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That confession you made to God, where you accepted His forgiveness in Jesus, way back when? What was it like?
It makes our eternity
According to Scripture: Our confession makes our eternity. It decides our ultimate fate. By it, we either land in Heaven when we die, or we land at Jesus’ feet for Judgement Day.
The ball is in our court, as they say. But it’s more than a game. Our eternity is in our hands.
Why, you may ask, could a confession of repentance before God — land me in front of the Judge for the ultimate condemnation ever? Well, that becomes the question: Was your confession accepted by God?
Assuming you did enough?
Have you assumed He saved you? The statistics shed doubt on your assumption. They lean towards: not. Apparently God did not save 94% of “us professing Christians”, says Barna. Wow. Most scary thought.
I know I’m saved. I was 100%… when I accepted Him. I follow Him, keeping myself from being caught-up into practicing what God has said “No” to… any practice of sin.
Jesus saved me. “I am enough” because Jesus is enough in me! Do you know yourself well enough to know that you are truly saved?
Today I misheard a dermatologist solicitor say to me,
“Your disappointment
is scheduled
for this month.”
Funny [Silly me]. I foolishly answered “Unknown Caller….”
That call made me remember: That is actually true for the unSaved. Those who are still in their unForgiven sin… to-date are still pre-scheduled for disAppointment by God Himself. Their huge feelings of more-than-just-disppointment will be real upon entering the other side. Imagine the surprise and panic.
– Source: Your disappointment is scheduled
That gives me the shivers. It may be that your disappointment is scheduled…and you don’t even know about it!
I’m sure you, as I, have the same preference regarding Heaven & Hell: Heaven’s my first choice. Hell is my last choice, last on my list, not what I really want. Although some say, “I’m not afraid of Hell“, that is not rational. It behooves us sinners to get this straight.
Do you know yourself well enough to know where you are headed? I must say this again: Was your confession accepted by God?
There is a saving knowledge of Christ, and there is a false knowledge about Christ. One connects you to God and saves you. The other does not lead to Creator God. Do you know the difference?
Which type of knowledge do you have?
– Source: Saving knowledge
Knowledge about Christ:
One connects you
to God
and saves you.
The other
does not
lead to Creator God.
What was in your confession
God saves us in it because of His grace, or, horror of horrors, He does NOT save us…because of a false repentance. One type of confession connects you – whereas the other confession does not.
God only saves us if/when we bring Him 100% of our heart. He is looking at your soul attitude, so to speak. He accepts nothing fake, nothing insincere, nothing dishonest…. As Jesus said in Matthew 16:24, He sees inside your insides, knows your attitude. What’s living rent-free inside your head?
Freeloaders are up there
Maybe you don’t even know the freeloaders are up there. But know this: they are. (Maybe you’ve even invited them in and made them comfortable in there!) It’s part of being alive. Even as believers, all peoples have old nature creatures residing in that often unexplored cavern of our soul on top our neck.
Sometimes I catch one, some particularly bothersome, ugly creature streaming from my soul – coming out from deep inside of me. They scare you? Scares me (Romans 1:18, Romans 2:5, John 3:36).
– Source: What’s living rent-free inside your head?
His one-off offer is His commitment to you forever. His is no off-the-cuff, flippant promise. The promises God makes are sure. He will most assuredly do — what He speaks.
See: Psalm 51 type repentance and salvation
Psalm 51:1-4
Have mercy on me,[a] O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin!
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight,
Confesssion requires repentance
God offers forgiveness, and God is able to forgive… but God does not forgive the unRepentant confessor. It is no small thing He requires. Salvation will cost you. He is asking you to repent: 1
* 1- we deny ourself “[set aside selfish interests]”
* 2- we take up our cross “[expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come]”
* 3- and we follow Him “[believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me]”.
Don’t counter-offer Jesus… He is the one offering…not us
That list is from Matthew 16:24. Jesus said the same thing many times, giving us specific salvation parameters. His will in this is adamant. He requires we accept Him on His terms.
Salvation in Jesus, after all, is a special gift Jesus is offering us. Nobody gets saved willie-nilly by whatever means. He saves those who come to Him according to His will, through His specific saving knowledge. That way of whatever? Think it through.
Believe in the Name of Jesus, John wrote (1 John 5:13). Believe, not like Satan believes, but, believe to the extreme point of accepting all that Jesus Christ is and does. Anything less is… your way, not the Jesus’ Way.
