Lynn Rice

When the world is raging, its systems are collapsing, there is One we can look to for help - there is One that we can put our trust in. JESUS.   "And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee." - Psalm 9:10   When all fails, Jesus never fails.   "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." - Psalm 56:3   The world’s riches cannot save a soul, only Jesus can. (Acts 2:38)   "They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; none of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:" - Psalm 49:6-7   "The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence." - 2 Samuel 22:3   "Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah." - Psa...

To whom was Jesus speaking to in John 3:16?   Jesus was speaking to Nicodemus, the ruler of the Jews, the same person He was speaking to in John 3:5 just a few verses earlier.   "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." - John 3:5 KJV   How are we born of water and of the Spirit? We are baptized in water in Jesus name, and we receive His Spirit (the Holy Ghost), speaking in tongues. (Acts 2:38, John 3:8, Acts 2:2, Acts 2:4).   "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38 KJV   "And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." - Acts 2:4 KJV  

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38    "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

Jesus said, "He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned." - Mark 16:16 KJV   What did Jesus mean, “He that believeth…”?   Jesus said in the verse before, "Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature." - Mark 16:15 KJV   What is the gospel?   The gospel is that Jesus died for our sins, He was buried, and that He rose again the third day.   (1 Corinthians 15:1-4).     What does baptism have to do with the gospel?   The Bible says we must obey the gospel to be saved. (2 Thessalonians 1:8, 1 Peter 4:17). We obey the gospel by baptism.   Repentance is death to our sin, water baptism in Jesus name is burial of our old sinful nature, Holy Ghost baptism is resurrection to our new life in Christ. This is how we obey Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection. (Romans 6:1-11).   "…Men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent,...

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38 KJV "And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord." - Acts 22:16 KJV

Part 4   Jesus said, “No man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” - John 14:6 KJV   How is that?   The next verse is, "If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." - John 14:7 KJV   Jesus made it very clear it is necessary for us to believe He is the Father:   "I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." - John 8:24 KJV   If Jesus was not the Father, but just an ordinary man, He would not have been able to pay the price of our sins by His death. Jesus was able to pay the price because as God manifest in flesh, conceived by the Holy Ghost, He was born without sin. (Luke 1:26-27, Luke 1:35, Matthew 1:20-23).   The only way we can come to the Father is through Jesus, the name of the Father that He placed on His body that He robed Himself in to redeem us.   It is by the body of J...

Part 3   Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life…” How is Jesus the life?   In the beginning, in the garden of Eden, when Adam and Eve broke their covenant with God and ate of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, death came upon them, and upon all mankind after them.   "Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:" - Romans 5:12 KJV   "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life." - Genesis 3:24 KJV (Isaiah 59:2).   "But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord." - Romans 5:20-21 KJV (also: Romans 5:15, 17).   Life is in Jesus by the gospel. The gospel is Jesus’ death, burial, and...

Is there someone you haven't forgiven, even if they haven't told you they were sorry (Luke 23:34, Acts 7:60)?   Do you have family, friends, loved ones, that you haven't told you love them?   Is there something the Lord has put on your mind to do for Him that you have ignored, delaying by “putting it on the back burner,” and haven't done it?   "Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is." - Ephesians 5:16-17 KJV   “Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.” - Ephesians 5:16-17 NLT

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6 KJV   How is Jesus the way?   Jesus is the way by the gospel, by His death, burial, and resurrection.   "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2   Paul preached the gospel to the Corinthians, and they received what he preached. They stood by the gospel. They were SAVED by the gospel, IF they obeyed it.   For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:" - 1 Corinthians 15:3-4 KJV   The gospel is that Christ died for our sins, he was buried...

The blood of Christ is applied by baptism in "JESUS" NAME. (NOT by TITLES "Father", "Son", and "Holy Ghost"!!!). "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost." - Acts 2:38 KJV "And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord." - Acts 22:16 KJV

In these days, who can we trust?   "The God of my rock [my God is my rock]; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence." - 2 Samuel 22:3 KJV   "But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee." - Psalm 5:11 KJV   "And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee." - Psalm 9:10 KJV   "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." - Psalm 56:3 KJV   "Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee." - Psalm 143:8 KJV   "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him,...