SALVATION MADE SIMPLE.
NOTICE.
There is nothing simple about salvation. It takes the death of Christ to purchased it. I only used the word simple because the book is tapered down so a five-year-old should be able to understand it.
AUTHOR: Rev J.A.McBean Sr
INTRODUCTION.
O ne of the reasons for self righteousness among people is that, they do not understand the massage of salvation. But thanks to God, one does not have to understand salvation to have it. But if you understand it you can really be a help to others, and make things easier on yourself. Now, to talk about salvation, and why humanity need salvation, we will have to go back to the garden of Eden. Right back to the seen of the crime. But before we do that, we will need to look up the meaning of the word "salvation"
1. (n.) The act of adopting religious beliefs or receiving their benefits: ! conversion ! redemption ! reformation
sal?va?tion (s²l-v³“sh…n) n. 1.a. Preservation or deliverance from destruction, difficulty, or evil. b. A source, means, or cause of such preservation or deliverance. 2. Theology. a. Deliverance from the power or penalty of sin; redemption. b. The agent or means that brings about such deliverance. 3. Christian Science. The realization and demonstration of Life, Truth, and Love as supreme over all, carrying with it the destruction of the illusions of sin, sickness, and death. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin salv³ti½, salv³ti½–, from salv³tus, past participle of salv³re, to save. See SALVAGE.] --sal?va“tion?al adj.
sal?vage (s²l“v¹j) n. 1.a. The rescue of a ship, its crew, or its cargo from fire or shipwreck. b. The ship, crew, or cargo so rescued. c. Compensation given to those who voluntarily aid in such a rescue. 2.a. The act of saving imperiled property from loss. b. The property so saved. 3. Something saved from destruction or waste and put to further use. --sal?vage tr.v. sal?vaged, sal?vag?ing, sal?vag?es. 1. To save from loss or destruction. 2. To save (discarded or damaged material) for further use. [Obsolete French, from Old French salvaige, right of salvage, from Late Latin salv³re, from Latin salvus, safe. See sol- below.] --sal”vage?a?bil“i?ty n. --sal“vage?a?ble adj. --sal“vag?er n.
"The American Heritage Dictionary"
Genesis 2:15-17 (KJV) And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. [16] And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: [17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 2:24-3:7 (KJV) Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. [25] And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. [3:1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: [3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. [4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: [5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. [6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. [7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Genesis 3:12-21 (KJV) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. [13] And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. [14] And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
FIRST PROMISE OF CHRIST AND HIS DEATH:
[16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. [17] And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; [18] Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; [19] In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. [20] And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
THE LORD KILLED AN ANIMAL AND USES THE SKIN TO CLOTHES THEM.
[21] Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
What actually happen back there, is Adam blame God for the sin," The woman which you gave me" I would like to play with it a bit here. He is trying to tell God that he was ok by himself, I never ask you for any woman, and you take it upon your self and gave one to me, I should not be hold responsible for what she does! When God spoken to the woman, she blame the serpent. In other word. What she is trying to tell God is " It is you made the serpent and put him in this garden here, do I know how to make a serpent? So they fling the blame right back into God's face. So Jesus God's eternal son had to come and pay for that sin. Somebody had to pay for the crime. You cannot just drive your speeding car down our high way and kill people as you like, somebody have to pay for that hospital bills, and burial bills. Somebody had to pay for Adam sin, and this is where Jesus came in. Adam and his wife could be salvage, delivered, made anew, but some body had to pay.
so the animal that God killed symbolized Christ, "the seed of the woman"
THE LAMBS POINT TO CHRIST.
Leviticus 17:11-AV For the life of the flesh [is] in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it [is] the blood [that] maketh an atonement for the soul.)
John 1:29-AV The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
JESUS IS THE LAMB.
OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS IS NOT ENOUGH?
JUSTIFICATION.
CHRIST MUST DIED.
