Friday, November 28, 2008

The Real "Once Saved Always Saved"..part 1

These verses are focusing on what it really means to say "once saved, always saved". That little cliche that so many people use is not meant to tell the "professing believer" that they can live however they want to live , in sin and in wickedness after they have prayed the magical prayer. What it means to be "once saved, always saved" is that at the point of conversion, when a man recognizes his sin, and then realizes his need for a Savior to eliminate that sin, God imparts into that person a supernatural faith that causes that person to lean entirely on God and disregard everything else. That supernatural faith that is imparted because of the power of the gospel, reveals God's righteousness; and that imparted faith,because it is supernatural, a given gift by the grace of God, will last and persevere until the end.Why? because that faith is connected to the everlasting love of God, which nothing can separate the believer from.(Jer 31:3;Rom 8:35-39)So,because God has imparted a supernatural faith into the chosen believer, that faith will last and will endure because it originates from God. The believer may stumble, fall, mess up, and be tempted, but the believer, when they fall, cannot remain in a fallen state. They cannot remain in sin and in wickedness, because the faith within them will carry them and give them strength in their weakness.God willcome after His child with conviction,and chastening which will produce repentance. The true Christian cannot be comfortable in sin and comfprtable in a life of rebellion, they hate it. Because God started the work of supernatural persevering faith within the believer He will finish it and bring that believer into completion.( Philipians 1:6).
Once Saved Always Saved is not a lisence to sin...its not a magical 5 minute prayer and you can live how you want...its a supernatural faith that produces a hatred for sin, a faith that longs for God and holiness and righteousness until the end...no matter what it costs...







What God begins, he finishes
Psa 138:8 The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Ecc 3:14 I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.
Isa 46:4 even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save.
Jer 32:40 I will make with them an everlasting covenant, that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts, that they may not turn from me.
Rom 11:29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
Phi 1:6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
2Ti 4:18 The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed and bring me safety into his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Recorded Sounds from Hell?...

This is a video about Hell...the reality of it..This video supposedly contains the sounds of Hell recorded with a microphone used by some Russian drillers when they drilled so deep into the earth that their drill started spnning rapidly, meaning it had reached a hollow place. The drillers found that the hole they had reached contained heat that reached temperatures of 2000 degrees Farenheight (HOTTT!!) These drillers placed the microphone in this hole and were only able to record for 19 seconds before the microphone burnt up...wow! Now im no 'X-Files' type of guy...I dont go looking for aliens, and weird manifestations, so im not saying if I totally believe this or not...I was not there 40 years ago when they supposedly found this...but this is what I am saying..What if this is Hell?...what if these are the cries of the damned?...close your eyes as you listen to this and just imagine the reality of hell ..eternal damnation...eternal.....while there is life going on all around you on earth, there are living souls of millions of people condemned in hell...people you may know, friends, family, people you sit beside at work and school...we only get 70, or 80 or more years on this earth before eternity...and that eternity is spent in either heaven with God for being chosen by Him, becoming His son by faith in Jesus Christ, or that eternity is spent in Hell becasuse you lived your life as you pleased..sinning against God and condemning yourself...WHERE WILL YOU BE in 50 years, 60 years,...crying out in rejoicing with God..or crying out for mercy with the damned...something to think about...WATCH...





Here is the full story if you would like to read more about it...

Drilling into Hell


David Wilkerson's Sermon on Hell

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Trial Sermon

I guess I've just been so excited about this wonderful event, that I actually forgot to blog about it....I really dont blog too much about myself, because I really dont think that theres too much going on with me that is actually interesting...well,if there is, its way too much to type out in words...but anyway...here it is:
I will be giving my trial sermon on December 14th, 2008 @ 3:00pm at Springfield Baptist Church! Im like through the roof on this one because its been a long time coming...but God is Infinitely Good! You are more than welcome to come if you would like, I would be honored to share this day with all my friends and family, so if you want any information or directions, just let me know. Im so excited about what God is doing...may He and He alone be glorified!

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Tozer on Salvation


This is an excerpt from A. W. Tozer's " The Divine Conquest ". Tozer is talking about the Soverignty of the Holy Ghost in salvation and how salvation is not based on decisionism ( man's judgment of the sincerity of his decision ), but only on the will of God. John 1:12-13 says "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
John 1:12-13 (KJV)

"There is another and worse evil which springs from this basic failure to grasp the radical difference between the natures of the two worlds. It is the habit of languidly "accepting" salvation as if it were a small matter and one wholly in our hands. Men are exhorted to think things over and "decide" for Christ, and in some places one day each year is set aside as "Decision Day," at which time people are expected to condescend to grant Christ the right to save them, a right which they have obviously refused Him up to that time. Christ is thus made to stand again before men's judgment seat; He is made to wait upon the pleasure of the individual, and after long and humble waiting is either turned away or patronizingly admitted. By a complete misunderstanding of the noble and true doctrine of the freedom of the human will salvation is made to depend periously upon the will of man instead of upon the will of God." - A.W. Tozer