Things New and Old

Ancient truths revealed in the Scriptures are often forgotten, disbelieved or distorted, and therefore lost in the passage of time. Such ancient truths when rediscovered and relearned are 'new' additions to the treasury of ancient truths.

Christ showed many new things to the disciples, things prophesied by the prophets of old but hijacked and perverted by the elders and their traditions, but which Christ reclaimed and returned to His people.

Many things taught by the Apostles of Christ have been perverted or substituted over the centuries. Such fundamental doctrines like salvation by grace and justification have been hijacked and perverted and repudiated by sincere Christians. These doctrines need to be reclaimed and restored to God's people.

There are things both new and old here. "Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things" 2Ti 2:7.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

A Papal Fable and A Protestant Fiction

Boy, here is the good news,
God so loved, through His Son Jesus Christ,
 that He FREELY and SOVEREIGNLY gives eternal life
 to those dead in trespasses and sins;
whosoever believes has eternal life.
Faith is an effect of salvation, 
not the means to secure salvation.


Satan, the father of lies, replaced
a superstitious Roman Catholic fable with
a nonsensical Protestant fiction
How subtle!

Salvation is by the FAITH of Christ alone, i.e. His faithfulness that secured the righteousness by His perfect and sinless life of obedience, and the forgiveness of sins by His sacrificial death. That's the basis of salvation.

How did the salvation secured by Christ come to sinners? It is freely by the grace of God alone, i.e. it is FREELY bestowed upon a sinner when he is still dead in trespasses and sins, when he is completely incapable of faith but in enmity against God. This happens when God effectually calls a sinner out of his native state of sin and death unto the state of righteousness and eternal life in Christ Jesus.

How are the blessings of that salvation, which have been freely bestowed, experienced by the recipients? It is through believing the gospel of Jesus Christ. A man's faith in Jesus Christ certifies, evidences, demonstrates, justifies that he has been freely saved by God.
Only a SAVED man is capable of believing the truth of his salvation.

Eating certifies and demonstrates the presence of life; EVEN SO, believing is an evidence of the prior bestowal of salvation in Jesus Christ, FREELY by God grace.

Salvation is by Jesus Christ alone
It is freely applied by God to sinners by grace alone, without them meeting any condition, for they are incapable of meeting any. 
And this salvation already freely bestowed is experienced by believing in Jesus Christ, not by keeping any ceremonial laws or works of righteousness.

Our believing in Jesus Christ and works of righteousness give evidence that we are children of God in Jesus Christ.
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May the Lord save us from the subtle lie of the devil. Amen.
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