIVES BELONG TO HIM ANYWAY*

SO WHAT'S STOPPING YOU
FROM BECOMING A DISCIPLE (OF THE LORD) ?

IS IT SEX? ALCOHOL ? DRUGS ?

WHATEVER IT IS, I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE
BUT DON'T LET ANYTHING OR ANYONE STOP YOU
FROM TURNING TO THE LORD

YOU KNOW, THE WORLD WOULD LIKE YOU TO BELIEVE
THAT US CHRISTIAN'S THINK WERE RIGHTEOUS
AND BETTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE

BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN THE CASE

AND TO BE A TRUE CHRISTIAN
IS TO REALIZE WE CAN'T SAVE OURSELVES

NOW OUR "GOOD WORKS" MIGHT ENCOURAGE SOME PEOPLE
BUT WE CAN'T BE SAVED BY OUR OWN CREDENTIALS

AND NO MATTER HOW "GOOD" YOU MIGHT THINK YOU ARE
WE ALL FALL SHORT OF GOD'S PERFECT AND HOLY STANDARDS

(Romans 3:23) (NASB)
( 23" FOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD )
AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED A SAVIOR !!!
SO IF YOUR READING THIS ---

BE ENCOURAGED ---

AND JUST KNOW ---
THE LORD HAS A PURPOSE AND A WILL FOR YOUR LIFE

AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU'VE BEEN
OR HOW YOU USED TO LIVE*

IT'S NOT TOO LATE FOR YOU TO REPENT
AND TO BE FORGIVEN

AND IF YOU ALREADY HAVE - THAN THATS GOOD
BECAUSE HE'S COMING BACK SOON !!!
IS HE COMING BACK FOR YOU ?
(1 Corinthians 15) (NASB)

3" FOR I DELIEVERED TO YOU AS OF FIRST IMPORTANCE
WHAT I ALSO RECEIVED,

THAT CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES,
4" AND THAT HE WAS BURIED,
AND THAT HE WAS RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY
ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES,

(Romans 10.8-11)
8" But what does it say?
"THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"
--THAT IS, THE WORD OF FAITH WE ARE PREACHING,

9" THAT IF YOU CONFESS WITH YOUR MOUTH JESUS AS LORD,
AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD,
YOU WILL BE SAVED;

10" FOR WITH THE HEART A PERSON BELIEVES,
RESULTING IN RIGHTEOUSNESS,
AND WITH THE MOUTH HE CONFESSES, RESULTING IN SALVATION.

11" For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM
WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."

(John 14)
6" JESUS SAID TO HIM, "I AM THE WAY, AND THE TRUTH,
AND THE LIFE;
NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER BUT THROUGH ME.

(Acts 4:12)
12" "AND THERE IS SALVATION IN NO ONE ELSE;
FOR THERE IS NO OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN
THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN AMONG MEN
BY WHICH WE MUST BE SAVED."
Romans 5:6-11 (NASB)

6" FOR WHILE WE WERE STILL HELPLESS, AT THE RIGHT TIME
CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY.

7" FOR ONE WILL HARDLY DIE FOR A RIGHTEOUS MAN;
THOUGH PERHAPS FOR THE GOOD MAN
SOMEONE WOULD DARE EVEN TO DIE.

8" BUT GOD DEMONSTRATES HIS OWN LOVE TOWARD US,
IN THAT WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS, CHRIST DIED FOR US.

9" MUCH MORE THEN, HAVING NOW BEEN JUSTIFIED BY HIS BLOOD,
WE SHALL BE SAVED FROM THE WRATH OF GOD THROUGH HIM.

(Romans 10:11)
11" For the Scripture says, " WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM (JESUS CHRIST)
WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED."
(Ephesians 2)
8" FOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH;
AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF GOD;

9" NOT AS A RESULT OF WORKS, SO THAT NO ONE MAY BOAST.

13" BUT NOW IN CHRIST JESUS YOU WHO FORMERLY WERE FAR OFF
HAVE BEEN BROUGHT NEAR BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
(John 3:16)
16" FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD,
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON,

THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM (JESUS CHRIST)
SHALL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.
WE TRAIN HARD PT. 3
(John 3)
17" "FOR GOD DID NOT SEND HIS SON INTO THE WORLD
TO CONDEMN THE WORLD,
BUT THAT THE WORLD THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED.

18" "HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM (JESUS CHRIST) IS NOT CONDEMNED
BUT HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE IS CONDEMNED ALREADY,

BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED
IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.
IN CLOSING --
I'M NOT ON HERE TO ARGUE WITH PEOPLE OVER SCRIPTURE
BECAUSE THE TRUTH SPEAKS FOR ITSELF

I'M JUST HERE TO POINT YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
AND LIKE JESUS SAID, YOU STUDY THE SCRIPTURES
BECAUSE IN THEM YOU THINK YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
WELL THOSE VERY SCRIPTURES SPEAK ABOUT ME!!! (JESUS!)
SO HOW COULD YOU NOT BELIEVE ?