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Romans 4:1-5. On the day of Pentecost 8,000 Jews heard Peter's Gospel and were saved, Acts 2:41 also Acts 4:4. They heard, they believed, and they were saved. You only qualify for salvation when you call on or believe in Jesus Christ. No response to the Gospel, no salvation.

I was a Christ rejecter for decades. Many people accept Christ on their death beds. The door is always open. But some day it will be closed. That is why, "Today is the day of salvation".

I am concerned for you. People in the Old Testament were saved by faith in God's promise of a savior, Romans 4:1-5. The purpose of the law is to judge and condemn. Paul said, "Therefore by the deeds of the law (what you do) there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the...

Very few self-righteous people will be saved. If you don't feel the need for Christ then you will never call on him to save you, Romans 10:13. Jesus said, "Few there be that find it" Matthew 7:14. Few there be that find it because few there be that seek it. What most have found is religion...

Who do you think Jesus lived and died for? Peter said, "And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" Acts 2:21. Jesus makes salvation available for everyone so that everyone can be saved by doing nothing more than calling on the name of the Lord.

Hogwash. People were saved in the Old Testament by faith in God's promise of a savior. The rich young ruler didn't need a savior. He thought that he was without sin.

The Bible does not say what his final outcome was.

Once again. Jesus said that he came into the world to save sinners. If you are not a sinner, you are not qualified. The Pharisees did not see themselves as sinners and disqualified themselves for salvation.

The law convicts of sin. "Go sell all that you have and follow me" is law. The law demands that you do something. He could have been saved at that moment if he would have fallen on his knees and said, "Lord, be merciful to me a sinner". But he didn't.

I don't know what you mean by that. The rich young ruler was not willing to admit that he was a sinner. He disqualified himself from salvation. Jesus said that he came into the world to save sinners. If you don't believe that you are a lost sinner, then you don't qualify.

There are dozens of holiness religions that want you to believe that by your works and your obedience to the law (religion) you will become acceptable to God. They don't believe the Gospel. In the Gospel Jesus "Justifies the ungodly" Romans 4:5 and reconciles them unto God, 2 Corinthians...

The Holy Spirit is in the world calling all to come to Christ. I have heard of people coming to Christ because they read the Bible in their motel room left there by the Gideon's. Regardless of how one becomes a Christian if they are not convicted by the Holy Spirit of their need for Christ...

Yes, you do have a problem with John 1:12. The scripture says, "But as many as received him". On the day of Pentecost 8,000 Jews received him and were saved. They heard Peter's Gospel and were converted to Christ. Paul said, "Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God" Romans...

Spiritually, God sees his people as perfect and complete in Christ. This is also the condition for receiving the Holy Spirit. We receive the Holy Spirit by hearing and believing the Gospel and not by works, Galatians 3:2. On the day of Pentecost 8,000 Jews heard Peter's Gospel and were...

The rich young ruler went to hell because he didn't qualify for salvation. Jesus said that he came into the world to save sinners. If you don't admit that you are a sinner, then you don't qualify. I was saved because I saw myself as a lost sinner. I had been rejecting Christ for decades, but...

"But as many as received him, to them gave he the power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name" John 1:12. If you don't receive him and believe on him, you will never see heaven.

Paul did not teach a holiness theology. You still have a sin nature. If you say that you have no sin you are deceiving yourself, 1 John 1:8.

When you accepted Christ as your savior your old sinful Adamic nature did not disappear. It may have been subdued by your new nature, but not completely eradicated. Spiritually, we are as righteous as Christ. But we have not been completely sanctified yet. Christians are both sinners and saints...

The only condition for my salvation was that I believe Jesus had dealt with my sins, but first I had to admit that I was a sinner in need of salvation. Something that the rich young ruler could not do. His wealth had nothing to do with his lost condition. He would not admit that he was a...

The law of the Spirit of life in Christ is the Gospel. The Gospel is spiritual. In the Gospel Jesus in our name and on our behalf has victoriously defeated sin, death and the devil. We are complete in him, Colossians 2:10. But wait. We are still here on this sinful planet in these sinful...