Greetings my beloved, I am moved by your testimony to ask my beloved how you are 10 months after writing publicly I pray your testimony give confidence to others to always trust in the finished work of Jesus Christ... That communion with God has been and will always be by faith....trusting in Him. Genesis 2:16-17 NKJV - And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; “but of the tree of the KNOWLEDGE of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Now that you have come back into the presence of God by trusting complete and absolutely in the Spirit of Grace, I pray that the Lord Jesus will help you to set aside any hurt or bitterness you may hold toward the Catholic church or any other sect that may have caused your conscience to be burdened.... After all God loves all in this way....He has forgiven everyone forever and never counts their sin against them. That's His promise....He only asks one question....Do we believe Him? Acts 7:59-60 NKJV - And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep. ❤🫂❤

@@kyritsitonakis5802Beautiful encouragement and insight thankyou.✝️

​@@spangledsky777 Thankyou my beloved, Your kind and encouraging words are like food for my soul....Thankyou If I can share openly with you...we do struggle in our carnal (natural/temporal/created) bodies to fathom the depth and riches of God's Love... For instance if I proposed to you that God is Love and God is all and in all....would you believe it. If I then said God is light amd in Him is life and He is the light of all men...would you believe it. By extension if I then said because God is all in all and God is love and in God is life and in Him there is no death or darkness...that all live, would you believe it. What if I said not "once saved always saved"....but rather "ALL SAVED"...would that offend you. Blessings to you my beloved.... ❤🫂❤

Hi how are you doing 😊

Amen!!

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You say De-Calvinize….explain

@@idriveastationwagon1534 Are you familiar with the teachings known as Calvinism ? I no longer support or believe that view , but was raised in it . Hence the term de- calvinized

@@tonyo2195 I’m more familiar with what TULIP really stands for…thought it was a fancier way to describe the sin of mankind and the need for the gospel. This other channel explained TULIP for it’s real definition. I’m just curious as to which pastors did your family grow up on

@@idriveastationwagon1534 , I grew up in a Dutch Reformed Church which was heavy on the " Tulip " which is the short summary of Calvinism. While there is much I respect about the Reformed Faith , the legalism wrapped up in Calvinist teaching was extremely stifling .

​@Tony can you tell me about the legalism, how are the legalistic? I'm not challenging you, i'm curious.

I would say it is less so a gift but rather PERSEVERANCE in studying the Scriptures and TAKING IT SERIOUSLY.

Ephesians 2:8-9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- Faith is a gift from God granted to those who have repented first. 9not by works, so that no one can boast. Our works we've done regardless of how noble or much (Outside of Christ) are as filthy rags in God's eyes. Paul makes clear that we are to do works in Christ. Jesus says we are to do works (bear fruit) in His name. John 15:1-6 Matthew 10:8 Matthew 28:19 John 14:12 And More. James and Paul are on the exact same page. Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God,(Believe) and do works meet for repentance. Show your faith through your works (actions) James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? James 2:17-19 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 18Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. 19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. James 2:21-24 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? 22Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? 23And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. 24Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Without works Abraham's faith would have been meaningless. True repentance leads a person to acknowledge and renounce sin, to God and prove it with a 180-degree change of their lifes direction. Repentance requires true brokenness. Repentance is not asking the Lord for forgiveness with the intent to go back to the sin(s) again. Repentance is an honest, regretful acknowledgement of sin with a heartfelt desire to change. John 3:16 For so God (once loved) (past tense) the world that He gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes (continues believing) present continuous tense in Him. To believe is Faith produced by repentance.

@@2Chronicles714_ ... Faith is NOT the gift. The gift is RECEIVED by FAITH. The Gift is ETERNAL LIFE, and it's a FOREVER GIFT that you HAVE the very MOMENT you first believe in Jesus Christ ALONE for it~!!! It's apart from any works of your own. You don't wait to die to get that gift. You have it the moment you believe~!!! You can't loose that gift because it is ETERNAL~!!! PRAISE GOD~!!!

@@dianeboring6539 Read it carefully Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through [ faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ] Faith is the gift. Otherwise it would say For by grace and faith are ye [ saved and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: ] We don't do works for salvation. We do works after salvation as Jesus says. Salvation can be forfeited. 1Corinthians 9:27 No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize. 2 Peter 2:20-22 If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. 21It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. 22Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” g and, “A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud.” Matthew 24:9-13 Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 10At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 11and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people 12Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 13but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. Colossians1:23 IF ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister. 2 Timothy 2:12 IF we endure, we will also reign with him. If we disown him, he will also disown us; If we deny Him he will deny us. There are many more. Osas doesn't appear in scripture.

