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INTRODUCTION:

All of these pages have the same verses at top in the introduction, designed to help you understand how to understand the Word of God, in context, without any of one's own private interpretation which changes meanings to fit one's pet doctrines. Not to mention goes against the Word of God.

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(Isaiah 28:10 [KJV])
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

(Isaiah 28:13 [KJV])
But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken.

(2 Peter 1:20 [KJV])
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

(2 Peter 3:16 [KJV])
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

(Psalms 12:6-7 [KJV])
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.

(1 Thessalonians 2:13 [KJV])
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.

(2 Timothy 2:15-16 [KJV])
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

(Acts 17:10-11 [KJV])
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

As the verses above say and teach, always research for yourself, always use all of the context of all Scripture, always rightly divide that Word of Truth and never privately interpret it!

All of the studies found here, whether book studies or topical studies, are done with research with mainly two things: The KING JAMES BIBLE and a plain old, 1828 Webster's Dictionary. Why? Outside of actually studying secular and Jewish history, archaeology, one needs nothing more. You do not need foreign, dead languages that no one speaks, nor lexicons, concordances nor commentaries, because they differ not only with one another and with the KING JAMES BIBLE, they create division, confusion, debate, and unbelief, apostasy, and a falling away from God Himself. We do not need them. That Word of God written and preserved for us in our own language is supposed to be enough, like the Old Testament was for the Jews, and as the New Testament was for the early Christians in Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, etc.

There are studies within as tangents on words, subjects found within the two testaments, as to broaden the scope of the study, to learn more, deeper truths. This is not an intellectual site with PhDs, theologians, and no worldly wisdom.. Check everything out, everything. Not just here, but with everything you read and see and hear. Be Bereans:

Always research for yourself, use all of the context, and never privately interpret!

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Salvation: CAN YOU LOSE IT?

(Numbers 14:18 [KJV])
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

(Romans 3:20 [KJV])
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

(Galatians 2:16 [KJV])
Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

(Galatians 2:21 [KJV])
I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.

If we are not saved by Jesus Christ, but by our own works (we are not), His Death on the Cross for our sins was meaningless.

(Habakkuk 2:4 [AKJV/PCE])
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

(2 Peter 1:9 [AKJV/PCE])
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.

2 Peter 3:16 [AKJV/PCE])
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

(Deuteronomy 4:2 [KJV])
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

(Proverbs 30:5, 6 [KJV])
Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

(John 4:14 [AKJV/PCE])
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

(John 10:27-30 [KJV])
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one.

(Luke 11:13 [AKJV/PCE])
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?

(Isaiah 64:6 [KJV])
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

(John 1:12 [KJV])
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name

(John 1:17 [KJV])
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

CHOOSING JESUS OVER THIS LIFE: MARY AND MARTHA

(Luke 10:38-42 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

Mary chose Jesus Who will not be taken from her, nor from us. We cannot be plucked from His Hand, nor from the Hand of the Father. Martha is an example of living in and for this world. Yes, we need to serve and, yes, we need to host people, feed them; we need to eat, we need to clean. But, if we put Jesus first, that is all that matters. After that, we can serve, host, feed, eat, clean. We have always to do those things anyways, so why not do it after we receive Jesus Christ? We will have been doing it before, as the disciples fished before the knew Jesus, and fished after. But now? He was in their boat!

STRIVING TO GaiN FAVOR AND HEAVEN OVER SIMPLY BELIEVING

(Luke 13:24-27 [AKJV/PCE])
¶ Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

  • Narrowness is never a basis for truth (John 14:6)
  • Once that door shuts, it is over
  • It is not what we did, but whether Jesus knows us, by knowing and acknowledging Him
  • "We practiced communion!"

JOHN 10: OUR WEAKNESS, HIS STRENGTH

(John 10:27-30 [KJV])
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one.

