John 316-36John Chapter 316-36 Godrsquos Great Love Why did God

want to save sinners God Wants Everyone Saved Why Doesnt God Save Everyone Universalism God

loves the world God Is Love ldquoAfter these thingsrdquo Christ Must Increase In Us Christ Is Superior Believe

Or Obey ldquoHas eternal liferdquo is an assurance of salvation

The spectacular Mat-Su Glacier taken from Sheep Mountain Lodge (Gloria Alliger photo)

John Believe And

Live

Elmer Towns Mal Couch and Ed Hindson

Twenty-First Century Biblical Commentary Series page 30

John 35 Jesus answered Truly truly I say to you unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the

kingdom of Godbull NAU Ephesians 526 so that

He might sanctify her having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word

bull NAU Romans 1017 So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ

John 35ldquoborn of waterrdquo (repentance)

bull The prerequisite to Johns water baptism was a change of thought or mind (repentance) The only prerequisite to salvation is a change of thought or mind (repentance) Jesus said in NAU Matthew 913 hellipI did not come to call the righteous but sinners

bull NAU Ephesians 28 For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God

bull Salvation is not a reward to those who have cleaned up their act but a gift to those who realize they are sinners and Christ is the perfect sacrifice

bull NAU Titus 35 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit

John 314 As Moses

lifted up the serpent in

the wilderness

even so must the

Son of Man be lifted up

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull ldquoIn the beginning of John 316 God gives us another

undeserved purpose clause with the For [cause or reason] God so God is telling us why He did the incarnationcross John further explains in 1 John 49 By this the love of God was manifested in us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him In both of these verses John uses the exact same word the world Greek τὸν κόσμον Indicating that the world that Jesus was sent to the world that God loved Gingrich defines world κόσμον as a the world in its most inclusive sense the (orderly) universe c the world as humanity in general e the world is sometimes spoken of as that which is hostile to God lost in sin ruined depraved f the world as totality sum total The He gave explains that

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull salvation in Christ is a gift it doesnt say He established a

bilateral covenant but He gave The His only begotten Son establishes the uniqueness of the nativity Jesus was not created in the manner of Adam produced from dust and Gods breath (Gen 1-2) nor as normal human reproduction (Gen 122 Be fruitful and multiply) No He was the only begotten (lt3439gt μονογενής monogenes) Strongs defines the roots of this word as monos as alone only only one and the genes as family offspring And together the word monogenes means unique only one of His kind Jesus is the only one to come into existence by the virgin birth prophesied in Gen 315 Isa 714 and 96 The last part gives the promise that whoever or anyone that simply believes in Him will gain eternal life and cross over from death to liferdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John Believe And

Live

Elmer Towns Mal Couch and Ed Hindson

Twenty-First Century Biblical Commentary Series page 30

John 35 Jesus answered Truly truly I say to you unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the

kingdom of Godbull NAU Ephesians 526 so that

He might sanctify her having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word

bull NAU Romans 1017 So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ

John 35ldquoborn of waterrdquo (repentance)

bull The prerequisite to Johns water baptism was a change of thought or mind (repentance) The only prerequisite to salvation is a change of thought or mind (repentance) Jesus said in NAU Matthew 913 hellipI did not come to call the righteous but sinners

bull NAU Ephesians 28 For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God

bull Salvation is not a reward to those who have cleaned up their act but a gift to those who realize they are sinners and Christ is the perfect sacrifice

bull NAU Titus 35 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit

John 314 As Moses

lifted up the serpent in

the wilderness

even so must the

Son of Man be lifted up

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull ldquoIn the beginning of John 316 God gives us another

undeserved purpose clause with the For [cause or reason] God so God is telling us why He did the incarnationcross John further explains in 1 John 49 By this the love of God was manifested in us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him In both of these verses John uses the exact same word the world Greek τὸν κόσμον Indicating that the world that Jesus was sent to the world that God loved Gingrich defines world κόσμον as a the world in its most inclusive sense the (orderly) universe c the world as humanity in general e the world is sometimes spoken of as that which is hostile to God lost in sin ruined depraved f the world as totality sum total The He gave explains that

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull salvation in Christ is a gift it doesnt say He established a

bilateral covenant but He gave The His only begotten Son establishes the uniqueness of the nativity Jesus was not created in the manner of Adam produced from dust and Gods breath (Gen 1-2) nor as normal human reproduction (Gen 122 Be fruitful and multiply) No He was the only begotten (lt3439gt μονογενής monogenes) Strongs defines the roots of this word as monos as alone only only one and the genes as family offspring And together the word monogenes means unique only one of His kind Jesus is the only one to come into existence by the virgin birth prophesied in Gen 315 Isa 714 and 96 The last part gives the promise that whoever or anyone that simply believes in Him will gain eternal life and cross over from death to liferdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 35 Jesus answered Truly truly I say to you unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the

kingdom of Godbull NAU Ephesians 526 so that

He might sanctify her having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word

bull NAU Romans 1017 So faith comes from hearing and hearing by the word of Christ

John 35ldquoborn of waterrdquo (repentance)

bull The prerequisite to Johns water baptism was a change of thought or mind (repentance) The only prerequisite to salvation is a change of thought or mind (repentance) Jesus said in NAU Matthew 913 hellipI did not come to call the righteous but sinners

bull NAU Ephesians 28 For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God

bull Salvation is not a reward to those who have cleaned up their act but a gift to those who realize they are sinners and Christ is the perfect sacrifice

bull NAU Titus 35 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit

John 314 As Moses

lifted up the serpent in

the wilderness

even so must the

Son of Man be lifted up

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull ldquoIn the beginning of John 316 God gives us another

undeserved purpose clause with the For [cause or reason] God so God is telling us why He did the incarnationcross John further explains in 1 John 49 By this the love of God was manifested in us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him In both of these verses John uses the exact same word the world Greek τὸν κόσμον Indicating that the world that Jesus was sent to the world that God loved Gingrich defines world κόσμον as a the world in its most inclusive sense the (orderly) universe c the world as humanity in general e the world is sometimes spoken of as that which is hostile to God lost in sin ruined depraved f the world as totality sum total The He gave explains that

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull salvation in Christ is a gift it doesnt say He established a

bilateral covenant but He gave The His only begotten Son establishes the uniqueness of the nativity Jesus was not created in the manner of Adam produced from dust and Gods breath (Gen 1-2) nor as normal human reproduction (Gen 122 Be fruitful and multiply) No He was the only begotten (lt3439gt μονογενής monogenes) Strongs defines the roots of this word as monos as alone only only one and the genes as family offspring And together the word monogenes means unique only one of His kind Jesus is the only one to come into existence by the virgin birth prophesied in Gen 315 Isa 714 and 96 The last part gives the promise that whoever or anyone that simply believes in Him will gain eternal life and cross over from death to liferdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 35ldquoborn of waterrdquo (repentance)

bull The prerequisite to Johns water baptism was a change of thought or mind (repentance) The only prerequisite to salvation is a change of thought or mind (repentance) Jesus said in NAU Matthew 913 hellipI did not come to call the righteous but sinners

bull NAU Ephesians 28 For by grace you have been saved through faith and that not of yourselves it is the gift of God

bull Salvation is not a reward to those who have cleaned up their act but a gift to those who realize they are sinners and Christ is the perfect sacrifice

bull NAU Titus 35 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit

John 314 As Moses

lifted up the serpent in

the wilderness

even so must the

Son of Man be lifted up

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull ldquoIn the beginning of John 316 God gives us another

undeserved purpose clause with the For [cause or reason] God so God is telling us why He did the incarnationcross John further explains in 1 John 49 By this the love of God was manifested in us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him In both of these verses John uses the exact same word the world Greek τὸν κόσμον Indicating that the world that Jesus was sent to the world that God loved Gingrich defines world κόσμον as a the world in its most inclusive sense the (orderly) universe c the world as humanity in general e the world is sometimes spoken of as that which is hostile to God lost in sin ruined depraved f the world as totality sum total The He gave explains that

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull salvation in Christ is a gift it doesnt say He established a

bilateral covenant but He gave The His only begotten Son establishes the uniqueness of the nativity Jesus was not created in the manner of Adam produced from dust and Gods breath (Gen 1-2) nor as normal human reproduction (Gen 122 Be fruitful and multiply) No He was the only begotten (lt3439gt μονογενής monogenes) Strongs defines the roots of this word as monos as alone only only one and the genes as family offspring And together the word monogenes means unique only one of His kind Jesus is the only one to come into existence by the virgin birth prophesied in Gen 315 Isa 714 and 96 The last part gives the promise that whoever or anyone that simply believes in Him will gain eternal life and cross over from death to liferdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 314 As Moses

lifted up the serpent in

the wilderness

even so must the

Son of Man be lifted up

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull ldquoIn the beginning of John 316 God gives us another

undeserved purpose clause with the For [cause or reason] God so God is telling us why He did the incarnationcross John further explains in 1 John 49 By this the love of God was manifested in us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him In both of these verses John uses the exact same word the world Greek τὸν κόσμον Indicating that the world that Jesus was sent to the world that God loved Gingrich defines world κόσμον as a the world in its most inclusive sense the (orderly) universe c the world as humanity in general e the world is sometimes spoken of as that which is hostile to God lost in sin ruined depraved f the world as totality sum total The He gave explains that

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull salvation in Christ is a gift it doesnt say He established a

bilateral covenant but He gave The His only begotten Son establishes the uniqueness of the nativity Jesus was not created in the manner of Adam produced from dust and Gods breath (Gen 1-2) nor as normal human reproduction (Gen 122 Be fruitful and multiply) No He was the only begotten (lt3439gt μονογενής monogenes) Strongs defines the roots of this word as monos as alone only only one and the genes as family offspring And together the word monogenes means unique only one of His kind Jesus is the only one to come into existence by the virgin birth prophesied in Gen 315 Isa 714 and 96 The last part gives the promise that whoever or anyone that simply believes in Him will gain eternal life and cross over from death to liferdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull ldquoIn the beginning of John 316 God gives us another

undeserved purpose clause with the For [cause or reason] God so God is telling us why He did the incarnationcross John further explains in 1 John 49 By this the love of God was manifested in us that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him In both of these verses John uses the exact same word the world Greek τὸν κόσμον Indicating that the world that Jesus was sent to the world that God loved Gingrich defines world κόσμον as a the world in its most inclusive sense the (orderly) universe c the world as humanity in general e the world is sometimes spoken of as that which is hostile to God lost in sin ruined depraved f the world as totality sum total The He gave explains that

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull salvation in Christ is a gift it doesnt say He established a

bilateral covenant but He gave The His only begotten Son establishes the uniqueness of the nativity Jesus was not created in the manner of Adam produced from dust and Gods breath (Gen 1-2) nor as normal human reproduction (Gen 122 Be fruitful and multiply) No He was the only begotten (lt3439gt μονογενής monogenes) Strongs defines the roots of this word as monos as alone only only one and the genes as family offspring And together the word monogenes means unique only one of His kind Jesus is the only one to come into existence by the virgin birth prophesied in Gen 315 Isa 714 and 96 The last part gives the promise that whoever or anyone that simply believes in Him will gain eternal life and cross over from death to liferdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

