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Looking for Answers?

Great!  Light of the World Church wants to be the kind of ministry that takes your toughest questions seriously.

At Light of the World Church, we believe in worshiping with our heart, soul and mind.  We realize that in so many instances, a person’s mind must be persuaded before the heart and soul will follow.

What is Christianity?
Christianity can be confusing.  It sometimes seems like a never-ending set of rules, regulations and religious goals to meet.  Simply, Christianity is all about creating and building a personal relationship with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ; a close intimate relationship that will lead you to find true peace, hope, meaning in life, and that relationship will lead to eternal life with God.

What is Salvation?
The good news is that Heaven is a free gift!  In fact, there is nothing you can do to earn salvation. Of course, no gift exchange is ever complete until the gift offered becomes a gift accepted!  When Jesus Christ came down from Heaven to earth and died on the cross, He paid for our sins.  He purchased us a place in Heaven, which He now offers to us as a free gift that is received through faith.  Salvation is the eternal life with God.

How do I become Saved?
It is as simple as ABC:

• A - Admit you are a sinner and need to be saved
• B - Believe that Jesus died for your sins
• C - Confess with your mouth that Jesus is your Savior

Now is the time…

If you have never trusted Jesus as your Lord and Savior and invited Him into your life, you can do it right now.  If you are not sure that you are a Christian, now is the perfect time to make sure.

Trust the Lord right now and ask Him to save you. You can do this by praying the prayer of salvation. Click here for this prayer.

Still not sure...

Perhaps this is the right time for you to start an honest examination of what Christianity is all about.  Please read on, and consider, if you were to die today where would you spend eternity? Do you care?  If you don’t, then continue doing what you have been doing, if you do, this information will help start you on your investigative journey.

Contemplate the following questions that many people frequently ask, and see how the Bible answers these questions with scriptures.  Research those scriptures and understand that Jesus died for your sins.  He defeated death and the Devil; He rose again on the third day; He is alive and well and sits at the right hand of the Father in Heaven.  Because He lives, you can live too…forever with Him in Heaven.

I am a good and moral person, so why do I need to be saved?  In fact, I am nicer than many of those so-called Christians.
Sin involves more than just murder and adultery.  Everyone sins because less obvious things such as greed, envy and deception are also sins.  Since we can never work our way into God’s favor, and He wants all of us to be saved, God sent Jesus to pay for our sins.  Jesus is the way to mend our relationship with God.  Think about it, if we had to earn our way, how many good deeds are enough?  There are no biblical statements that claim judgment day is a comparison of people where God grades on a curve.  God does not say…are you better than average?.. Well, let’s keep him… or, Wow, this one here is really bad, let’s throw him back…here Satan, you can have him.  On judgment day, God compares each one of us to HIM, and all our sins are left exposed.  Remember, God is the standard for comparison, not our friends and relatives. (Romans 3:23, John 3:3, Romans 6:23, John 3:16-18, Romans 10:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, Philippians 2:5, Ephesians 4:22-24)

Why would a loving God send someone to Hell?
God is Love.  God has this incredible love for us, and He wants us to share it with Him.  But, for love to exist, it must involve a choice.  God will not force us into a loving relationship with Him.  He will never override our “free will to choose”.  We make the choice to have a relationship with God or not.  If we choose not to, because, God did not force us to accept Him while we were living, He will not force us to live with Him for eternity.  If you did not want Him in life, why would you want Him in death?  If we suppress God’s evidence all our life and reject Him, God gives us what we wanted… Eternity apart from Him, or Hell.  God does not send us to Hell, we choose it over Him. (2 Corinthians 5:10, Romans 14:12, Psalms 9:17, 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9, Revelation 21:7-8)

Why do I need to be Baptized?
Baptism is not a condition for salvation. If it were, then people in the desert, who believed in their hearts and confessed that Jesus is savior, with no water to be baptized, could not be saved.  This is not true.  Baptism is an outward sign of an inward change. We do it because Jesus did it first. (Matthew 3:13-15, Acts 2:38, Acts 19:4-5, Galatians 3:26-27, 1 Peter 3:21)

What is faith? And why do I need it?
Faith is believing in something or someone without personally seeing it happen or knowing the person involved. We exercise our faith everyday.  Our lives depend on faith. We have faith in our laws designed to protect us and that people will follow those laws.  For example, we have faith that people, whom we don't know, will follow all of the traffic laws designed to keep us safe. If we don't have faith in our laws and the willingness of people to follow those laws, the lawlessness will ensue and our safety is in jeopardy.

It is the same with our faith in Jesus and what He did for us on the cross.  To spend eternity with God, we must have faith that Jesus died on the cross for our sins and that he rose from the grave, although we did not personally see it happen. (Hebrews 11:1, Hebrews 11:6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:1)

Is there any sin that God will not forgive?
Yes.  That sin is called blasphemy, which means giving Satan the glory for work done by the Holy Spirit. (Matthew 12:30-32, Hebrews 10:26-29)

Still have questions and need answers?

At Light of the World Church we make every effort to meet the needs of those in our community.  God reached out to us, now we want to reach out to you.  Please, do not consider any question too “stupid” or meaningless for us to answer.  We want to help.  Please get in touch with us; we look forward to serving you.

God loves you and wants you to know Him.

Are you ready to accept Jesus?  Pray this:

“Lord Jesus, I know You love me, because you died for my sins.  Thank you Jesus for doing that for me.  I admit that I have sinned-against others, and against myself but most of all against you.  Please forgive me for my sins, and give me Your power to resist the temptation to sin.  I believe that you rose from the dead, and that You are the only true God.  I ask that you come into my life and live at the center of it.  Please accept me, by faith I accept you, Jesus.  Thank you for giving me eternal life with You.”

If you honestly mean that prayer, Jesus takes you seriously.  He causes you to be born again.  This is not the end but rather the beginning of a brand new way of living.  Here are four ways to help you live for Jesus:

1. Tell someone what you have done. (Romans 10:9-10) It is important to “go on record” or confess with your mouth that you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Tell someone who knows you well enough to notice a difference that Jesus will be making in your life.  We would also like to know.  Click here on how to contact us.
2. Begin reading you Bible. (2 Timothy 2:15) Start with the Gospel of John.  Read some of the Bible every day.  Click here for a Daily Bible Reading Plan at our Study Center.
3. Pray every day. (1 Thessalonians 5:17)Prayer is simply talking to God.  He wants to hear from you.  Tell Him your high points and ask Him to help you through your rough spots.
4. Go to church regularly. (Proverbs 27:17) The church is God’s family here on earth.  You’ll want to be with your church family as frequently as possible for study and service, friendship and fun.  If you are in Houston, Texas area, we invite you to visit us and let us know what you have done.  We would like to be your church family.  Click here for directions to LOTW Church.

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Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Hebrews 13:20-21 (KJV)

Pastor Ottawa R. Pullen, Jr.
Senior Pastor