We of course do not have to “know it all”. For example: The Thief on the Cross knew absolutely very little. But Jesus told him, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, today you will be with Me in [a]Paradise.”
The “knowledge that saves” pairs-up with the soul attitude which Jesus requires: deny ourself, take up our cross, believe-conform-follow, be willing to die “because of faith in Me” (Matthew 16:24).
24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].
– Matthew 16:24
That soul attitude…the yielded soul repenting
Our Omniscient Jesus recognizes an unrepentant heart – on the spot. And, just like that, Jesus instantly saves the genuinely yielded soul repenting.
Jesus is looking for the soul attitude of repentance.
PIC: These 5 missionaries, killed by Aucas… had it!
These …had it:
The 3,000 souls converting on Pentecost Day ...had it. (Acts 2:37-44, Acts 2:1-36)
The Jailer …had it. (Acts 16:27-34)
The Ethiopian in Gaza with Philip …had it. (Acts 8:25-40)
Saul the killer …had it. (He converts and becomes Paul the Apostle in Acts 9:1-31.)
The Thief on the cross …had it.
Your special offer
You cannot offer God of the Universe your special offer. It’s not a negotiation! How grandiose of you, to offer God your terms. Astounding self-importance to do so.
Salvation is not something man makes up over a lifetime, or on the fly. Salvation happens by His will, as we repent according to His Word.
Saved by our religious re-working of Scripture? Our words? Our church’s doctrinal words? It’s like “Are you kidding me?!”
See: 1 John 5:13 and Matthew 12:50
Let’s go back and listen again to Jesus. Listen up. He is the One that saves:
Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to follow Me [as My disciple], he must deny himself [set aside selfish interests], and take up his cross [expressing a willingness to endure whatever may come] and follow Me [believing in Me, conforming to My example in living and, if need be, suffering or perhaps dying because of faith in Me].
– Matthew 16:24
Your own salvation parameters
If you make-up your own parameters for what you think is required for salvation, then, obviously they are not the parameters God gave us. They’re yours! You made them. For Heaven’s sake, look at the source of your doctrines.
“Do not be deceived….” 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
How much authority do you have outside your brain…even here on earth? How much less in Heaven, God’s Holy Kingdom?
1 Corinthians 6:9-10. My unauthorized paraphrase:
Don’t you know this!?
…that those
who live their own way
will not actually
get into God’s Kingdom?
They won’t have even
the slightest share in it!
Do not be deceived…!
In Heaven’s Courts your parameters are not of importance whatsoever. It’s like: Go to Russia and demand your way. What?!
What audacity: to come to the Courts of God Almighty with your puny human mudman theologies!
“We cannot do good, much less enough good, to merit God’s forgiveness. We must approach God (James 4:8).”
– Source: Outward religion but inward… everything unclean
20 For no [b]person
will be justified
[freed of guilt
and declared righteous]
in His sight
by [trying to do]
the works of the Law.
– Romans 3: verse 20
Prayer itself is an awesome privilege. What a privilege God gives us… to come into His presence with prayer! However, nobody can reach out to God just any old way.
How much more so amazing is the immense privilege of salvation? Salvation is His privilege offered to us – and it comes to us by way of His specific requirements (His parameters).
If you are in a faith that practices what God is against, how can you call that “following Jesus”? God calls it disobedience. Whatever your religion, belief system, or mantra you claim – if it is not according to what the Bible communicates to us, then it is not of God. And it does nothing eternal for your soul.
Why do you think God will accept you with your own made-up formula? Your parameters don’t cut it with Holy God. Absolutely not. 2
“Do you acknowledge the dissidence between your “want-a-be” and your whatch-ya-be? The truth is you can’t have it both ways.
Salvation in Christ is what it is. God has shared His Way with us. It is not “whatever you make it to be”. Salvation is not something you make up for your own convenience.
Are you saved by God? Or are you hoping your own way will be good enough?”
– Source: Accepting Jesus – Plus Some Other
The Bible clearly shows that only a full confession like as to what His Word gives us, saves. Nothing we try diligently to make “on our own” is “following Him“. What we make up on our own… our religion, our church formulas… is a self-made “confession” that the Bible warns against.
Are you confused about what it takes to get to God’s Home Heaven? Do you know The Door to Heaven?
We who know about Jesus and want to spend eternity with Him – must not allow the world’s ways to become our ways. We must fight the good fight against the enemies of our soul that oppose God’s Way: the world, the flesh, and the Devil.
