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When Jesus gave His parables, He kept asking, “Do you understand?” Yes, it is most critical at this late hour that we understand His parables! Let us look closely at one of them … Matthew 13:24-30 (AMP, 2015 edition) --- Jesus’ Parable of the Wheat and Weeds 24 The kingdom of heaven is like a...

Jesus’ 7 “I AM” hints that He is God John 6:35 -- “I AM the bread of life” John 8:12 -- “I AM the light of the world” John 10:7 -- “I AM the door of the sheep” John 10:11 - “I AM the good shepherd” John 11:25 - “I AM the resurrection and the life” John 14:6 -- “I AM the way, the truth, and...

Perhaps this is the best description of “the sons of disobedience” … “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of...

All of these warnings are about gaining or losing eternal life! There are 10 NT passages listed for each section … Warnings given to everyone & Warnings given to church members. It is necessary to understand: Being led by the Holy Spirit -- in obeying Jesus, following His commands, etc. is...

First, let’s review what Scripture teaches about Satan “the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world” (Revelation 12:9) “there is no truth in him ... he is a liar and the father of it” (John 8:44) “the whole world lies in the power of the evil one” (1 John 5:19) “the god of this world” (2...

"... Stand up Saints, My remnant church, My true body. Harken to My call. Stop and listen to all that I desire to speak to your heart. You are not of this world (John 18:36), yet you blend in far too well. The time for hiding has ended. You must either step forward to be counted worthy, or seal...

A summary of the NT passages below … If you love God and know Him, you will obey His commandments (thus doing His will) and you will endure temptations, and He will approve of you and know you, and you will know both He and Jesus Christ, and you will hear God’s voice and follow Him, and you...

John 14:15-23, NLT 15 “If you love me, obey my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. 17 He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize...

Positional sanctification … “set apart” once for the Holy Spirit to work on Progressive sanctification … during in the life-long sanctification process • Holiness unto the Lord is what is “acceptable” to God Romans 12:1-2 • “… present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God...

2 Peter 2:1-22, TLB “… there will be false teachers among you. They will cleverly tell their lies about God, turning against even their Master who bought them; but theirs will be a swift and terrible end. Many will follow their evil teaching that there is nothing wrong with sexual sin … But God...

Just a quick look Baptism into the church (salvation) --- the Holy Spirit is the baptiser (1 Cor 12:13) This refers to being “born again (from above)” with the Holy Spirit entering the person. 7 verses say the Holy Spirit takes up residence INSIDE the believer. Baptism in water (symbolic...

. IMO, these points reconcile the NT Scriptures for and against OSAS. If you would like to see Scriptural proof for anything, please just ask. • God’s simple invitation to believe the gospel (e.g. John 3:16) is how He begins to rescue some fishes out of the sea of humanity. Later, they find...

. The crown of life is eternal life … the opposite of eternal death James 1:12-16 • “Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him … But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by...

Please note: this does not include Jesus’ warnings to everyone in the 4 Gospels! No OSAS for Christians who are slaves of sin (who habitually practice sin) Romans 6:16-23 • "… you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether (slaves) of sin leading to (eternal) death, or (slaves) of obedience...

IMO, these are the major ABC’s of the salvation process … A -- INITIATION The popular NT verses, such as John 3:16, are innocent little hooks to catch the little fishes! … Several NT verses reveal that God gives certain people the necessary seed of faith to enable them to believe in Jesus and...

Here is a trinity of examples … (A) … Romans 6 (NKJV): 1 Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! 15 Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not! 16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one’s...

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: --...

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...

Many years ago, I was warned about this passage by my pastor … Matthew 7: 21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name...