Greetings from Finland. I was in a hangover too when I got saved. I also got bad anxiety and was very nervous and then I just cried out to the Lord that I cant take this anymore, please forgive me for my sins and redeem me. After I prayed this prayer I felt like something went through me and all the anxiety went away and peace came instead. I just wept and wept and thanked Jesus. I knew what had happened to me and I knew from that point that I was saved. Its been 7 years now and my life has changed totally. And all the glory and the praise goes to God, our heavenly father Who came for us in Jesus Christ!

Saved by grace alone through faith alone in christ alone. The moment we believe the gospel found in 1st Corinthians 15 1-4,,we are saved, sealed, sanctified, and justified forever. He did it all . John 3:16

Amen Pastor, great explanation with perfect selection of Scripture references, and excellent balance.

God Bless you for sharing The Word with us. So much appreciated. Keeping you, your family and your Church members in my prayers. Your teachings are a Blessing.

Thank you Pastor. You are so right. When His love is finally and even only in part understood.... it does truly change everything. I can only imagine what the fullness of that love will be like in His presence.

Excellent addressing of that question. I might also add in ,that ,God says that HIS gifts and callings are irrevocable,Romans 11:29. Also in 1st Peter, it tells us that “we are kept” by the power of God. God bless you brother.

Wonderfully helpful thannkyou!❤from New Zealand 🇳🇿

God bless you brother. I thank God for teachers like you..

I almost forgot. Thank you for the teachings. I crown you as one of the good fellows. 😁

Thank you for taking the time to help us navigate our walk with the Lord. ❤😊❤

Without faith, we can not be saved.

Marvelous handling of this most important issue! I love the awe with which you speak of the gospel. We, as believers, should live in awe of his grace and finished work. May the Lord bless you as you continue to share the gospel!

Yes and yes. I uploaded a clip of Dr Chuck Missler teaching on this with Ron Matson. Many folks don’t understand how we are saved but yet we still wrestle the old man. There is absolutely NO WAY our own behaviour can determine our position. It was the Lord Jesus Christ. All or nothing. He did it all. The blood was given. Tetelestai. Amen.

Thank you so much for answering my question. I used my husbands email to ask this question that we've been discussing with some family for a while. What a beautiful and honest answer you gave. Thank you so much for taking the time and laying the foundation of God's grace and plan of salvation. We are truly secure once we believe in Christ and His perfect plan for our salvation. It really is so simple and it is devastating how religion has made it difficult to obtain and to maintain. I pray the Lord can comfort those who question their own salvation and who have been deceived by those who want to place them back under the bondage of the law. We rest in what Jesus did for us and trust Him when He said "it is finished".

Thank you, Pastor. This was extremely well defined and thought out. I completely agree. I must say, I'm not sure what work my Lord is doing in me. I just want to honor and glorify him! God bless you! 🎺🕊🙏🎵✝️

John 6 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

Great teaching pastor Brian. It is a blessing to be able to come here and listen and at times to re-listen a few times cause truth being spoken sure is yummy food for the soul and so much needed in these times. We are living in amazing times where even though we live on opposite sides of the world yet we can come together and be spiritually fed and even have fellowship. God bless you and your loved ones and through it all His eyes shine upon you and yours and also all our brothers and sisters in Christ.

Yeshua knows the heart and as the Great Shepherd He knows the voice of His Sheep. Of course we also know the voice of our Great Shepherd.

There's a book by Charles Stanley, I believe its called Once Saved Always Saved, he covers every verse that could make a believer think they can lose their salvation, its a very easy read and makes total sense and it sealed for me that the Lord will never let me go....but my own opinion, I didn't read this in that book, but to me, I feel that if someone believes they can lose their salvation, they are basically saying that what Jesus Christ did on the cross was not good enough, His blood sacrifice was just not good enough...so it makes me think that they truly do not have faith in Him, they are trusting in themselves. This may upset some people but it's the truth. satan will always be in our ear telling us we can lose it...if God would take it back, that would make Him an Indian giver, and that's not the God I worship...His salvation is forever. God bless you all always...

1 Tim 4:1 says some will depart from the faith, in order to depart you have to be in the faith

OSAS is the gospel. I cannot do anything to earn my salvation but only believing in Jesus Christ.

