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UNDERSTANDING WHAT SALVATION REALLY IS ALL ABOUT IS VERY IMPORTANT
DO YOU KNOW HIM ?
Materialism says, “Buy your way out.” The politician says, “Legislate.” The army says, “Fight.” Industry says, “Work.” The philosopher says, “Think.” But Jesus says, there’s no way out but through Me. Jesus will save you by His grace, and He’ll save you all by Himself or you won’t be saved at all. When you are saved by the grace of God, you are saved instantly, and you are saved eternally. Your goodness is not enough to save you, and your badness is not enough to keep you away. Jesus loves you so much that He died to save you.
Adrian Rogers
Pray...Lord I am a sinner in need of your saving grace. I believe in your life your death your burial and that you arose from the dead. Lord save me. AMEN
I want to contact Pastor Bruce to share what I have just done.
"Eternal Life In Christ-It's Real Folks"
I'm in and I can't be put out"
The above picture symbolizes how our Savior suffered and died for us. He literally shed His BLOOD for our REDEMPTION. HE endured the cross despising the shame for the JOY that was set before Him. So why would anyone who is saved deny the existence of eternal security in Christ as being one of the principle benefits of all of HIS pain suffering and sacrifice?
Recently I made a post on my face book page that clearly upset the proponents of what is called “Conditional Security” (A belief that is contrary to what the blood of JESUS has purchased for all true believers) They dislike well hate, the sound doctrine of a true Christian being “Eternally Secure” in Christ.
So much so,that they go as far as to call it a “doctrine of devils” They are indeed bolder than I am for I have not been able to, nor will I ever call eternal Life (SALVATION) a work of demons. To be eternally secure in Christ is to believe and accept that what God has done in the believer simply can’t be undone.
The conditional security people believe that if one believes that they are eternally secure in Christ-they will go on to live a sin-filled life because they figure that they’ll never go to hell! One of them cited Matt. 7:21-23 as proof that eternal security in Christ is a myth. Declaring…” one of the most powerful scriptures to refute eternal security is found in Matthew 7:21-23. He continues… Bearing in mind, as you read those scriptures, understand that these people the Lord is talking about/to, are people who moved in the supernatural- performing miracles, prophecy, healings, etc...” In this person's mind the implication is that these people backslid and lost their salvation!
Well let’s read those verses for ourselves .. 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to Me, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in Your name, drive out demons in Your name, and do many miracles in Your name? 23 Then I will announce to them, ‘I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers! Dear God… I may not be the sharpest pencil on the desk- but here, Jesus is making an anouncement not to people HE KNEW, But to those who claimed to know him-He called them LAW BREAKERS. What’s another word that we could use here ,,,,,SINNERS ! These folks were not eternally secure in Christ for if they were He surely would have KNOWN THEM!
What we can learn from those verses is that not all miracles are of divine origin and that not all miracle workers are divinely accredited. When people come to know Christ as their Savior, they are brought into a relationship with God that guarantees their eternal security. Jude 24 declares, "To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy." God's power is able to keep the believer from falling. It is up to Him, not us, to present us before His glorious presence. Our eternal security in Christ is a result of HIM keeping us, not us maintaining our own salvation.
The Lord Jesus Christ proclaimed, "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand" (John 10:28-29b). Both Jesus and the Father have us firmly grasped in their hand. Who could possibly separate us from the grip of both the Father and the Son?
Ephesians 4:30 tells us that believers are "SEALED" for the day of redemption. If we did not have eternal security in Christ, the sealing could not truly be unto the day of redemption, but only to the day of sinning, apostasy, or unbelief. John 3:15-16 tells us that whoever believes in Jesus Christ will "have eternal life." If a person were to be promised eternal life, but then have it taken away, it was never "eternal" to begin with. If eternal security in Christ isn't true, the promises of eternal life in the Bible would be in error.
The most powerful defense for eternal security is Romans 8:38-39, "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." Our eternal security in Christ is based on God's love for those whom He has redeemed. Our eternal security was promised by the Father purchased by Christ, and sealed by the Holy Spirit.
Beloved, we must stop getting our position in Christ confused with our behavior ! Our position as being saved is secure-but our behavior is being worked out with fear and trembling- in that the mind renewal process to scriptural truth can be a chore if you're learning from legalists! As far as Conditional Security goes I can work with it- because the only condition for my eternal security was CHRIST JESUS.
ETERNAL LIFE is NOT EARNED it is RECEIVED by Faith. Our outward manifestations of obedience and goodness are nothing more than the direct result of an Internal Eternal Bond with our Savior. If we want people to mature in Christ-we must STOP preaching SIN to them and start teaching them about their RIGHT STANDING IN CHRIST! Give them a vision of Righteousness. When you think of me please be kind because I am Eternally Secure In Christ-and that's real. I'm in and I can't be put out.
Isn't It Time You Accept HIS finished Work ?
Some folk are working far too hard in the body of Christ to produce fruit/proof of their relationship with Christ. That's something that i have learned NOT to do. Jesus is the vine and we are the branches-branches are fruit bearers NOT fruit producers. Apart from Christ what can we do but fail. Let HIM prove u r in relationship with HIM.
