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    Right with God: the Basics
    Right with God: the Basics
    Right with God: the Basics
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    Right with God: the Basics

    By Alan J. Niebergal

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    This book is about being right with God now and to eternity. It is based on a relationship with God through Jesus Christ that brings us into a fulfilling relationship with Him.
    We can now stand in the truth of our new identity and take up our inheritance and responsibility in Christ. We can let the heart of Jesus Christ grasped our heart so that we might know Him experientially. It is not a one way relationship, but a two way relationship and he calls us to walk and work alongside with Him in unison. Otherwise we are only wasting a most precious opportunity and blessing in life.
    We have the privilege and joy of walking with Him in a relationship not based on law but the gospel or grace. We also can learn to rest in Him, to walk in our freedom and to be ready and prepared for the end. Our destiny is assured in Him and can and may be eternally right with God.
    Only in Christ will we find fulfillment in this life and the life to come. We can be right with God, and out of the overflow of that relationship, we can enjoy all that we were created to be and experience. This book talks about the basic truths that can assist everyone to be right with God and grow in that relationship in Christ. These truths are basic, but some of them are profound truths that are essential to walk in the fullness of Christ, a fullness He offers to every person in a personal relationship with Him. Some of these truths go deep, but they are basic for every Christian. These basic truths are the way to fullness in Christ.
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    Release dateOct 8, 2012
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    Right with God: the Basics
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    Alan J. Niebergal

    Alan was one of the founding trustees of the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary. He has one unit of Pastoral Clinical Experience completed in Martinez, California and was once licensed as a clinical counselor with the BC association of Clinical Counselors. Alan's passions in ministry is evangelism and discipleship. He is also a passionate Theologian. He is interested in spiritual, relational, emotional, and physical healing. He is not just concerned with truth for truth sake. He is concerned that we experience the truth which is Jesus Christ in our daily life and gives us the tools to apply the truth to life. He does not want us to just know the facts but to know the one who holds the facts. Holding truth in balance is also essential in Alan's perspective. These true's presented in this book are essential for us standing on the truth that is our inheritance in Jesus Christ and for knowing our true identity and walking in His grace rather than living under the law. Knowing the truth not only set us free to be who we are in Christ but will assist us from not being deceived and wasting our time in foolishness. Christ wants and offers us fullness and these basic true's can assist us in the fullness that Christ is to us. These true's are about a relationship with Jesus Christ so that we might walk in Him and He is us. We as Christians have a freedom and joy that no others have and we need to know the truth that sets us and keeps us on this course. We can leave an eternal and spiritual legacy and look with confidence on the coming of Christ at the last day. The author is a former Southern Baptist pastor who received his bachelor of arts from the University of Saskatchewan and his masters of divinity from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Alan is divorced and remarried and has two children, Joel and Katrina. Alan now lives in Kelowna, BC Canada with his wife, Jamie.

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      Right with God - Alan J. Niebergal

      RIGHT WITH

      GOD

      THE BASICS

      Alan J. Niebergal

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      © 2012 by Alan J. Niebergal. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the New King James Version of the Bible, copyright @ 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible, copyright@ 1964, 1965, 1966 by Royal Publications, Inc.

      Scripture quotations marked NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright @1989, Division of the Christian Education of the National Council of Churches in the United States of America.

      Published by AuthorHouse 10/01/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4772-7404-0 (sc)

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      ISBN: 978-1-4772-7402-6 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012917752

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      CONTENTS

      Preface

      Introduction

      Part 1: The Way of Being

      Chapter 1: It Is About Relationship

      Chapter 2: Why Must There Be Jesus Christ?

      Chapter 3: It Includes Transformation

      Chapter 4: It Requires a Sincere Response

      Chapter 5: We Can Enter His Kingdom by Prayer

      Part 2: The Art of Being

      Chapter 6: Inheriting Our Birthright

      Chapter 7: Enjoying God

      Chapter 8: Being Who We Are

      Chapter 9: Being in an Eternal Relationship

      Chapter 10: Being in Step with the Holy Spirit

      Chapter 11: Being Fishers of Men

      Chapter 12: Let the Passion of God’s Heart Move You

      Part 3: Expressions of Love: and Loyalty

      Chapter 13: Being Involved with God in His Strategy—the Church

      Chapter 14: God’s Kingdom

      Chapter 15: Being Free to Give

      Chapter 16: Being Forgiving

      Chapter 17: Be Baptized

      Part 4: Enjoying and Experiencing Christ

      Chapter 18: The Transition from Law to Gospel

      Chapter 19: Crucified with Christ

      Chapter 20: Christ Living in us and through us

      Chapter 21: Free From Sin

      Chapter 22: Seeing From God’s Perspective

      Chapter 23: Resting in Christ

      Chapter 24: Being Free from Condemnation

      Chapter 25: What About Emotional Issues?

      Chapter 26: Living to God’s Glory

      Chapter 27: Being Free to Love

      Part 5: Final Things

      Chapter 28: Leaving a Legacy

      Chapter 29: Be Ready

      Chapter 30: What About the Book of Revelation?