Isaiah 53:5-AV But he [was] wounded for our transgressions, [he was] bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace [was] upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. Isaiah 53:6-AV All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
CHRIST HAD DIED FOR US.
SANCTIFICATION.
The practical part is what was imputed to you by Christ the time you accept him.
The progressive part is what you do, each day as you progress in the faith. This comes through learning. And as you learn each day, you will drop off more of your sins. When the Lord saved you. Even though you feel clean and were clean in deed. The root of sin is still there. And can spring back again. This is call the old man” The old nature” A thorn in the flesh” An Evil intends” You will not get rid of this until the rapture.
When you received the last work of salvation” Glorification." When you received a glorified body like what Christ has, after his resurrection.
EVEN AFTER GETTING SAVE WE STILL COME SHORT.
EVEN THE APOSTLES HAD PROBLEM WITH THIS AFTER THEY WERE FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT:
Galatians 2:14-AV But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
IMMUNITY GRANTED THIS IS EXTENDED GRACE.
YOUR PERSONALITY AND HUMANITIES REMAIN.
That is when the Holy Spirit came. You do not have to live holy as some misguided people teach to receive the Holy Spirit. He came to help our infirmities, to comforted us. To strengthen us. He does not wait until we are clean then he came. He is the one that cleans us up. If you tell yourself that you must be one hundred percent holy and perfect, you are setting yourself up for a fall. Because that perfection does not come by you alone. The Holy Spirit plays a part in it.
HOLINESS IS A SEPARATE CALLING
PRETENDERS LIE.
THE NEW LIFE.
SALVATION BRINGS A CHANGE IN PEOPLE LIFE.
St John 13:35-AV By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
What is the purpose of salvation without a change of attitude toward other people? When Jesus came into a person heart he changes them from the inside, he changes their perception. This mean" Attitude, insight, realization, opinion, view, feeling and sensation, all these change take place the time of conversion miraculously, you get up from the altar of prayer a new person indeed. 2 Corinthians 5:17-AV Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. This change is so dramatic that the Bible calls it
THE BORN AGAIN.
Galatians 5:22-AV But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Galatians 5:23-AV Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. All the qualities of Galation 5:22-23 will be implanted in your life.)( The joy and peace is so awesome that it passeth all understanding.)( Philippians 4:7-AV And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
WHAT GOD REQUIRED OF US.
1 John 4:20-AV If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
John 13:35-AV By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. John 13:34-AV A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Colossians 1:20-AV And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say], whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven. Colossians 1:21-AV And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled .
James 5:9-AV Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
James 2:8-AV If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well:
Corinthians 13:2-AV And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:4-AV Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,)(
Matthew 7:22-AV Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? Matthew 7:23-AV And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Luke 13:28-AV There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out.
Matthew 24:48-AV But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; Matthew 24:49-AV And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; Matthew 24:50-AV The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of, Matthew 24:51-AV And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
2 Chronicles 7:14-AV If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
THIS IS WHERE MANY CHRISTIANS FALL FROM GRACE.
Working to get salvation, instead of working because they have salvation. The evidence of this salvation is a love for others, and zeal for God.
1 Corinthians 13:2-AV And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:3-AV And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
Additional reading on the doctrine of salvation. All Christians should at least know this
THERE IS A WITNESS.
MAN MUST BELIEVE
MAN MUST LOOK.
THE SPIRIT CALL.
MAN MUST COME.
Isaiah 1:18-AV Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Hosea 6:1-AV Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. Hosea 6:2-AV After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Hosea 6:3-AV Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
MAN MUST RECEIVE.
THERE IS NO OTHER THAT CAN GIVE SALVATION.
GOD WILL FORGIVE.
WATER BAPTISM.