@@2Chronicles714_ ..Friend, faith is NOT the gift. Faith is the way you receive the GIFT. The gift is SALVATION ..... For by grace you HAVE BEEN **SAVED**.... "You HAVE BEEN RESCUED." FAITH is the way you GET the gift of salvation.... which is ETERNAL LIFE. The GIFT is being offered freely BY FAITH ALONE in Christ ALONE. There's no other way to have the gift. You can't buy it, work for it, hope for it, etc. You can only accept it, and that's done by simply BELIEVING in JESUS CHRIST ALONE for it~!!! John 3:16.... "whosoever~!!!" He loves the WHOLE WORLD and paid the price so that He could give His gift freely to anyone who will simply take it BY FAITH ALONE. It's "NOT OF WORKS" lest anyone should boast~!!!

It really is.

O.k. Monica, you got the facts about Jesus right....now receive the Life of Christ, so that you may have eternal LIFE.

@@Europeangardens You don't think she believes in Jesus? Why?

@@sandragambrel9721 She may be saved...or not, just like everybody else who say they believe "in" Jesus. But believing in Jesus doesn't save. Believing "into" Jesus saves. The Greek word EIS has 2 different meanings. #1 EIS can mean "in," or #2 EIS can mean "into." The early interpretators used the word "in" instead of "into" when translating the bible. Maybe because they weren't born of God and therefore didn't have spiritual discernment?!(Devils tactics). Here's an example....One person believes "in" the ocean by observing it from the shoreline, while another believed "into" the ocean and became immersed with it. Big difference. John 3 16 is .." whosoever believeth"into" Jesus should not perish...." The Recovery bible version corrects these. You have to believe "into" Jesus for salvation. Have to yield "into" life eternal (which is Jesus) and not just say you believe while standing away from Life eternal. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. John 5 40.

@@Europeangardens My Bibles say "in", not "into". Both John 3:15 and 16. 3:18 says believe "on" Jesus. What does that mean? Jesus says in John 6:29, "This is the work of God, that we believe on Him whom He hath sent". "In" and "into" are both prepositions.

@@sandragambrel9721 Are you saved from an eternal hell fire? (which if apart from Christ we all deserve).

Absolutely spot on !

Amen.... 2 Corinthians 1:20 NKJV - For all the promises of God in Him are Yes, and in Him Amen, to the glory of God through us.

Yes and believing on His name means believing the record that Jesus gave us eternal life

Hi how are you doing 😊

It's not at about physical work, it's about; If one is truly born again there will be evidence of a changed life. 2 Corinthians 5:17. If the Holy Spirit is indwelling the person that person will not be the same. Repentance must precede faith. In other words a person cannot be saved if that person continues as they were before, in ongoing sin.

@@2Chronicles714_ but nonbelievers can also live changed lives as well. That not good evidence.

@Hunter Hestekin It's not about those who refuse to repent, Paul says show evidence of your repentance by your deeds or how you live.

Very good point, thank you for sharing!

The person in the situation you describe can offer his condition up to God the Father as a spiritual sacrifice in union with Jesus for reparation for sins and the salvation of souls.

"Assurance is of the Essence of Saving Faith" by Zane C. Hodges kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gsBdZtmKm7yupH0.html

​@@GESvids So if I believe that I have everlasting life then I have everlasting life, right?

Romans 4:5-8- But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. God doesn't need your rags or attempts at righteousness to save you. You are saved by Grace. This means its not something you earned, it's the unmerited favor of God. He says anyone who believes in him will never die, not anyone who believes and him and stops sinning. Your sin will bring the chastisement of God but you will not be condemned and cannot be condemned if you believe in Christ and what he has accomplished for you.

​@@larryhoward-pl1pe Amen my beloved, so beautifully said.... The Gospel is good news, because it is for the assurance God wants all people to have regarding their eternal hope (Heaven). God will write His instructions upon your heart for this life, its his promise. My encouragement to the one who wrote the confession is to rest from your labours and trust in the miracles God will do in you by faith.... In a symbolic way Jesus determined by the Spirit of God that the scriptures would testify how many healing miracles He did on the Sabbath... Symbolic because as you rest He works in you... Commit it all to Him by faith and believe...He loves us far more than we can understand... The Spirit that justified you will perfect you.... He knows its what you want and He wants to give you what you want....thus ask. John 3:8 NKJV - “The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.” BELIEVE, that's all He requires from you. ❤🫂❤

