Conversion Deception? The Salvation Prayer Part 1 ……By Jim Allen……This blog posting is part one in a three-part series about the salvation prayer and its role in the Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20). Is the salvation prayer the decisive moment when God saves a person? If so, then why do so many people who pray to receive […]

“Does Hebrews 6:4-6 mean we can lose our salvation?”……Answer: Hebrews 6:4-6 states, “For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall […]

Confidence in Christ Alone October 10, 2011   “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them […]

False Conversion The Salvation Prayer Part 2 By Jim Allen……In my last post, I wrote about people who pray to receive Christ but then continue in life with no apparent change, reverting again to the ways of the world with one foot in church. For one to pray and then go on in life without any […]

Salvation…I believe that salvation is a gift of God’s grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross (Ephesians 2:8-9). I believe that Christ’s death fully accomplished justification through faith and redemption from sin. I believe that Christ died in our place (Romans 5:8-9) and bore our sins in His own […]

“How can it be said that we have everlasting life when we still die?”……Answer: The Word of God assures us that all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ will have everlasting life (John 3:16, 6:471 John 5:13). The Greek word translated “everlasting” means perpetual, eternal, forever. Perhaps the word “perpetual” best explains the biblical […]

“What does it mean that God draws us to salvation?”……Answer: The clearest verse on God’s drawing to salvation is John 6:44 where Jesus declares that “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.” The Greek word translated “draw” is […]