St. Matthew 3:13-AV Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. Matthew 3:14-AV But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? Matthew 3:15-AV And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. Matthew 3:16-AV And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: Matthew 3:17-AV And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased
This is one of the misunderstood doctrines in the Bible, when dealing with this doctrine you will find many ministers and Christians are closed minded, or on a one tract mind. However, the Bible did not leave us in any darkness as to the meaning of this doctrine. Any time a person is truly converted. He or she will want to be baptized as soon as possible
Acts 8:12-AV But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. Acts 8:36-AV And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? Acts 8:37-AV And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Acts 8:38-AV And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.)(
WHAT DOES BAPTISM SIGNIFY?
Romans 6:3-AV Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Romans 6:4-AV Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:5-AV For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his] resurrection:
Colossians 2:12-AV Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Galatians 3:27-AV For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Whose name should you be baptized in? Does it really matter? 1John 5:7-AV For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1John 5:8-AV And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
It does not matter which baptism your church chooses to use. In the Apostles' time, they stressed baptism in Jesus's name because the Jews and Gentiles of the time did not believe that the Jesus the apostles were presenting to them, was indeed the son of God. They believed that God had a son, but they did not believe that this Jesus was that son. Prov 30:4.
That is why baptizing in Jesus name was brought in. To be sure the people understood, the apostles had to pronounce the name of Jesus over them. Jesus is sometimes called (The Word) or Spokesman.
Acts 2:38-AV Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
But that does not rule out what Jesus taught in St Matthew 28:19-AV Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matthew 28:20-AV Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen)( In the days when the scriptures were written, Father was a name.)(
Isaiah 9:6-AV For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace
Jesus and Peter are not in conflict, they are fighting the same enemy from opposite sides. JESUS IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS A TITLE in ST John 19:19. SUPPOSE I DIED BEFORE I WAS BAPTIZED? Did you get the chance to be baptized? Did you cancel a baptism? If you did, you were not ready. The thief on the cross St Luke 23:43. Did not have time to be baptized, but a believer who is not ready for baptism is neither ready for heaven.
WHAT ABOUT SPRINKLING?
DOES BAPTISM SAVE A SOUL?
It is important to know that baptism is just the beginning, and we must move on from there to a practical Christian living of brotherly love.
SPIRIT BAPTISM.
The purpose of the Holy Spirit is to bring back the words of Christ to the remembrance of his people.
2 Timothy 1:7-AV For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. He came to give power and a sound mind to his people.
1 Corinthians 14:40-AV Let all things be done decently and in order.)( Any things that are going on in the church and is out of order is not the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit imparts love to his people. Never watch how man spiritual gifts a person have, it does not mean a thing if love is not there. Love is not just a hand shake. Nor mouth talk.
For example. A woman must not tell me that she loves me more that once. I only want to hear it once. After that I must see it in her eyes and actions. Nothing a hate like a person keep telling me that they love me and act up posit to what they have said. The next time I hear it. I say: Go chop your own head off” What some Christians call “ Tarrying” for the Holy Spirit is not necessary. Before you say, any thing read on.
Joel 2:28-AV And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: Acts 2:17-AV And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: Acts 2:18-AV And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
The disciples have to wait in the upper room until the day of Pentecost. Because the Holy Spirit was not yet given to all. Only Some of the servants of God did have the Holy Spirit. Genesis 41:38-AV And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find [such a one] as this [is], a man in whom the Spirit of God [is]?
Exodus 31:3-AV And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship,
Numbers 27:18-AV And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom [is] the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
PENTECOST.
1Corinthians 16:8-AV But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. Pentecost is one of the Jewish feast days. Like independence day, for many countries.
Lev 23:15-19 It is call" The feast of weeks" God has a reason why he wants the believers to tarry or wait until the day of Pentecost. If you have A Scofield Bible, you could look at the foot note. Of Lev 23.
OBSERVE WHAT HAPPENS AFTER EACH FILLING.
SAMPSON.
KING SAUL.
THE SPIRIT DEPARTS FROM KING SAUL.
OTHERS WILL KNOW WHEN THE EVIL SPIRIT IS THERE.
