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What is salvation?
What does it mean to be saved?
Saved from what?
The words salvation and saved mean to be rescued, delivered or protected from something. If we want to be protected from God's wrath then we have to be saved from our sin as sin always separates us from God. Isa. 59:2 (NIV) tells us, "your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear." Sin always has and always will separate us from God. At the beginning of Creation, Adam and Eve were removed from the Garden, and God's presence, because of sin and it is no different today. God hates sin, so if we want to enter into His holy...
What Does Believe Mean?
" Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life " John 3:36 (NIV)
In John 3:16 we are told,
The Trinity
A short discussion proving the Trinity.
Many books have been written on the Trinity but I don't think anyone has ever honestly claimed to fully understand it. Our limited minds can never understand our infinite God any more than a computer can understand its manufacturer. The purpose of this short article is not to explain the Trinity but to simply highlight some verses which can only make sense when we view God as a Trinity. These few groups of verses will also help to refute those who argue against it.
The first group is regarding Creation:
1) Isa. 44:24 tells us that the Lord, Jehovah, created the heavens and mankind.
2)...
A look at Peter's character.
Peter is often spoken of in disrespectful terms as though he was foolishly outspoken or always putting his foot in his mouth. I even heard a sermon in which he was called a fool for getting out of the boat to walk on the water. However, I think Peter showed a lot of courage and faith and simply wore his heart on his sleeve. He had the courage of his convictions and was not afraid to show his emotions. The following examples look as some of what we know about Peter.
First, let's look at where Peter walked on the water.
Even though some believe Peter was foolish to get out to the boat, I believe that he showed both courage and faith. He not only had the courage to get out of the boat...
Doubt, The Faith Killer
“Lord help my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24)
Surely the greatest desire of anyone seeking a closer walk with the Lord is to have less doubt and a stronger faith. How often I shake my head for being so slow to trust the Lord despite the many clear promises He has given us. God remains perfectly faithful even when our faith is weak. Why can't we have faith like Abraham and just believe what God says? We all know very well that God is unchanging and never lies. He is always true to His word but when things get tough we think His promises are for those other Christians, the strong ones. When the going is smooth we feel that we can move mountains but when there is a bump in the road we doubt and want to drive around it or let someone else do the driving. We need to...
Is obedience optional or necessary for salvation?
Is obedience necessary for salvation or is it an option that we can take or leave? What exactly is required of us to be eternally saved? Some say that we don't need to be obedient but only need to believe, just know, that Jesus died for us because John 3:16 simply says that if you believe you will be saved. Let's apply this same logic to three other verses that speak of salvation and see the result.
- In Acts 15:11 only grace is mentioned regarding salvation so, using the same logic, it would mean we don't need to believe, have faith or repent to be saved.
- In Luke 7:50 only faith is mentioned so that would mean we don't have to believe or repent or need God's grace to be saved.
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God's Wrath In The Day Of The Lord
“The day of the Lord is coming –
a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger.”
(Isa. 13:9)
When the Bible talks about end times it often associates that period with a Cosmic Sign in the heavens where the sun and the moon are darkened, the stars fall and heavenly bodies are shaken. If we look at this Cosmic Sign, as mentioned in Matt. 24 and Acts 2, we can gather the following information:
Matt. 24:21 tells us that there will be.………..... Great Tribulation .
then AFTER the Great Tribulation
Matt. 24: 29 says that there will...
Is Matt. 24 Only For The Jews?
Jesus said, “Watch out that no one deceives you.” (Matt. 24:4)
Many Christians believe that Jesus is going to return twice. They say that the first time is in 1 Thess. 4-5 when He comes secretly to take all Christians to heaven before the Great Tribulation and the second time is in Matt. 24:30, after the Tribulation. Because they believe that they won't be on the earth during the Tribulation period which is spoken about in Matt. 24, they say that Matt. 24 is not relevant to Christians but only relevant to Jews. However, when we examine 1 Thess. 4-5 and Matt. 24 we find that they are parallel passages, that is, they are both talking about the same thing - the one and only return of...