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Grace alone through Faith alone in Christ alone.
Acts 4:12 (KJV)
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Salvation is about Jesus and nothing else (John 3:16, 36) (John 6:40) (Acts 4:12).
Salvation is about Jesus and him crucified on the cross (Isaiah 53:3-5) (1 Corinthians 2:2) (Philippians 2:6-11) (Galatians 2:19-20).
Salvation is about the death, burial, and Bodily Resurrection of Christ (1 Corinthians 15:1-4) (Luke 24:5-7).
Salvation is about you believing in the finished work of Jesus Christ (John 19:30) (Philippians 2:6-11) (Romans 3:19-31).
Salvation is about all of Jesus and none of you. This means salvation is not by works it is by believing On The Son. And by you Believing On The Son thou shall never perish and have everlasting life (John 3:16, 36) (John 6:40) (John 20:31) (1 John 5:11-13).
Salvation is in Jesus in whom we have redemption through his shed blood (Ephesians 1:7).
What God wants all of us to know and understand is that we are not saved by our works. For we will never be saved by God this way. What God wants all of us to understand is that we are saved by our faith in Christ apart from our works (Romans 3:27-28) (Romans 4:5) (Galatians 2:16, 21) (Galatians 3:10-11) (Titus 3:5) (Philippians 3:9). For this is The Revelation of The Holy Spirit Of God that he is revealing unto us and to the entire world. Christ alone saves completely and totally apart from the doing of your good deeds and or works. God does not save you because of anything you’ve done in your own strength God saves you when you believe On His Son.
John 8:24 (NLT)
24 That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM who I claim to be, you will die in your sins.”
When it comes to salvation what you are truly repenting of is your unbelief in The Holy Son of God. If you ultimately die in your unbelief in The Holy Son of God you will die in your sins, followed by an eternal hell and eternal hellfire! This means if you do not believe in whom Jesus claimed to be you are going to hell for not believing in the name of The Only Begotten Son of God!
When one goes to hell it is not because God predestined and condemned them before birth to go there. People who go to hell will be there ultimately because of their unbelief in The Holy Son of God. The Bible is crystal clear on this (John 8:24).
Remember it’s Grace alone through Faith alone in Christ alone.
Through Grace
This means you are saved by God’s grace. The Bible says your salvation is the very gift of Almighty God. God saved you by His special grace and favor when you believed in Jesus. And you cannot take credit for this gift. Salvation is a gift of God in so that no man can boast about his own works (Ephesians 2:8-9) (1 Corinthians 1:29) (John 3:16).
God in his infinite wisdom made salvation in such a way that no man will be able to take credit for his own salvation. In this way all the glory goes to God (namely Christ) and not man. For this is God’s will for salvation to be revealed this way and It pleases him very much. When one believes in Jesus alone and does not place his trust in his own works to save him this act alone brings great glory to God. Salvation by grace reveals those who are really trusting in Christ alone to save them.
Remember God has made salvation in such a way that you are one who cannot take credit for your own salvation. Why is this you may ask? It is because God did not save you because of your good deeds or because you were a so called good person, God is saving you because in His Love He is Sovereignly choosing and deciding to do so through Christ.
Through Faith
This means God gives you eternal life and salvation the very moment you believe On Christ. When you have faith in the finished work of Christ God at that very moment declares you justified in his sight declares you righteous now and forevermore. How is this possible one may ask? It is only possible by your faith in Jesus. The Bible is clear that God makes sinners right in his sight when they believe in Jesus (Romans 1:17) (Romans 4:5) (Romans 5:1) (Galatians 2:16) (Galatians 3:24) (Romans 3:19-31) (Philippians 3:9).
When one believes in Jesus as The Holy Son of God The Holy Messiah this very act brings God Great Glory and it pleases him very much.
Through Christ
This simply means this salvation of God only comes through the person of Jesus and no one else. Salvation does not come through you or any other sinner for that matter. We are not The Savior Jesus is therefore stop trying to save yourself through your own works! Since He is The Savior let Him save you! When will He save me one may ask? He will save you the very moment you truly believe On The Son. Salvation comes through the Savior of the world Jesus Christ and no one else.
Jesus Christ loves all of us.
Jesus loves each and every single individual person in this entire world. Jesus died for all of mankind and is The Savior of the whole world (John 3:16, 36) (John 6:40) (John 4:42) ( 1 John 2:1-2) (1 John 4:9-10, 14).
If you do not believe That Jesus Christ is The Savior of the whole world and that He loves each and every single individual person-you are one who is guilty of preaching, teaching and promoting a false gospel and another Jesus that’s not found in the Holy Scriptures (2 Corinthians 11:4, 13-15).
God is truly a gracious and merciful God and He want us all to come unto the knowledge of the truth. The truth that there is only One God and one mediator between God and men He is the man Christ Jesus who gave himself as a ransom for us all, the testimony given in its proper time.
1 Timothy 2:4-6 (KJV)
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
The whole foundation of the gospel is founded on, stands on, and rests on John 3:16.
John 3:16 is the indeed the summation and the culmination of the whole gospel.
If I had to pick only one bible verse in the whole bible to tell anyone and everyone, I would pick John 3:16.
Let’s truly inspect John 3:16 further and let us let The Holy Spirit using The Holy Word of God speak for itself.
John 3:16 (KJV) says
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
So 1st. This verse is telling us that God loves us.
This verse is revealing Gods love for us. This verse is revealing Gods heart for us mankind.
2ndly. It says For God so loved the world,
So this means God loves us all. This means everybody.
3rdly. This verse tells us For God so loved the world that he gave.
So, this means God is giving us the world something, So what did God give one may ask?
Let’s continue and let’s let The Word of God speak for itself by The Power and Person of The Holy Spirit.
The bible says He God gave us (meaning the entire world) his Only Begotten Son.
That’s what he gave God gave us His Son! This is so gracious, loving and kind for him to do this for us.
So why and for what purpose did God give us His Son one may ask?
For the primary purpose that whosoever believeth in him should not perish.
So now we know that those who believe in Him shall not perish.
That’s exactly what this bible verse teaches us. This means you can never lose your eternal salvation once you believe in him Jesus as The Holy Messiah.
And why can’t I ever lose my eternal salvation one may ask? And why will I never perish?
The bible itself speaks for itself. The bible tells us this answer. The bible says the reason why you can never perish is because whosoever believeth in Him (Jesus) shall have everlasting life.
So, since this is indeed true this means I don’t need to persevere in order to find out If I am one of the elect and will be saved. The bible says whosoever believeth in Him shall have everlasting life. This is a promise from A Holy God of whom cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18). I don’t know about you, but I would rather place my trust in a Holy God who cannot lie than to put my trust and hope in my own works or performance. John 3:16 shows us and tells us all and is revealing to us by revelation of The Holy Spirit that we don’t need to wait, strive, or work for our own salvation!
Why is this one may ask?
John 3:16 tells us this answer and it is because the bible tells us that whosoever believeth in Him shall never perish but have everlasting life.
John 3:16 (KJV)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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