Humility...truth...wisdom..mostly just truth today, my "family"

I agree with the Once Saved Always Saved, the key word there being saved. By faith are we saved!

How can we abide in Christ without faith? Faith requires a relationship with Christ grounded in the Word of God. Salvation is dependent on this same faith.

Being a Christian in the Last Days is not portrayed as a beach vacation in the scriptures. It is a time of deception, apostasy, and the testing of our faith. We must be sure of our salvation, firmly grounded in the faith as those before us who laid down their lives for the witness and testimony of Christ.

My view of God is that he went through great lengths to give salvation to man kind. There was no shortcuts.

Faith is a continuous action.

Yes we must rightly divide the word of truth. Typically this means that we have to make a distinction between the physical nation of Israel and the spiritual body of Christ, which believers are a part of today.

Hi Pastor Brian, just my take/personal experience/struggle…but I don’t think the question is really about “works” or lack of works but rather about sin. Many people today struggle with recreational drinking, smoking, vaping, & drug use like weed. What starts as recreational fun or escapism quickly turns towards addiction as a persons tolerance increases and habits form…rapidly descending into addiction. I believe the real question here is “How much partaking of worldly pleasures can a person do and still be saved?” I’ve certainly come to my own conclusion through Scripture but I would love to hear your perspective/counsel if you could address this in an upcoming video. Thanks so much!

Look at the Parable of the Sower of the Seed. It was only those in which the Word of God did take root watered by the Holy Spirit that they matured and endured in the faith.

I believed Jesus was God and that He came to save me as a child. I didn’t understand the full depravity of sin. Only as a 50 year old did I really understand what Jesus did on the cross. Does it mean that children may not really be saved if they don’t understand the full impact of His work?

Revelation 3:5 says, “The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.” I believe my name had been blotted out after I became an atheist. Then when I came back I believe I was given a new name which was added to the book based on a dream and further confirmation I had.

The Apostles were with the Lord daily yet did not understand or believe Him. The Apostles needed understanding provided by the Holy Spirit to secure their faith in Christ.

Another big aspect I’m trying to work through has to do with dispensationalism. Some say the passages in Hebrews (for example, also places like Revelation) that sound works based are addressed to, or about the Jews. Those are the passages that make people think you can lose your salvation. And they do seem contrary to Romans etc. And they say primary Christian doctrine is found in Paul’s 13 letters. Is it necessarily that simple? I don’t know.

Sorry caught you late. Attempting to deal with these "folks" in a Godlike manner

Scott, you KNOW what the Wird of Gid says to me about my sin! Do I according to First John describe my heart , CONFESSION, Repentance

Calvinism is of course contrary to the Truth of the Word of God.

I don’t see being saved as taking away choice, losing and walking away are two different things

I like how Jack Hayford put it, "Just because I don't believe in once saved always saved, doesn't mean I believe once saved, hardly saved either."

You excercising your God given free will allows you to choose to stay or leave. Free will is what it's all about. If you didn't have the ability to freely choose to love God than God has failed in His attempt to build a family. The whole idea is that only God can build a person who can return true love back in His direction. If it's just a programed love, then there is no glory.

We can always repent, Peter was forgiven for even denying knowing Jesus 3 times

Brother what's really sad is that after 2024 yrs after the death of Christ That there is so many different teachings on this subject It's sad that we even have to discuss this subject I have studied God's Word ( Laws ) for over 50 yrs That's all I do now is study The questions about Salvation arise because people have not been taught the truth About ( being ) born again Those who study ( being ) born again will have all their questions about salvation answered

We are justified by faith, not of works. Our salvation is solely dependent on our faith in Christ. How then can we have faith in someone we do not know? Can you place your eternal security in someone you do not know or trust? Our faith is a matter of a relationship with Christ grounded in knowledge of Him we claim to give Lordship of our lives.

Faith is not a one shot item. Christ is the author and finisher of our faith. Faith comes by the Word of God and our exercising of it that we grow in maturity to abide in Christ.

Charles Calvin Stanley

We have to live a life of repentance, 1con 6:9 10

What does 1 Timothy 4 say?

Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. Romans 11:20-22.