@Alvin Fen that's so beautiful and straight on 💚🙏🕊️ had warm ringing in whole body reading it! Holy Spirit defenetly "seated on your keyboard" 🤩

@Alvin Fen Thank You for doing will of Holy Spirit 🕊️ and giving newbie like myself this beautiful clarification, all Glory to Most High 💚 may God keep blessing you with understanding and patience Dear Brother in Christ

@Alvin Fen thanks 🙏

Without Faith, it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6). By Grace, you are saved through Faith (Eph 2:8). This is the victory, which overcomes the world: Our Faith (1 John 5:4). What is this Faith in these verses? It is the Faith taught by the Catholic Church which Our Lord founded (Matt 16:18-19) and sent to teach all for salvation of souls until the end of the world (Matt 28:20, Mark 16:16). To be saved, we must live by Faith in Jesus Christ (Gal 2:20) according to the teachings of the Church (Rom 6:17) and daily crucify the desires of the flesh, so that sin does not reign over our mortal bodies (Rom 6:12). St. Paul says, "You are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience to Faith, which leads to righteousness (Rom 6:16)." Whoever sins belongs to the Devil and no one, who is begotten by God, commits sin (1 John 3:8-9). Our Lord is the Head of His Church, which is His Body and His Bride, whom He saves (Eph 5:23), as He is the Good Shepherd who saves the sheep in His Only Fold (John 10:14-16, 27-28). That's why 'Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (outside the Church, no salvation)' is a Catholic Dogma (Catechism #. 846). For further information on this, please watch The Forgotten Dogma: No Salvation Outside the Catholic Church by Father Isaac Mary Relyea on KZfaq. Why stay outside of His Sheepfold and risk your eternal salvation? Come quickly to His Fold before it is too late, so that you may hear His Voice, know and follow Him, and be saved by Him. Amen!

It doesn’t really matter…the one thing to know is salvation is a gift by faith in the finished work of Christ.

Jesus was just trying to make a point to them that they needed a savior.

Whatever causes you to sin get it out of your life.

@D.S. Cohenour very true.

@@teem311 2Timothy 2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. you were saying?

You must believe everything he taught, including who he said he is. You will know you believe him if you obey him.

Don’t listen to that fool above. We believe in Him for eternal life. 1 timothy 1:16 “However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all longsuffering, as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.” It’s believing what he said in John 3:16, that you will never perish that you have eternal life. Do your believe that? Do you believe you will never perish because you believe in Him? Or do you believe you must also deal with your sin? Or be a committed follower? …. Believing in Him is defined by the context.

@@ZandJ12345 No, we must hold to all of His teachings and obey Him, not believe only that we can have eternal life. "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." John 3:36 "Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son." 2 John 1:9 "If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love." John 15:10

​@@ZandJ12345so believing this(end of John 11:26) means believing that I will never perish, and then I will never perish????(If I believe that I will never perish?) So it's believing THIS(that I will never perish) that will grant me the promise of John 3:16???( So the condition of the promise is inside the promise , believing THIS same thing that is promised in order to receive it??

That was good Alvin. 👍 And if I may add?. For Jeffrey,,,Check out and learn about who you are in Christ. Check out your new identity in Christ Jesus. Paul mentions them all over his letters. You can also do a search and find lists of who you are in Christ. 👍🎶

My mistake Alvin,,the second half of my comment was meant for Jeffrey, I just edited it. 😁

If you stop believing you are damned.

@Alvin Fen Thank you so much for this beautiful lesson 🙏🕊️💚 I still can't and can comprehend this amazing Grace, Gift of Him, who called me out from my weird life as once lost and found sheep of His 💝

​@@karolinaszczudlo9871Jak przetłumaczyć "believing in Him (Jesus) FOR everlasting life"??

That is still not an answer. @alvinfen4511

The Holy Spirit convicts true repented believers of sin. Anyone who rejects repenting of sin doesn't have the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:38

Satan does not convicted you of sin he does just the opposite he tells you the sin is OK, its not hurting anyone, everybody is doing it and things like that. That's why he's called the father of lies, the deciever. The Holy Spirit did come to warn the world of its sin. The Holy Spirit if he's dwelling in you will convict and try to steer away from the enticement.