How are you doing with that? Do you want to be a part of “the life of God“? I sure do.
– Source: What following Christ is NOT
___________
18 for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.
– Ephesians 4:18
___________
“We are going to follow our own plans”…Jeremiah 18:11-12
Are you following your own way to God, your own “confession of faith”? That has been around since way back in Old Testament days:
‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am shaping a disaster and working out a plan against you. Turn back, each of you from his evil way; correct your habits and change your actions for the better.”’
12 But they will say, ‘That is hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act in accordance with the stubbornness of his evil heart.’
– Jeremiah 18:11-12
Following your own made-up ways? When we are saved, we then begin “the life of God“. We don’t begin His life – by acting on our own plans. Using your own way will never work. Your way will get you…
“alienated and self-banished
from the life of God”
___________
“for their [moral] understanding is darkened and their reasoning is clouded; [they are] alienated and self-banished from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the [willful] ignorance and spiritual blindness that is [deep-seated] within them, because of the hardness and insensitivity of their heart.”
– Ephesians 4:18
The Bible tells us that God absolutely wants to save us. Why else come to die on earth!? We know the will of God in this. He died to save us. His love is for all mankind. His salvation is adequate for all. “Whosoever will may come.” So why are some not saved?
There are many, many, many — who prayed to receive God’s free gift of salvation, but they did it their own way – not according to what Jesus requires. They are the type who works out their way “in accordance with the stubbornness of his evil heart”. So, so sad – to end up with no salvation at all.
Want God’s approval? Look into what we find in His Word.
See: Specific salvation parameters He requires
ARTICLE COMING SOON
What is it Jesus requires?
Accepting all that Jesus Christ is and does
FOR MORE:
According to Scripture: Our confession makes our eternity. It decides our ultimate fate: Heaven or Hell. By it, we either land in Heaven when we die, or we land at Jesus’ feet for Judgement Day. What’s it going to be for you?
__________
Oh How Marvelous…Excerpt: The Day of Judgment is coming.
There will be two sides of the The Court in That Day when we stand before The Judge. There will be the damning side, and there will be a forgiven side. We arrive before the Judge already damned, or already forgiven. You do not want to have God damn you on that final judgment day. Twice God–damned —- is forever damned. Once forgiven —- is forever free, in a heaven prepared for us by God himself.
– Source: The Damning God
Was your confession accepted by God?
Promises God makes about your salvation…they are sure
We know the will of God in this…1 Timothy 2:3-4
1 Timothy 2: verses 3-4
3 …God our Savior…
4 …desires all men
to be saved
and
to come to
the [a recognition] knowledge of the truth.
What if? Excerpt:
…what if you are wrong about God, and He really walked the earth as Jesus? What if God really did come down to earth as the real, historical man, Jesus Christ… and walked the earth as recorded in the Bible?
What if? God looks inside your soul and says “I am not your Lord”
My terrors in the dark place…the shivers
Why on earth will God accept you – a sinner?
Your disappointment is scheduled Excerpt: …to-date are still pre-scheduled for disAppointment by God Himself. Their huge feelings of more-than-just-disppointment will be real upon entering the other side. Imagine the surprise and panic.
A God Damn Excerpt: Have you ever tried to grasp the deep intensity of God’s feelings against your sin? Do you know how much He hates sin?
Enlightened Folks Excerpt: Hebrews 6:4-5
When the buzz is gone, the excitement is over, the others have gone home, and it’s only you: are you truly His, or was it just a thrill, an emotional high, a status thing, a “thing” you’ve done – something religious that you like?
This is normal for some. Year after year, week after week… they claim to be “a Christian”. They identify themselves as “a person of faith“. Isn’t that the thing to say these days.? They just really really like the experience of it all. But, but, but they never genuinely bow their soul to God and let Him in.
What happens when you do not know what the Bible says on a matter? Excerpt: If we do not hone our thoughts on Scripture, on what do we base our thoughts and practice? We begin to think mistakenly. Who wants to live erroneously before God? I’m in-it to win-it!
God holds all knowledge and true wisdom. After all – He made everything that is! We must dig deep to know what is Truth.
Taking hate to Holy Heaven? Your ways? Your views? Excerpt: Let’s look into hate, habitual hate, and love, agape love.
Hate ruins your life. Jesus taught you cannot be born again reborn from above if you habitually hate. Wow. THAT is severe. And this is taught throughout the Bible as a whole.
