salvation
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The Struggle With Sin is Insane!
The warnings about the fires of hell in the Bible and the Qur’an have the effect of making us very conscious of our sin. We can become very depressed about sin, feeling we are constantly missing the mark and falling short. The irony is, it’s possible to get into a frame of mind where we Continue reading
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Extra Nos: Liberating Theology
I had been waking up every morning worried and doubting my salvation. I haven’t been able to go to church regularly in recent weeks, and despite reading from my One Year Bible every day, I was struggling on a deep level to have peace in my walk with God. Although the Lord kept reassuring me, Continue reading
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What Must I Do to Be Saved?
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. God did not send Continue reading
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Are we Justified by Good Deeds or Faith in Jesus?
In Christianity, the theme of the wrath of God features heavily and is very much related to the orthodox Christian idea of free will. Humans are seen as sinners who, by their sinning, make God angry. This then provides the opportunity for Jesus Christ to step in and provide a solution to the problem of Continue reading
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Your Regrets vs God’s Will
Quite often, when people talk about things that they regret having happened at a certain time in their past, they will use phrases such as “I messed up” or “I did my best” or “I can’t believe I did that”. Using such phrases is a widely accepted and commonplace manner of speaking, but in this Continue reading
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The Jailer who was Humbled
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the Continue reading
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