@@dc-wp8oc I agree

As long as you believe in Jesus Christ and are relying on him for salvation then the enemy could trick you and it would not stop you from being saved

@alvinfen4511 Only God knows who goes where. "Judge not lest ye be judged." -Jesus What is certain from what Christ and the apostles wrote is that if you go on sinning on purpose (without repentance) and not helping the poor, you will sow what you reap. Goodbye Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers...nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor 6:9,10 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. Romans 6:1,2, 14-17 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James 1:27 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?... You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only... For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:14-16 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven... Matt 7:21-27 ... ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’... Matthew 25:31-36 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked..." Rev 3:15-17 And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded [a]him? I think not. So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ” Luke 17:7-10

@alvinfen4511 learn to spell and learn to read and understand the Bible

​@alvinfen4511So now you resort to personal attacks because you're in the wrong about salvation, in my opinion. Not very Christian is it? Please go away. I feel harassed by you. I'm blocking you

That’s because there was a transaction made, the death of Gods only begotten Son. Is this transaction not enough? or will you rely on your flesh to save you, knowing that no man is good and all fall short of the glory of God?

And what does it mean to obey Jesus? Jesus made it very clear, to believe in Him and love your neighbor as yourself.

@@GoyimNewsNetwork doesn't save you but is proof you are saved

@@GoyimNewsNetwork notice it says words... Luke 6:46-49 “Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but do not do what I say? I will show you what everyone is like who comes to me and hears my words and obeys. That person is like a man building a house who dug deep and laid the foundation on rock.

@@GoyimNewsNetwork If we truly believe in Jesus we will obey Him.

Um, Yes you are saying faith plus works = salvation.

@@ZandJ12345 Faith works at every opportunity. Faith that works = Salvation

@@na-zu2ey you just can’t help but add works in there can ya?

@@ZandJ12345 Works are extremely important, for not all works are dead works. *Dead works* are useless. *Righteous works* are faith in action. "Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also." James 2:21-26

@@na-zu2ey when the Bible speaks of faith plus works, being made perfect through works, justified through works… it’s not talking about what one must do to go to heaven. Because you believe those passages are talking about being eternally saved, no wonder you believe works are necessary. I would believe that too if I thought the passages you quoted referred to gaining eternal life. But I don’t believe those passages are about that, I believe you are quoting them out of the context they are found in. “To him who does not work but believes on Him, his faith is accounted for righteousness.” Works have absolutely nothing to do with going to heaven.

Good comment.

We are saved by first repenting of sin followed by water baptism and then we will receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Without repentance there is no forgiveness of sin and we cannot receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.

@@2Chronicles714_ Repentance means to change our minds. If you believe that you are saved by repenting of your sins and being baptized than you have not believed the Gospel! The Gospel by which we are saved is the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins. This is what one believe unto salvation! If you prefer the book of Acts to tell you how we are saved then I recommend Acts 4:12 that says, Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. Or, Acts 16:30-31 where the jailer asked how he can be saved and they said believe on the Lord Jesus and thou shall be saved. Notice the disciples did not say to repent of your sins and be baptized?

@@Adam-ed6vm You stopped at Acts 16:31 read next 2 verses Acts 16:32-33 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. What was the word of God they spake to the jailer? We can surmise it was to repent of sin since the next scripture says the jailer and all his were water baptized. We know Peter or Paul would only water baptize as the final part of repenting of sin. 33And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. Paul again Acts 22:16 And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. This scripture is as close as any one scripture can be to the gospel in a nutshell. Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 1 Peter 3:20-21 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. 21The 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. Remember even Jesus was water baptized to set an example for us. Matthew 3:14-17 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Water baptism is the burying of the old sinful man and the rising of the new man.

@@Adam-ed6vm Jesus nor Peter or Paul ever said Trust in Him for the forgiveness of sins. They all said Repent. False teachers have changed Repent to Trust. Two different meanings. Jesus's first command when He started His earthly ministry was Repent. Mark 1:15 The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” Matthew 4:17 Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. Peter: Acts 3:19 REPENT YE therefore, and be converted believe), that YOUR SINS MAY BE BLOTTED OUT, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. Acts 11:18 When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, “So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.” Peter warns 2 Peter's 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH, but that ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE Peter is clear REPENT OR PERISH just as Jesus said in Luke 13:3 Paul Acts 17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent. Acts 20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. Acts 26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. How to be saved Repent of sin. Believe by faith that Jesus died was buried and rose again for our sins. Be water baptized to complete repentance by the burying of the old sinful man and the rising of the new. Receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The only way to obtain grace is to repent of sin then by doing so we show the fruit of being a true believer. To believe is faith produced by repentance.

@@2Chronicles714_ You are adding a doctrine where none is! There is no repenting of sins anywhere in the NT. My question is why are you adding a requirement where none is concerning how one is saved? We are saved by trusting in the Lord Jesus death, burial and resurrection for the forgiveness of our sins. The Gospel we read in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 is in disagreement with you!

