ON MY FATHER'S SIDE

A Song by The Barn Again Gang


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ddoyfn6g4


See the perspectives of Jesus ON His mother's side
and On HIS FATHER'S SIDE

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Friday, January 22, 2016

ASSURANCES OF SALVATION



                                      ASSURANCES OF SALVATION

After we have accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior and became born again through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, how can we be assured of full salvation and eternal life with the Lord? The following are the assurances of that salvation:

1. John 3:16- "For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten Son that anyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life."
2. Philippians 1:6- "Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."
3. Romans 9:9 - "That if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved."

WORK IN PROGRESS


                                     WORK IN PROGRESS

The moment we accepted Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior and became born again through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we become works in progress in the Lord. It means we are being renewed day by day by the Lord until we reach the whole measure of the fullness of Jesus Christ. Then we become the reflection of God in this evil world. We become channels of His divine blessings to mankind. The Lord promised this in Philippians 1:6, "Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." We may be experiencing so many obstacles and hindrances on our way to the kingdom of God but this promise assures us of full salvation on the day of Christ return on earth.

Obedience

                         OBEDIENCE TO THE WILL OF GOD

Obedience is better than sacrifice. This was the stinging rebuke given by God to Saul who disobeyed His command to completely wipe out his enemies including women, children and livestock. Saul and his men saved the fattest of the livestock as spoils of war to offer as sacrifices to the Lord. Because of this willful disobedience of God's command to Saul, Saul lost his anointing and the kingdom of Israel to David.

Our first parents also disobeyed the command of God not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Because of this willful disobedience, our first parents lost their identity as being created in the image and likeness of God. And mankind was doomed to a state of depravity and eternal damnation. It took the sacrifice and death of Jesus Christ on the cross to regain that identity for mankind. But there is a price for it. Man must accept Jesus Christ as Lord and savior to regain that identity and attain eternal salvation by the grace of God through faith in Jesus Christ. There is no other way to attain our salvation. "There is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12).