Search results

  1. D

    Understanding the Holy Spirit Baptism

    The “born again” experience is being baptized into Christ’s church by the Holy Spirit … "For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body (the church) ... and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 12:13) In this experience, the Holy Spirit comes INSIDE the believer …...
  2. D

    The Lord’s Secret and His Reason

    I am sure that after discovering the Lord’s secret … you will love Him more, worship Him more, praise Him more, and thank Him more … both now and forever! First, perhaps we should review some basic fundamental Truths … The deplorable condition of the human race Our whole Christian experience...
  3. D

    Understanding Jesus Christ

    Father God’s satisfaction IMO, Father God would have been satisfied IF a sinless human sacrificed him/her self to take away the sins of the human race! However, no one was qualified … so, because of His great love for the human race (which He created), He came to earth and took the form of a...
  4. D

    WHY man is unable to choose Jesus and the Gospel

    NT verses are available for all of these disastrous conditions: Inherited sin nature ...... Spiritual mortal enemy, Satan Sin nature against God .... Satan’s army against him Enemy of God .............. Under Satan’s power & control Spiritually blind ......... Satan robs initial...
  5. D

    Christians need to continue to repent of their sins

    Here’ are some passages teaching us that Christians need to continue to repent of their on-going sins … “Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance … For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted …” (2 Corinthians...
  6. D

    Where Did Our Faith Come From?

    Did we create our own faith … and then believe in Jesus and the Gospel? Or, did it come from somewhere else … like from God? Jude 3 “… the FAITH which was once for all delivered to the saints.” (NKJV) “… the FAITH that God has entrusted once for all time to His holy people.” (NLT) “… the truth...
  7. D

    A Closer Look at God’s Election

    The apostles view of man Paul and Peter explain to us that unredeemed man is just NOT able to believe in Jesus and the Gospel … due to a multitude of reasons! (These are available in the opening post of the thread: “Unable to Believe the ‘Foolish’ Gospel”) No chance to be saved ---BUT --- With...
  8. D

    Unable to Believe the “Foolish” Gospel

    Because of what is clearly stated in the NT … unredeemed man is NOT able to believe in Jesus and the “foolish” Gospel … due to a multitude of reasons! (The Gospel is “foolishness” to those who are perishing, 1 Cor. 1:18) Here are some of the best NT passages which testify to this: Inherited...
  9. D

    Understanding the Incarnation

    Let’s investigate and see if we can possibly get a solid understanding of the Incarnation (birth) of Jesus Christ. You will see below … In the beginning, the Members of the Holy Trinity were God the Father, God the Word, and God the Holy Spirit. Many churches teach that the Son of God (Jesus...
  10. D

    Understanding God’s election

    I have not swamped the OP with a lot of Scripture quotations, but hopefully you will recall the NT verses which confirm the following … Man is doubly incapable of believing in Jesus and the Gospel 1 – Because of the disobedience (sin) of Adam and Eve, all humans are born with an inherited...