AN EXPERIENCE or A JOURNEY
Our spiritual life includes both of these things, it starts with the "experience" of being "born again" as Jesus explained to a very religious man named Nicodemus, as recorded in (John 3:1-8). But this is only the beginning of the "journey" of getting to know our Creator God who is described in the Bible, which is the Book God had prepared so people could know how to live a life that will please Him. There are different "Religions" in the world, and each have their "Holy Book", but only the Bible was especially written by holy men and women who were led by God to write as they were directed by the Holy Spirit of God. (2 Tim 3:16-17). Today in this 21st century many people claim to have "experiences" that they think are given to them by God, but are sometimes given to them by the enemy of God who goes under several different names in the Bible like Satan, the Devil, the Serpent, the Beast or the Deceiver etc. Jesus called him the "father of lies" in (John 8:44), in other words he is the great deceiver who couldn't tell the truth if he tried. It seems that when Jesus defeated him when He died on the cross as the perfect "God/Man", the only power He left him with was this ability to tell lies. This action by Jesus at Calvary not only paid the price for the sins of mankind (Rom 6:23), but also reversed the curse that came upon all creation by the sin of our first parents Adam and Eve. (Gen 3:1-21) gives us the account of their disobedience, and the Apostle Paul in (Rom 5:12) gives us the results of this original sin.
In the teaching series by Bob Mumford called the Agape Road, Bob gives an excellent account of this journey we must all follow to arrive at an intimate relationship with our Father God. Having spent several years listening to Bob's teaching and also watching the DVD's of his presentation to a large audience over 10 years ago, I believe that every follower of Jesus should be exposed to this teaching soon after accepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior. His step by step description of the start of this journey by crossing over what he calls the "death line", where Jesus is waiting for us to guide up the Agape Road toward intimacy with the Father is a good foundational teaching for anyone, but especially for new believers. I highly recommend that all followers of Jesus should take advantage of seeing these DVD's. They consist of 4 discs with 2 30 minute sessions on each, or 8 sessions in all.
A great resource for home Bible study groups, or small groups of any size from any church congregation!!
Sincerely submitted.
Dave Jamer 08/09/12
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