God our Savior, wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the
truth. 5 For there is one God and one
mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This
has now been witnessed to at the proper time.
اللهِ
مُخَلِّصِنَا،
4 فَهُوَ
يُرِيدُ لِجَمِيعِ النَّاسِ أَنْ يَخْلُصُوا، وَيُقْبِلُوا إِلَى مَعْرِفَةِ
الْحَقِّ بِالتَّمَامِ:
5 فَإِنَّ اللهَ
وَاحِدٌ، وَالْوَسِيطُ بَيْنَ اللهِ وَالنَّاسِ وَاحِدٌ، وَهُوَ الإِنْسَانُ
الْمَسِيحُ يَسُوعُ،
6 الَّذِي بَذَلَ نَفْسَهُ فِدْيَةً عِوَضاً عَنِ
الْجَمِيعِ. هَذِهِ شَهَادَةٌ تُؤَدَّى فِي أَوْقَاتِهَا الْخَاصَّةِ،
1 Timothy 2: 3-6
God
wants everyone to be ‘saved’ (delivered from judgment and given eternal life).
It is His desire. That is why He came down in the form of a man Jesus Christ to
save us. So how do we become saved?
If you declare with your mouth,
“Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead,
you will be saved. 10 For it is with
your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that
you profess your faith and are saved.
أَنَّكَ
إِنِ اعْتَرَفْتَ بِفَمِكَ بِيَسُوعَ رَبّاً، وَآمَنْتَ فِي قَلْبِكَ بِأَنَّ
اللهَ أَقَامَهُ مِنَ الأَمْوَاتِ، نِلْتَ الْخَلاصَ.
10 فَإِنَّ
الإِيمَانَ فِي القَلْبِ يُؤَدِّي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَالاعْتِرَافَ بِالْفَمِ
يُؤَيِّدُ الْخَلاَصَ،
Romans
10:9-10
Jesus
said, “I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me”
قالَ يَسُوعُ:
أنا هُوَ الطَّرِيِقُ وَالحَقُّ وَالحَياةُ. لا أحَدَ يَأْتِي إلَى
الآبِ إلّا بِي
John14:6
For it is by grace [God’s remarkable compassion and
favor drawing you to Christ] that you have been saved [actually delivered from
judgment and given eternal life] through faith. And this [salvation] is not of
yourselves [not through your own effort], but it is the [undeserved, gracious]
gift of God; 9 not as a result of [your] works [nor your
attempts to keep the Law], so that no one will [be able to] boast or
take credit in any way [for his salvation].
فَبِالنِّعمَةِ
أنتُمْ مُخَلَّصُونَ، لِأنَّكُمْ آمَنتُمْ، وَهَذا كُلُّهُ لا يَعتَمِدُ
عَلَيكُمْ، بَلْ هُوَ عَطيَّةٌ مِنَ اللهِ. 9
لَيسَ مُقابِلَ الأعمالِ لِئَلّا يَكُونَ هُناكَ مَجالٌ لِلافتِخارِ.
Ephesians 2:8-9
Jesus
answered Nicodemus:
“I assure
you and most solemnly say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he
cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God. 6 That which is born of the flesh is
flesh [the physical is merely physical], and that which is born of the Spirit
is spirit. 7 Do not be
surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again [reborn from
above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].’
جَابَهُ يَسُوعُ
«الْحَقَّ الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكَ: لَا يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ أَحَدٌ
مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ إِلاَّ إِذَا وُلِدَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَالرُّوحِ.
6 فَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ
الْجَسَدِ هُوَ جَسَدٌ، وَالْمَوْلُودُ مِنَ الرُّوحِ هُوَ رُوحٌ. 7 فَلاَ تَتَعَجَّبْ إِذَا
قُلتُ لَكَ إِنَّكُمْ بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى الْوِلاَدَةِ مِنْ جَدِيدٍ
John 3: 5-7
When Jesus was baptized and The Holy Spirit descended upon
him, he was thus born “from water and spirit.” At that time, there was an
accompanying declaration from heaven:
“After Jesus was
baptized, He came up immediately out of the water; and behold, the heavens were
opened, and he (John) saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting
on Him (Jesus), 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This
is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased and delighted!”
فَلَمَّا
تَعَمَّدَ يَسُوعُ، صَعِدَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ فِي الْحَالِ، وَإِذَا السَّمَاوَاتُ
قَدِ انْفَتَحَتْ لَهُ وَرَأَى رُوحَ اللهِ هَابِطاً وَنَازِلاً عَلَيْهِ
كَأَنَّهُ حَمَامَةٌ. 17 وَإِذَا صَوْتٌ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ يَقُولُ: «هَذَا هُوَ
ابْنِي الْحَبِيبُ، الَّذِي بِهِ سُرِرْتُ كُلَّ سُرُورٍ!»
Matthew 3:16-17
When
a person accepts Jesus as his/her Saviour and makes Him Lord over his/her life,
when that person declares
verbally, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in their heart that God raised Jesus
from the dead, that person receives The Holy Spirit, is born
again and is saved. Baptism in water at that point becomes a public declaration
and an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a crucified,
buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old
life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a
testimony to the believer's faith in the final resurrection of the dead.
I invite you to repeat the
following prayer for yourself:
Abba Father, I pray that out of Your glorious riches You strengthen me with power
through Your Spirit in my inner being, so that I can repent of my sins and
invite You Jesus in my heart. I believe that You died in my place Jesus to
redeem me and that You took all my sins and nailed them to The Cross. I believe
that You were raised from the dead and that You ascended to God our Father and
are seated with God in the heavenly realms. I declare out loud that Jesus is
Lord, I receive The Holy Spirit. I know that by accepting You Jesus as my Saviour that my sins are forgiven and by making You Lord over my Life Jesus I
am born again. Strengthen me Lord to bury the old
life, and to be resurrected to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. Thank
You God that through Your grace You delivered me from judgment and have given me eternal life. Help me Lord to help others know about
salvation through Jesus Christ. I know that this is Your will, and I know that
I can do it through Jesus Christ who strengthens me. Lord, please sink this
message deep into my heart and in the hearts of those reading it and help me
achieve Your desire that
all people be saved and to come to a knowledge
of the truth. God, I pray to You in the name of Your precious Son my
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To Jesus be the power, the glory, the
majesty, the blessings, and the dominion forever and ever, Amen.
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