250 Oral Exam Explain John 316bull salvation in Christ is a gift it doesnt say He established a

bilateral covenant but He gave The His only begotten Son establishes the uniqueness of the nativity Jesus was not created in the manner of Adam produced from dust and Gods breath (Gen 1-2) nor as normal human reproduction (Gen 122 Be fruitful and multiply) No He was the only begotten (lt3439gt μονογενής monogenes) Strongs defines the roots of this word as monos as alone only only one and the genes as family offspring And together the word monogenes means unique only one of His kind Jesus is the only one to come into existence by the virgin birth prophesied in Gen 315 Isa 714 and 96 The last part gives the promise that whoever or anyone that simply believes in Him will gain eternal life and cross over from death to liferdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Love

bull NAU Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved) 6 and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus 7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Titus 33 For we also once were foolish ourselves

disobedient deceived enslaved to various lusts and pleasures spending our life in malice and envy hateful hating one another 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared 5 He saved us not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness but according to His mercy by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit 6 whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior 7 so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 316 Godrsquos Great Lovebull NAU Romans 56 For while we were still helpless at the right

time Christ died for the ungodly 7 For one will hardly die for a righteous man though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us 9 Much more then having now been justified by His blood we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son much more having been reconciled we shall be saved by His life 11 And not only this but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ through whom we have now received the reconciliation

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 316 Why did God want to save sinners compassorg

bull ldquoThe Bible indicates at least three reasons that God wanted to save sinners

bull This was undeniably the ultimate demonstration of Gods love His love for us was shown in His gift--His Son God demonstrated His own love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us mdashRomans 58

bull Salvation stands as a display of His grace for eternity In order that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus mdashEphesians 27

bull God wanted the world to see depraved sinners doing good works through the Holy SpiritFor we are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works mdashEphesians 210

bull Without Jesus death burial and resurrection none of these things would have been possiblerdquo

John 316 God Wants Everyone Saved

bull 2 Peter 39 hellipnot wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance

bull 1 Timothy 23-4 hellipGod our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth

bull Acts 1726-27 hellipevery nation of mankind hellipthat they would seek God

bull Isaiah 536 All of us like sheep have gone astray Each of us has turned to his own way But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him

John 316 Universalism Why Doesnt God Save Everyone

bull John 316 hellipwhoever believes in Him shall not perishhellipbull NAU John 319 hellipthe Light has come into the world and men

loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull NAU Romans 25 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God

bull NAU Matthew 2337 Jerusalem Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings and you were unwilling

John 316 Does God Love

Everyone

John 316 God Loves The Worldbull John 316 For God so loved the worldhellipbull Acts 1726-27hellipthat they would seek God if

perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him though He is not far from each one of us

bull John 19 There was the true Light which coming into the world enlightens every man

bull John 1232 And I if I am lifted up from the earth will draw all men to Myselfldquo

bull Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us

John 316 Does God Love Everyone

bull NAU Titus 34 But when the kindness of God our Savior [Isa 4311] and His love for mankind [5363 φιλανθρωπία philanthropia] appeared

bull NAU Titus 211 For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men

bull NAU Isaiah 4522 Turn to Me and be saved all the ends of the earth For I am God and there is no other

bull NAU Psalm 2227 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD And all the families of the nations will worship before You

bull NAU Psalm 28 Ask of Me and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance And the very ends of the earth as Your possession

bull 1 Timothy 24 410 Luke 36 Psalm 983

John 316 God Loves The World God Is Love God Loves

bull NAU 1 John 48 The one who does not love does not know God for God is love

bull NAU 1 John 416 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him

bull Henri J M Nouwen said ldquoSomehow somewhere I know that God loves me even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human wordshellipGod is greater than my senses greater than my thoughts greater than my heart I do believe that He touches me in places that are unknown even to myselfrdquo

John 316 God Loves The World

bull Charles Spurgeon said ldquoGods mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light or make space too narrow than diminish the great mercy of Godrdquo

bull Luke 178 Because of the tender mercy of our God With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us

bull Franklin Graham said ldquoWe can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith I am loved I am called I am securerdquo

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 316 Universalism Why Doesnt God Save Everyone

bull John 316 hellipwhoever believes in Him shall not perishhellipbull NAU John 319 hellipthe Light has come into the world and men

loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull NAU Romans 25 But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God

bull NAU Matthew 2337 Jerusalem Jerusalem who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings and you were unwilling

John 316 Does God Love

Everyone

John 316 God Loves The Worldbull John 316 For God so loved the worldhellipbull Acts 1726-27hellipthat they would seek God if

perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him though He is not far from each one of us

bull John 19 There was the true Light which coming into the world enlightens every man

bull John 1232 And I if I am lifted up from the earth will draw all men to Myselfldquo

bull Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us

John 316 Does God Love Everyone

bull NAU Titus 34 But when the kindness of God our Savior [Isa 4311] and His love for mankind [5363 φιλανθρωπία philanthropia] appeared

bull NAU Titus 211 For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men

bull NAU Isaiah 4522 Turn to Me and be saved all the ends of the earth For I am God and there is no other

bull NAU Psalm 2227 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD And all the families of the nations will worship before You

bull NAU Psalm 28 Ask of Me and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance And the very ends of the earth as Your possession

bull 1 Timothy 24 410 Luke 36 Psalm 983

John 316 God Loves The World God Is Love God Loves

bull NAU 1 John 48 The one who does not love does not know God for God is love

bull NAU 1 John 416 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him

bull Henri J M Nouwen said ldquoSomehow somewhere I know that God loves me even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human wordshellipGod is greater than my senses greater than my thoughts greater than my heart I do believe that He touches me in places that are unknown even to myselfrdquo

John 316 God Loves The World

bull Charles Spurgeon said ldquoGods mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light or make space too narrow than diminish the great mercy of Godrdquo

bull Luke 178 Because of the tender mercy of our God With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us

bull Franklin Graham said ldquoWe can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith I am loved I am called I am securerdquo

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 316 Does God Love

Everyone

John 316 God Loves The Worldbull John 316 For God so loved the worldhellipbull Acts 1726-27hellipthat they would seek God if

perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him though He is not far from each one of us

bull John 19 There was the true Light which coming into the world enlightens every man

bull John 1232 And I if I am lifted up from the earth will draw all men to Myselfldquo

bull Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us

John 316 Does God Love Everyone

bull NAU Titus 34 But when the kindness of God our Savior [Isa 4311] and His love for mankind [5363 φιλανθρωπία philanthropia] appeared

bull NAU Titus 211 For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men

bull NAU Isaiah 4522 Turn to Me and be saved all the ends of the earth For I am God and there is no other

bull NAU Psalm 2227 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD And all the families of the nations will worship before You

bull NAU Psalm 28 Ask of Me and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance And the very ends of the earth as Your possession

bull 1 Timothy 24 410 Luke 36 Psalm 983

John 316 God Loves The World God Is Love God Loves

bull NAU 1 John 48 The one who does not love does not know God for God is love

bull NAU 1 John 416 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him

bull Henri J M Nouwen said ldquoSomehow somewhere I know that God loves me even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human wordshellipGod is greater than my senses greater than my thoughts greater than my heart I do believe that He touches me in places that are unknown even to myselfrdquo

John 316 God Loves The World

bull Charles Spurgeon said ldquoGods mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light or make space too narrow than diminish the great mercy of Godrdquo

bull Luke 178 Because of the tender mercy of our God With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us

bull Franklin Graham said ldquoWe can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith I am loved I am called I am securerdquo

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 316 God Loves The Worldbull John 316 For God so loved the worldhellipbull Acts 1726-27hellipthat they would seek God if

perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him though He is not far from each one of us

bull John 19 There was the true Light which coming into the world enlightens every man

bull John 1232 And I if I am lifted up from the earth will draw all men to Myselfldquo

bull Ephesians 24 But God being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us

John 316 Does God Love Everyone

bull NAU Titus 34 But when the kindness of God our Savior [Isa 4311] and His love for mankind [5363 φιλανθρωπία philanthropia] appeared

bull NAU Titus 211 For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men

bull NAU Isaiah 4522 Turn to Me and be saved all the ends of the earth For I am God and there is no other

bull NAU Psalm 2227 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD And all the families of the nations will worship before You

bull NAU Psalm 28 Ask of Me and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance And the very ends of the earth as Your possession

bull 1 Timothy 24 410 Luke 36 Psalm 983

John 316 God Loves The World God Is Love God Loves

bull NAU 1 John 48 The one who does not love does not know God for God is love

bull NAU 1 John 416 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him

bull Henri J M Nouwen said ldquoSomehow somewhere I know that God loves me even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human wordshellipGod is greater than my senses greater than my thoughts greater than my heart I do believe that He touches me in places that are unknown even to myselfrdquo

John 316 God Loves The World

bull Charles Spurgeon said ldquoGods mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light or make space too narrow than diminish the great mercy of Godrdquo

bull Luke 178 Because of the tender mercy of our God With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us

bull Franklin Graham said ldquoWe can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith I am loved I am called I am securerdquo

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 316 Does God Love Everyone

bull NAU Titus 34 But when the kindness of God our Savior [Isa 4311] and His love for mankind [5363 φιλανθρωπία philanthropia] appeared

bull NAU Titus 211 For the grace of God has appeared bringing salvation to all men

bull NAU Isaiah 4522 Turn to Me and be saved all the ends of the earth For I am God and there is no other

bull NAU Psalm 2227 All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD And all the families of the nations will worship before You

bull NAU Psalm 28 Ask of Me and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance And the very ends of the earth as Your possession

bull 1 Timothy 24 410 Luke 36 Psalm 983

John 316 God Loves The World God Is Love God Loves

bull NAU 1 John 48 The one who does not love does not know God for God is love

bull NAU 1 John 416 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him

bull Henri J M Nouwen said ldquoSomehow somewhere I know that God loves me even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human wordshellipGod is greater than my senses greater than my thoughts greater than my heart I do believe that He touches me in places that are unknown even to myselfrdquo

John 316 God Loves The World

bull Charles Spurgeon said ldquoGods mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light or make space too narrow than diminish the great mercy of Godrdquo

bull Luke 178 Because of the tender mercy of our God With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us

bull Franklin Graham said ldquoWe can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith I am loved I am called I am securerdquo

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 316 God Loves The World God Is Love God Loves

bull NAU 1 John 48 The one who does not love does not know God for God is love

bull NAU 1 John 416 We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us God is love and the one who abides in love abides in God and God abides in him

bull Henri J M Nouwen said ldquoSomehow somewhere I know that God loves me even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human wordshellipGod is greater than my senses greater than my thoughts greater than my heart I do believe that He touches me in places that are unknown even to myselfrdquo

