The day we are glorified will be a day of great victory! On that day the last enemy, death, will be destroyed. When our bodies are raised from the dead …
Clarifying Salvation: Perseverance – I Am Secure In Salvation (John 10:22-30)
Can a Christian lose their salvation? Most believers experience a time of uncertainty about their salvation. Also, some unbelievers have more certainty than the Bible gives about the state of …
Clarifying Salvation: Sanctification – Becoming More Like Christ (Romans 6:11-14)
God’s work of salvation is awesome! Forgiveness of sin and the ability to live God’s Way is so freeing. Yet although we are free, the temptation of the world, the …
Clarifying Salvation: Adoption – We Are Family (Ephesians 1:3-15)
Every morning we look in the mirror and are all haunted by the same question: Who am I? It’s the vital question because who we are drives what we do, …
Clarifying Salvation: Justification – God Declares Me Righteous (Romans 3:21-26)
We feel guilty when we sin (and we all have sinned). So what happens to the guilt of our sin when God saves us? God makes a legal declaration concerning …
Clarifying Salvation: Conversion – Responding in Faith & Repentance (Luke 19:1-10)
What is true repentance? What is saving faith? How do faith and repentance relate to conversion? Can I accept Jesus as Savior and not as Lord? A short, rich, thief’s …
Clarifying Salvation: Regeneration – I must be born again (John 2:23-3:10)
Regeneration is the act in which God secretly and sovereignly imparts spiritual life to those who have been called. The gospel of John calls it being “born again”…which just seems …
Clarifying Salvation: Calling – God Summons Me (Romans 8:28-30 & Matthew 11:25-30)
There is great power in God’s call to save you. It’s firm and unyielding – more like a summons to appear in court. It’s also gentle and easy – a …
Clarifying Salvation: Election – God Chose Me, (Ephesians 2:1-9) – (Ephesians 1:3-7)
Receiving salvation is simple – repent and believe, by faith, in the gospel of Jesus. What it takes to save you is more involved. We can liken it to a simple …