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We’re talking about obedience to Jesus’ teachings and commands! Continuing obedience is what “being faithful” means! “… only we who believe can enter His rest … but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.” (Hebrews 4:3, 7) Disobedience proves Unbelief...

Scripture teaches that one’s righteous standing before God can be lost. Believers must be sanctified unto holiness progressively – for salvation is a process! “… let no one deceive you. He who practices righteousness is righteous just as He is righteous. He who sins is of the devil … Whoever...

By “habitual sinner” I mean a person who repeatedly sins without repentance. This means everyone (BACs included) … because everyone can choose to sin. Repentance means to hate your sin, run from it, and don’t do it anymore. If one does slip up and sins again, he/she can repent again as in 1 John...

Greetings! “May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord. By His divine power, God has given us everything we need for living a godly life.” (2 Peter 1:2-3, New Living Translation) This warning concerns believers who are sinning...

At the moment you were born-again … you were only forgiven of the sins you had committed up to that point in time! “For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his OLD sins. Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your...

Now, as we are entering into the end times, the time is short indeed for believers to become true believers … by starting to obey Jesus’ commandments! Please also see my first thread, “Here’s the most critical question for you” The Holy Spirit, God’s angels, and Satan’s angels (demons) can all...

Please tell me why NT passages such as these do NOT apply to you? “… wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to (eternal) destruction … narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to (eternal) life, and there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:13-14) The truth of...

For those who just didn’t get enough of God’s warnings to the churches in the first thread, “7 of the very best warnings given to the churches”, I have provided some additional ones! All of these NT warnings are directed ONLY at the churches, which are ignored at your peril. None of Jesus’...

All of these warnings are directed ONLY at the churches, which are ignored at their peril. None of Jesus’ many warnings in the 4 gospels are included. Explanations of words are from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words. Romans 2:7-11 • “… eternal life to those who by patient...

Matthew 7:13-14 (NKJV) “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction (#684), and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life (#2222), and there are few who find it.” “destruction”...

Revelation 21: 6 I will give of the fountain of the water of (eternal) life freely to him who thirsts (spiritually). 7 He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son. 8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers...

“Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins(*), for the terrible wrath of God is upon all those who do them. Don’t even associate with such people.” (Ephesians 5:6-7, TLB) (*) the sins which are listed immediately before in Ephesians 5:3-5. Other similar warnings are in 1 Cor 6:9-10...

At salvation, the Spirit baptizes a believer into the church, i.e. the 1st baptism ”Each of us is a part of the one body of Christ … the Holy Spirit has fitted us all together into one body. We have been baptized into Christ’s body by the one Spirit, and have all been given that same Holy...

Born-again believers are set free from sin, enabling them to be overcomers. All Scriptures are from The Living Bible … “All praise to Him (Jesus) who always loves us and who set us free from our sins …” (Revelation 1:5) “Should we keep on sinning when we don’t have to? For sin’s power over...

James 1: 12 Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of (eternal) life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.” Wow, this verse covers a lot of ground. Those who continually endure (pass) the test of being tempted to sin: --...

Solomon in Ecclesiastes 12: 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. 14 For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil. Yes, often in the OT, God says to keep His...

God saves only those He “knows (approves of)” … And this has nothing to do with God’s approval of John 3:16 believers! God doesn’t give people His free gift of grace, and then approve of them! That’s ridiculous! … No, John 3:16 believers must gain God’s approval. So, there are 2 types of...

The distinguished author of Hebrews gives 5 big-time warnings to born-again brethren (and back in those days, many/most of them were also baptized with the Holy Spirit). One of the 5 warnings is this intreging passage … Hebrews 10 (NKJV): 19 Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the...

Saving faith results in obedience! Matthew 19: 16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?” 17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the...

Scripture explains how man attains salvation, and it also reconciles all of the supposed contradictions concerning salvation … First, all humans are born with an inherited sin nature (a “fallen” nature), e.g. Jesus actually told His disciples that they were “evil”. The normal human being is...