John 316 God Loves The World

bull Charles Spurgeon said ldquoGods mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light or make space too narrow than diminish the great mercy of Godrdquo

bull Luke 178 Because of the tender mercy of our God With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us

bull Franklin Graham said ldquoWe can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith I am loved I am called I am securerdquo

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 316 God Loves The World

bull Charles Spurgeon said ldquoGods mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water or deprive the sun of its light or make space too narrow than diminish the great mercy of Godrdquo

bull Luke 178 Because of the tender mercy of our God With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us

bull Franklin Graham said ldquoWe can all humbly say in the sincerity of faith I am loved I am called I am securerdquo

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull NAU John 317 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him 18 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull Do people go to hell for the sin of not believing in Jesus

bull That would mean that the gospel is really bad news

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 317Did Jesus Come To Judge Or To Save

bull Not believing is not listed as a sin inbull NAU 1 Corinthians 69 Or do you not know that the

unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God Do not be deceived neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor effeminate nor homosexuals 10 nor thieves nor the covetous nor drunkards nor revilers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God 11 Such were some of you but you were washed but you were sanctified but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 317Unbelievers Are Judged Already

bull NAU John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull NAU Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord

bull Unbelief is not the cause of drowning its just rejecting the only life preserver available

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 318 Judged By The Lawbull John 318 He who believes in Him is not judged he

who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God

bull What is the only condition between heaven and hell

bull In the world to come I shall not be asked Why were you not Moses I shall be asked Why were you not Zusyaldquo Rabbi Zusya

bull Romans 212 For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law

bull Matthew 72 1 Corinthians 1131 1 Peter 46

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 319 The Light

bull John 319 This is the judgment that the Light has come into the world and men loved the darkness rather than the Light for their deeds were evil

bull CSB John 19 The true light who gives light to everyone was coming into the world

bull NAS NAU hellipenlightens every manbull GNV KJV hellip lighteth every man hellipbull NIV NJB NET ESV CSB hellipgives light to everyonehellipbull NIVO NKJ hellipgives light to every manhellipbull YLT hellipdoth enlighten every manhellipbull BYZ hellipὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον hellip

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 319 The Light

bull Luke 178-79 Through the tender mercy of our God whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us 79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death to guide our feet into the way of peace

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull ldquoIf the earth is only 6000 years old then how can we see light from stars that are millions of light years away

bull Einsteins scientifically accepted Theory of Relativity shows that time is relative to gravity and speed Time simply varies depending on the amount of mass acceleration and gravity Therefore any knowledgeable scientist will admit that in the extra-terrestrial spaces creation light could have traveled at unfathomable speeds In the Biblical modelAdam and Eve as well as the trees plants and

John 319 The Light compassorg

bull animals were created with the appearance of age Even though they were only a few minutes old they looked and acted like full-grown adults Therefore scripture supports God simply preforming another miracle If He could create the earth in 6 days He certainly could create a light beam from the stars to earth

bull It is I who made the earth and created man upon it I stretched out the heavens with My hands and I ordained all their host Is 4512He stretches out the north over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing Job 267rdquo

John 319The Light

bull John 812 Then Jesus again spoke to them saying I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness but will have the Light of life

John 322 Time A Moment

bull NAU John 322 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea and there He was spending time with them and baptizing

bull Seize the moment spend time with Jesusbull Hazel Lee has said ldquoI held a moment in my

hand brilliant as a star fragile as a flower a shiny sliver out of one hour I dropped it carelessly O God I knew not I held an opportunityrdquo

John 322 ldquoAfter these thingsrdquobull NAU John 322 ldquoAfter these thingsrdquohellipbull This phrase in the NAU in English is almost exclusive to John in

the New Testament The NAU only uses it 4 other times by Luke in the book of Acts

bull NAU John 51 After these things there was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to Jerusalem

bull NAU John 61 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias)

bull NAU John 71 After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him

bull NAU John 1938 After these things Joseph of Arimatheahellipbull NAU John 211 After these things Jesus manifested hellip

John 323ldquothere was much waterrdquo

bull NAU John 323 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim because there was much water there and people were coming and were being baptizedmdash

bull This does not sound like John the Baptist was a ldquosprinklerdquo or ldquodry cleanrdquo guy

bull You only need ldquomuch waterrdquo if you were a ldquodunkrdquo baptizer

bull NAU Acts 838 And he ordered the chariot to stop and they both went down into the water Philip as well as the eunuch and he baptized him 39 When they came up out of the waterhellip

John 323Jesus Was Not Baptizing

bull NAU John 42 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing but His disciples were)

bull Nor Paul NAU 1 Corinthians 114 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius 15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name 16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas beyond that I do not know whether I baptized any other 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel not in cleverness of speech so that the cross of Christ would not be made void

bull John 329 He who has the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegrooms voice So this joy of mine has been made full

John 330Christ Must Increase In Us

bull NAU John 330 He must increase but I must decrease

bull We must grow into Christ likeness so that He becomes even more predominant in our lives

bull NAU 1 Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 322 Time A Moment

bull NAU John 322 After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea and there He was spending time with them and baptizing

bull Seize the moment spend time with Jesusbull Hazel Lee has said ldquoI held a moment in my

hand brilliant as a star fragile as a flower a shiny sliver out of one hour I dropped it carelessly O God I knew not I held an opportunityrdquo

John 322 ldquoAfter these thingsrdquobull NAU John 322 ldquoAfter these thingsrdquohellipbull This phrase in the NAU in English is almost exclusive to John in

the New Testament The NAU only uses it 4 other times by Luke in the book of Acts

bull NAU John 51 After these things there was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to Jerusalem

bull NAU John 61 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias)

bull NAU John 71 After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him

bull NAU John 1938 After these things Joseph of Arimatheahellipbull NAU John 211 After these things Jesus manifested hellip

John 323ldquothere was much waterrdquo

bull NAU John 323 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim because there was much water there and people were coming and were being baptizedmdash

bull This does not sound like John the Baptist was a ldquosprinklerdquo or ldquodry cleanrdquo guy

bull You only need ldquomuch waterrdquo if you were a ldquodunkrdquo baptizer

bull NAU Acts 838 And he ordered the chariot to stop and they both went down into the water Philip as well as the eunuch and he baptized him 39 When they came up out of the waterhellip

John 323Jesus Was Not Baptizing

bull NAU John 42 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing but His disciples were)

bull Nor Paul NAU 1 Corinthians 114 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius 15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name 16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas beyond that I do not know whether I baptized any other 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel not in cleverness of speech so that the cross of Christ would not be made void

bull John 329 He who has the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegrooms voice So this joy of mine has been made full

John 330Christ Must Increase In Us

bull NAU John 330 He must increase but I must decrease

bull We must grow into Christ likeness so that He becomes even more predominant in our lives

bull NAU 1 Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 322 ldquoAfter these thingsrdquobull NAU John 322 ldquoAfter these thingsrdquohellipbull This phrase in the NAU in English is almost exclusive to John in

the New Testament The NAU only uses it 4 other times by Luke in the book of Acts

bull NAU John 51 After these things there was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to Jerusalem

bull NAU John 61 After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias)

bull NAU John 71 After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him

bull NAU John 1938 After these things Joseph of Arimatheahellipbull NAU John 211 After these things Jesus manifested hellip

John 323ldquothere was much waterrdquo

bull NAU John 323 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim because there was much water there and people were coming and were being baptizedmdash

bull This does not sound like John the Baptist was a ldquosprinklerdquo or ldquodry cleanrdquo guy

bull You only need ldquomuch waterrdquo if you were a ldquodunkrdquo baptizer

bull NAU Acts 838 And he ordered the chariot to stop and they both went down into the water Philip as well as the eunuch and he baptized him 39 When they came up out of the waterhellip

John 323Jesus Was Not Baptizing

bull NAU John 42 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing but His disciples were)

bull Nor Paul NAU 1 Corinthians 114 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius 15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name 16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas beyond that I do not know whether I baptized any other 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel not in cleverness of speech so that the cross of Christ would not be made void

bull John 329 He who has the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegrooms voice So this joy of mine has been made full

John 330Christ Must Increase In Us

bull NAU John 330 He must increase but I must decrease

bull We must grow into Christ likeness so that He becomes even more predominant in our lives

bull NAU 1 Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 323ldquothere was much waterrdquo

bull NAU John 323 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim because there was much water there and people were coming and were being baptizedmdash

bull This does not sound like John the Baptist was a ldquosprinklerdquo or ldquodry cleanrdquo guy

bull You only need ldquomuch waterrdquo if you were a ldquodunkrdquo baptizer

bull NAU Acts 838 And he ordered the chariot to stop and they both went down into the water Philip as well as the eunuch and he baptized him 39 When they came up out of the waterhellip

John 323Jesus Was Not Baptizing

bull NAU John 42 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing but His disciples were)

bull Nor Paul NAU 1 Corinthians 114 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius 15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name 16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas beyond that I do not know whether I baptized any other 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel not in cleverness of speech so that the cross of Christ would not be made void

bull John 329 He who has the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegrooms voice So this joy of mine has been made full

John 330Christ Must Increase In Us

bull NAU John 330 He must increase but I must decrease

bull We must grow into Christ likeness so that He becomes even more predominant in our lives

bull NAU 1 Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 323Jesus Was Not Baptizing

bull NAU John 42 (although Jesus Himself was not baptizing but His disciples were)

bull Nor Paul NAU 1 Corinthians 114 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius 15 so that no one would say you were baptized in my name 16 Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas beyond that I do not know whether I baptized any other 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel not in cleverness of speech so that the cross of Christ would not be made void

bull John 329 He who has the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegrooms voice So this joy of mine has been made full

John 330Christ Must Increase In Us

bull NAU John 330 He must increase but I must decrease

bull We must grow into Christ likeness so that He becomes even more predominant in our lives

bull NAU 1 Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

bull John 329 He who has the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegrooms voice So this joy of mine has been made full

John 330Christ Must Increase In Us

bull NAU John 330 He must increase but I must decrease

bull We must grow into Christ likeness so that He becomes even more predominant in our lives

bull NAU 1 Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 330Christ Must Increase In Us

bull NAU John 330 He must increase but I must decrease

bull We must grow into Christ likeness so that He becomes even more predominant in our lives

bull NAU 1 Peter 13 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 331-36Christ Is Superior

bull Now as John the Baptist passes out of the scene his closing testimony is to the superiority of Jesus Christ

bull 31 He comes from above (heaven)bull 32 He has seen and heard (in heaven)bull 33 His testimony is truebull 34 He speaks the words of Godbull 35 The Father gave Him all things

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 336 Believe Or Obeybull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo

bull GNV ESV NAS NAU hellipdoes not obeyhellipbull KJG KJV hellipbelieveth not hellipbull NJB CSB helliprefuses to believe hellipbull NIV NIVO NET helliprejects the Sonhellipbull NKJ hellipdoes not believe hellipbull YLT hellipis not believing hellip