  • IF we are truly saved, we are Jesus's sheep
  • IF so, we hear His Voice and follow it, as sheep follow their shepherd's voice and know it, can isolate it, recognize it specifically, to the exclusion of all others
  • Since no man can pluck them from Jesus's Hand, it means that they are saved, eternally, forever, not "until they sin". This includes US OURSELVES as well, not just other men. We are completely helpless to pluck ourselves from the Hand of the Creator and Saviour the LORD Jesus Christ, in order to lose our salvation
  • To think otherwise means arrogance, not understanding what salvation actually is, not understanding the One Who gave it to us and declaring His work on the Cross as unfinished, thinking we can and should add to it.
  • Since no man can pluck them from the Father's Hand, it means that they are saved. This includes US as well, not just other men. We are completely helpless to lose our salvation
  • Since Jesus the Son of God is God, and the Father is God, and they are ONE, then this applies perfectly
(John 16:8-11 [KJV])
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

No one, not a single person walking on earth claiming to be a Christian, now today or ever in the past, or in the future, can prove that they are saved by their carnal, fleshly works. It's the Holy Spirit's job to convict the world of sin.

HOPE...ETERNAL...LIFE

(Romans 10:8-10-13 [KJV])
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.

Confession, heart belief, salvation, no works, because they will neither save us nor keep us saved. We SHALL BE S-A-V-E- D. We will not be "in the process of maybe being saved, maybe for today, but maybe not tonight, but maybe again tomorrow-for a time." Either we shall be saved or we do not believe and confess.

  • The Word is what saves us, not our works, it does not save us today, lose us tomorrow, as it is up to the Word to save us, not ourselves
  • The word "AND" believe in our hearts that God hat raised Him from the dead", so both, not just standing up at the end of a worship service and "coming forward to receive Christ", because it has to be genuine, as God knows our hearts. It can be done in bed, driving in the car, in the store, at your desk, under a tractor, hiking in the woods, floating on the ocean, walking a sidewalk. Get the picture?
  • There are Jews, there are Gentiles, there is the Church, both Jew and Gentile as one in Christ, no longer Jew (spiritually) or Gentile (spiritually), just genetically, physically still Jew and Gentile
  • All that call upon Him are one in Christ, shall be saved, IF they believe and confess, and do not trust themselves, their works, the law to save them
  • And, at the end of the day, that also means that we cannot KEEP ourselves saved, as we did nothing workwise to GET saved, but believed.

(Titus 1:2 [KJV])
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

(Titus 3:5 [KJV])
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

(Titus 3:7 [KJV])
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

  • Justified because God promised it, and He cannot change that nor lie
  • Justification by God's mercy, His grace, not byworks, not by the Law
  • It is our only hope and gives us hope
  • This was God's plan for mankind, from before the world even existed
  • No mention of our works here, except that our salvation is NOT BY WORKS of righteousness, but by His mercy He saved us
  • No mention of temporal life, conditional upon our works

(2 Corinthians 4:18 [KJV])
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.

  • The word "temporary" is even in the English Dictionary, the 1828 Webster's, but not used in the Word of God to describe life.....however "ETERNAL" is.
  • The word "temporal" is in 2 Corinthians 4:18. but it describes this life only, not the life after this life. Eternal and everlasting ALWAYS describe that.
  • Heaven is not seen now by our eyes on earth. Ergo, it must be eternal.

  • Adam and Eve
  • Cain and Abel
  • Noah
  • Abraham and Sara
  • Israel herself
  • Joseph
  • Moses
  • Daniel
  • Rahab
  • Paul
  • Hebrews 11 (Hebrews 11:6 [AKJV/PCE])
    But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

    (Isaiah 64:6 [AKJV/PCE])
    But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

    • Without faith; it does not say "without works" which are "filthy rags"

SUPPORTING VERSES (A FEW)

(Romans 2:4 [KJV])
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

The goodness of GOD Himself only leads us to repentance, not our own goodness, our own "good nature", certainly not our sin nature (John 5:24 [KJV])
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

We have everlasting life.We are not working towards everlasting life, because we already have it.There are no conditions given here except believing.No works.