If you have believed the gospel, then yes, you are saved. Sin can sever your fellowship with God, but not your relationship. Once you are saved, it is forever. Do not listen to anyone who says otherwise.

Does John 17:3 Teach That All Believers Know God? Is Having Eternal Life The Same As Knowing God? - Bob Wilkin & Steve Elkins kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5OSpcp3nLmUfJc.html Bob Wilkin and Steve Elkins are at the mics answering a question about the meaning of the word “Know” in relation to knowing God. Do all believers know God? There is a huge difference in knowing about God and knowing God. Also, if I’m guilty of murder, can I lose my salvation?

@@GESvids Believers are just that, I don't believe in God or that there is a God, I KNOW there is a God, I also don't believe there's a Jesus, I KNOW there's a Jesus, KNOWERS are the one's that make believers of others, knowing about God will differ in everyone depending what they been taught about God, the best example I can give you that's the difference in believers and knowers is like someone that got shocked by electricity, he's the one that KNOWS what electricity will do to you IF you touch it, that person depending on whom he cares about will try to make believers of what he's experienced, hopefully being motivated by love or concern but that's not the case for all, just depends on what motivates him, what pleases God is faith or belief, knowing God exist effects the person in a different way, that person now becomes way more concerned about the things of God and begins searching for answers, this happens because of their desire to know the truth, these people that KNOW God exist now become concerned with God's judgement, the answer to all of his questions don't come overnight or in one experience, it didn't happen with Paul nor any other apostle or disciple, they ALL had to LEARN, everyone that God calls ( this is not a salvation calling ) it's a calling to preach the word of God, His will and His commandments, in this every man called will give account to God for what he preached or taught others, knowers job is to make believers out of unbelievers, there are many whoms belief is so strong they think they know God, just depends on what they believe and what they learned or been taught, the main point in belief in God has to do with judgement, they both go hand in hand, if you believe in God then you also believe in His judgement, a person that believes in God and His judgement will have a difficult time sinning, the stronger the belief, the more difficult it is to sin, SIN is the problem, dealing with it is the solution, example, a unbeliever, someone about to steal something, what's going on in their minds, I know and you know, what he looks for is who see's him, why? judgement, all he is concerned about is whether the police see him or not, why? judgement, a person that has a conscience towards God, their mind is different, why? judgement, he believes God see's him even when the police are not around, the battle begins within, the stronger his faith=belief in God is, judgement, creates in him what the bible calls " The Fear of the Lord", he should fear if he's about to sin thinking, dang it, God see's me, He will punish me, the whole point in advocating a belief in God and His judgement concerning sin is to help that person have the power to resist sinning, if there is no judgement, there would be nothing to fear or keep us from sinning, the only reason you or I or anyone else does not do what we are taught is evil has to do with judgement, a person strong in the faith=belief will NOT SIN, a person weak in the faith=belief is not that concerned with judgement, some will even say, well God will forgive me, that's not entirely true, KNOWING murder is wrong or will be punished by God severely will surely be enough to keep one from committing murder, there's a difference in knowing your sinning and not knowing when or if you sin, the bible deals with that but it doesn't say, " when you sin " it say's IF you sin, one is premeditated, the other is accidental or because you are weak, if you were a murderer before you got saved and it was murder you repented of, then murdered someone again, you have only returned to the state of being you were before you got saved, that doesn't apply to ALL sins, God judges sin according to the degree of the sin, not all sins will separate you from God, which one's will? personally there's not a lot of sins that will but most don't know that, many think if they lie, God will send them to hell, among many other examples of sins we ALL commit, however there is a sin that will separate a man from God, maybe you know the scripture, I fully understand why the commandments of God are not the focal point with many, the focal point with many is just a belief in Jesus, the bible says Jesus said, he that keeps His commandments are the one's that love Him, the bible also says, he that says he knows Him but doesn't obey His commandments are liars, there's way more emphasis being placed on keeping His commandments in the bible than just believing in Him, the bible also says, the devils in hell believe in Jesus but you know they will not be saved, why? because they oppose His commandments, Jesus never once said he opposed the commandments, he only opposed their understanding of them, by the way, the commandments Moses was given on the mount were given to him by Jesus or the Yahweh God, the Yahweh God is Jesus, because so many couldn't accept Him being that God because He was in human form, Jesus focused His attention on God's Law, keeping the commandments was the way to eternal life, Jesus told the rich man that the problem he had with his love for things was the reason he had no joy, Jesus didn't tell him he wasn't going to heaven or inherit eternal life, he actually was from his own admission, all those he had kept from his youth, that man believed keeping the commandments should have gave him the peace and joy he was seeking that he saw Jesus and his disciples having, not the case concerning peace and joy and possibly love for others, what that man had was worry and fear, the fear of losing what he had, he was trying to deal with the NOW, not the hereafter, what the bible teaches is NOT just for the hereafter, it's also for the NOW, the kingdom of God is upon us NOW, most of what Jesus taught is for the NOW and how to live a life free of concerns, a lot has nothing to do with getting into heaven, what battles against your soul or your emotional well being has more to do with the love of things than just the possession of things, anyway, there are MANY that will keep God's Law having never even heard about Jesus, just by the Law He has written on their hearts, Paul agrees with this in Romans, there are two beliefs out there where only one is true, the belief in Jesus and who He is, that was preached first to the Jew then the gentile, to the Jew that believed in who Jesus was, this statement began, Jesus is Lord, that statement is incomplete but enough to figure out the meaning IF you know Hebrew, saying Jesus is Lord during their time would have been saying Jesus is Yahweh, Yahweh means Lord, saying that could have got you killed and it did many, recognizing Jesus is Yahweh also meant recognizing He is the main God of the old testament, only those recognizing that could relate the commandments given to Moses were from Him and not the God Jesus revealed to them was the Heavenly Father which they all thought was their Lord, Jesus description of the Heavenly Father or our Heavenly Father is WAY more powerful than the Yahweh God, to US there is but one God and one Lord, you know the scripture, He was a God before He came in the form of a man, which God? the SON, by Him and through Him were all things that were created were made, His beginning is the firstborn of all creation, or the first words God the Father spoke, let there be " LIGHT " the apostle John recognized this from their own scriptures and AFTER Jesus rose from the dead, Thomas too when he got on his knees and said " My Lord and My God" all those that recognized Jesus for who He was and what He taught ALL recognized the importance of keeping His commandments, belief IN Jesus IS keeping His commandments, not believing IN JESUS is opposing His commandments, it's that simple