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull John 336 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal lifehellip

bull John uses the phrase ldquoeternal liferdquo 3Xrsquos more then any other Book of the Bible John is the only one to use the phrase ldquohas eternal liferdquo But he says it five times

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 336 ldquoHas eternal liferdquobull NAU John 336 He who believes in the Son

has eternal lifehellipbull NAU John 524 Truly truly I say to you he

who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and does not come into judgment but has passed out of death into life

bull NAU John 647 Truly truly I say to you he who believes has eternal life

bull NAU John 654 helliphas eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 336 ldquohave eternal liferdquobull NAU John 315 so that whoever believes will in Him

have eternal lifebull NAU John 316 hellipbut have eternal lifebull NAU John 539 You search the Scriptures because

you think that in them you have eternal life it is these that testify about Me

bull NAU John 640 For this is the will of My Father that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life and I Myself will raise him up on the last day

bull NAU 1 John 513 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know [subjunctive perfect active] that you have [indicative perfect active] eternal life

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

John 336 Assurance OF SALVATION

bull NAU 1 John 225 This is the promise which He Himself made to us eternal life

bull NAU 1 John 511 And the testimony is this that God has given us eternal life and this life is in His Son

bull John 1125-26 I am the resurrection and the life He who believes in me will live even though he dies and whoever lives and believes in me will never die Do you believe this NIV

John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

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John 336 Is Believing In Him Enough

bull Q ldquohellipBut didnrsquot Paul say we have to believe that Jesus died for our sins and rose again rather than just believe in Him

bull A There are a number of verses where Jesus said whoever believes in Him will be saved John 316 John 336 John 524 John 628-29 John 640 are among the most popular These are all direct from the Lord Himself Scholars have concluded that by these statements Jesus meant believe in who He was and what He did for us not just believe that He existed Therefore to believe in Him is to believe He is the Son of God who died for our sins and rose again

bull httpgracethrufaithcomask-a-bible-teacherbelieving-enoughutm_source=feedburneramputm_medium=emailamputm_campaign=Feed3A+Gracethrufaith+28GraceThruFaith29

In conclusion

THEEND

Matthew 2337 2 Peter 39 1 Timothy 24 John 316 Isaiah 53 Did Jesus Suffer Enough to Save Us All

bull 1 Timothy 24 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truthbull Did Jesus Suffer Enough to Save Us Allbull Hunt amp McMahon [1]bull The Berean Call [2]bull Featured Date bull Sat 12152012bull Link bull Contending for the Faith 1404c [3]bull Body bull Search the Scriptures Daily Program 1404cbull bull CONTENDING FOR THE FAITHbull Gary You are listening to Search the Scriptures Daily a radio ministry of The Berean Call Still ahead Dave and Tom continue their weekly in-depth study of the doctrine of salvation Please stay with usbull Now Contending for the Faith In this regular feature Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call Herersquos this weekrsquos question ldquoDear Dave and Tom How much of Christrsquos physical suffering paid

for our sinsrdquo

Tom Dave this is a one-line question and I think itrsquos so critical because I think therersquos a great amount of confusion out there with regard to what exactlymdashJesus paid the full penalty for our sins was it what man did to Him How much ofmdashdid God use of this as we know in going through Isaiah 53 there seemed to be some things that implied the physical torture of Christ And Irsquom sure it something thatrsquos on many hearts and minds out there with regard tomdashwell you have to refer to the film The Passion of the Christ which is focused on the physical sufferings of Christ But letrsquos see if we can put that aside for a second and just talk about what the Scriptures say with regard to Christ paying the penalty for our sins How much physical suffering was a part of that do you think Dave

bull Dave Well Tom I donrsquot think any physical suffering was a part of it That is what men did to Him Now of course He had to be crucifiedhellipbull Tom He had to die we know thatbull Dave Well yes but the manner of His deathmdashHe had to be crucified He would be beaten He would be rejected by His own peoplemdashall of this only points out the horror of the sin that had captured mankind That man would take

his Creator and mock Him and despise Him crucify Him Thatrsquos sin That is showingmdashitrsquos a demonstration to all eternity of the awfulness of the sinful nature that is in man now And so itrsquos so amazing that when man was doing his worst at the very time when man was venting his animosity his hatred against his Creator that God then does His best and that God in that moment we see the love of God in a way we could never see it otherwise and Christ cries out ldquoFather forgive them for they know not what they dordquo And the Father willingly forgives all those who will put their faith and trust in Christ And that would include even those who nailed Him there

bull Tom So Dave does that statement ldquoFather forgive them for they know not what they dordquo does that relate to Jesus paying thehellipin other words that was prior to Him suffering the wrath of God wasnrsquot itbull Dave Yes it wasbull Tom So did ithellipmy point is did it bring about forgiveness Salvation That statementbull Dave Well the penalty had to be paid The penalty had not yet been paid But this is Christ reacting against their hatred in love Now Isaiah 53 to which you referred it says ldquoIt pleased Yahweh it pleased the Lord to bruise him

Thou hast put him to griefhelliprdquo So there was a bruising that came from the Father And what was it He laid on Himhellipwell ldquoAll we like sheep have gone astray wersquove turned every one to His own wayrdquo But the Lord Yahweh has ldquolaid on Him the iniquity of us allrdquo Now thatrsquos something we donrsquot understand Paul said ldquoHe was made to be sin for us He who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in himrdquo You see this powerful and very difficult to understand presentation Jesus explains the Cross in John 3 before He gets to verse 16 in John314-15

He said ldquoAs Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting liferdquo The serpent that bit them is a picture of sin And that likeness of that serpent was put up on this pole and Jesus is saying He is going to be the very thingmdashHe will have to becomehellipand I donrsquot understand it Tom but the Scripture says it and this is what Jesus was agonizing about in the Gardenmdashnot that He was going to endure physical sufferings I donrsquot believe that that was what made Him sweat as it were drops of blood In fact Tom I think we could even say that many people probably suffered physically more than Jesus did Letrsquos take the Inquistion Yoursquove got some people on a grate with the fire under them and they are being turned overhellipand slowlyhellip

bull Tom Broiled alivehellipbull Dave Yes being broiled alive Or yoursquove got people being hung by meat hooks or in the Iron Maiden where they canrsquot get out and they just starve slowly to deathbull Tom Their skin peeled offhellip You know I hate to even bring these things up but itrsquos true Dave you read Foxersquos Book of Martyrs there are just incredible things that man has sufferedbull Dave Well what the Muslims have done down through history and the Syrians in particular flayed them alive Skinned them alive In fact that is why in the Gulf War the United States government wanted the Jewish soldiers and

sailors and so forth pilots not to have a dog tag that said they were Jewish They came up with a new category you remember ldquoProtestant Brdquomdashbecause they said if the Iraqis capture them and they know theyrsquore Jews they will skin them alive People were literally skinned alive

bull So where did our salvation come from He had to pay the penalty He cried out in triumph Tetelestai They stamped that on promissory notes and so forth It meant ldquoPaid in Fullrdquo He said ldquoNo man takes my life from me I lay it down of myselfrdquo He didnrsquot just kind of expire in weakness and die from the physical sufferings that they had imposed upon Him But He took our sins I believe in those three hours of darknessmdashit says ldquoIt pleased Yahweh to bruise himmdash You laid on him the iniquity of us all You made his soul [and this is soul this is spiritual this is not physical] you made his soul an offering for sinrdquo

bull So somehow Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world and He paid the penalty at the hands of ldquoGod my God my God why have you forsaken merdquomdashan eternal death separation from God forever and He endured in that time because Hersquos infinite I canrsquot understand it Tom but Irsquom sad when the focus is just on physical sufferings that we inflicted upon Him and we forget that it wasmdashthat He paid the penalty for our sins at the hands of a holy God He took what His own justice demanded He paid that penalty

bull Tom And Dave the sad thing for me growing up Roman Catholic the focus had always been upon suffering You suffered and by suffering you expiated your own sins either here or in purgatory and thatrsquos not what the Scriptures teach and it misses the gospel Thatrsquos the really grievous thing about it

THEEND

Matthew 2337 2 Peter 39 1 Timothy 24 John 316 Isaiah 53 Did Jesus Suffer Enough to Save Us All

bull 1 Timothy 24 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truthbull Did Jesus Suffer Enough to Save Us Allbull Hunt amp McMahon [1]bull The Berean Call [2]bull Featured Date bull Sat 12152012bull Link bull Contending for the Faith 1404c [3]bull Body bull Search the Scriptures Daily Program 1404cbull bull CONTENDING FOR THE FAITHbull Gary You are listening to Search the Scriptures Daily a radio ministry of The Berean Call Still ahead Dave and Tom continue their weekly in-depth study of the doctrine of salvation Please stay with usbull Now Contending for the Faith In this regular feature Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call Herersquos this weekrsquos question ldquoDear Dave and Tom How much of Christrsquos physical suffering paid

for our sinsrdquo

Tom Dave this is a one-line question and I think itrsquos so critical because I think therersquos a great amount of confusion out there with regard to what exactlymdashJesus paid the full penalty for our sins was it what man did to Him How much ofmdashdid God use of this as we know in going through Isaiah 53 there seemed to be some things that implied the physical torture of Christ And Irsquom sure it something thatrsquos on many hearts and minds out there with regard tomdashwell you have to refer to the film The Passion of the Christ which is focused on the physical sufferings of Christ But letrsquos see if we can put that aside for a second and just talk about what the Scriptures say with regard to Christ paying the penalty for our sins How much physical suffering was a part of that do you think Dave

bull Dave Well Tom I donrsquot think any physical suffering was a part of it That is what men did to Him Now of course He had to be crucifiedhellipbull Tom He had to die we know thatbull Dave Well yes but the manner of His deathmdashHe had to be crucified He would be beaten He would be rejected by His own peoplemdashall of this only points out the horror of the sin that had captured mankind That man would take

his Creator and mock Him and despise Him crucify Him Thatrsquos sin That is showingmdashitrsquos a demonstration to all eternity of the awfulness of the sinful nature that is in man now And so itrsquos so amazing that when man was doing his worst at the very time when man was venting his animosity his hatred against his Creator that God then does His best and that God in that moment we see the love of God in a way we could never see it otherwise and Christ cries out ldquoFather forgive them for they know not what they dordquo And the Father willingly forgives all those who will put their faith and trust in Christ And that would include even those who nailed Him there

bull Tom So Dave does that statement ldquoFather forgive them for they know not what they dordquo does that relate to Jesus paying thehellipin other words that was prior to Him suffering the wrath of God wasnrsquot itbull Dave Yes it wasbull Tom So did ithellipmy point is did it bring about forgiveness Salvation That statementbull Dave Well the penalty had to be paid The penalty had not yet been paid But this is Christ reacting against their hatred in love Now Isaiah 53 to which you referred it says ldquoIt pleased Yahweh it pleased the Lord to bruise him

