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“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’, shall enter the kingdom of heaven (*) but he who does the will of My Father in heaven … I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’ ” (Matt 7:21-23) We see from the passage above: • those who do the will...

(Some) OSASers believe either (1) or (2): (1) God chose (elected) certain humans to be given His free gift of grace-faith (2) humans chose who would believe and receive God’s free gift of grace-faith Either way … these humans are created into born-again Christians. They are transformed into new...

Malachi 3: 16 - Then those who feared the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord listened and heard them; so a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the Lord and who meditate on His name. 17 - “They shall be Mine,” says the Lord of hosts, “on the day that I make...

Most Christians do NOT believe that Scriptures like the following apply to them. But, they do! … Notice these passages specifically apply to believers … “He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable...

Alternate title Choose this day whom you will believe: Scripture and the Holy Spirit, or your church. Reasons why the churches historically have taught false doctrines • Satan is “the god/ruler of this age/world” (2 Cor 4:4, John 12:31) “the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world”...

Instead of ignoring supposedly conflicting Scriptures re: how man is given eternal life, I have attempted to reconcile the situation and explain how I see it. God definitely had His reasons for somewhat concealing the real truth about this. There is clear Scriptural support for everything stated...

There are multitudes of warning passages that do not blatantly warn of losing eternal life. Here is one of my favorites: Matt 7:24-27 • “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the...

• “For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” (Revelation 12:12) You’ve heard about God’s plans for Satan (and the angels who followed him). This is the reason why Satan hates God’s elect so much … because they get to be with God...

Background information • Paul was trained “in the Spirit” for 17 years in the desert regions (Galatians 1:16-2:2). • He received his spiritual information from the risen Jesus (Galatians 1:11-12). • Jesus called him to evangelize the Gentiles (Acts 26:17-18, Romans 15:15). Paul’s churches • He...

Spirit-filled means “filled with the Holy Spirit”, which is found only in these verses: Luke 1:15, 1:41, 1:67, 4:1 … Acts 2:1-4, 4:8, 4:31, 9:17, 13:9 … Eph 5:18. The Holy Spirit coming “upon” people always indicates the baptism with the Holy Spirit. Acts 1:5-8 “… you shall be baptized with the...

Throughout the entire Scriptures, only the righteous are saved. The Christian is responsible for maintaining his imputed righteousness! “... whoever fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.” (Acts 10:35) “… you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.” (1...

Silly me … I thought all a BAC had to do was read the Scriptures and believe them! I recently came across this teaching on the Internet … "This subject is one that I believe the devil has done much damage. If a person is saved and tormented by guilt and shame, then the devil will accuse them...

Level 1 -- Only Believe … example: --------- “… whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3;15) Level 2 -- Deeper Details … example: --------- “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. --------- And I give them eternal life“ (John 10:27-28)...

“Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether (slaves) of sin leading to death, OR (slaves) of obedience leading to righteousness?†(Romans 6:16) Were you aware of the above? Paul says there are ONLY 2...

God is omnipresent (everywhere), omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing). He created all angels and humans to have free will. And He saw everyone’s free-will decisions before the foundation of the world. God’s “elect†are defined here, as well as their destiny “For...

God hid various spiritual truths in Scripture because He knew they would really trouble some people. He desired that they keep a positive attitude and not lose hope of heaven, which would also make them better citizens of the world! Re: conflicting doctrines in Scripture … God has not lied...

John 15: 2 Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of...

This is one man’s view of what the OT and NT reveal about man’s salvation. Scripture references are available for each and every fact below. Note: “The hard sayings of Jesus” are balanced by Paul’s many encouragements, edifications, and exhortations, which are mixed in with all of his...

The New American Standard Bible is widely recognized as being the most literal English translation. New American Standard Bible … John 3:36 “He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.” The translators...

Rev 2:7 … To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life … Rev 2:11 … He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death. “Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God …” (Rev 20:6)...