The spirit does not depart from Christians in New Testament time. But he goes silent. And the Christian became fruit less. Dried up. Twice dead. Revelations stop to flow. And the person is left with the same old song day after day. The person can come back to life if others pray for him or her. 1John 5:16-AV If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
1John 5:17-AV All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. You saw people claimed that they are filled with the Holy Spirit. They make up a lot of noise in the church. Having no love nor sympathy. Having no behavior. Do not know how to act. Bitter spirited. Spiteful. Senseless. I want to know what kind of Holy Spirit is that? That is nothing more that the spirit of “ERROR” 1 John 4:6-AV We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
Koran 21:67-KORAN "Fie upon you, and upon the things that ye worship besides Allah! Have ye no sense?"..)( Allah is just the Muslim or Arabic word for God. I also have Muslim readers so I quote from their book also.
Luke 9:54-AV And when his disciples James and John saw [this], they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? Luke 9:55-AV But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
Many of us today just jumping and do not know what kind of spirit we are letting into our soul. That is why some of us are so hateful, and easily led astray. And have no vision. Because we are in contact with the wrong God. One time I went to street service with some Christians, there was a man there who cut out his brother belly, and came to church and say he got saves, because he did not want his family, who were Christians to pres charge. The person in charge of the street meeting, let such a man give a speech. And forbad me from speaking. That one action keeps all the sinners away from the service, because they were offended by what the lady does to me. We can fool other Christians, but we cannot fool sinners.
NOT EVERY TONGUES TALKING SPIRIT IS OF GOD.
Satan has learned a new trick since this verse of scripture were written. Many demonic spirit is now preaching Jesus. If you cannot destroy a thing from outside, you will have to go inside. And to go inside. You cannot openly fight it. That is what the demonic spirits are doing today. Destroying Christianity from the inside. For example. The demonic spirit can take a doctrine like holiness. And put so much strictness to it that the new believer is afraid to even pass gas. In my early days of conversion some preachers of the time take fornication and put so much weight on it that I was afraid to shake a sister’s hand. For example. I can tell you a hundred times I have escape sin. But what about the other hundred times when I had sin? These demons when they are preaching they give a wrong impression, of what holiness are. A wrong impression of Christ. A wrong impression of the Holy Spirit. A wrong impression of Christianity. A wrong impression of pastors. A wrong impression of every thing.
LISTENING TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.
This is where many Christians suffer shipwreck of faith. They listen to everybody except the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:14-AV For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:15-AV For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TELL YOU WHEN IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON.
Romans 6:2-AV God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Romans 6:3-AV Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Romans 6:4-AV Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Do not take disadvantage of immunity, there comes a time when you have to move on. And start to walk straight. Romans 8:13-AV For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
1 Timothy 4:1-AV Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 1Timothy 4:2-AV Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 1Timothy 4:3-AV Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 1 Timothy 4:4-AV For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 1Timothy 4:5-AV For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
For extended study on the Holy Spirit, you could send for my books title" Fire on The Mountain" Christian Death Mill" Why Christians Fail" How To Live A successful Christian Life" The Holy Spirit will speak to your spirit, and the same way how you know that you were saved, it is the same way how you will know that it is the Holy Spirit that is talking to you. There will be no threat. I hear people say God told them to do something and tell them that he is going to strip them naked if they refuse, that is not God. I was traveling on a bus, the Holy Spirit speak to me to get up and give my testimonies. He speak once, and speak again. Previously I speak on the bus two times per day. But some boy from the Bible school was persecuting me because of my speaking on the bus. An account of that I would not get up. I saw a lady got up trembling and say “ Men and brethren all I can give are my testimonies” She give her testimony and sit down. What stop Christian from listening to the Holy Spirit is a thing call bad mind. Because the very person that you do not like is the person that the Holy Spirit is going to speak to you to help. Covetousness is another things that cause Christian not to listen to the Holy Spirit. The very person that you do not want to speak because he or she is going to sound too good, and get too many praise. Is the very person that the Holy spirit is going to tell you to invite to speak. And your progress with the Holy Spirit will depend on your obedience. I was speaking to a group of Christians the minister wife call to me and said I use up my time. Her husband who is the minister call to me and said he did not give me any time to stop. So I must continue speaking.