Thou hast put him to griefhelliprdquo So there was a bruising that came from the Father And what was it He laid on Himhellipwell ldquoAll we like sheep have gone astray wersquove turned every one to His own wayrdquo But the Lord Yahweh has ldquolaid on Him the iniquity of us allrdquo Now thatrsquos something we donrsquot understand Paul said ldquoHe was made to be sin for us He who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in himrdquo You see this powerful and very difficult to understand presentation Jesus explains the Cross in John 3 before He gets to verse 16 in John314-15

He said ldquoAs Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting liferdquo The serpent that bit them is a picture of sin And that likeness of that serpent was put up on this pole and Jesus is saying He is going to be the very thingmdashHe will have to becomehellipand I donrsquot understand it Tom but the Scripture says it and this is what Jesus was agonizing about in the Gardenmdashnot that He was going to endure physical sufferings I donrsquot believe that that was what made Him sweat as it were drops of blood In fact Tom I think we could even say that many people probably suffered physically more than Jesus did Letrsquos take the Inquistion Yoursquove got some people on a grate with the fire under them and they are being turned overhellipand slowlyhellip

bull Tom Broiled alivehellipbull Dave Yes being broiled alive Or yoursquove got people being hung by meat hooks or in the Iron Maiden where they canrsquot get out and they just starve slowly to deathbull Tom Their skin peeled offhellip You know I hate to even bring these things up but itrsquos true Dave you read Foxersquos Book of Martyrs there are just incredible things that man has sufferedbull Dave Well what the Muslims have done down through history and the Syrians in particular flayed them alive Skinned them alive In fact that is why in the Gulf War the United States government wanted the Jewish soldiers and

sailors and so forth pilots not to have a dog tag that said they were Jewish They came up with a new category you remember ldquoProtestant Brdquomdashbecause they said if the Iraqis capture them and they know theyrsquore Jews they will skin them alive People were literally skinned alive

bull So where did our salvation come from He had to pay the penalty He cried out in triumph Tetelestai They stamped that on promissory notes and so forth It meant ldquoPaid in Fullrdquo He said ldquoNo man takes my life from me I lay it down of myselfrdquo He didnrsquot just kind of expire in weakness and die from the physical sufferings that they had imposed upon Him But He took our sins I believe in those three hours of darknessmdashit says ldquoIt pleased Yahweh to bruise himmdash You laid on him the iniquity of us all You made his soul [and this is soul this is spiritual this is not physical] you made his soul an offering for sinrdquo

bull So somehow Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world and He paid the penalty at the hands of ldquoGod my God my God why have you forsaken merdquomdashan eternal death separation from God forever and He endured in that time because Hersquos infinite I canrsquot understand it Tom but Irsquom sad when the focus is just on physical sufferings that we inflicted upon Him and we forget that it wasmdashthat He paid the penalty for our sins at the hands of a holy God He took what His own justice demanded He paid that penalty

bull Tom And Dave the sad thing for me growing up Roman Catholic the focus had always been upon suffering You suffered and by suffering you expiated your own sins either here or in purgatory and thatrsquos not what the Scriptures teach and it misses the gospel Thatrsquos the really grievous thing about it

Matthew 2337 2 Peter 39 1 Timothy 24 John 316 Isaiah 53 Did Jesus Suffer Enough to Save Us All

bull 1 Timothy 24 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truthbull Did Jesus Suffer Enough to Save Us Allbull Hunt amp McMahon [1]bull The Berean Call [2]bull Featured Date bull Sat 12152012bull Link bull Contending for the Faith 1404c [3]bull Body bull Search the Scriptures Daily Program 1404cbull bull CONTENDING FOR THE FAITHbull Gary You are listening to Search the Scriptures Daily a radio ministry of The Berean Call Still ahead Dave and Tom continue their weekly in-depth study of the doctrine of salvation Please stay with usbull Now Contending for the Faith In this regular feature Dave and Tom respond to questions from listeners and readers of The Berean Call Herersquos this weekrsquos question ldquoDear Dave and Tom How much of Christrsquos physical suffering paid

for our sinsrdquo

Tom Dave this is a one-line question and I think itrsquos so critical because I think therersquos a great amount of confusion out there with regard to what exactlymdashJesus paid the full penalty for our sins was it what man did to Him How much ofmdashdid God use of this as we know in going through Isaiah 53 there seemed to be some things that implied the physical torture of Christ And Irsquom sure it something thatrsquos on many hearts and minds out there with regard tomdashwell you have to refer to the film The Passion of the Christ which is focused on the physical sufferings of Christ But letrsquos see if we can put that aside for a second and just talk about what the Scriptures say with regard to Christ paying the penalty for our sins How much physical suffering was a part of that do you think Dave

bull Dave Well Tom I donrsquot think any physical suffering was a part of it That is what men did to Him Now of course He had to be crucifiedhellipbull Tom He had to die we know thatbull Dave Well yes but the manner of His deathmdashHe had to be crucified He would be beaten He would be rejected by His own peoplemdashall of this only points out the horror of the sin that had captured mankind That man would take

his Creator and mock Him and despise Him crucify Him Thatrsquos sin That is showingmdashitrsquos a demonstration to all eternity of the awfulness of the sinful nature that is in man now And so itrsquos so amazing that when man was doing his worst at the very time when man was venting his animosity his hatred against his Creator that God then does His best and that God in that moment we see the love of God in a way we could never see it otherwise and Christ cries out ldquoFather forgive them for they know not what they dordquo And the Father willingly forgives all those who will put their faith and trust in Christ And that would include even those who nailed Him there

bull Tom So Dave does that statement ldquoFather forgive them for they know not what they dordquo does that relate to Jesus paying thehellipin other words that was prior to Him suffering the wrath of God wasnrsquot itbull Dave Yes it wasbull Tom So did ithellipmy point is did it bring about forgiveness Salvation That statementbull Dave Well the penalty had to be paid The penalty had not yet been paid But this is Christ reacting against their hatred in love Now Isaiah 53 to which you referred it says ldquoIt pleased Yahweh it pleased the Lord to bruise him

Thou hast put him to griefhelliprdquo So there was a bruising that came from the Father And what was it He laid on Himhellipwell ldquoAll we like sheep have gone astray wersquove turned every one to His own wayrdquo But the Lord Yahweh has ldquolaid on Him the iniquity of us allrdquo Now thatrsquos something we donrsquot understand Paul said ldquoHe was made to be sin for us He who knew no sin that we might be made the righteousness of God in himrdquo You see this powerful and very difficult to understand presentation Jesus explains the Cross in John 3 before He gets to verse 16 in John314-15

He said ldquoAs Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting liferdquo The serpent that bit them is a picture of sin And that likeness of that serpent was put up on this pole and Jesus is saying He is going to be the very thingmdashHe will have to becomehellipand I donrsquot understand it Tom but the Scripture says it and this is what Jesus was agonizing about in the Gardenmdashnot that He was going to endure physical sufferings I donrsquot believe that that was what made Him sweat as it were drops of blood In fact Tom I think we could even say that many people probably suffered physically more than Jesus did Letrsquos take the Inquistion Yoursquove got some people on a grate with the fire under them and they are being turned overhellipand slowlyhellip

bull Tom Broiled alivehellipbull Dave Yes being broiled alive Or yoursquove got people being hung by meat hooks or in the Iron Maiden where they canrsquot get out and they just starve slowly to deathbull Tom Their skin peeled offhellip You know I hate to even bring these things up but itrsquos true Dave you read Foxersquos Book of Martyrs there are just incredible things that man has sufferedbull Dave Well what the Muslims have done down through history and the Syrians in particular flayed them alive Skinned them alive In fact that is why in the Gulf War the United States government wanted the Jewish soldiers and

sailors and so forth pilots not to have a dog tag that said they were Jewish They came up with a new category you remember ldquoProtestant Brdquomdashbecause they said if the Iraqis capture them and they know theyrsquore Jews they will skin them alive People were literally skinned alive

bull So where did our salvation come from He had to pay the penalty He cried out in triumph Tetelestai They stamped that on promissory notes and so forth It meant ldquoPaid in Fullrdquo He said ldquoNo man takes my life from me I lay it down of myselfrdquo He didnrsquot just kind of expire in weakness and die from the physical sufferings that they had imposed upon Him But He took our sins I believe in those three hours of darknessmdashit says ldquoIt pleased Yahweh to bruise himmdash You laid on him the iniquity of us all You made his soul [and this is soul this is spiritual this is not physical] you made his soul an offering for sinrdquo

bull So somehow Christ took upon Himself the sins of the world and He paid the penalty at the hands of ldquoGod my God my God why have you forsaken merdquomdashan eternal death separation from God forever and He endured in that time because Hersquos infinite I canrsquot understand it Tom but Irsquom sad when the focus is just on physical sufferings that we inflicted upon Him and we forget that it wasmdashthat He paid the penalty for our sins at the hands of a holy God He took what His own justice demanded He paid that penalty

bull Tom And Dave the sad thing for me growing up Roman Catholic the focus had always been upon suffering You suffered and by suffering you expiated your own sins either here or in purgatory and thatrsquos not what the Scriptures teach and it misses the gospel Thatrsquos the really grievous thing about it

Billy Grahams Steps to Peace With God By Paul Fritz John 316

bull Billy Grahams Steps to Peace With Godbull bull By Paul Fritz

John 316 bull bull bull Here are four steps to peace with God Billy Graham discovered the secret to effectiveness in his preaching which we all need Many often overlook this one element that is so central to the Christian faith - the preaching of Christ crucified on the cross as a

substitutionary payment for the forgiveness of sinsbull bull 1 RECOGNIZE GODS PLAN - Peace and Lifebull bull God loves you and wants to give you His plan that begins with the gift of eternal life that is filled with peace satisfying and good However billions of people are not saved because they do not know that they are lost and headed for hell Only when people

recognize that they need to trust Christ alone as their Savior from sin can they recognize Gods plan for their lifebull

Many go through their entire life not recognizing Gods will for their life and consequently suffer distress frustration and emptiness then eventually hell and eternal judgmentbull bull Jesus said For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that everyone who believes in Him may not perish but have everlasting life (John 316)bull bull 2 REALIZE OUR PROBLEM - Separation from Godbull bull People chose to disobey God and go their own way When sin entered the world because of mans disobedience death passed upon all men for we have all sinned through the sin of Adam as well as with our own disobedience to Gods holy characterbull