Hating is “eternal-life-changing”. Scary thought.
See: 1 John 4:20, Luke 6:27, 1 John 2:9, 1 John 2:11
Spontaneous Illogicality and Double Speak | A response to the very interesting article by Rod Kersh: Spontaneous illogicality and the three president’s double-speak | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Dec 16, 2023.
Outward religion but inward everything unclearn…look at the source of your doctrines. Excerpt: Getting good enough for God: Forgiveness by God makes us good enough for God. Have you gone to God, personally, to ask Him for His forgiveness? Once forgiven, THEN we are good enough. Hallelujah!
What’s living rent-free inside your head? Excerpt: There’s a whole bunch of ornery characters taking up space inside ya’lls head. True? Or False? Good or ornery
As good ways of thinking and acting can “get in our head” for good (Romans 12:6-21; Ephesians 4:24-32), there’s bad and ornery already inside our insides working for evil (2 Corinthians 12:20-21; Galatians 5:19-21). I’m workin’ to conform to the good ones (Romans 12:2; 1 Peter 1:14).
Freeloaders are up there
Maybe you don’t even know the freeloaders are up there. But know this: they are. (Maybe you’ve even invited them in and made them comfortable in there!) It’s part of being alive. Even as believers, all peoples have old nature creatures residing in that often unexplored cavern of our soul on top our neck.
Sometimes I catch one, some particularly bothersome, ugly creature streaming from my soul – coming out from deep inside of me. They scare you? Scares me (Romans 1:18, Romans 2:5, John 3:36).
The well-guarded soul…Sometimes I catch one…
Works of the flesh…old nature creatures residing in that often unexplored cavern of our soul on top our neck.
Vile to Jesus…working for evil (2 Corinthians 12:20-21; Galatians 5:19-21)
Streaming from my soul– coming out from deep inside of me.
The Bad Fruit List…bad and ornery already inside our insides
Galatians 6:7-10 They scare you? Scares me (Romans 1:18, Romans 2:5, John 3:36).
The Good Fruit List…good ways of thinking and acting (Romans 12:6-21; Ephesians 4:24-32)
Examine yourselves…that often unexplored cavern of our soul on top our neck.
Hebrews 12:1…some particularly bothersome, ugly creature
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of [a]witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us,
– Hebrews 12:1
Your way or Gods’ Way…live erroneously before God? Excerpt: The philosophies of man, are man’s. They don’t reach God. God is totally too awesome for mere man. God’s way, is His way. He is far too huge to be messed with by you, or me. We can not reach God on our own. But God, for some unfathomable reason, reached down from His heavens, and made a way for us to reach Him.
The Bible is the standard for Christian thought and practice. Not me. Not you.
King Solomon’s Fool…What kind of fool are you? Excerpt: Solomon said, if you are not following “wisdom”, then you are one or more of several not so wise types.
The Moment of IF…if/when. Excerpt: Writing about our salvation by God, the Apostle Paul brings us back to our moment of “if”. He brings it back to the moment of our salvation experience, saying “…if…”:
That Moment of IF when you choose your own thinking…Moment of IF
Heaven. What’s it going to be like?
Heaven is going to be like this
Salvation is a God thing…Salvation by God
Promises God makes about your salvation
Being God Damned…in Hell
God Damned On Earth Excerpt: Being God damned on earth is to be simply living your life – without Christ, living in rebellion against God, refusing to bow your knee to God, refusing his free gift of eternal life, living for anyone or anything else…
The Damning God Excerpt: Don’t arrive before The Throne of God – and discover there that you are still merely a God damned mud-man.
I stand amazed looking at
the arrogant mud-man
shaking his
puny little mud-fist
—- at God, the Potter!
At God! Ha!
What impudence.
What futility, despair, regret.
Forgiveness by God The Forgiving God. Excerpt: Anyone at anytime with sincerity and truth – can find forgiveness in Jesus for anything. The key word there? Sincerity. God sees the thoughts and intents of our heart. No foolin’ with God.
– Anytime anyone anything anywhere –
Hell is my last choice, last on my list, not what I really want
I’m not afraid of Hell – it behooves us sinners to get this straight.
Do you know yourself well enough to
Know that you know you know…Know where you are headed
God forgives sins by His Holy Holy Justice
The Kingdom of God is very exclusive, very luxurious, very special
The wonder of the birth of God
Jesus – more than a mere man…the real, historical man, Jesus Christ
Prayer with God! I just don’t get it Excerpt: How can it be that God allows me into His very presence? I just can’t comprehend it. What a privilege.