THE NEXT STUDY ON SALVATION:
Is the once save always save doctrines correct? can God keep a believer from falling? Does the believer has a say in his or her spiritual affaires? Can a believer say no to God? Can the elect in the great tribulation be deceived? Is it easy for the saints to fall out of favour with God?
All these questions will be answered in the next lesson of "Can a believer loose their salvation?"
CONCLUSION.
BE AT PEACE WITH PEOPLE FROM OTHER RELIGIONS.
Mark 9:38-AV And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. Mark 9:39-AV But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. Mark 9:40-AV For he that is not against us is on our part. John 10:16-AV And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
Titus 3:9-AV But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
I am a Christian. And not a Muslim. But I draw truth from all sources. And believe in the existence of every religion. And believe that each religion should find a command ground to coexist peacefully.
Koran 2:43-KORAN And be steadfast in prayer; practice regular charity; and bow down your heads with those who bow down (in worship). Koran 98:5-KORAN And they have been commanded no more than this: To worship Allah, offering Him sincere devotion, being True (in faith); to establish regular Prayer; and to practice regular Charity; and that is the Religion Right and Straight.
Demonic spirit planted hate and disunity. The genuine people of The Book, and of the Koran seek unity and peace. Koran 3:65-KORAN Ye People of the Book! Why dispute ye about Abraham, when the Law and the Gospel were not revealed till after him? Have ye no understanding?
QUOTATIONS FROM THE MUSLIMS HOLY BOOK.
Do not remove people from their religions. Which will cause hard feeling between religious leaders? Do Not tear down others. I saw that every preacher that comes to town attack the people from the revivalist group or the pocomania group, always cursing out “Mother and Father” And speaking against balm. How do they know what goes on in these people home and church since they have never gone there?
WATCH OUT FOR VAGABONDS.
Titus 3:2-AV To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but] gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-AV And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;)( Romans 13:8-AV Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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#1 Sunshine or Thunder.
#2 Should Christians Keep The Saturday Sabbath?
#3 Proof Found That The Once Saved, Always Save Doctrines Are Incorrect
#4 Proof Found That Some Of The Jehovah Witness Doctrines Are Wrong.
#5 Proof Found That Some of The Jesus Only Doctrines Are Wrong.
#6 How To Identify Counterfeit Ministers (Wolves)
#7 How to Identify Demonic Spirits (Dangerous business)
#8 How To Prepare People For Old Age
#9 How To Protect Your Home From Burglars.
#10 How To Prevent Your Spouse From Having An Affair)( Not for immature readers.
#11 How To Find a Mate.
#12 How To Live The Christian Life. #13 Why There is Little Or No Power Operating In The Church Today As In The Apostles Time?
#14 The Way To Make A Woman Love And Adore A Man.
#15 The Way To Make A Man Love And Adore A Woman.
#16 The Way To Build Your Church
#17 Tongues Of Fire( Should Modern Day Christians Speak in Tongues?
#18 Should Christians Divorce And Remarry Again And Under What Circumstances?
#19 A Letter To The Black Man.
#20 Snake In Paradise.
#21 How to Make Money From Your Church.
#22 How To Prevent Backsliding.
#23 How To Get A Man And Keep Him.)( Not for immature readers.
#24 How to Preach The Word Of God And Have Success.
#25 How To Live With Woman And Triumph.)( Not for immature readers.
#26 Walking Like The Apostles.
#27 Spiritual Weapon Of All Times.
#28 How To Start Your Own Ministry.
#29 The Other Side Of The Gospel.
#30 How To Avoid Losing New Converts.
