The Christian’s osition(Do you know who you really are ?) Even before He made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes.Ephesians 1:4 The search for identity and meaning can drive one to great successes or tragic failures. For the Christian, however, the question […]
“Do you have eternal life?”……The Bible presents a clear path to eternal life. First, we must recognize that we have sinned against God: Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” We have all done things that are displeasing to God, which makes us deserving of punishment. Since all […]
Knowledge of Eternal Life 1 John 5:11-13“And this is what God has testified: He has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have God’s Son does not have life. I have written this to you who believe in the name of the Son […]
“Do we contribute anything to our own salvation?”……Answer: There are two ways to look at this question—from a practical point of view and a biblical point of view. First, from practical point of view, let’s assume that a person does contribute something to his salvation. If that were possible, who would get the credit in […]
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 […]
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 […]