To be a believer You must come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 Repent or Perish

@@2Chronicles714_ John 3:16 and Acts 16:30&31 that's it!!

Once Saved Always Saved!!

@@mr.porgens7349 No! Luke 13:3 I tell you, no! But UNLESS YOU REPENT, YOU TOO WILL ALL PERISH. Acts 17:30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance but now COMMANDETH ALL PEOPLE EVERY WHERE TO REPENT.

@@mr.porgens7349 OSAS? Not according to Jesus Paul or Peter and the author of Hebrews. Here's just a few that make it clear that Salvation can be forfeited. Matthew 24:13 The Greek says He who has endured till the end, this is the one that will be saved. Peter 2:20-22 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. 22But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. Colossians 1:22-23 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 23IF ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister. Hebrews 3:8-19 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11So I sware in my wrath, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER INTO MY REST.) 12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you👉 an evil heart of UNBELIEF, in departing from the living God.👈 13But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14For we are made partakers of Christ, [IF] we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;14For we are made partakers of Christ, [IF] we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15While it is said, To day [IF] ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation16For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. 17But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? 19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

@D.S. Cohenour James 2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. Acts 26:20 First to those in Damascus, then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached that they should repent and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds. Show evidence of repentance by your deeds. Meaning prove or manifest yourself repentance (works)

@D.S. Cohenour saved through faith. Faith ALWAYS results in works. In fact in verse 10 it says we were *created* to do good works.

@Alvin Fen There must be evidence of faith or its just a meaningless word

Hebrews 12:1-4 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 4In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

@Alvin Fen John 3:16 is not a scripture to be used to win souls. It wasn't meant for salvation or John would have talked of repentance. John's gospel was written 60 years after Jesus's death on the cross. Well after Matthew Mark and Luke. John makes this clear in John 20:31 But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name. So after 60 years people were coming to all kinds of notions, with the help of a false teacher named Cerinthus that Jesus was not fully God, or that He wasn't fully man. It was getting very close to what Jehovah's witnesse's believe. John wrote to already repented and baptized believers that Jesus was fully human when He wept at Lazarus's tomb. Also that He was fully Devine and there are 7 witnesses that He was the Son of God, and 7 miricles greater than the other gospels, that point to His divinity and 7 statements beginning with I Am which is God's name. I Am the living God. 7 witnesse's 7statements, 7 miricles that Jesus was and is fully God. As John makes clear his gospel was written to encourage and show that Jesus is the son of God and to CONTINUE BELIEVING that. That's why believe is used so often. If John's gospel like you claim is the the only Gospel for evangelism then how were people born again during that 60 year period till John wrote it? Matthew Mark and Luke is the gospel of Jesus to be used for evangelism. To erroneously claim John's gospel, which doesn't mention repentance is for salvation would make the word of God inconsistent. Jesus makes repentance of sin abundantly clear in the first 3 gospels and the same John has many quotes from Jesus on Patmos, at the end of his life in Revelation.

