Guest Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Anyone read about this? The conversion of Charles Colson and his book 'Born Again'? Serves to illustrate that absolutely anyone can turn to Jesus Christ and find themselves transformed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted September 14, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,565 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,045 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted September 14, 2018 Hi, He was a brilliant man, a prolific writer, born again to serve his creator he ran the race and finished well. Colossians 2 English Standard Version (ESV) For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. Alive in Christ Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. Let No One Disqualify You Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ. Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations— “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (referring to things that all perish as they are used)—according to human precepts and teachings? These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting self-made religion and asceticism and severity to the body, but they are of no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted September 14, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,018 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,302 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,358 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted September 14, 2018 6 hours ago, Melinda12 said: Anyone read about this? The conversion of Charles Colson and his book 'Born Again'? Serves to illustrate that absolutely anyone can turn to Jesus Christ and find themselves transformed. I didn't read the book but remember when he got saved and became a Christian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GandalfTheWise Posted September 14, 2018 Group: Royal Member Followers: 24 Topic Count: 40 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1,459 Content Per Day: 0.60 Reputation: 2,377 Days Won: 2 Joined: 08/23/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted September 14, 2018 He ended up involved with prison ministries. www.prisonfellowship.org My in-laws spent many years involved with prison ministry and as I vaguely recall got their newsletter or other materials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted September 14, 2018 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,565 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,045 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted September 14, 2018 (edited) 17 hours ago, Melinda12 said: Anyone read about this? The conversion of Charles Colson and his book 'Born Again'? Serves to illustrate that absolutely anyone can turn to Jesus Christ and find themselves transformed. Please, share some of the book highlights that have left an impression upon you. I remember it all live, from daily live TV, daily newspaper, and monthly magazine stories. A much hatred President Nixon, a hard time nearly of civil war, wage and price controls, heavy handed government, war, and political intrigue that went very deep into all sorts of illegalities. A toppled USA presidency, and Charles Colson making a plea bargain deal serving for obstruction of Justice the very same crime politicians are trying to hang on USA President Trump and his political team today. In the middle of it all Charles Colson received the personal specific call to his own repentance from sin against God. He was saved while in prison and lived his salvation after release until He had his own Hello My lord Jesus moment in 2012. He wrote many books in that time between his turning about to God and his death in the flesh. Edited September 14, 2018 by Neighbor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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