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Jerry

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My name is Jerry. I am a Christian and I strive every day to have a closer relationship with God. I may not be the greatest example of a Christian but I try my hardest to influence others positively. The world has a warped veiw on Christianity because of all of the false prophets and false teachers out there. Most people believe that being a Chrsitian and being Saved is all about going to Church, being Baptised, and doing "good deeds." Those things however, cannot and will not Save you or help you become a Christian. Being Saved can only come through Jesus Christ. Salvation is a FREE gift. But it wasn't always free. Jesus Christ had to die for us to have this gift. Jesus paid a debt He DID NOT owe because we owed a debt we COULD NOT pay. Below are some Bible verses that you should take some time to think upon because they can change the quality of your life forever. No joke here, this is the only truth.
We are all sinners, and none of us deserve ANYTHING; that, is why we die.
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23)
No one on the face of this planet that calls upon Jesus Christ for salvation will be denied. It doesn't matter what you've done in the past, or who you are; Jesus is for everyone. There is no sin too great for the Lord to forgive. Ask, you shall be forgiven.
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." (Romans 10:13)
Baptism, Sunday morning services, and good deeds WILL NOT Save you. Salvation is not through anything you do that is good. Salvation only comes through a person; Jesus Christ.
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost." (Titus 3:5)
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast." (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Only by doing God's will can you become Saved. What is God's will?
"And this is the will of Him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day." (John 6:40)
Only His grace will Save us.
"But by the Grace of God I am what I am." (1st Corinthians 15:10)
God's love for us is the only thing that saved us. Nothing else played a part in that. He loves all of you and wants you all to come to Him. He won't deny any of you.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)
"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8)
All you have to do to obtain Salvation is believe. You most believe in your heart, and admit in your heart that you know you are a sinner. You must admit to yourself that you deserve to go to Hell. You must admit to yourself you know that without God, Hell is the only thing that awaits you after this life. You must put your faith in Jesus. It is not enough just to believe that God exists, or that MAYBE Jesus existed, and MAYBE he was the Son of God.
"...the devils also believe, and tremble." (James 2:19)
I cannot stress enough how simple God's love is. It doesn't take a certain amount of faith, or a certain amount of words, or a certain prayer, or anything like that. All you have to do is ask.
"Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." (Matthew 7:7)
All it takes is faith.
"The just shall live by faith." (Romans 1:17)
"...Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved..." (Romans 16:31)
A problem I've had was believing that it could not be that easy. I used to think I had to have "missed the boat". How could it be that simple? If I'm really a Christian why do I doubt? Does that mean I'm not Saved. Of course not! It took me a long time to realize that just because I'm Saved doesn't mean I won't have doubts. It is true that even though you may be Saved you will still sin because you are still only flesh in this world. But when you are truely Saved you will know right from wrong, and sinning is not something that will come so easy to you. You must turn from your old ways. It may take time to completely forget them, but any struggle you face is well worth it.
"For He knoweth our frame; He remembereth that we are dust." (Psalm 103:14)
Nothing we can do after we are Saved can seperate us from God. In other words, you cannot be "un-saved". There is no way to maintain salvation because you cannot lose it. Jesus maintains us forever.
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy..." (Jude 1:24)
"And their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin." (Hebrews 10: 17-18)
Jesus forgives ALL of you sins. That means past, present, and future. Why? Because he loves you that much. He loves all of us.
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin" (1 John 1:7)
"Hence, also, He is able to save FOREVER those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them." Hebrews 7:25
"The Lord redeems the souls of His servants; and NONE of those that take refuge in Him will be condemned." (Psalm 34:22)
"(Jesus Christ)who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 1:8
Even the most holy men that knew Jesus sinned. Paul, the author of Romans admits it himself.
"For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do." (Romans 7:19)
Sometimes he even felt hopeless in his sins.
"O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin." (Romans 7:24-25)
Remember, once you're truely Saved, nothing will ever be able to seperate you from the Lord. Salvation is found in nothing, and nobody, but Jesus. The Pope himself, cannot forgive your sins. Jesus is the only one who can Save you.
"For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!" (Romans 8:38-29)
Once we are Saved, we are "sealed" within Him until we die.
"And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." (Ephesians 4:30)
None of these truths give us a "license to sin." The truth is that even though it won't seperate us from the Lord if we sin after being Saved, we should not use this as an excuse. We should look to God to help us have the strength to do what is right. But in this world, none of us will ever be without sin.
"As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one." (Romans 3:10)
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)
All you need to do to be forgiven is ask.
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9)
The truth is right in front of you, accept it. There is no other truth; without Jesus we are nothing. This is absolution. There is no other way.
If you have any questions feel free to message me, I'll do my best to answer them. I hope that if you've read all of that it has helped you. My intention in writing those things above and quoting the Scriptures is to help anyone out there who may have doubts or who may be hopeless. Take what is written to heart, it is the only truth.
Here is a link to a website I found to be VERY helpful: http://www.gotquestions.org/questions_salvation.html
-Jerry
Sometimes others can inspire us so much, that it makes us better people.Jason Becker is one of those people for me.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

People.

Music:

Metal, Math-Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Metalcore, Neo-Classical Metal, Classical, Jazz Fusion, etc.

Movies:

The Passion of The Christ, The Pianist, The White Man's Burden, Do The Right Thing, Boyz N The Hood, etc.

Television:

Adult Swim (like you didn't see that one coming!).

Books:

The Holy Bible, A Hiding Place, The Diary of Ann Frank, etc.

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, My Father, Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Paul Gilbert, Bruce Bouillet, Steve Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, Joey Tafolla, Richie Kotzen, Dustie Waring, Paul Waggoner etc.

My Blog

CANDY!? FOR BREAKFAST!?

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Posted by Jerry (DRAK DRAK) on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:39:00 PST

The Good News

...never gets old    "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."  -1 Timothy 2:5 "Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is non...
Posted by Jerry (DRAK DRAK) on Mon, 21 May 2007 09:46:00 PST

Fives

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Posted by Jerry (DRAK DRAK) on Mon, 21 May 2007 07:14:00 PST

J-Dubz @ Hunt's Annex Studios

So last Saturday I went into the studio with my guitar teacher Jim Kane and shot a video clip of myself playing one of the cadenza solos from one of the Troy Stetina books I had been studying from. I ...
Posted by Jerry (DRAK DRAK) on Fri, 04 May 2007 11:44:00 PST

YEEEEEEEEEES!!!

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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE ON CRAIG'S LIST

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Either They Decorated For Christmas Early, Or They're All Dead

Messing with the boys in blue,Don't you know they'll come for you?Better find the exit wound from the flashing of the camera crews.Better tell the ones that know,Taking on the dice that roll.Boy, you ...
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Australian Mutant Toad

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Is It Courage, Or Is It Stupidity?

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Posted by Jerry (DRAK DRAK) on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:53:00 PST