Privilege…it’s a good thing from God
“All the privileges and rewards of a new life with Him”
Deuteronomy 33:27
“The eternal God
is your refuge
and
dwelling place,
And underneath are the everlasting arms;
Forgiveness of God Excerpt: Anyone at anytime with sincerity and truth – can find forgiveness in Jesus for anything. The key word there? Sincerity. God sees the thoughts and intents of our heart. No foolin’ with God.
Blessed by forgiveness by the Hand of God our Savior
Salvation in Christ is beyond HUGE!…a special gift Jesus is offering us
The one-off offer Jesus makes to everyone
…find forgiveness in Jesus for anything
God is available to all…in Jesus all can find forgiveness for anything. Key word in “all”: repent
Sincerity and truth The key word in “forgiveness of God? Sincerity.
Jesus knows your thoughts…God sees the thoughts and intents of our heart. No foolin’ with God.
I’m Christian because He chose me
Your Attitude Receiving Christ…Examples of receiving Christ with attitude
The 3,000 souls converting on Pentecost Day in Acts 2:37-44 (Acts 2:1-36)
The Jailer in Acts 16:27-34
The Ethiopian in Gaza with Philip in Acts 8:25-40
The killer Saul converts and becomes Paul the Apostle in Acts 9:1-31
The rest of the story of the thief on the cross.
Jesus saved me…How about you?
I’m Christian because He chose me
Confirm & Affirm why Jesus will accept me
Believe in the Name of Jesus – 1 John 5:13. Believe, not like Satan believes, but, believe to the extreme
Accepting all that Jesus Christ is and does…believe to the extreme – 1 John 5:13
The Way to Salvation always involves obedience to Jesus
“If you [really] love Me,
you will
keep and obey My commandments.”
– John 14:15
Sincerity and truth…pray honestly as if your eternity depends on it (because it does!)
The Gift by His precious, undeserved grace
Salvation. True version – False version
God’s Home Heaven …Do you know how to get there?
What clearly saves and what obviously does not save
Why God rejects anyone…why are some not saved?
Signs of an unrepentant heart…the unrepentant confessor
Caught-up with a practice God has said not to practice?
What you think and practice as compared with what Jesus thinks
Are you being warned by the Holy Spirit about being “out”?
They were not really of us – 1 John 2:19: “none of them are of us”
Why Jesus will say to some “I don’t know you”
Was your confession accepted by God?
What if? God looks inside your soul and says “I am not your Lord”
Goats and sheep…False teachings lead goats down the wrong path
Taking hate to Holy Heaven? Your ways, your views?
Why might many Charismatics not be saved?
Speaking the truth with love about what is true and what is false
Transgenderism as seen from the Bible
Jesus warned us not to be dishonest with Him
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; [a]neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate [by perversion], nor [b]those who participate in homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers [whose words are used as weapons to abuse, insult, humiliate, intimidate, or slander], nor swindlers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God.
11 And such were some of you [before you believed]. But you were washed [by the atoning sacrifice of Christ], you were sanctified [set apart for God, and made holy], you were justified [declared free of guilt] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God [the source of the believer’s new life and changed behavior].
My wild and crazy stallion heart
Taking hate to Holy Heaven, your ways, your views?
Hating is life changing – eternal life changing. Scary thought. Read: 1 John 4:20, Luke 6:27, 1 John 2:9, 1 John 2:11
Are you being warned by the Holy Spirit about being “out”?
Our woolly lamb bum MirWeb …Proverbs 15:19, Ephesians 4:13, Ephesians 4:22-23
…“The way of the lazy” – “until we all reach oneness” – “growing spiritually to become a mature believer“
“Woolly” MirWeb – marked by boisterous roughness or lack of order or restraint
— where the West is still woolly – Paul Schubert
— used especially in the phrase wild and woolly
This does not save you
Post Directory…jump links within the article:
Continued…What clearly saves and what obviously does not save
- Jesus warned us not to be dishonest with Him
- Running with the Enemies of our soul
- Having a dichotomous heart
- Tolerating evil
- Loving Jesus less
- Leaving Jesus
- Following the Jesus who was not God
- Accepting Jesus – Plus Some Other
- Contradicting Jesus
- Double-minded means both loving Jesus AND loving a different gospel
- Living between two opinions
- Caught up in a practice God has said not to practice?
