THE STORY OF SALVATION BEGAN IN THE GARDEN. WHEN GOD HAD TO COVER THE SHAME OF SIN OF ADAM AND EVE. AS SOLOMON SAID THEIR IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN. SIN IS SIN AND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF YESHUA COVERED THEM IN EGYPT BY HIS BLOOD. HIS SACRIFICE ON THE CROSS COVERED EVERY SIN OF MANKIND IF THEY ONLY SEEK THE GIFT, BUT THE FACT IS HE DID IT FOR ALL OF US. THE PROMISE TO ADAM WAS THAT YESHUA WOULD COME AND PAY THE PRICE EVEN FOR HIS TRANSGRESSIONS AGAINST THE WILL OF GOD. THE TRUTH IS GOD KNOWS THE HEARTS OF US ALL AND OUR ACTIONS BEAR OUT OUR HEARTS, THAT IS WHY PAUL SAID WHEN WE COME TO THE LORD WE ARE NEW CREATIONS AND THROUGH BAPTISM THE OLD MAN OR OLD WAYS DIE BEHOLD ALL THINGS BECOME NEW. IF SALVATION IS THE GIFT THEN IT BEHOOVES US TO BE GRATEFUL FOR THE GIFT. AS YESHUA SAID STORE YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN WHERE RUST, MOTH, AND THIEF CANNOT DEVOUR THEM. YESHUA ALSO SAID LET NO ONE TAKE AWAY YOUR CROWN. YESHUA SAID OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE. DISOBEDIENCE CREATES SEPARATION NOT SALVATION. JAMES SAID HE SHOWS HIS FAITH BY ACTIONS AND THAT FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD. WHAT YESHUA HAS CALLED MANKIND TO IS A MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP OF HONESTY IN TRUTH TO TRULY SHOW FORTH THE LOVE WE HAVE FOR YESHUA FOR THE LOVE HE GAVE FOR US. GRACE IS THE CALLING TO RECEIVE THE GIFT AND BEING CHOSEN MEANS WE GLORIFY HIM FOR THE GIFT OF HIS GRACE. THEREFORE THERE ARE SIGNS AND WONDERS SHALL FOLLOW THOSE THAT BELIEVE, THAT MEANS ACTION THROUGH WORKS TO THAT WHICH WE BELIEVE. YESHUA SAID THEY WILL KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES FOR YOUR LOVE FOR THE TRUTH AND YOUR LOVE TOWARDS ONE ANOTHER IN THE TRUTH. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS WE TAKE SERIOUS THE CALLING OF GODS GRACE, TO SEEK RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TRUTH BY FOLLOWING HIS WAYS INSTEAD OF OUR OWN. AGAIN THE THINGS OF OLD PASS AWAY BEHOLD ALL THINGS BECOME NEW. REPENTANCE IS TO HAVE A CHANGE OF HEART NOT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BRING SHAME OR DISRESPECT TO THE RELATIONSHIP WE SEEK IN THE LORD. AS FOR SALVATION BEING ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED, WELL THAT DEPENDS ON OUR COMMITMENT TO THE TRUTH OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD IN HONESTY TOWARDS HIM AND TO OURSELVES. THROUGHOUT SCRIPTURES THE LORD WARNS THE PEOPLE THAT PROFESS TO KNOW HIM TO DENY THEMSELVES TAKE UP THE CROSS AND FOLLOW HIM. THOSE ARE ACTIONS OF FAITH, THAT AS JAMES SAID HE SHOWS HIS FAITH BY HIS WORKS IN FAITH. THE LORD SAID IT THIS WAY MANY SHALL COME IN THAT DAY SAYING LORD LORD HAVE WE NOT PROPHESIED, CAST OUT DEMONS IN THY NAME, AND THE LORD TOLD THEM TO DEPART FROM HIM HE NEVER KNEW THEM. THOSE ARE SIGNS OF THOSE THAT BELIEVE, HOWEVER AS PAUL SAID WITHOUT SINCERE LOVE WE ARE THE SOUNDING OF BRASS AND THE TINKLING OF THE CYMBAL. CLEARLY WE MAKE NOISE AND SHOW ACTIONS, BUT FORSAKE THE RELATIONSHIP OF LOVE FOR OUR OWN ACTIONS. FAITH WITHOUT WORKS IS DEAD AND WORKS WITHOUT SINCERE LOVE IS ALSO DEAD. WE DO ALL OF THE WORKS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD KNOWING THAT IT IS GOD THAT DOES THE WORKS THROUGH US SO WE MAY BE BLESSED BY HIM SHOWING FORTH HIS LOVE TOWARDS US. WE DO NOT SAY IT IS US THAT DO ANY OF THE WORKS AND WE GIVE THE LORD GLORY FOR THE POWER OF HIS MIGHT AS HE SHINES HIS LIGHT THROUGH US. ALL GLORY, HONOR, AND PRAISE ARE DO HIM FOR IT IS GOD ALONE THAT GIVES THE INCREASE TO US.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 01:37:17 +0000
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