(1 John 5:13 [KJV])
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

We can know that we have eternal life because we believe, without works, which are not mentioned here

(1 Peter 1:5 [KJV])
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

If God cannot keep us and we have to keep ourselves, we are in big trouble.Also, we are saved and kept by faith, not works.

(Luke 18:26-27 [KJV])
And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.

In other words, it is impossible ("impossible with men") to save ourselves.Whwat would make us think that we could then keep ourselves saved, since we never saved ourselves inthe first place?

(Romans 8:1 [KJV])
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

The only condemnation we have is our own, towards ourselves, spiritually speaking, and even that is temporal, if we are saved. If we are not, this self-condemnation is nothing compared to eternal separation from God.While the immediate context here was a rich young man whose riches got in the way of following Jesus, the rest of the context of the Word of God clearly states that all things get in the way, and that all our righteousnesses do not save us as it is.

(Isaiah 64:6 [KJV])
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

(Matthew 12:36 [KJV])
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

(Matthew 5:27-30 [KJV])
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

(1 Corinthians 15:50 [KJV])
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

  • What the above verses clearly say is that we are incapable of not sinning, consciously or unconsciuosly
  • We are told by our Creator that we have a sin nature from the Fall as it is, making us flesh and blood, which cannot go to Heaven, as we are unholy in our condition, unless we are born again.

ROMANS 9: FAITH VS. WORKS; FAITH, NOT WORKS
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

(Romans 3:9-19 [KJV])
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Their feet are swift to shed blood: Destruction and misery are in their ways: And the way of peace have they not known: There is no fear of God before their eyes.Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  • Our righteousness is filthy rags
  • We are all unclean, in the flesh
  • Fading, disease, death, rotting of flesh, carries us far from God
  • Under sin and death
  • None righteous
  • No understanding of God
  • None that seek God
  • Gone away from God
  • Useless to God
  • None that do good
  • Our words of our lips, throats, all wicked, like tombs of dead bodies
  • Our words are poison to kill like a deadly snake (the serpent)
  • Nasty words, spoken in bitterness
  • Bloody murder in our hearts, sometimes acted with speed, reckless abandon, out with our hands, often with our mouths
  • We bring destruction, misery wherever we go-to God, to others
  • We war with our members, and do not bring peace
  • This is both Old and New Testament teaching

(Romans 3:24 [AKJV/PCE])
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

(Romans 3:28 [KJV])
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.

  • We are justified before God for no work on our own, freely for the asking, by His Grace, not our works, forever
  • Justified before God, by faith, not by keeping the law

(1 Thessalonians 1:1 [KJV])
Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

We are secured..IN CHRIST

(1 Thessalonians 1:10 [KJV])
And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.

(2 Thessalonians 2:16,17 [KJV])
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

(Ephesians 2:8-10 [KJV])
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

(Hebrews 3:14-19 [KJV])
For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

The first verse here indicates by "if we hold" that we could lose our salvation

(John 8:31-35 [KJV])
Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.

  • The truth being Jesus, sets us free
  • That Truth sets us free forever, because He abides in us forever. He said so (v.35)

(Romans 8:10-11 [AKJV/PCE])
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

(Romans 8:24 [AKJV/PCE])
For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

(Hebrews 4:9-10 [KJV])
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

(1 Corinthians 15:57 [KJV])
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

(Psalms 121:5-8 [KJV])
The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

  • From the LORD.............our souls, our salvation, for evermore, not for a time, not until we sin (we cannot not sin)
(Romans 8:31-39 [KJV])
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • Who can be against us? The implied answer here is ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, INCLUDING US!
  • Giving us all things freely (unearned) includes our salvation
  • Who can charge us with any crimes against God, that would stick in God's eyes (not in man's)? The implied answer again is not one soul, including ourselves
  • Who can condemn us, spiritually? The implied answer, once again, is not one soul, including ourselves
  • Jesus is stated here as our attorney, pleading forever on our behalf, interceding for us before the Throne of the Father
  • Can we be separated from God now, since we are justified before His eyes with Whom we have to do? The implied answer again is not one soul, including ourselves
  • In this list of things which cannot separate us from God's eternal love, is everything there is in all of the three heavens, and on earth, and under it, past, present, future!
  • Therefore, we can do nothing to release God's grip on us once He has us.........we are not more powerful that the salvation given freely to us in Christ's sacrifice of His Blood for us