@Jesus Christ Is My Lord And Savior wrong it is proof of it

Romans 10:16 “But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10:16‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Obeying is believing. “Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, “The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief cornerstone,”” ‭‭I Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭7‬ ‭NKJV‬‬ Also probably not wise to find the few verses that use obey compared to the many that say believe. Salvation is by grace through faith alone, apart from works, period.

@sumjor Jesus defined belief in John 10:26-28 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep. 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life - Jesus said He gives eternal life to those who follow Him. Obeying is following. You can't live a life of unrepentent willful sin.

@@letstalktech96 the NKJV is false. HERE IS THE DEFINITION OF GRACE. Titus 2 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope-the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

@@DW-yl9ww “But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?”” ‭‭Romans‬ ‭10:16‬ ‭ESV‬‬ Says the same thing in ESV. Grace is unmerited favour shown by God. Instead of getting what we deserve, we get what we don’t, that’s grace. The grace of God does teach us to deny ungodliness… he’s talking to already save believers that because they’ve been saved, by grace, we should walk worthy. It’s our reasonable service to do so. Unfortunately you’re backloading works into the salvation message which means you’re preaching what the apostle Paul calls an accursed false gospel message when he rebukes saved believers in Galatians for falling into works based sanctification. Having started in the spirit are you now made perfect in the flesh? The answer is no. Saved by grace through faith alone, kept the same way and sanctified in the same way too. Being justified how? FREELY BY HIS GRACE. Faith alone does not include working and submission and repentance from sin, when you add those things, you may as well just become a Roman Catholic and say to be saved and to stay saved you need to do X,Y,Z and join all the other works based false religions. I’ll stick with Jesus and the apostles. And when I die or the rapture comes, I won’t be saying “ Lord lord look at all the things I did in your name” I’ll be saying “ Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe, I brought nothing at all, I trusted your word that whoever believes has eternal life”

@alvinfen4511 How convenient to ignore the rest of the Bible so you don't have to be obedient and abstain from sin as much as you can, and be generous to the poor! Do not be deceived into expecting to inherit the Kingdom of God if you think you can abuse God's grace because you can't. Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers...nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 1 Cor 6:9,10 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace. What then? Shall we sin because we are not under the law but under grace? By no means! Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey-whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. Romans 6:1,2, 14-17 Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world. James 1:27 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit?... You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only... For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James 2:14-16 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven... Matt 7:21-27 ... ‘Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink; I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’... Matthew 25:31-36 “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’-and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked..." Rev 3:15-17 And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’? But will he not rather say to him, ‘Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink’? Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded [a]him? I think not. So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ” Luke 17:7-10

@alvinfen4511 so are the Scriptures I sent you crystal clear. Demons believe yet are not saved. No matter how much faith you have, you can't go out into the world hating, raping & murdering and be saved. You can't go out hating, swearing & having sex outside marriage, stealing & lying to your heart's desire, and keeping all your money to yourself & your family and not helping the poor and expect God to forgive you and justify you and save you. If you are genuine and love God, you will want to obey Him and will do your best to obey Him by staying away from sin as much as you can and repenting whenever you've strayed. If you have a saving faith and are born again, you will love and want to obey God; you will love others and want to give to them and help them. However, if you are a FALSE FAKE believer, you will pick out the bits of the Bible about faith out of context so you can go on sinning not caring that other people are suffering and starving to death and will increase your risk of judgement, condemnation and Hell. Faith alone and grace alone are HERESIES.

@alvinfen4511 “Jesus took away the sins of the world thereby making everybody savable.” I agree completely: Jesus’s work makes us savable. How does one go from being savable to being actually saved? By believing in the one whom the Father has sent. So you should believe EVERYTHING Jesus says, even “Do not be amazed at this, because the hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and will come out, those who have done good deeds to the resurrection of life, but those who have done wicked deeds to the resurrection of condemnation.” John 5:28-29. Grace is not “no effort.” Grace is “gift.” The free gift we receive in and thru Christ is new life, everlasting life. This is more than simply life without end, because even the folks in Hell have that! Eternal life is sharing God’s own life. The “works” which are opposed to grace are “works of the law,” meaning circumcision, kosher observance, etc. Not all works are “works of the law.” There are also good works done by grace in accord to the Law of the Spirit, the Law of Christ.