#31 Things You Should Know About Becoming a Christian. #1
#32 Going On With God. #2
#33 How To Know If You Are Filled With The Holy Spirit.#1
#34 Fire On The Mountain. #2
#35 Christian Death Mill.#3
#36 How To Understand The Bible. #1
#37 The Key To Understand The Bible. #2
#38 Becoming A Man Of God.
#39 Overcoming Temptations.
#40 The Third Power.
#41 When Shall These Things Be?
#42 Who Shall Rise Up.
#43 It Is Finished.
#44 The Blessing Of Tithes paying.
#45 How To Rear Up Successful Children.
#46 The Secret Of Souls winning.#1
#47 True Discipleship.
#48 Why Christians Fails.
#49 Preparation For Womanhood.
#50 Preparation For Manhood.
#51 The Nature Of Man.
#52 Angels Living Among Us.
#53 The Secret Of A Successful Christian life.
#54 The Benefits Of Salvation.
#55 For Your Eyes Only.
#56 Women Serving In The Church.
#57How to have an harvest of soul.
#58 Is the racial problem between blacks and white a skin problem?
#59 Back against the wall.
#60 Pre-Marital Councils.
#61 A Good Start
# 62 How to behave in the church
#63 How to start a corporation.)
#64 Doing The Easy Stuff.
#65 How To Resist Satan.
#66 Church Men Who Wanting To Get Marry
#67 Called to be a pastor.
#68 Satan’s strategy #2
#69 Important Things for Important People
#70. How To prevent a falling away.
#71 Why There are so many backsliders.
#72 How To Know What She Is Saying.
#73 The Reason Behind The Does And Don’ts.
#74 How To Understand a man and land him.
#75 Christian And Sex.
#76 What Is Fornication?
#78 Things New Christians Need To Know.
#79 What Should I Do Now That I Am A Christian?
#80 Overcoming The Lord Of Darkness.
#81 How To Get Off Illegal Substances.
THE LAW OF SOWING AND REAPING.
Proverbs 19:17 (Living) When you help the poor you are lending to the Lord--and he pays wonderful interest on your loan!
Galatians 6:7 (KJV) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Job 42:10 And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
TO RECEIVE FORGIVNESS YOU MUST BE WILLING TO GIVE IT.
TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL PROSPERITY YOU MUST BE WILLING TO PLANT SEED OF FINANCE INTO OTHER PEOPLE MINISTRY.
JOB WAS DELIVERED AFTER HE PRAYED FOR HIS FRIENDS.
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Proverbs 3:6 in all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Psalm 34:8 (NASB-U) O taste and see that the Lord is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
HOW TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN.
Isaiah 7:11 (ASV) Ask thee a sign of Jehovah thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. Isaiah 7:12 (ASV) But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.
Ezekiel 18:32 (ASV) For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord Jehovah: wherefore turn yourselves, and live.
First you must recognize that you are a sinner and need God mercy.
1 Peter 2:24 (Living) He personally carried the load of our sins in his own body when he died on the cross so that we can be finished with sin and live a good life from now on. For his wounds have healed ours!
YOU MUST KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELF.
2 Peter 3:18 (ASV) But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Zech. 4:7 (KJV) Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Eph 2:8 The Message Bible” “Saving is all his idea, and all his work. All we do is trust him enough to let him do it. It's God's gift from start to finish! Eph 2:9 We don't play the major role. If we did, we'd probably go around bragging that we'd done the whole thing!” There nothing you could do to save yourself , the only thing you could do is bowed your head and ask God to save you.
You must believe that there is a God.
No other person can save you except Jesus.
Acts 4:12 (Living) There is salvation in no one else! Under all heaven there is no other name for men to call upon to save them."
Then you must know that God invites you to come to him.
Do not wait until tomorrow to get save.
2Co 6:2 The Message Bible. “God reminds us, I heard your call in the nick of time; The day you needed me, I was there to help. Well, now is the right time to listen, the day to be helped.”
