this will B CD or audio cassette, or both

1  Getting born again
2  The responsibilities of a Christian
3  The Baptism with the H.G.
4  The importance of claiming Bible promises out loud over self & family
5  The prayer life
6  finances
7  sex
8  The most important book in the world
9  Sharing with others
10  the enemy
11  your sure foundation

                     How to be a Winner with Jesus

In John chapter 3, Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews, went to Jesus at night.  Nicodemus said to Jesus: "Rabbi, we know that you're a teacher sent by God, 'cause no man can do these miracles you do unless God is with him."

Jesus could have answered in many ways, but what he did was get right to the point and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a man is born again, he can't see the kingdom of God."

The first words out of Jesus' mouth, when Nicodemus came to him were about how to get into the kingdom of God.  

You could get your ph.D. from Harvard or Yale, but if you don't grasp this key principle, you're headed for hell, my friend.   

But brother Fred, how do we really know there is a hell?  O.K. Here's how we know there's a fiery hell.  We know because Jesus said there's a hell, where their worms don't die, and where the fire won't be quenched, where there's crying and gnashing of teeth.  

When people gnash their teeth, why do they do that?  They gnash their teeth because they're angry.  Why are people in hell angry?  Because they've been cheated out of going to heaven.  God has provided for everyone the way to heaven, but many went to hell instead.  Who cheated them?  The enemy, Satan, and his demons, who persuaded people to disregard God and the Bible, live for pleasure, seek wealth, and don't worry about where you'll spend eternity.  

What is the way God has provided so people can go to heaven?  John 14:6, "I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No man comes to the Father except by me," Jesus said.  The Father means God the Father who lives in heaven.  If you want to go to heaven, you go through Jesus.  

But someone might say, what if I don't go to heaven?  If you don't go to heaven, they you DO go to hell, and hell is the default destination for everyone.  Most people now are at least a little acquainted with computers.  When you first get a computer it is set to factory settings.  Then you can go in and customize your settings to suit your personal preferences.  Any settings you don't customize remain at their DEFAULT settings.  

The default destination for everyone is hell.  The only way you won't go to hell is if you make other arrangements.  

I was in a city in Texas and wanted to be in a different city.  I called Amtrak and made a reservation.  I bought my ticket.  I got on the train and arrived at the other city.  I   MADE   OTHER   ARRANGEMENTS.  

Now the way that you make other arrangements so you don't go to hell is, like Jesus told Nicodemus, you get born again.  

So how do I do that, brother Fred?  You get born again by hearing the gospel message that All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.  That the wages of sin is death (not just physical death, but also the going to hell.)  That the gift of God is eternal life (you go to heaven) through Jesus Christ our Lord.  That God raised Jesus from the dead after Jesus died on the cross.  

Here's something people don't know who don't read the Bible:  When you die, it's only your body that dies.  That body was just a house that you lived in.  

It was on the news recently that there was flooding, and some people lost their houses.  So now what?  Well now, they have to go find a different place to live.  Losing their homes was a serious inconvenience, but you don't die just because your house dies.  Nor do you die just because your body dies.  It's just your flesh and blood body that dies, and then you, the person who lived inside that house that was your body go on to your destination.  To what destination?  To one of two places: heaven, or hell.  And Jesus said most people go to hell.

Broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many there are who go in there; narrow is the way that leads to life, and few there are who find it, Jesus said.  

In Hebrews we read, "as it is appointed to man once to die, and after this the judgment."  If you had a traffic ticket and then died before your court appearance, they'll not prosecute because you died.  But after you die, you still go to Judgment Day because it was only your body that died.  

In the book of Revelation we see that only those who have their names written in the Lamb's Book of Life, in heaven, will go to heaven.

So how do I get my name written in the Lamb's Book of Life?  By getting born-again, is how.  

After hearing the gospel message, you're still not saved just because of what you heard.  No, you have to do something.  

Romans chapt 10, verses 9 & 10 says, "That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you're saved.  For with the heart man believes for righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is man for salvation."

You have to say "Yes" to Jesus.  Is the word yes in your vocabulary?  If the word yes is not in your vocabulary, you must be very, very young.  So young, in fact, that you probably can't understand most of what I'm saying.  But if you can understand most of what I'm saying, then no doubt you can say yes to Jesus.

