{"id":51,"date":"2010-05-10T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-10T17:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/barry-spor\/?p=51"},"modified":"2010-05-10T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-10T17:12:54","slug":"gods-waiting-for-you-to-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/barry-spor\/2010\/05\/10\/gods-waiting-for-you-to-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;GOD&#8217;S WAITING FOR YOU TO ANSWER&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, 2010<\/p>\n<p>by Lindy Drake<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guanano believers in Brazil have been studying the  book of Galatians and recently Delfina, one of those hearing God&#8217;s Word,  shared these thoughts with her unsaved friends and relatives after  hearing the message of Galatians 2:20.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today we have  come to listen to God&#8217;s story. We are a mixed group today, those who  have heard this story many times and those who haven&#8217;t. We who believe  are a small group, but others are coming behind us. They too are  searching for Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To those of you who are hearing these  things for the first time, I say &#8216;Welcome.&#8217; Listening to what God says  isn&#8217;t a game. We will live and grow by means of what we hear. Those of  you who are searching for truth, come along with us. Come here to  listen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why did Jesus come into the world? His Father sent Him.  God was thinking about our sin, so He sent Jesus His Son into the world.  And so Jesus lovingly came, was born, and grew up in this world. When  He was around 30 years old, He died for us. To those who believe in Him,  He becomes their Chief. But only those who hear His words as true, and  say, &#8216;Yes, I believe,&#8217; will go with Him to Heaven.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I chose to  believe. I said to Jesus, &#8216;You alone are the One who died for my sins.  You died to rescue me who would have perished in the big fire. And now  You teach me that when You died on the cross for my sins, it was like I  died with You. You paid the price for my sins, and it was like they were  all buried in the ground when You were. They don&#8217;t exist anymore. And  when You rose from the dead, I rose with You.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So today, I who  used to be dead and a slave to sin am alive. And so I became a believer.  And now God&#8217;s waiting for you to answer Him the way I did. How long  will it be before you answer Him?&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-52\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/barry-spor\/files\/2010\/05\/Delfina-with-Irley-and-Maggie-at-8th-grade-graduation_1-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"Delfina with her Daughters Irley and Maggie at 8th grade Graduation\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/barry-spor\/files\/2010\/05\/Delfina-with-Irley-and-Maggie-at-8th-grade-graduation_1-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/barry-spor\/files\/2010\/05\/Delfina-with-Irley-and-Maggie-at-8th-grade-graduation_1.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delfina with her Daughters Irley and Maggie at 8th grade Graduation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 7, 2010 by Lindy Drake Guanano believers in Brazil have been studying the book of Galatians and recently Delfina, one of those hearing God&#8217;s Word, shared these thoughts with her unsaved friends and relatives after hearing the message of Galatians 2:20. &#8220;Today we have come to listen to God&#8217;s story. 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