Realizing that one is separated from God means that one fully comprehends the condition of one who is at enmity with our Creator Paul wrote about this state in Ephesians 21-3 when he wrotebull bull You were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and the ruler of the kingdom of the air the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient Like the rest we were by nature objects of

wrathbull bull The Bible says For everyone has sinned and is far away from Gods saving presence and glory (Rom 323)bull bull 3 RESPOND TO GODS REMEDY - Cross of Christbull bull Christ died was buried and resurrected from the dead to provide a sacrificial atonement for the forgiveness of all our past present and future sins if we will respond to Him with saving faith It is not enough to just say we believe in Christ We must place our

trust in Christ as the substitutionary payment for the forgiveness of our sins We must trust Christ to become our personal Savior from sin as the one who became our sin bearerbull bull The Bible teaches But God has demonstrated his own love for us It was while we were still sinners that Christ died for us and not just for our sins only but also for the sins of the world (Rom 58)bull bull Jesus is the medicine we need to respond to if we want to receive the remedy for sin death hell and eternal separation from Godbull bull 4 RECEIVE GODS SON - Savior and Lordbull bull A person crosses the bridge to become a member of Gods eternal family when you ask Christ to come into your life and receive Him by saving faithbull bull The Bible says But to as many as did receive and welcome Him He gave the authority (power privilege right) to become the children of God that is to those who believe (adhere to trust in and rely alone on) His name - the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

(John112) Amplified Biblebull bull Only when we personally invite Christ into our life as our Savior and Lord do we become a son or daughter of God Until that time we are not a part of Gods eternal familybull bull The Bible teaches Who owe their birth neither to bloodlines nor to the will of the flesh (that of physical impulse) nor to the will of man (that of a natural father or mother) but to God (They are born of God and receive His nature into their soul) (John 113)

Amplified Biblebull bull The INVITATION IS TObull bull Repent (turn from your sins) and by faith receive Jesus Christ into your heart and life and follow Him in obedience as your Lord and Saviorbull bull PRAYER OF COMMITMENTbull bull Lord Jesus I know I am a sinner I believe You died for my sins Right now I turn from my sins and open the door of my heart and life I receive You as my personal Lord and Savior Thank You for saving me now Amenbull bull If you want further help in the decision you have made write tobull bull Billy Graham Evangelistic Association PO Box 779 Minneapolis MN 55440

John 142-3 329 Zola Levittrsquos Explanation Of The Jewish Wedding

bull Jewish Wedding Ceremony httprapturereadycomsoap2wriston1htmlbull By Joy Wristonbull I was brought up in a church that believed in the Pre-Trib Rapture but in college encountered other views I noticed that they mostly used the same verses but interpreted them differently so wondered if my interpretation could be the one that was wrong Then I discovered Zola Levitt and his explanation of the Jewish roots of the Rapture confirmed for me

that the Pre-Trib view is the accurate onebull This is my synopsis of his teaching gleaned from his book An Israeli Love Story( a fictional story which explains the Jewish wedding ceremony) Anyone who wants to research this further can do so as there are many articles from different sources on the Internetbull The First Century Jewish Wedding Ceremonybull In the first century when a young man saw a young lady he liked he consulted with his father Sometimes the father picked the girl and no consultations were necessary But when the father approved of the choice of a bride the young man would go to her house and speak with her father (p105)bull At the bridersquos house three very important things would occur The groom would make a covenant with the bride an actual contract he would drink a cup of wine with her which sealed the covenant and he would pay the bridal price for her to the father The bridal price was to make sure the groom was serious about the covenantmdashhe had to pay a price

After the covenant was made the cup had been drunk and the price paid the groom would make a speech to the bride telling her that he was going to leave her and return to his fatherrsquos house to prepare a bridal chamber for her sort of a honeymoon suitebull The words he would say were ldquoI go to prepare a place for yourdquo He would be gone for a long time He would have to build and finish the bridal chamber and have it approved by his father It would have to be stocked for enough provisions to last for the prescribed seven days for a honeymoon of that time periodHe would want it to be beautiful for herbull It had to be done right to win the approval of the groomrsquos father During that year or so that the groom was building the bridal chamber if anyone asked him when the wedding would be he would say ldquoI donrsquot know Only my father knowsrdquoAnd that was trueHe couldnrsquot go back to get his bride until his father approved the chamber and told him to go get her

(pp106-108)bull Meanwhile the bride was waiting with dignity She wore her veil whenever she went out so that other young men would know that she wasnrsquot available Now she was called ldquoset apartrdquo ldquoconsecraterdquo And ldquobought with a pricerdquo She was no longer her own person but an individual contracted to another and she conducted herself in a way that respected that

agreement She didnrsquot seek after other young men She prepared herself for marriage by gathering her trousseau and waiting for her groom She was at home every night especially as time went on and she knew he could be comingbull The tradition was for him to come at night especially midnight to try to take her by surprise It was to be ldquoan abductionrdquo The bride would be waiting with her ldquobridesmaidsrdquo her sisters or whomever she wanted in her wedding party They would all have oil in their lamps just in case the groom did come at night As time went on they were sure to be ready

every night (pp109-110)bull One night the groom did finally come It was customary for the groomrsquos party to shout as they neared the bridersquos houseWhen the bride heard that shout she knew her groom had come to get her The groom and his friends would rush in and grab every girl in sight being sure to get the one with the veil (the bride) He needed her veil as the party would be

going through the streets and she was not yet married The bridersquos father and brothers looked the other way as long as it was the young man with the contract (p110)bull The entire wedding party would head towards the groomrsquos house traveling through the streets and laughing People would know there was a wedding going on but couldnrsquot tell who the bride was because the bride was covered by the veil The bride and groom would enter the bridal chamber while the wedding party waited outside along with the wedding

guests (friends of the groomrsquos father) Everyone waited outside the wedding chamber until the groom told his trusted friend through the door that the marriage was consummatedbull Then the guests began celebrating an accomplished marriage The guests would spend the next seven days there celebrating until the bride emerged with her veil off Now the couple were husband and wife Then there would be the marriage supper where everyone would joyfully congratulate the new couple Afterwards the young couple would leave the

fatherrsquos house and go to a permanent home the husband had prepared for them (p111-113)bull Jesus as the Bridegroombull The New Covenantbull Hebrew 88 quotes Jeremiah 3131-34 which statesbull ldquolsquoBehold days are comingrsquo declares the Lord lsquowhen I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah not like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt My covenant which they broke although I was a husband to themrsquo declares the LordlsquoBut this is the

covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those daysrsquo declares the Lord lsquoI will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it and I will be their God and they shall be My people They will not teach again each man his neighbor and each man his brother saying lsquoKnow the Lordrsquo for they will all know Me from the least of them to the greatest of themrdquo declares the Lord ldquofor I will forgive their iniquities and their sin I will remember no morerdquo

bull The New Covenant had to do with the Messiahrsquos coming and had to be signed in blood Abraham had to divide animals when the Abrahamic Covenant made the Jews the chosen people (Genesis 1510) In Mosesrsquo day the blood of the sacrificial lamb on the doorposts saved the firstborn of the Jewish believers (Exodus 127) Then later on Mount Sinai the Mosaic Covenant was established It required repeated blood (animal) sacrifices specified in the Law for the forgiveness of sinsoffenses against God (Exodus 2024)

bull The Davidic Covenant included burnt and peace offerings which required the shedding of animal blood (2 Samuel 617-18 1 Chronicles 161-3) Itrsquos the blood that makes the Covenant go into effect When the Messiah (Jesus) came John the Baptist called Him ldquoThe Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the worldrdquo (John 129) Isaiah 537 says the Messiah ldquowould be led as a lamb to the slaughterrdquo When Jesus died on the cross it was as a sacrifice for us dying in our place with our sins placed on Him

bull That the relationship of God and Israel has always been a marriage is made clear in the book of Hosea In Jeremiah 3132 God says He has been a ldquohusbandrdquo to IsraelPaul compared marriage to being like the relationship between Christ and the church (Ephesians 522-33) The church is referred to as the bride of Christ or betrothed of Christ (Revelation 179 Ephesians 525-28 2 Corinthians 111-4)

bull Jesus said that He only came for the ldquolost sheep of the house of Israelrdquo When Gentiles came to faith in the Jewish Messiah they were grafted into the Jewish tree and were called the spiritual seed of Abraham (Matthew 1524 Romans 1117)bull The Cupbull At the Passover supper Jesus drank the cup with his disciples and stated ldquoThis is My blood of the new covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 2628) God promises ldquoI will forgive their iniquities and remember their sins no morerdquo (Jeremiah 3134) In the Jewish faith the cup at the Passover supper is called the ldquoCup of

Redemptionrdquobull The Pricebull Jesus paid the bride price He even asked His Father if it was worth it (Luke 2242-44) In the Garden of Eden Jesus prayed ldquoFather if You are willing remove this cup from Me yet not My will but yours be done And His sweat fell like great drops of blood while He was contemplating the cross God sent an angel to strengthen His Son That was His answer

Jesus paid the price for usbull ldquoI Go to Prepare a Place for Yourdquobull In John 142-3 Jesus tells His disciples ldquo In My Fatherrsquos house are many dwelling places If it were not so I would have told you for I go to prepare a place for you If I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you to Myself that where I am there you may be alsordquo His ascension into heaven is recorded in Mark 1619-20 and Luke 2450-51bull The Bride Awaitsbull Jesus is still at his Fatherrsquos house preparing a place for us And we are awaiting His return in a consecrated waymdashbought with a price set apart (1 Corinthians 620 John 1714-26 Romans 1221 Peter 115-16) ldquoWe are to act like the covenanted bride and be waiting at all times for our Bridegroom to comeWe are to have oil in our lamps and be ready to

travel even at night (Matthew 251-46)Our oil is the Holy Spirit the third Person of the Trinity who came to the Jews at Pentecost after the Messiah ascended We are each to be filled with the Holy Spirit and always ready to go (Acts 2)bull Jesus performed a vast Jewish courtship with His believers ldquoThe Lord will return for His bride There will be a bridal chamber in heaven where Jesus and the church will spend seven years - like the ancient seven days and there will be a marriage supper like the Jews used to have Every detail of Jesusrsquo great wedding will be accomplished and it will be carried

out in the exact traditions of the Jewish people because Jesus is Jewishrdquobull The Return of the Bridegroombull In the Jewish holy days ldquoShuvuot (Pentecost) ndash thatrsquos the harvest holiday All summer following Pentecost the people plant and till the ground But when the trumpet sounds on what we now call Rosh Hashanah the old Feast of Trumpets the crops are in and the harvest is finished Jeremiah just to mention one prophet could see that we wouldnrsquot be

readymdashnot all of usbull ldquoThe summer is ended and we are not savedrdquo (Jeremiah 820)Paul gave us a wonderful picture of that moment when the groom will return for His briderdquo For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first Then we who are alive and remain will be caught