  • Hebrews 12:14
  • 1 Peter 1:15
  • Romans 6:11-18
  • Matthew 28:18-20
  • Luke 9:23
  • Colossians 3:10
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18
  • Philippians. 3: 10-14

ADAM AND EVE: GENESIS 3

(Genesis 3)
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

  • God gave the first couple a perfect paradise, in Eden, by 100% grace
  • They were naked, but innocent, sinless
  • This is something we are not familiar with
  • God gave the first couple one commandment
  • God gave them free will to exercise
  • God gave them a tempter so that they could exercise their will for Him or against His will
  • Adam was to instruct Eve on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
  • They broke His only commandment, falling, bringing sin into the world
  • They had a trial, and lost
  • God showed mercy and grace by killing an innocent animal, shedding blood, and covering their sin (nakedness)
  • This was only by His Mercy, Grace, 100% and God did not have to do it
  • Adam and Eve contributed nothing to this action
  • The LORD also put an angel to keep them from eating from the tree of life, to prevent perpetuating their sinful lives
  • Once again, this was only done by His Mercy, Grace, 100% and God did not have to do it

CAIN AND ABEL: GENESIS 4

(Genesis 4 [KJV])
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

(Hebrews 11:4 [KJV])
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

  • Abel brought an animal sacrifice, a sheep from his flock, apparently according to God's command. Cain did not
  • Cain was not happy that God was not happy about his offering-not to mention envious that God was pleased with his brother Abel's acceptance by God
  • After murdering Abel, Cain was shown grace, mercy, and a normal life, released from, what later under the law, would have been the death penalty
  • We know this because God's Word says that there was a death penalty for killing Cain: "Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him."
  • God declared Abel righteous because of his sacrifice of the lambs

NOAH:GENESIS 6

(Genesis 6:8 [KJV])
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

  • Grace, doing nothing to earn favor fom God
  • Did Noah not sin for 120 years, nor Noah's unnamed wife, nor Shem, Ham, Japheth, nor their wives? I trow not!
  • Yet God saved Noah through the Flood...because? Noah walked with God, believed God, not because Noah was a hard working boat builder, or because he was not a fleshly, carnal sinner like all of us, all of his and our years.
  • Hebrews says that this was by faith, this building for 120 years the ark, and it showed he was declared righteous by God-BY FAITH

(Hebrews 11:7 [KJV])
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

ABRAHAM, SARA: GENESIS 12-22

(Genesis 12:1-3 [KJV])
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

  • Abraham was called by God
  • Abraham did not seek God; God sought Abraham
  • The promises to Abraham are to this day being fulfilled in Israel!
  • God gave him gold, silver, lots of livestock, a homeland, a great name, descendants are many as the dust of the earth, the stars of the heavens, all by grace
  • Nothing was earned, nothing lost, all by grace through faith

(Hebrews 11:8-10 [KJV])
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

  • By faith, never by works
  • Abraham was righteous, by faith, looking to heaven the entire time
  • It says that his real destination was heaven, the real promised land
  • A man destined for heaven need not worry about the things of earth. A man uncertain of heaven is looking to earth, worrying about if he will get to heaven or not-constantly distracted by that false line of unbelief in God's provision of eternal life

PAUL: ROMANS 7

(Romans 7:12-25 [KJV])
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

  • Paul was chosen by Jesus on the road to Damascus
  • Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles
  • Paul knew the law well as a Pharisee like a Jewish lawyer today for, say, a synagogue
  • Paul knew now after conversion, the nature of his flesh and that of all of us
  • He said we are carnal, and sold unto sin, meaning many bad things, such as we are mere flesh in our flesh and not spiritual, we are ripe for judgment, we will not get to heaven in this mortal, carnal body, meaning we cannot, in any way, at any time, stop sinning-EVER!
  • This is true even when and if we do not want to sin, as it is in our nature, displayed in our thoughts and actions, every moment of every day
  • Paul concludes by saying here (and in many other places) that Jesus saved him and saves us from this, forever, else no one would get to heaven, since we never stop going against God's perfect Law

1 Peter 3:18
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:

(Habakkuk 2:4 [AKJV/PCE])
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.