Are you “contrary” – not conforming to the Gospel?
Are you one of the 18 percenters?
Accepting Jesus – Plus Some Other Excerpt:
“Do you acknowledge the dissidence between your “want-a-be” and your “whatch-ya-be”? The truth is you can’t have it both ways. Salvation in Christ is what it is. God has shared His Way with us. It is not “whatever you make it to be”. Salvation is not something you make up for your own convenience. Are you saved by God? Or are you hoping your own way will be good enough?”
There is no other saving Gospel
The Mystery of the Gospel has been revealed
The Gospel of Christ is Unchanging
The message of salvation spoken by Jesus to Paul
The Gospel of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Paul
The One-off Offer Jesus makes to everyone
Are you “contrary” – not conforming to the Gospel?
Outward religion but inward… everything unclean
Think about it. Have you strayed from the Truth?
About Being Apostate… following “another gospel”
Being tested to know for sure your faithfulness to God
Needing something more than Jesus
They in fact have seen nothing
The Old Testament is still Truth for today…what He speaks
Does this in Zephaniah 3, verse 4, sound like NAR-types, or what!?
“…pretending
their word
is God’s word.”
“Her prophets are
reckless and treacherous men;
Her priests
have profaned the sanctuary;
They have done
violence to the law
[by pretending
their word is God’s word].
– Zephaniah 3: verse 4
The controversy of God speaking directly to you
God spoke through prophets and Jesus – the Greatest of All
Why the tears, Paul? Colossians 2:18
Cognitive Dissonance “…that extreme feeling of discomfort some folks get when their core belief is challenged or contradicted.”
Why progressivism hates repentance | at christianpost | by Rosaria Butterfield | Op-ed contributor | Oct/
christianpost 10/24/24 Commentator David J – commenting on Butterfield article. Excellent article. Rosario demonstrates the power of the Gospel. Without repentance there is no real faith and without real faith there is no conversion and without converversion there is no new creation and without new creation there is no salvation and without salvation there is no hope.
Why I no longer use Transgender Pronouns— and Why You shouldn’t, either | at Reformation 21 |by Rosaria Butterfield | April 3, 2023 | Referenced in this article:
[1] Mark Yarhouse, “Understanding the Transgender Phenomena,” Christianity Today, June 8, 2015. And Preston Sprinkle, Embodied: Transgender Identities, The Church, and What the Bible Has to Say (Colorado Springs: David C. Cook, 2021.
[2] Today, Laura is happily married to a godly Christian man and is one of the most beautiful and feminine Christian women I know.
[3] Heidelberg Catechism, Question 30. Quoted from The Reformation Heritage KJV Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2014):1992.
Why Christians cannot support the pride agenda | By Josh Buice, Op-ed contributor
Take a Stance on Homosexuality – like Jesus did
Christian Doctor Fired for Refusing to Use Trans Pronouns Cites Genesis, Appeals to European Court | by Epoch Times | June 22, 2023 | Excerpt: “Dr. Mackereth is calling for some “much-needed sanity,” and maintains that his claims are firmly rooted in Genesis 1:27—that God created man in his own image, man and woman.
The sins around us and the sins we do …Lists to show us 1) His will for us, and 2) what He is against.
Jesus will reject many Christians
Will you be turned away by Jesus
Keeping sin AND getting God’s Holiness also
We don’t get into a Holy Kingdom by being sinful
Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty
Queer Disney actor shares the love of Christ at Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards | CP Entertainment | Thursday, March 09, 2023. Did Joshua Bassett say he is still a practicing homosexual?
What if? Excerpt: …what if you are wrong about God, and He really walked the earth as Jesus?
Heaven. What’s it going to be like?
Promises God makes about your salvation
Fight the good fight…against the the enemies of our soul
Footnotes
- Your Attitude Receiving Christ…receiving Christ with attitude. These are examples of the attitude Jesus looks for:
The 3,000 souls converting on Pentecost Day in Acts 2:37-44 (Acts 2:1-36)
The Jailer in Acts 16:27-34
The Ethiopian in Gaza with Philip in Acts 8:25-40
Saul the killer converts and becomes Paul the Apostle in Acts 9:1-31
- Merriam-Webster.com “cut it “: to cut the mustard… to achieve the standard of performance necessary for success; 8… to be able to manage or handle; g… to be of effect, influence, or significance; to negotiate an agreement; to perform some action in the quickest, easiest, or cheapest way; to be of importance.
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