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    ECT Understanding “the crown of life” is critically important!

    There are many dire warnings in the NT that do not clearly and obviously, and without any doubt whatsoever … refer to losing eternal life. A prime example is “the crown of life” passages. “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of...
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    ECT We really need to pay close attention to Jude’s warnings!

    Jude 3-5 (NKJV) 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith (the gospel) which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in...
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    ECT This should end the discussion about easy grace and OSAS!

    Jude 3-4 3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints. 4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were...
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    ECT We really need to pay close attention to James’ warnings!

    If all the proofs vs. OSAS were posted at once, the system would crash! James was writing to Jewish believers whose salvation was in doubt. And the best of what he has to offer is an old fav of mine, and should be an old fav of everyone who loves Jesus, but alas 'tis not … James 1:12-16, NKJV...
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    ECT The 5 major warnings to Jewish believers in the Book of Hebrews

    Hebrews 2:1-4 … The danger of neglecting so great a salvation and drifting away “Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward...
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    ECT The Scriptures reveal who God will be spending eternity with

    God has seen the past, present, future -- He knows peoples’ hearts, thoughts, motives “I make known the end from the beginning … and what is still to come” (Isaiah 46:1 “… whose heart You know (for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men.” (1 Kings 8:39) “the LORD searches every heart &...
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    ECT The NT guarantees eternal death for ALL habitual sinners!

    Those who inherit/enter the kingdom of God will go to heaven • “And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire” (Mark 9:47) (To enter the kingdom of God is the opposite of...
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    ECT Scriptures against the false pre-tribulation rapture doctrine

    If you simply read the various prophetic verses about the return Christ, you will see … the Bible clearly teaches that believers will be gathered at His second coming … at the end of the tribulation … and NOT at some secret return before His second coming! Unfortunately, it would take too many...
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    ECT Why the world has still not been evangelized

    From the beginning of the church until the end, it was supposed to be thus and so: The baptism with the Holy Spirit (with the initial evidence of speaking in tongues) was to be a pre-requisite for being chosen to be a part of the 5-fold ministry … Ephesians 4:11 -- apostle, prophet, evangelist...
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    ECT NT words/terms must be defined by considering the whole NT

    Belief “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) This is ridiculous unless you understand what the NT means by “believe”, which is to truly believe in your heart, have faith in, trust...
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    ECT Who are called, who are chosen, and who are in Christ?

    It has always seemed to me that all born-again believers were “called” to be such. But the NT warns of believers losing eternal life, gaining eternal death, being shut out of entering the kingdom of heaven, etc. So obviously, the following passage has been a thorn in my side of understanding …...
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    ECT 5 of the more obvious passages about losing salvation

    Anyone who takes the mark of the beast will be thrown into the lake of fire Revelation 14:9-11 … “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength...
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    ECT We were saved by God’s gift of grace (through faith, not by works)!

    “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” (Ephesians 2:8-9) When we first come to Christ … we receive the gift of salvation by God’s grace through our faith, and not by any good works that we...
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    ECT Is your pastor deceiving you, or is he just ignorant?

    The more I study the NT the more WARNINGS I see, but all the while … most pastors are preaching GRACE! Most of the NT was written to born-again Christians in the churches, so many warnings were written to YOU (if indeed you are born-again). However, most believers today are blind to them (for...
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    ECT Warnings about missing heaven … to “believers” sitting in churches

    The many warnings in the 4 gospels were written to everyone, while ALL of the warnings in the 21 epistles (letters) were written to the churches. In Revelation, some warnings were to everyone while some were to the churches. Let us focus only on the warnings to the churches … and many of them...
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