AS HE IS

“We may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.” (I John 4:17)

What an amazing statement! However Christ is now in heaven so are we who believe on Him in this world. How is Christ now? He is righteous and without sin. Then every believer is righteous too because “we have been made the righteousness of God in Him.” (II Cor. 5:21) Christ lives. Then every believer lives through faith in Christ. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” (John 6:47)Christ is accepted by the Father because He finished the work the Father gave Him to do. Then every believer is accepted too because we are “accepted in the beloved.” (Eph. 1:6) Where is Christ now? He is enthroned in glory. Then every believer will soon follow Him there because the Savior prayed, “Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17:24)

Pastor

There's no better book with which to defend the Bible than the Bible itself.

Dwight L. Moody

How Is A Sinner Saved?

How is a sinner saved? The apostle Paul very plainly tells us how! In Ephesians 2:8 he said, “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:” Salvation is a work of God’s grace. It was God’s grace that chose the sinner before the foundation of the world. It was God’s grace that sent Christ in due time to die on the cross as a substitute for all of His chosen people. And it is God’s grace that sends His Holy Spirit to each one of those particular people with the gift of faith. Faith believes totally on Christ. Faith believes His Word. Faith causes sinners to believe that The Father did all of the choosing in salvation, and The Son did all of the redeeming work in salvation. Faith causes sinners to cry: “It is not of ourselves... it is of Christ alone!” A truly saved sinner will know that he cannot take any credit for any part of his salvation, not even for the faith that believes. Even that is “the gift of God”.

Pastor Gabe Stalnaker

“HEAR, YE DEAF”

“Hear, ye deaf, and look, ye blind, that ye may see” - Isaiah 42:18

Naturally speaking, the above statement sounds strange and contradictory, but spiritually speaking, it is the way of God in the salvation of deaf, blind, dead sinners (Eph. 2:1; James 1:18). Becoming a Christian is a strange and mysterious, wonderful and miraculous thing! Sinner, do you want eyes to see? Then LOOK to the Lord Jesus Christ. Sinner friend, do you want ears to hear? Then LISTEN to Him who speaks from heaven, through His Word, with the voice that raises the dead (John 5:21-25).

Somehow, in a divinely mysterious and miraculous way, the Lord gives saving faith to sinners through the preaching of the gospel – “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (Rom. 10: 8-17; Eph. 2:8-10); and with this precious gift of faith comes seeing, hearing, and understanding. Sinner, if you would be saved, LOOK! and LISTEN!...attentively and prayerfully, as Jesus Christ and His glorious redemption is preached unto you. And when you HEAR and SEE and KNOW and TRUST HIM, then you should ask for “Believer’s Baptism.” “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” God’s salvation is so mysterious and sublime, so God-like! and yet as simple as, “What think ye of Christ?” “Do you believe on the Son of God?”