      Conclusion

      Study Questions

      Acknowledgments

      Bibliography: (and Recommend Reading)

      About the Author

      Endnotes

      To my Savior, Lord,

      and friend, Jesus Christ

      PREFACE 

      The purpose of this book is to make the essentials of the gospel clear, even to a secular person, and give to new Christians the life-changing, basic truths so they can live in the fullness Christ has for every Christian.

      On a sports team, practicing the basics is critical to playing well. A good coach helps his or her team to not only know the basics but to master them. Perhaps you never learned these basics as a Christian, or perhaps you have drifted away from them. This is a good time to be restored and refreshed. We need to learn and relearn these truths, and as we do, the many facets of the truth will become clearer in knowledge and experience.

      Even though these truths are basic, they are not always easy to fathom. To think spiritually is not man’s habit. A person must discipline himself or herself through study and meditation to think spiritually and interact with the truth. One must expose oneself to the Bible to begin to think in a spiritually mature way. "‘For My thoughts are not your thoughts. Nor are your ways My ways,’ says the Lord. ‘For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are my ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts’" (Isaiah 55:8-9). However, we can learn to think His thoughts and follow His ways. His thoughts are truth, and they set us free; His ways are the ways to fullness of life, and He brings real, abiding happiness.

      This book goes over the important basic truths of the Bible, but it also tries to keep things brief and cover a wide spectrum. Much more could be said in many of the chapters; however, this would often require a whole separate book in itself. For further study on such topics, I have recommended other books throughout this book and in the bibliography.

      The authority for what I will be sharing is God’s word in the Bible. God will confirm by His Spirit that His word is true, and if you read the Bible with an open heart, you will discover the truth for yourself. Jesus said, You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free (John 8:32). Here are some other large reasons to believe God’s word as revealed in the Bible: It was written by sixty different authors over approximately four to six thousand years, but it has the same theme. This theme has to do with God’s grace through faith, redeeming men from their sins. There were more than three hundred prophecies long before the birth of Christ, foretelling in exact detail His birth, His life, His death, and the results of the Resurrection. The chances of all this coming together are unlikely if not planned by God. Many other historical prophecies were also fulfilled exactly as foretold. There are many other reasons, far too numerous to mention for the purpose of this book, for us to believe that the Bible is God’s word. God oversaw the whole process of the revelation of Himself in the Bible so that man would have enough to know Him, His strategic plan in history, and His love and provision for mankind. See also Josh McDowel’s book Evidence That Demands a Verdict.

      Here is what the Bible says about itself: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3:16-17).  Knowing this first that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit" (2 Peter 1:20-21).

      My goal is that all statements of what is said to be true be examined from scripture, not just from what people or what traditions have said. The truth must also be examined in the context of whole Bible and therefore all scripture related to the particular topic or teaching. Scripture must be compared with other scripture to fully understand all the facets of the truth. The Bible interprets itself. One scripture confirms and clarifies other scriptures. The scripture verses must also be understood in context.

      We must also keep the big picture in view: the context of the scripture, including to whom it was written, the culture of those people, the grammar involved in its writing, the kind of literature it is, and who wrote it under the prompting of the Holy Spirit. We can therefore, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, interpret the scripture and let Christ apply it to our lives. Connecting with God means a union with Him in such a way that He lives through us, yet we remain who we are. Each of us becomes our best selves—selves that are infused with Christ. No life can be more exciting and fulfilling.

      INTRODUCTION 

      One beautiful spring day, I was driving down the highway to a conference. I was zoning out and enjoying the sunny day, deep in thought. I drove six straight hours and finally reached my destination. I was having difficulty finding the conference, so I pulled into a hotel in Portland, Oregon, to get my bearings. However, I discovered I had gone to the wrong city. I should have driven to Seattle, Washington—back the way I had come by another two hours. Boy, had I missed the mark. Luckily, since I was early, I did not miss too much of the conference.

      It is unfortunate at times to think you are going to a certain place and end up at the wrong one. Even though we enjoy the journey, life can at times be wasted, and opportunities may never arise again. In the same way, we may think we are really living, but we are actually missing the joy we were looking for. Or we can spend eternity in the wrong place even though we thought we were going to the right place. We might have thought we were really living it up, only to find out later that we missed out on real joy. When I came to Christ at the age of twenty years, the one thing I regretted was not having come to Christ sooner. I thought I had wasted much of my life living apart from Christ.

      I was a shy young man up until I became a Christian. When I was fifteen, I got involved in the hippie philosophy and drug culture of the day. I lived mostly a hedonistic philosophy, which was to enjoy pleasure and avoid pain. I tried to find a balance to life by enjoying pleasure but not enjoying it so much that it overwhelmed and caused pain. However, I smoked way too much marijuana. I became addicted to it. My life was empty even though I tried to fill it with pleasure. Nothing in my life really, ultimately satisfied. I also searched for some ultimate meaning in life. It was not enough to get a job, a family, retire, and then die. There had to be something more meaningful to life than just getting by and getting by the best I could. Relationships were also disappointing at times. We kept on saying peace, peace when there was no real peace. (Isaiah 57:21) The peace we found was in drugs, and that peace ultimately made me feel emptier when I came to understand it was only a false peace.

      Fortunately, through a process of people talking with me and expressing Christ in their lives, I began to read the Bible and find out for myself whether God was real and

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