God's Soldiers

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Dr. James E. Martin God’s Soldiers

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Dr. James E. Martin

God’s Soldiers

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In Whose Army Are You

Serving?

“…Choose ye this day whom ye will serve…”

Joshua 24:15

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II Timothy 2:3,4

“Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”

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Based on a gospel tract I wrote several

years ago

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God’s G. I.’s

G I A well known term in most households todayMost young boys play like they are “G I Joe”Term actually stands for “Government Issue”

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Please Consider Some

Additional “G. I.’s”

1.Great Invitation

2.Great Iniquity

3.Great Imprisonment

4.Great Impossibility

5.Grand Inheritance

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We all receive, and respond regularly to invitations of all types:

Birthday parties

Weddings

Anniversary parties

Retirements

Many more

Consider

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Great Invitation

In John 7:37-38, Jesus said:“…if any man thirst, let him

come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers

of living water.”

In Matthew 11:28 He said:“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden,

and I will give you rest.”

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Why was this invitation

given

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To understand the need for the invitation, one must, of necessity,

think about another “G. I.”

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GREAT INIQUITYThe Word of God declares:

“But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your

sins have hid his face from you, that He will not

hear.” Isaiah 59:2

“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my

mother conceive me.”Psalm 51:5

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This iniquity, my friend, is

universal, and therefore:

IT INCLUDES YOU.

As you ponder the above

statement and possibly consider

totally rejecting it, please

understand the following texts

from the Bible that prove the

statement to be accurate.

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“As it i

s writ

ten,

there

is none

righte

ous, no not

one.”

Romans 3:1

0“For all have

sinned, and

come short of

the glory of God.”

Romans 3:23

“All we like

sheep have

gone astray; we

have turned

every one to his

own way…”

Isaiah 53:6NOTICE WORDS LIKE “ALL”, “EVERY ONE”

IN THE ABOVE VERSES. THIS

MEANS THAT NONE ARE EXEMPT!!!!

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You may be thinking by now, “O K, this

iniquity includes me. So what?”

Before you stop reading, you should, in all

honesty, consider the next “G. I.” It is the end result

of NOT addressing these previous “G. I.’s”.

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GREAT IMPRISONMENT

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“For the wages of sin is death…”

Romans 6:23

Death is universal… It affects all“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:” Hebrews 9:27This verse indicates physical deathThere is a second death mentioned in the Bible also:“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.” Revelation 20:14

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The first death is that

which we all must face

.

The second death

means , “An eternal

separation from God.”

The Bible indicates

that this place of

separation will be in a

place known as the

“lake of fire.”

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As previously stated, the first

death is unavoidable.

The second death is

AVOIDABLE!!

!Yes, my friend, you heard (read)

that correctly. It is

avoidable!!!!!!

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How then can I save

myself from this

avoidable end?????

The simple truth

regarding this

question is that,

“YOU CAN’T!!”

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Great Impossibility

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“For by grace are ye saved

through faith; and that not of

yourselves: it is the gift o

f

God,

Not of works, lest any man

should boast.” Ephesians

2:8,9“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us…” Titus 3:5

This clearly shows, my

friend, THAT YOU CANNOT

SAVE YOURSELF!!

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Since you cannot save yourself, you

should consider looking to One who, not only CAN, but

WILL do the saving!!

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Only by faith in Jesus Christ

Can you be saved.

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“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

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe

on his name.”John 1:12

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When Jesus Christ, God’s Son, died on

the cross, He died there for

you, in your place

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“For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.”

Romans 5:6

For you to respond to His Great Invitation, you

MUST:

1. Admit that you are a sinner.

2. Believe that Jesus Christ died

for you.

3. Repent (turn from) your sin.

4. Trust Him, by faith, to be your

Savior.

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When this is done,The Bible speaks of another “G. I.”

that becomes yoursautomatically.

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Grand Inheritance

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be

also.”John 14:3

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The place that the Lord spoke of in

the preceding verse, that can be your

inheritance, is known as HEAVEN,

according to Isaiah 66:1

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