Saturday, February 25, 2017

RELIGION WILL SEND YOU TO HELL

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SALVATION

Let us begin by understanding each other.

When we speak about salvation we are not talking
about religion.

Many people suppose that Salvation and Religion
are the same thing, but that is a mistake.
Salvation and Religion are by no means
identical.  You may have as great deal of 
Religion without having a bit of Salvation.

It is true that the Bible speaks of as Religion 
which is "pure and undefiled," but even this
Religion is not Salvation, but only a product
of Salvation.  The Bible frequently warns against
Religion as a substitute for Salvation.

The dictionary will tell you that the word
"Religion" is derived from a root meaning
"to heed" or "to have a care."  It is the 
opposite of "neglect."

It is a good thing to take heed and have a
care for the things of God, but even this
will avail nothing unless it leads to 
Salvation.

Religion by itself is death.
Salvation is Life.

How is Salvation Obtained?

No one gets Salvation by "getting Religion."
Nor by joining the Church.  Nor by turning
over a new leaf and trying to serve God.
Nor be praying.  Nor by confessing his sins.,
(The promise of 1 John 1:9 is for those
already saved).  Nor by sorrow for sin.
Nor by asking God to forgive his sins. By
none of these means is Salvation obtained.

Salvation is obtained through a definite receiving
of the Lord Jesus Christ as one's personal Saviour.
The instant this is really done, Salvation is an 
accomplished fact.  This is shown by John 1:11,12.

"He came unto His own, and his own received
Him not.  But as many as received Him, to them
gave He power to become the sons of God,
even to them which believe on His name."

The next verse goes on to tell what happened
to those who "receive Him,"  that is, those who
"believed on His name."  They were at once
"born...of God."

Just so it is today.  As many as receive the 
Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, giving 
up all else and cleaving only to Him for 
Salvation, are instantly and forever saved.
His own declaration of John 5:24 stands good
through all time; ---
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hearth My 
word, and believeth on Him that sent Me,
hath everlasting life, and shall not come into
condemnation, but is passed from death undo
life."

Salvation is in Three Tenses

There is the past tense.  'When a man takes the Lord
Jesus as his own Savior, he may at once and ever
after truly say, "I am saved!"  Putting the matter in
the past tense as to the time, he may truly say 
"Then and there I was saved!"  This work is 
instantaneous; it is Salvation from the penalty of sin.

There is the present tense.  When a man is born again,
the Holy Spirit begins to work in him, both to will and 
to do of God's good pleasure, and to conform him to
the image of Christ.  This work is progressive; it is
Salvation from the power of sin.

There is the future tense.  When the Lord Jesus comes
again it will be "apart from sin, unto Salvation" (Heb. 9:28)
It is then that we who are now the sons of God will be
instantly changed into the image of Christ: We shall be 
like Him, for we shall see Him as He is." (1 John 3"2).
This is instantaneous; it is Salvation from the presence
of sin.

[Reprint of W.L.P.'s article.]

THE CHOICE IS UP TO YOU





Wednesday, February 22, 2017

IS LIFE GETTING YOU DOWN?



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IS YOUR LIFE GETTING YOU DOWN?
THE LOAD GETTING TO BE TOO MUCH?

God himself, the one who gives you life is
concerned about the load you are carrying.

Through his prophet he said:

"Cast your burden on the Lord,
and he will sustain you;
he will never permit the
righteous to be moved."
(Psalms 55:23 RSV)


Or perhaps it is stress that is tearing you up.

Again,
God himself who gives you breath said:

"Humble yourself therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that in due time
he may exalt you.
Cast all your anxieties on him,
for he cares about you."
(1 Peter 5:6,7 RSV)

HEY!
God himself wants you to talk to 
him about your problems.

Friday, February 17, 2017







"They that sow in tears
shall reap in joy"
(Psalms 126:5)






Wednesday, February 15, 2017

OUR ALL IN ONE



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"In his life, Christ is an example, show-
ing us how to live; in his death, he is a
sacrifice, satisfying for our sins; in his
resurrection, a conqueror; in his ascent-
sion a king; in his intercession, a high
priest."
- Luther.

Friday, February 10, 2017

LIVING IN FANTASY LAND



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"The atheist is one who fain would pull
God from his throne, and in the place of
heaven's eternal king set up the
phantom chance."
-Glynn




Wednesday, February 8, 2017

KNEELING




"Christians and camels receive their
burdens kneeling."
- Ambrose Bierce



Friday, February 3, 2017

WARNING


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READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

BECAUSE

A.  The "Establishment" does not want you to know these facts.
To know them will put you in disfavor with the world system.

B.  You will be held accountable for these facts.  The time is
coming that  you will have to give account for your use or
misuse of them.



FACT NO. 1
"It is certain that all men die one time.  And, the judgment
day comes after death."

FACT NO. 2
"everone has sinned and is far away from God's glory."

FACT NO. 3
"The pay you get for sinning is death."



"And I saw a great white throne and the One who was
sitting on it.  The earth and the sky ran away from His
face, but they could not find any place to hide.  I saw dead
people ---important and unimportant.  They were standing
in front of the throne.  Books were opened.  And another
book -- the Book of Life -- was opened.  The dead were
judged from the things which had been written in the books,
according to the way they had lived.  The ocean yielded
the dead people who were in it.  Death and Hades
yielded the dead people who were in them.  Each person
was judged by the way he had lived.  Death and Hades [Hell]
were thrown into the lake of fire. (The second death is the
same thing as the lake of fire.)  If someone's name was
not found in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake
of fire."



FACT NO. 4
"but God's gift is eternal life in Christ Jesus, our Lord."



FACT NO. 5
"God loved the people of the world so much that He gave
up His only Son.  Every person who commits himself to
Jesus will not her destroyed.  Instead, that person will have
eternal life.

FACT NO. 6
"While we were still helpless and ungodly, Christ died for us--
at exactly the right time.  It is rare when someone dies for
another person --even for a good person.  However, some do
dare to die for a good man.  But God reasures us of His love
for us in this way: 'While we were still sinners, Christ died
for us.!"

FACT NO. 7
"Jesus said to him, 'I am the way and the truth and the life!
The only way anyone can come to the Father is through me!"

FACT NO. 8
"If you confess with your mouth that 'Jesus is Lord' and if
you believe in your heart that God raised Jesus from death,
you will be saved.  To become right with God a person believes
with his heart.  Declaring it openly, that person comes into
salvation."

(Quotations taken from the Holy Bible.)

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

THE CENTER



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"Christ is the great central fact in the world's history;
to him everything looks forward or backward.  All
the march of providence is guided by him.  All the 
great purposes of God culminate in him.  The great-
est and most momentous fact which the history of the
world records is the fact of his birth."
-Spurgeon