up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we shall always be with the Lord (1 Thessalonians 416-17) (pp 149-151)bull That fulfills everythingYou have the shout of the bridegroom to notify the bride of his coming you have the trumpet to finish the harvest and to proclaim liberty for Godrsquos people We (Jews) used to blow the trumpet on each Jubilee to proclaim libertyhellipwell this is real liberty (Leviticus 2510)bull Just as a Jewish bridegroom called for his bride unexpectedly and took her to his fatherrsquos house Jesus will take His Bride (believers) away quickly changed in the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 1552) The Bride is to be ready and waiting with her veil on so that anyone who sees her pass will not know who she isbull People in todayrsquos world also donrsquot recognize the bride of Christ They see people going to church but donrsquot recognize them as the Bride Itrsquos as if true believers are wearing a spiritual veil making them unrecognizable to the world After the Bride has gone on to her wedding the world still wonrsquot recognize who she wasbull The House of the Father of the Groombull When the bride and groom arrive at the groomrsquos fatherrsquos house they will find a large gathering of wedding guests who are friends of the father When the Bridegroom brings us to His Fatherrsquos house we will also find the Fatherrsquos friends there as wedding guests These are the Old Testament saints Abraham Isaac and Jacob the prophets and the faithful

chosen people who lived prior to the coming of the Messiahbull But first the bride and groom must go into the bridal chamber for seven days And the groomrsquos friend waits outside the chamber until he hears the groomrsquos voice Then he tells the guests when the marriage is consummated In John 329 the Pharisees were questioning John the Baptist if he was the Messiah John told them ldquoHe that has the bride is the

bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands nearby and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroomrsquos voice So this joy of mine has been made fullrdquo The marriage is accomplished when the bridegroomrsquos voice is heardbull The ldquohoneymoonrdquo in heaven is the judgment seat of Christ We will go before the Messiah and He will look at our works done for Him while we were in the fleshWe (believers) are all His servants and we do both good works and bad In 1 Corinthians 311-15 Paul wrotebull ldquoNo man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid which is Jesus Christ Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold silver precious stones wood hay or straw each manrsquos work will become evident for the day will show it for it is to be revealed with fire and the fire itself will test the quality of each manrsquos work If any manrsquos work which he

has built on remains he will receive a reward (crowns) If any manrsquos work is burned up he will suffer loss but he himself will be saved yet so as through firebull This has nothing to do with sins They were all covered at the cross God isnrsquot going to charge us for what is already paid for If you accept Jesus as Messiah (Savior) all your sins are forgiven The ldquohoneymoonrdquo is where the groom removes the bridersquos veil and knows her secrets Even with our ldquobadrdquo works love is the healing factor If you want a ldquogood

honeymoonrdquo follow the Lord and do your good works for him Either way keep in mind that Jesus loves you and will be very glad to see youbull The Marriage Supperbull The announcement has been made that the marriage is consummated The Lord has examined everyonersquos works and the crowns have been awarded Now there is great rejoicing and celebration The marriage is official and the great marriage supper (what we would call the reception) will commence The Bride will be greatly honoredbull ldquoLet us rejoice and be glad and give glory to Him for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His wife has made herself ready It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen bright and clean for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saintsrdquo (Revelation 197-8)bull Notice that the Bible now says ldquowiferdquo instead of ldquobriderdquo The honeymoon is finished and we are now married to the Lord After the supper is over wersquoll leave to live and reign with our Husband in His millennial kingdombull jdwristongmailcom

John 142-3 329 Zola Levittrsquos Explanation Of The Jewish Wedding

bull Jewish Wedding Ceremony httprapturereadycomsoap2wriston1htmlbull By Joy Wristonbull I was brought up in a church that believed in the Pre-Trib Rapture but in college encountered other views I noticed that they mostly used the same verses but interpreted them differently so wondered if my interpretation could be the one that was wrong Then I discovered Zola Levitt and his explanation of the Jewish roots of the Rapture confirmed for me

that the Pre-Trib view is the accurate onebull This is my synopsis of his teaching gleaned from his book An Israeli Love Story( a fictional story which explains the Jewish wedding ceremony) Anyone who wants to research this further can do so as there are many articles from different sources on the Internetbull The First Century Jewish Wedding Ceremonybull In the first century when a young man saw a young lady he liked he consulted with his father Sometimes the father picked the girl and no consultations were necessary But when the father approved of the choice of a bride the young man would go to her house and speak with her father (p105)bull At the bridersquos house three very important things would occur The groom would make a covenant with the bride an actual contract he would drink a cup of wine with her which sealed the covenant and he would pay the bridal price for her to the father The bridal price was to make sure the groom was serious about the covenantmdashhe had to pay a price

After the covenant was made the cup had been drunk and the price paid the groom would make a speech to the bride telling her that he was going to leave her and return to his fatherrsquos house to prepare a bridal chamber for her sort of a honeymoon suitebull The words he would say were ldquoI go to prepare a place for yourdquo He would be gone for a long time He would have to build and finish the bridal chamber and have it approved by his father It would have to be stocked for enough provisions to last for the prescribed seven days for a honeymoon of that time periodHe would want it to be beautiful for herbull It had to be done right to win the approval of the groomrsquos father During that year or so that the groom was building the bridal chamber if anyone asked him when the wedding would be he would say ldquoI donrsquot know Only my father knowsrdquoAnd that was trueHe couldnrsquot go back to get his bride until his father approved the chamber and told him to go get her

(pp106-108)bull Meanwhile the bride was waiting with dignity She wore her veil whenever she went out so that other young men would know that she wasnrsquot available Now she was called ldquoset apartrdquo ldquoconsecraterdquo And ldquobought with a pricerdquo She was no longer her own person but an individual contracted to another and she conducted herself in a way that respected that

agreement She didnrsquot seek after other young men She prepared herself for marriage by gathering her trousseau and waiting for her groom She was at home every night especially as time went on and she knew he could be comingbull The tradition was for him to come at night especially midnight to try to take her by surprise It was to be ldquoan abductionrdquo The bride would be waiting with her ldquobridesmaidsrdquo her sisters or whomever she wanted in her wedding party They would all have oil in their lamps just in case the groom did come at night As time went on they were sure to be ready

every night (pp109-110)bull One night the groom did finally come It was customary for the groomrsquos party to shout as they neared the bridersquos houseWhen the bride heard that shout she knew her groom had come to get her The groom and his friends would rush in and grab every girl in sight being sure to get the one with the veil (the bride) He needed her veil as the party would be

going through the streets and she was not yet married The bridersquos father and brothers looked the other way as long as it was the young man with the contract (p110)bull The entire wedding party would head towards the groomrsquos house traveling through the streets and laughing People would know there was a wedding going on but couldnrsquot tell who the bride was because the bride was covered by the veil The bride and groom would enter the bridal chamber while the wedding party waited outside along with the wedding

guests (friends of the groomrsquos father) Everyone waited outside the wedding chamber until the groom told his trusted friend through the door that the marriage was consummatedbull Then the guests began celebrating an accomplished marriage The guests would spend the next seven days there celebrating until the bride emerged with her veil off Now the couple were husband and wife Then there would be the marriage supper where everyone would joyfully congratulate the new couple Afterwards the young couple would leave the

fatherrsquos house and go to a permanent home the husband had prepared for them (p111-113)bull Jesus as the Bridegroombull The New Covenantbull Hebrew 88 quotes Jeremiah 3131-34 which statesbull ldquolsquoBehold days are comingrsquo declares the Lord lsquowhen I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah not like the covenant I made with their fathers on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt My covenant which they broke although I was a husband to themrsquo declares the LordlsquoBut this is the

covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those daysrsquo declares the Lord lsquoI will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it and I will be their God and they shall be My people They will not teach again each man his neighbor and each man his brother saying lsquoKnow the Lordrsquo for they will all know Me from the least of them to the greatest of themrdquo declares the Lord ldquofor I will forgive their iniquities and their sin I will remember no morerdquo

bull The New Covenant had to do with the Messiahrsquos coming and had to be signed in blood Abraham had to divide animals when the Abrahamic Covenant made the Jews the chosen people (Genesis 1510) In Mosesrsquo day the blood of the sacrificial lamb on the doorposts saved the firstborn of the Jewish believers (Exodus 127) Then later on Mount Sinai the Mosaic Covenant was established It required repeated blood (animal) sacrifices specified in the Law for the forgiveness of sinsoffenses against God (Exodus 2024)

bull The Davidic Covenant included burnt and peace offerings which required the shedding of animal blood (2 Samuel 617-18 1 Chronicles 161-3) Itrsquos the blood that makes the Covenant go into effect When the Messiah (Jesus) came John the Baptist called Him ldquoThe Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the worldrdquo (John 129) Isaiah 537 says the Messiah ldquowould be led as a lamb to the slaughterrdquo When Jesus died on the cross it was as a sacrifice for us dying in our place with our sins placed on Him

bull That the relationship of God and Israel has always been a marriage is made clear in the book of Hosea In Jeremiah 3132 God says He has been a ldquohusbandrdquo to IsraelPaul compared marriage to being like the relationship between Christ and the church (Ephesians 522-33) The church is referred to as the bride of Christ or betrothed of Christ (Revelation 179 Ephesians 525-28 2 Corinthians 111-4)

bull Jesus said that He only came for the ldquolost sheep of the house of Israelrdquo When Gentiles came to faith in the Jewish Messiah they were grafted into the Jewish tree and were called the spiritual seed of Abraham (Matthew 1524 Romans 1117)bull The Cupbull At the Passover supper Jesus drank the cup with his disciples and stated ldquoThis is My blood of the new covenant which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins (Matthew 2628) God promises ldquoI will forgive their iniquities and remember their sins no morerdquo (Jeremiah 3134) In the Jewish faith the cup at the Passover supper is called the ldquoCup of

Redemptionrdquobull The Pricebull Jesus paid the bride price He even asked His Father if it was worth it (Luke 2242-44) In the Garden of Eden Jesus prayed ldquoFather if You are willing remove this cup from Me yet not My will but yours be done And His sweat fell like great drops of blood while He was contemplating the cross God sent an angel to strengthen His Son That was His answer