In Revelation chapter 3, verse 20, Jesus says, "See, I stand at the door, and knock, if any man hears my voice, and opens the door, I'll come in to him, and will eat with him, and he with me."

Open your heart to Jesus.  Invite him in.  Say, "Lord Jesus I want your salvation, I accept your salvation, I believe God raised you from the dead, I want to go to heaven."

Now brother Fred, If I do that, isn't there the chance that Jesus will say he doesn't want me?  No, there isn't.  The Bible says all that call on the name of the Lord shall be saved, and you can be a part of that all.  

Someone might say, "I'm a deaf-mute, I don't talk, how do I say yes to Jesus?"  Let me explain this to you.  Jesus understands sign language, and every other language.  In whatever language you received this message, use that language and say yes to Jesus.  And by the way, Jesus has healing for you so that you can hear and speak.  There is no problem with your body that Jesus can't heal.  

Someone might say, "I guess you're right, but I don't want to take care of that right now; a more convenient time will come."  Are you really sure a more convenient time will come?  The Bible says now is the hour of salvation.  I don't know that you'll have another opportunity to accept Jesus as savior, and neither do you, my friend.  Don't boast about tomorrow, for you don't know what a day can bring forth, the Bible says. 

There have been lots of people who thought they would take care of something tomorrow, and then tomorrow never came because death came first.  

Now that this has come to your attention, take care of it now, and get right with God now.  Get born again now by saying yes to Jesus.  He will hear you, and accept you as a Christian.

But if you're already a Christian, I thank God for that, please stay tuned, I have good information for you.

Once you're a Christian, do you have any responsibilities?  Yes.  You, as a Christian, have been given a free gift of salvation.  You've been given eternal life.  When your time comes to die, the angels will carry you to heaven.  Not your flesh and blood body that just died, but the inner man, your born-again spirit, like the angels carried Lazarus to heaven, as Jesus said in the New Testament part of the Holy Bible.

But Jesus, your Lord and Savior, has some things for you to do.  These instructions are found in the Bible.  During his approximately three-year ministry on earth, Jesus spoke many words.  Most of those words are in the first four books of the New Testament, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  There are other words Jesus spoke in the book of Revelation.  

But one thing Jesus said is, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the word of God."  Well, every word from the mouth of God means the whole Bible from Genesis to Revelation, all sixty six books.

I've heard people say, "Well men wrote the Bible."  No, that's not correct.  These days we have computers.  Before personal computers, there were typewriters.  If I sit down at a typewriter and type up a letter to my friend Tom, would you then say, "Oh, Fred's typewriter wrote a letter to Tom?"

You would be quite mistaken.  My typewriter did no such thing.  That typewriter can't spell, or use correct grammar, or carry on a conversation.  All the typewriter did was, when I pressed the key for "A," it printed an A on the page.  When I pressed the key for "B," it printed B.  

The typewriter didn't write the letter, the man did.  Similarly, men were just the typrwriters that God used to write the Bible.  The author of the Bible is God.  Men wrote down what God wanted them to.  "Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost."

Someone could say, but don't you believe Paul wrote those letters to those churches in the New Testament?  Yes, I do.  And I believe Paul was divinely inspired by God's Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost to write those words that Paul wrote.  So then Paul is not really the author, but God.  Paul was the typewriter that God used.  And I am sure that Paul didn't mind being a typewriter for God.  And Paul will get his reward on Judgement Day.  

Jesus said, "Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and not do the things I say?"  Some people say they're Christians, but are not careful to do the things Jesus said.  Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments."

But it's pretty hard to do what Jesus said if we don't know what Jesus said.  And it's pretty hard to know what Jesus said if we don't read the Bible.  These days, I prefer the King James Version of the Bible.  Do not use "The New World Translation" because that is a counterfeit Bible from a false religion, the Jehovah's Witnesses. 

When I was a young man (and now I'm a senior,) I received some good advice from my friend Bill, who was a little older than I was.  He said, "Fred, you need to read at least a chapter a day in the Bible.  If you don't read at least a chapter a day in the Bible, you'll fall on your face as a Christian."  I've tried to follow that advice.  I've missed a few days, such as when traveling, but I think I've mostly followed that advice, except that recently, rather than read that chapter or more, I listen to it being read by Alexander Scourby on audio tapes.