When we die to self daily through denial-HIS life is expressed through us and- the fruit we bear is exposed. Jesus said the key was abiding in him. "I AM the vine you are the branches;he who ABIDES in ME and I in him BEARS much FRUIT,for APART from ME you can do nothing. (John 15:5)
How do we abide in him?-There's really only one way.We must recognize that JESUS is the living Word. "In the beginning was the WORD,and the WORD was WITH GOD,and the WORD WAS GOD. (John 1:1) JESUS the Living WORD was with GOD. The 14th verse of the same chapter is exciting- it says "And the WORD became FLESH and dwelt among us and we saw His glory,glory as of the only begotten from the FATHER, full of GRACE and TRUTH.
So we can discern from the written WORD that JESUS the LIVING WORD cannot be separated from what is written. SO the key to abiding in the living Word is accepting the written word. How? By believing what He says about us and living by faith.
We can not produce FAITH LOVE PATIENCE or any other of the virtues of God. We can only believe and through believing bear the fruit that His Life in us produces. The truth is that on our best day we still are subject to "act the fool" at a moments notice.
When will the branches realize that we can't earn our place in the kingdom--We must just accept what the WORD says we possess! Fulfill your need to feel that sense of accomplishing something, by honoring your Saviors sacrifice through, resting faithfully in the vine that He may live His Life through YOU. Aren't you his temple--Well is it true that in HIM you live and move and have your being. Well then beloved you to are full of GRACE and TRUTH.
Take the pressure off of daily living through FAITH in what THE MASTER has WRITTEN! I pray that what i have shared today is a blessing to you. May you expand in the knowledge of Yeshua and the greatness of His LOVE for you.
"Don't BE Afraid Only BELIEVE"
It's interesting but what some people call FAITH isn't Faith at all. It's people acting on data absent of revelation from the SPIRIT and the Scriptures. The Christian life is not about blind faith-it is based on facts and truths that even history can't deny.
Ever wonder why Jesus cautioned His followers to take heed how they hear?(Luke 8:18) How about when He told them to NOT partake of the teaching of the pharisees.(Mark 8:15) Yet in the body of Christ there is a continual influx of that kind of teaching. That's why so many people have a hard time understanding who they really are and what they should... See More be doing in Christ. Maybe they have accepted the wrong vision and are following the wrong JESUS!
For example the hardest thing for a human being to do is as Jesus put it to Jairus! "Don't be Afraid ...ONLY BELIEVE" (Mark 5).
People today are doing everything BUT allow the Savior to actually LIVE his life through them. That is the principle reason satan has been able to divide and conquer us. He heard Jesus when HE said a" house divided against itself can't stand."(Matt 12:25-29) (as our minds resist the truth that the SPIRIT is giving us-we are divided aren't we?)
The greatest hindrance to the truth"Faith without works is dead"(JAMES 2:26) is believers who are TRYING to live right while demonstrating their unbelief in the finished work of the cross. What kind of fruit are we actually going to produce? From my last post you know the answer to that one( NONE)-but we are going to use our faith to BEAR fruit.
Catch this thought-"HE who has begun a GOOD WORK in YOU will be faithful to complete it"( Phil 1:6) He never said HE expected any of us to complete the work-NOT with unredeemed flesh and a MIND that is in the process of being renewed.
Beloved our "WORK" is to believe and allow the Holy Spirit through the Scriptures to aid us in the MIND RENEWAL PROCESS. The end result being- us faithfully and fearlessly fulfilling the Lord's command to "Live by FAITH and NOT by SIGHT" (2 Cor 5:7) Martha was a worker bee-she had a carnal understanding concerning Faith and Works.She was busy trying to please the Lord-BUT according to JESUS she was wrong- He said MARY who was sitting at His feet and listening to Him was RIGHT. (Luke 10:40-42)
I know it's hard to walk away from tradition- but that's primarily because of satan's success at manipulating us through our emotions-and circumstances. There's more confusion in the body of Christ -than in some satanic cults!
He knows how to confuse the issue-we've got ministers who tell us to walk by faith and not by sight-but demonstrate the opposite-by preaching their personal supernatural experiences ---prompting in us a desire for the same. Tingling hands-oil flowing from the hands-...visitations from angels. Please do not misunderstand me here-but while we are fasting & praying and coveting these spectacular experiences-could we be missing the supernatural contentment of Christ in us our hope of Glory.
It's easy to see how a person could be deceived that way. Lord knows I was until Jesus spoke to me from the Scriptures.
At the end of the day-those who willingly accept that JESUS came out of that tomb NOT to make us "IMPROVED PHARISEES" who need nothing but themselves and THE LAW! All that did was separate them from HIM..they made themselves independent of their Creator while honestly believing- they were serving him. Its one thing to be sincere and right BUT who profits when one is sincerely wrong?
Beloved CHRIST JESUS has made us to be totally dependent on HIM for everything from the start of this relationship that will never end. He is ALPHA & OMEGA! He is the beginning of our JOY as well as the end of our SORROW- the beginning of our REST and the ending of our FRUITLESS LABORS. It's time to stop mixing the covenants. It brings confusion and sorrow.
Faith would never be a problem if it were not for that.
Victory Christian Faith Center