THE GOSPEL MESSAGE Jesus in the old testament book of Isaiah 53 Isaiah predicted that the Servant of the Lord would be disfigured by suffering and rejected by many. 700 years later, Yeshua was struck, spat on, mocked, and blasphemed (Mark 15:17-19, Matthew 27:39-44). Isaiah said this person would come from humble beginnings. Yeshua grew up in a city with a poor reputation, Nazareth (Luke 2:39-40,51). Isaiah said that the Servant would bear our sins and suffer in our place. 700 years later, Jesus “himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed” (1 Peter 2:24). Isaiah predicted that the Servant would heal many. Jesus made the lame walk, the blind see, and the sick healthy all throughout his earthly ministry (Matthew 8:16-17). Isaiah said that he would voluntarily take our punishment upon himself. Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep” (John 10:11). Jesus did not defend himself before Herod, Pontius Pilate, or the Sanhedrin (Matthew 26:62-64, 27:11-14; Luke 23:9). Just as Isaiah foretold, he remained silent during his suffering. Isaiah predicted that the Servant would die, be buried with a rich man, but would not remain dead. Jesus did all of this when he died on a cross (Mark 15:37; John 19:33-34), was buried in the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea (Matthew 27:57-60), and when he rose three days after his death. In 1922, the late David Baron, a British Jewish believer in Yeshua who was well-versed in rabbinics, wrote: It is beyond even the wildest credulity to believe that the resemblance in every feature and minutest detail between this prophetic portraiture drawn centuries before his [Jesus’] advent and the story of his life, and death, and glorious resurrection as narrated in the gospels, can be mere accident or fortuitous coincidence. Can it be true? Ask yourself-if you have the courage to believe it. The Greatest Gift Ever Given To The Whole World Eternal Life Through Jesus Christ Our Lord The Real Gospel That Saves Your Soul The real power is in the gospel according to God, it only has the power to set a person free from the bondage of sin and death. Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes (Romans 1:16). It is not based on human traditions, rituals, or works, but on the finished work of Christ on the cross. He died for our sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). The gospel reveals God's love for us and his justice. He loves us so much that he sent his only Son to die in our place, to pay the penalty for our sins and to satisfy his wrath against us (John 3:16). He is also holy and righteous, and he cannot overlook our rebellion and disobedience. He must judge sin and punish the guilty (Romans 2:5-6). The true gospel is not a message of human wisdom, tradition, or religion. It is not based on rituals, ceremonies, or works. It is not a matter of opinion, preference, or feeling. It is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes (Romans 1:16). The true gospel is the message of what God has done for us in Christ. Jesus Christ, the Son of God, died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). It is the declaration that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior, who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood (Revelation 1:5). Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace, you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. (1 Corinthians 15:3-9). THE GOSPEL THAT SAVES, PAUL SPEAKING Moreover, brethren, I declared unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand, by which also you are saved if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Believe in your heart that Jesus Christ died for your sins, was buried, and that God raised Jesus from the dead. This is trusting with all of your heart that Jesus Christ is who he said he was.

I realize some believe in the Fast Food version of our faith or Christianity. Fact is, Christianity differs from all the religions of the world because it is a relationship not a system of works to please a deity.

I have something to add. Disclosure: I /want/ to believe OSAS is true. This is something I struggle with, due to life experiences, and a few chapters in Hebrews. But I /want/ it to be true. I want to share something that recently became highlighted to me, in the hopes that it will help other believers, who also struggle with the idea that God is going to get mad at them, and throw them away. In 1 Corinthians 5, it tells of a guy who is fornicating with his stepmother. Ew. We are not told if his father is dead, or alive. To me, this would matter, but... we are not told. What we /are/ told, is that this boy, who is fornicating all over the place with his stepmom - so much so that word is out, and spreading all the way to wherever Paul is writing from - we are told that he - IS -still saved: " It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord." Verse 5 makes it very clear that this guy is going to die for what he is doing, but that his "spirit is saved". Now, I'm no theologian, but this seems to say that OSAS must be true. For those of you who struggle to believe that God won't toss you aside, too - You are not alone. Hang tough. Look up. Hold fast.

Fast Food Christianity today is the problem, whereby many believe a mere profession is enough. Faith means trust, has anyone ever established a relationship that abides if they do not know them or trust them?

