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salvation

  1. Bandit

    Please pray for Aiden and an update on my brother

    Please pray for Aiden that the Lord would grant him repentance and a saving knowledge of the truth so that he might repent and accept Jesus as his savior.. As for my brother whom I asked for prayers, he passed away on April 25. Please keep me in prayer as I navigate this difficult chapter of my...
  2. BrotherJJ

    Spirit Filled Believers Are Eternally Secure

    The NT's Trinitarian Structure Makes Loss of Salvation Impossible It begins with the irreversible saving actions of the Triune God - the Son's justifying Holy Spirit baptism, the Father's legal declaration of righteousness in Christ & the Holy Spirit's FOREVER indwelling, sealing & guaranteeing...
  3. BrotherJJ

    Once-For-All

    A believers salvation is eternally secure. Jesus calls the Father God (Jn 20:17, Matt 27:46 & Jn 17:3), the Father calls the Son God (Heb 1:8-9) & Paul calls the Son God (Rom 9:5) & Peter calls Holy Spirit God (Acts 5:3–4). The Human Condition & God's Rescue All have sinned (Rom 3:23) - sins...
  4. Christsfreeservant

    The Pure Milk of The Word

    “Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord.” (1 Peter 2:1-3 NASB1995) “Therefore, putting...
  5. BrotherJJ

    Redemption: A Transaction Paid in Full

    Christ's resurrection is God the Father's PAID IN FULL receipt for the sin‑redemption transaction Jesus accomplished at Calvary. Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words Redeem, Redemption [ A-1,Verb,G1805, exagorazo ] “to purchase out of the marketplace” Used in Rev 5:9; 14:3–4 (AV...
  6. BrotherJJ

    2 category's that must be kept separate SANCTIFICATION - JUSTIFICATION

    Sanctification At the same moment you are sanctified - Set apart as His own possession, purified & prepared for good works (Titus 2:14 & 2 Tim 2:21) you're delivered from sins power (Rom 6:14 & 8:2) & the Holy Spirit begins to lead, guide & teach (Jn 14:26 & 1 Jn 2:27) as He shapes you into...
  7. BrotherJJ

    John Baptized with Water - Jesus Baptizes with the Holy Spirit & with Fire

    John's Baptism - Administrator: John - Element: water - Purpose: repentance for Israel Only (Jn 1:31) - Temporary, preparatory. Ended: Functionally at Pentecost (Acts 2) & formally discontinued in Acts 19 Jesus Performs Two Baptisms (1) Holy Spirit baptism - Administrator: Jesus - Element...
  8. BrotherJJ

    Salvation Is Christ's Work Alone - Rewards Are Based on Our Obedience Afterward

    Saved by Faith Alone - Rewarded by Faithful Obedience - Obedience is part of the Sanctification Process - Not Salvation 1st, Salvation is by faith alone in Christ alone. Jesus won the war through His obedient (Rom 5:19) faithfulness unto death, even the death of the cross. (Phil 2:8). His...
  9. Eph2;8-9

    Prayer for the Salvation of my brother - John 17;3, Romans 10;9, Luke 10;02, Ephesians 2;8-10

    How about y'all pray for the salvation of the soul of my brother? God of saving grace, if it is in Your will, guide the soul of the unsaved to know you the one true God with Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I pray about the salvation of the unsaved to know You God, to confess with the toungue...
  10. Christsfreeservant

    Progressive Salvation

    “You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. You should diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you.” (Deuteronomy 6:16-17 NASB1995) We read in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22, and in Hebrews...
  11. BrotherJJ

    Repent Then & Repent Now

    John called Israel to return from covenant unfaithfulness & the gospel calls unbelievers to turn from one sin > UNBELIEF. Acts 20:21 says, repentance TOWARD God & faith TOWARD our Lord Jesus Christ. Everything in the verse turns on that small word TOWARD. Repentance is not a catalog of personal...
  12. BrotherJJ

    Jesus' Mission - Peter' Sermon - Gentile Timeline

    Gentile Status Before Acts 10 Gentiles were aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, strangers from the covenants, having no hope & living without God in the world (Eph 2:11–12). The Temple's middle wall of partition barred Gentiles from Israel's sacred courts, with DEATH WARNINGS for any...
  13. BrotherJJ

    The Unpardonable Sin

    If you're a Christian & you fear you've committed the unforgivable sin, you haven't & you CAN'T! The unpardonable sin is not what most people think. All Humanity: Guilty of Sin, Offered a Gift Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (NOTE: Scripture declares all to...
  14. BrotherJJ

    Grace Has a Name

    Eternal life isn't earned or achieved; it's received through the One who gives it. Grace = God's unmerited/unearned/undeserved favor Jn 3:16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life (NOTE: Believers in...
  15. Christsfreeservant

    Our Hearts Rejoice in God

    “Behold, the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness, To deliver their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield. For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name. Let...
  16. BrotherJJ

    From the Levitical priestly order - to the Order of Melchizedek

    Levitical priestly order is established at Aarons ordination: Lev 8:1-12 God commands Moses; to wash/purify Aaron & his sons with water Vs6, Moses then pours the anointing oil on Aaron's head to sanctify = "set him apart" for priestly duties Vs12. Marking Aarons ordination & establishment of...
  17. BrotherJJ

    From the Levitical priestly order - to the Order of Melchizedek

    Levitical priestly order is established at Aarons ordination: Lev 8:1-12 God commands Moses; get some anointing oil, VS 6, wash/purify (full mikveh - precursor of NT baptism) Aaron & his sons with water, VS 12, Moses pours the anointing oil on Aaron's head to sanctify = "set him apart" for...
  18. BrotherJJ

    Baptism - John the Baptist - Peter - Jesus & Remission

    Scripture Study Principles Myles Coverdale; a Bible theologian & translator from the 1500’s. He wrote the Coverdale Bible. Say's don't judge Scripture by what is spoken, or written only. When dissecting any verse of scripture. Ask yourself, of whom, to whom, with what words, what time, where...
  19. BrotherJJ

    What does "“quicken" mean? And what gives life, Spirit or water?

    Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words: QUICKEN [ G2227, zoopoieo ] to make alive:" See LIFE, C. [ G4806,suzoopoieo / sunzoopoieo ] "to quicken together with, make alive with" (sun, "with" and No. 1), is used in Ephesians 2:5; Colossians 2:13, of the spiritual life with Christ...
  20. Christsfreeservant

    The Knowledge of Salvation

    “And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: ‘Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant— As He spoke by the mouth of His...