Delay not your conversion to the lord, put it not off from day to day. Remember that tomorrow is promise to no man. Accept the lord, go home and continue with your life, if the lord.. If the lord saves you in bad life style, he has some plan up his sleeve how to get you out of it, give him time to work out his salvation in your life.
WHOSEOEVER SHALL CALL.
Romans 10:13 (KJV) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Ezekiel 33:11 (KJV) Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Now bow your head and pray this prayer.
From this day onward you will begin to feel a flood of joy and peace full your heart and mind. You must confess Jesus to others with your mouth. Tell what great thing the lord had done for you. Romans 10:9 (Living) For if you tell others with your own mouth that Jesus Christ is your Lord and believe in your own heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
Then you need to start reading the bible, start reading from St Mathew.
THE LORD WILL MAKE YOU HOLY IN HIS OWN TIME.
OUR BODY WAS NOT REEDEM AT CONVERSION.
Rom 8:21 that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God. Rom 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. Rom 8:23 And not only so, but ourselves also, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for our adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
THE SINS OF THE BODY WILL NOT BE CONQUERED LITERALY BY ALL SAINTS WHILE LIVING ON EARTH.
When the Lord redeemed us our body was not redeem, it was our spirit and soul. The changes took place in our spirit man. Not the body. The body will still continue to sin. If the believer do not know this they will become worried as to why am I still lusting? And became eaten up with guilt to the point where they experience no peace and joy.
Even though our body were not redeem, we who wanting to live up to certain standard, to please society, must bring our body into subjection, even thou we do not do that to buy salvation. But to prevent Satan from capitalized on it. But to bring this body into subjection take time. We saw belivers at the judgment seat of Christ in heaven being judge for the deeds of the body.
1 Cor. 9:27 (NASB-U)but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
2 Cor. 2:11 (NASB-U) so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes.
Romans 12:1 (GW)Brothers and sisters, in view of all we have just shared about God's compassion, I encourage you to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, dedicated to God and pleasing to him. This kind of worship is appropriate for you.
2 Cor. 12:7 (NASB-U)Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!
SOME THING YOU OVERCAME IT BY IMPUTED GRACE.
“I saw a river of blood, flows from Calvary Mountain, I am in it and your are in it, and I am clean, clean” By Smith Wiggle worth.
We can sing with the song writer" I rise walk in heaven’s own light above the world and sin with heart made pure and garments white, and Christ en-throned with in. The cleansing stream I see I see I plunge, and O It cleans-eth me. O praise the Lord, it cleans-eth me, it cleans-eth me yes, cleans-eth me."
HOW TO CONTINUE IN THE FAITH.
Do not put any pressure upon your selves to live more holy than thou, as you go on from day to day, the lord will work out his life and will in you. Do not let other over holy Christians set holy goal for you, it will strangulate you into discourage. The lord asks you to taste and see. Taste mean to take a small portion and feed upon it in your own time and style, and when you approved you take more.
FIND SINCARE CHRISTIANS TO BE YOUR FRIEND, NOT NECESSARILY THE ONES THAT HAS A LOT OF DO’S AND DONT’S.
Keep company with wayfaring men.
TWELVE PILLARS OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE.
Daily praying, alms giving, confession of sins, fasting and prayer, daily Bible reading and mediating on the written word, assembling of yourself with other believers, confessing your faith to others, or faith sharing, supporting the ministry with your offerings and tithes, love the brotherhood, perfecting holiness, LOVE THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, and learning to listen to the leading voice of the Holy Spirit. This is not a twelve commandment, nor a way to get nor keep salvation, but if you master these it will fill your life with daily power, new vision and fresh revelation.
Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
As you and I walk with the lord from day to day we will just walk right into his will, as we yield to his Holy Spirit. His will, will be unfolded to us.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-AV And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
Romans 13:8-AV Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
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