But 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. 2 Peter 2:22.

I'll say it flat footed no you can't walk away from the faith. When you hear the truth and you believe it in that millisecond you have eternal life. Then there's the rest that maybe believe in a false Jesus, trust in their works, some combination etc that never had eternal life. That's the two groups. The saints and the aints. That's all there is.

The evidence of salvation is found in the transformation of a New Creature, crucifying of the old man. The exercising of our faith in sharing the Gospel with the lost, having love for one another and our enemies.

Are you secure enough or have a strong enough faith to enter the Lion's Den or the Fiery Furnace? That's the question we should be asking ourselves. Will we deny Christ under torture or severe persecution like many of our brothers and sisters face on a daily basis. In the Western world we do not face such testing of faith. That will soon change.

Well it’s Gods eternal plan of salvation not ours. John 3:15+16,36, John 5:24, John 6:47. All contain present tense grammar and the possession is life that never ends. With that sad if I have this “life that never ends”as the scriptures say I can have the second I believe in Christ for it, but I don’t have it say in 6 months from now then it was never eternal life to start with. So if that’s the case is the grammar wrong? Are the readers of the Bible being lied to ? Jesus says in (John 4:10) this life was a gift, and he gives you living water, and that whosever drinks it (John 4:14) they would never thirst again. So if this life is a gift, and we won’t thirst again and it never ends how in the world could I lose it? Paul says we are sealed (Ephesians1:13) into an inheritance, and he calls this life a gift also (Romans 5:15-19, Romans 6:23). Paul says God never revokes gifts (Romans 11:29). So if you got it , it was from him, and you can have it the second you believe him for it and it’s a gift that he never revokes. That should say it all ..

Losing and forfeiting are not the same thing. 1 Timothy 4:1 says people will fall away. They forfeit salvation. So walking/falling away is forfeiting salvation. Losing salvation would be God taking it from you. The latter not being biblical. People have, do and will walk fall away from the faith. Just because we are born again doesnt mean we lose our free will that God gave us.

Why did Jesus speak on paranles

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. Hebrews 10:26,27.

Here's a surefire test. Ask someone if they know if they're going to heaven. If the answer is no they obviously don't believe. But if the answer is yes then ask how. If the answer is because Jesus paid for my sins they're a believer. If the answer is anything else they're deceived. Whether it's because I'm a good person, I keep the commandments, etc they're deceived. I believe and live a good life, deceived. If there's an and or but after I believe they're deceived in a works based system. It's one way, the only way, Jesus paid for my sins. No ands, no buts.

I blasphemed god by accident years ago as a child. It's good to know that my blasphemy has set me apart from the religious bigots and hypocrites. The funny thing about blasphemy is that god is willing to forgive anything and everything we do to other people but talk bad about him once, and it is game over for you.

........ Charles Calvin Stanley had "reasons" ....

There is a neat way to look at this. Of Jesus died for the sins of the world that would also include rejection of the gospel and unbelief in God altogether. How can we preach that Jesus saves when billions would be lost? That is inefficiency on a monstrous scale and I believe that God would be a tad more intelligent than that. Just a tad. A benevolent Almighty being would never leave something as important as eternity to be decided by our pea brains. Relax , go to church and make friends and don't worry, God has all souls in safe keeping.

Of course we can determine to defy the Saviour! Judas did it for...how many shekels?

You are not "saved"while you are still living. Salvation is a life long battle to the end of your earthly life. Outside the Church (Body of Christ)there is no salvation. Protestants have lost their salvation by belonging to a man-made Church which is not the Word of God. If works are not necessary for salvation, then why does God command us to do the Charitable Works of Mercy ? Also, our Lord warns us we will be separated from him forever if we do not meet the needs of the poor and the little ones who are his brethren. There are many other works we have to do to obtain salvation. Christ died so that our sins could be forgiven, and we once more had the right to enter heaven Sorry Protestants but Baptism (of water and the Holy Spirit) is necessary for salvation. Baptism erases the stain of original sin and any personal sins committed. After Baptism. all sins committed have to be forgiven and absolved. The Church established by Christ on the foundation of the Apostles teaches the fullness of the means of salvation.

Did he speak in parables (or fake AI) ? Deception, lies, truth...

Charles Calvin Stanley