@alvinfen4511 First of all I am flabbergasted that you said it’s “nonsense” to believe “everything Jesus said” as if anything Jesus said was superfluous or optional. You’re the one claiming that John is the only evangelistic gospel. Well, if that’s true, then John 5:28-29 is part of the Gospel too, something that we need to know and take seriously if we are to be saved. Second: yes, you must be born again and the new birth is God’s free and unmerited gift. However, John 5:28-29 is concerned with the future judgement at the resurrection. The new birth is the beginning; the resurrection is the end when all must give an account to Jesus of what use we made of what he gave us. That includes you, friend. How embarrassing it will be for you and your co-religionists at the resurrection when Christ will hold you accountable for the grace so richly bestowed on you and you’ll have nothing to show for it. And worse yet, Jesus will ask you to explain why you ignored His word in John 5:28-29! You better bring a change of underwear ‘cause you’re going to need it.

@alvinfen4511 A few random reactions to your stringing together odd snippets of Scripture to create a thoroughly incoherent eschatology. The correct translation of John 5:24 is “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.” It does not say, as you claim, that believers won’t be subject to the final judgement. Rather, those who believe can be confident they will not be condemned when they are judged. What’s weird about your interpretation of the Great White Throne judgement is this: no one who is born again (according to you) is subject to the GWT judgement. Only not-born-again people are subject to the GWT judgement, and Jesus teaches that those who have done good deeds will receive the resurrection of life (John 5:29). So according to you, non-born again people can be saved by works. Revelation is a hard book to understand and your clunky interpretation is quite amateurish. You are also slipping into Gnostic dualism when you say things like the born again person cannot sin, and when he does sin it’s the flesh that sins. Assurance is not the essence of saving faith; obedience is. This is why the Apostles were sent forth: to bring about the obedience of faith among the Gentiles (Romans 1:5) and to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 288:19). By severing John’s Gospel from its NT context, you are dooming yourself to misinterpreting it. It could well be that John, the last gospel to be written and well aware with what Matthew Mark & Luke had already written, was presenting complimentary information to be received in concert with the Synoptics.

"Free Grace Gospel Misunderstandings! (Decision for Christ and Sinner's Prayer)" by Ken Yates kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndJiaLCDmNGsioE.html

You're confused about salvation/eternal life and rewards/discipleship.

@@derektyler9308 Please explain with scriptures how I am confused.

@@2Chronicles714_ Eph. 2:8-9; Romans 11:6; You're implying that sinful man can keep the gift of salvation through grace, so you must have some part in it. Confusion, thus, ensues.

@derektyler9308 Yes a disciple will do works as Jesus commanded. The scriptures you quoted tell us our works are not enough for justification. In Ephesians 2:10AMP Paul makes that distinction. For we are His workmanship [His own master work, a work of art], created in Christ Jesus [reborn from above--spiritually transformed, renewed, ready to be used] for good works, which God prepared [for us] beforehand [taking paths which He set], so that we would walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us]. Paul also tells us to repent of sin have Faith and demonstrate your repentance by your deeds works . Did Jesus ever say a true repentant believer has the option of becoming a disciple?

@@2Chronicles714_ Sorry, your gay cousin who believes in Jesus for eternal life will inherit eternal life. So will self-righteous Lordship Salvation promoters of a alien gospel to what Paul preached against and is in antithesis to the grace focused Gospel that Paul received through the Risen Christ.

@alvinfen4511 there is no doctrine for gentiles in the 4 gospels so none of those scriptures in john are for us they are for israel Jesus never preaches the cross or mentions the body of christ paul the cross is all he preaches the body of christ is a pauline revelation i know this is hard to see if you have been church for a while we are in the dispensation of the grace of god KJB study the revelation of the mystery that was given to paul by the ascended Lord a good book is THE MYSTERY BY JOEL FINCK JESUS AND THE 12 PREACH THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM WHICH IS BELIEVE JESUS IS THE MESSIAH AND REPENT AND BE BAPTISED PAUL PREACHES THE GOSPEL OF GRACE WHICH IS 1 CORINTHIANS 15 1-4 BELIEVE ON THE DEATH BURIAL AND RESURRECTION PLUS NOTHING ELSE FOR SALVATION CHECK OUT ROMANS 2 16 IN The KJB