OUT OF CONTEXT: HEBREWS 6

Many will use these verses to say that one can walk away from God (we can) and LOSE THEIR SALVATION
Well, one out of two would be correct. The context of this entire section is that OUR High Priest (Jesus, after the order of Melchizidek) lives forever, is holy and saves us to the uttermost, forever. The entire discussion is about the Gospel (GOSPEL=GOD + SPELL ie. God's Word) and its simplicity, as opposed by the unbelievers walking away, rejecting it, and the believers needing to go on and mature as Christians.

(Hebrews 6:1-8 [KJV])
Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
And this will we do, if God permit. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,
If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.

  • He is telling them to move on to doctrinal teaching, from preaching the Gospel to Gospel rejecters
  • He is telling them to make more disciples from those of whom the Gospel was accepted
  • He is telling them that people cannot repent in their flesh, not that it is impossible to be saved, get saved. They just need to be left for God to do the work.
  • He is telling them that these rejecters, by their works, clearly show that have not accepted the FINISHED work on the Cross, and do not glorify God Himself on that Cross.
  • They are brambles, unfruitful, thorny, unsaved, awaiting hell's flames
  • He is not speaking of believers who sin, since all sin, believers or not.
  • Earlier, the writer in chapter three referred to us believers as "holy brethren" and "partakers of the heavenly calling"...hardly words for those who can simply sin and lose their position with Jesus in Heaven, declared righteous before the Throne.
  • The entire chapter, even the book and all other books, show that works brings death, faith brings life (Hebrews 3:7-19)

(Hebrews 9:14 [KJV])
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

There it is again, DEAD WORKS, because all our righteousness is as filthy rags, work toward death and does not bring us life

(Hebrews 3:1 [KJV])
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

(Hebrews 10:10 [KJV])
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
  • We are sanctified, made holy, set apart, not by our own works, not by our own righteousness

NOT TO MENTION 1 PETER 3:21

(1 Peter 3:21 [AKJV/PCE])
The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

  • Read the context, within and without this verse, cover to cover
  • NOT the putting away the filth of the flesh, but inside, the conscience, by the resurrection of Jesus Chris
  • That is what saves us, Jesus Christ, Him crucified, Him resurrected, not works of putting away the flesh, which is filth, always filth, by which no man will be justified
  • Should we put away the works of the flesh? Absolutely! Will that get us to heaven? Never, Jesus does, as the door, the way, the truth, the life

THE PRODIGAL SON, AS OUR EXAMPLE

(Luke 15:11-32 [KJV])
And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that And he said, A certain man had two sons: And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

  • Two SONS, not a son and a non-son
  • No one works to be a son; they are by blood relation born to be one. We are born-born again
  • One son stayed and worked, one son did not, but entered into the world (fell away, apostate)
  • He therefore broke fellowship with HIS VERY OWN FATHER, not just A father
  • The father gave that son free will to do whatever, without interference
  • God allowed evil to come upon him to bring him home to the father, since he was not going to just go by himself
  • He repented, returned to the Father (sound familiar, all day, every day?)
  • His father welcomed him home with open arms.
  • He recognized that he was unworthy to be the father's son, but he still was!
  • The elder son was angry, seeing his brother repent and be forgiven
  • He lost everything his father gave him to inherit, except his sonship, his relation to the father
  • We can and will lose potential rewards at the judgment seat of Christ, but still be related to our Heavenly Father by the shed Blood of the LORD Jesus Christ, shed on the Cross for us to bring us to the Father as His children.

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