Jesus paid the price for usbull ldquoI Go to Prepare a Place for Yourdquobull In John 142-3 Jesus tells His disciples ldquo In My Fatherrsquos house are many dwelling places If it were not so I would have told you for I go to prepare a place for you If I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you to Myself that where I am there you may be alsordquo His ascension into heaven is recorded in Mark 1619-20 and Luke 2450-51bull The Bride Awaitsbull Jesus is still at his Fatherrsquos house preparing a place for us And we are awaiting His return in a consecrated waymdashbought with a price set apart (1 Corinthians 620 John 1714-26 Romans 1221 Peter 115-16) ldquoWe are to act like the covenanted bride and be waiting at all times for our Bridegroom to comeWe are to have oil in our lamps and be ready to

travel even at night (Matthew 251-46)Our oil is the Holy Spirit the third Person of the Trinity who came to the Jews at Pentecost after the Messiah ascended We are each to be filled with the Holy Spirit and always ready to go (Acts 2)bull Jesus performed a vast Jewish courtship with His believers ldquoThe Lord will return for His bride There will be a bridal chamber in heaven where Jesus and the church will spend seven years - like the ancient seven days and there will be a marriage supper like the Jews used to have Every detail of Jesusrsquo great wedding will be accomplished and it will be carried

out in the exact traditions of the Jewish people because Jesus is Jewishrdquobull The Return of the Bridegroombull In the Jewish holy days ldquoShuvuot (Pentecost) ndash thatrsquos the harvest holiday All summer following Pentecost the people plant and till the ground But when the trumpet sounds on what we now call Rosh Hashanah the old Feast of Trumpets the crops are in and the harvest is finished Jeremiah just to mention one prophet could see that we wouldnrsquot be

readymdashnot all of usbull ldquoThe summer is ended and we are not savedrdquo (Jeremiah 820)Paul gave us a wonderful picture of that moment when the groom will return for His briderdquo For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with trumpet of God and the dead in Christ will rise first Then we who are alive and remain will be caught

up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and so we shall always be with the Lord (1 Thessalonians 416-17) (pp 149-151)bull That fulfills everythingYou have the shout of the bridegroom to notify the bride of his coming you have the trumpet to finish the harvest and to proclaim liberty for Godrsquos people We (Jews) used to blow the trumpet on each Jubilee to proclaim libertyhellipwell this is real liberty (Leviticus 2510)bull Just as a Jewish bridegroom called for his bride unexpectedly and took her to his fatherrsquos house Jesus will take His Bride (believers) away quickly changed in the twinkling of an eye (1 Corinthians 1552) The Bride is to be ready and waiting with her veil on so that anyone who sees her pass will not know who she isbull People in todayrsquos world also donrsquot recognize the bride of Christ They see people going to church but donrsquot recognize them as the Bride Itrsquos as if true believers are wearing a spiritual veil making them unrecognizable to the world After the Bride has gone on to her wedding the world still wonrsquot recognize who she wasbull The House of the Father of the Groombull When the bride and groom arrive at the groomrsquos fatherrsquos house they will find a large gathering of wedding guests who are friends of the father When the Bridegroom brings us to His Fatherrsquos house we will also find the Fatherrsquos friends there as wedding guests These are the Old Testament saints Abraham Isaac and Jacob the prophets and the faithful

chosen people who lived prior to the coming of the Messiahbull But first the bride and groom must go into the bridal chamber for seven days And the groomrsquos friend waits outside the chamber until he hears the groomrsquos voice Then he tells the guests when the marriage is consummated In John 329 the Pharisees were questioning John the Baptist if he was the Messiah John told them ldquoHe that has the bride is the

bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom who stands nearby and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroomrsquos voice So this joy of mine has been made fullrdquo The marriage is accomplished when the bridegroomrsquos voice is heardbull The ldquohoneymoonrdquo in heaven is the judgment seat of Christ We will go before the Messiah and He will look at our works done for Him while we were in the fleshWe (believers) are all His servants and we do both good works and bad In 1 Corinthians 311-15 Paul wrotebull ldquoNo man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid which is Jesus Christ Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold silver precious stones wood hay or straw each manrsquos work will become evident for the day will show it for it is to be revealed with fire and the fire itself will test the quality of each manrsquos work If any manrsquos work which he

has built on remains he will receive a reward (crowns) If any manrsquos work is burned up he will suffer loss but he himself will be saved yet so as through firebull This has nothing to do with sins They were all covered at the cross God isnrsquot going to charge us for what is already paid for If you accept Jesus as Messiah (Savior) all your sins are forgiven The ldquohoneymoonrdquo is where the groom removes the bridersquos veil and knows her secrets Even with our ldquobadrdquo works love is the healing factor If you want a ldquogood

honeymoonrdquo follow the Lord and do your good works for him Either way keep in mind that Jesus loves you and will be very glad to see youbull The Marriage Supperbull The announcement has been made that the marriage is consummated The Lord has examined everyonersquos works and the crowns have been awarded Now there is great rejoicing and celebration The marriage is official and the great marriage supper (what we would call the reception) will commence The Bride will be greatly honoredbull ldquoLet us rejoice and be glad and give glory to Him for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His wife has made herself ready It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen bright and clean for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saintsrdquo (Revelation 197-8)bull Notice that the Bible now says ldquowiferdquo instead of ldquobriderdquo The honeymoon is finished and we are now married to the Lord After the supper is over wersquoll leave to live and reign with our Husband in His millennial kingdombull jdwristongmailcom

Godrsquos Love Question Why does God love usrdquo GotQuestionsorg

bull Answer This short question is among the most profound questions ever asked And no human would ever be able to answer it sufficiently One thing is certain however God does not love us because we are lovable or because we deserve His love If anything the opposite is true The state of mankind since the fall is one of rebellion and disobedience Jeremiah 179 describes manrsquos inner condition ldquoThe heart is deceitful and desperately wicked Who can know itrdquo Our innermost beings are so corrupted by sin that even we donrsquot realize the extent to which sin has tainted us In our natural state we do not seek God we do not love God we do not desire God Romans 310-12 clearly presents the state of the natural unregenerate person ldquoThere is none righteous no not one There is none who understands There is none who seeks after God They have all turned aside They have together become unprofitable There is none who does good no not onerdquo How then is it possible for a holy righteous and perfect God to love such creatures To understand this we must understand something of the nature and character of God

bull First John 48 and 16 tell us that ldquoGod is loverdquo Never was a more important declaration made than thismdashGod is love This is a profound statement God doesnrsquot just love He is love His nature and essence are love Love permeates His very being and infuses all His other attributes even His wrath and anger Because Godrsquos very nature is love He must demonstrate love just as He must demonstrate all His attributes because doing so glorifies Him Glorifying God is the highest the best and the most noble of all acts so naturally glorifying Himself is what He must do because He is the highest and the best and He deserves all glory

bull Since it is Gods essential nature to love He demonstrates His love by lavishing it on undeserving people who are in rebellion against Him Godrsquos love is not a sappy sentimental romantic feeling Rather it is agape love the love of self-sacrifice He demonstrates this sacrificial love by sending His Son to the cross to pay the penalty for our sin (1 John 410) by drawing us to Himself (John 644) by forgiving us of our rebellion against Him and by sending His Holy Spirit to dwell within us thereby enabling us to love as He loves He did this in spite of the fact that we did not deserve it But God demonstrates His own love for us in this While we were still sinners Christ died for us (Romans 58)

bull Gods love is personal He knows each of us individually and loves us personally His is a mighty love that has no beginning and no end It is this experiencing of Godrsquos love that distinguishes Christianity from all other religions Why does God love us It is because of who He is God is love

bull Recommended Resources The Difficult Doctrine of the Love of God by DA Carson and Logos Bible Software

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bull Are the Ten Commandments taken from the forty-two precepts of Maat

bull What is alchemy Does the Bible mention alchemy

bull Who was Huldah the prophetess in the Bible

bull What is false doctrine

bull What do I need to do to hear Well done good and faithful servant when I arrive in heaven

bull If Jesus was a Jew why arent Christians Jewish

salvation prayers Question What is the prayer of salvation

bull Question What is the prayer of salvationbull Answer Many people ask ldquoIs there a prayer I can pray that will guarantee my salvationrdquo It is important to remember

that salvation is not received by reciting a prayer or uttering certain words The Bible nowhere records a personrsquos receiving salvation by a prayer Saying a prayer is not the biblical way of salvation

bull The biblical method of salvation is faith in Jesus Christ John 316 tells us ldquoFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal liferdquo Salvation is gained by faith (Ephesians 28) by receiving Jesus as Savior (John 112) and by fully trusting Jesus alone (John 146 Acts 412) not by reciting a prayer

bull The biblical message of salvation is simple and clear and amazing at the same time We have all committed sin against God (Romans 323) Other than Jesus Christ there is no one who has lived an entire life without sinning (Ecclesiastes 720) Because of our sin we have earned judgment from God (Romans 623) and that judgment is physical death followed by spiritual death Because of our sin and its deserved punishment there is nothing we can do on our own to make ourselves right with God As a result of His love for us God became a human being in the Person of Jesus Christ Jesus lived a perfect life and always taught the truth However humanity rejected Jesus and put Him to death by crucifying Him Through that horrible act though Jesus died in our place Jesus took the burden and judgment of sin on Himself and He died in our place (2 Corinthians 521) Jesus was then resurrected (1 Corinthians 15) proving that His payment for sin was sufficient and that He had overcome sin and death As a result of Jesusrsquo sacrifice God offers us salvation as a gift God calls us all to change our minds about Jesus (Acts 1730) and to receive Him as the full payment of our sins (1 John 22) Salvation is gained by receiving the gift God offers us not by praying a prayer

bull Now that does not mean prayer cannot be involved in receiving salvation If you understand the gospel believe it to be true and have accepted Jesus as your salvation it is good and appropriate to express that faith to God in prayer Communicating with God through prayer can be a way to progress from accepting facts about Jesus to fully trusting in Him as Savior Prayer can be connected to the act of placing your faith in Jesus alone for salvation

bull Again though it is crucially important that you do not base your salvation on having said a prayer Reciting a prayer cannot save you If you want to receive the salvation that is available through Jesus place your faith in Him Fully trust His death as the sufficient sacrifice for your sins Completely rely on Him alone as your Savior That is the biblical method of salvation If you have received Jesus as your Savior by all means say a prayer to God Tell God how thankful you are for Jesus Offer praise to God for His love and sacrifice Thank Jesus for dying for your sins and providing salvation for you That is the biblical connection between salvation and prayer

John 316 The Sovereignty Of God In Election Predestined Or Free Will

bull QUESTION FOR THE DAYbull Dear Compassbull Im curious as to your stand on the Sovereignty of God in election Your answers to most questions

demand an undeniable faith in the absolute Sovereignty of God in all things so do you see God as Sovereign in the salvation of mens souls as well

bullANSWER

bull There are two truths taught by our Infinite Lord that we with finite minds have some difficulty accepting andor understanding how they both could be true

bull YES God CHOSE all Christians before the foundation of the world was ever laidbull Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world mdashEphesians 14 and whom He

predestined these He also called mdashRomans 830bull And YES God gave mankind the FREE WILL to accept or reject the gift of the Cross Whoever will call

upon the name of the Lord will be saved mdashRomans 1013 whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life mdashJohn 316

bull Realize again that BOTH election and free will are true even if they seem mutually exclusive to usFor My thoughts are not your thoughts Neither are your ways My waysrdquo declares the LORDmdashIsaiah 558 And always remember that God said He does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentanceThe Lord is not slow about His promise as some count slowness but is patient toward you not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance mdash2 Peter 39

John 316 Is Universalism Universal Salvation Biblical gotquestionsorg

bull Answer Universalism is the belief that everyone will be saved There are many people today who hold to universal salvation and believe that all people eventually end up in heaven Perhaps it is the thought of men and women living a life of eternal torment in hell that causes some to reject the teaching of Scripture on this issue For some it is an over-emphasis on the love and compassion of Godmdashand the neglect of the righteousness and justice of Godmdashthat leads them to believe God will have mercy on every living soul But the Scriptures do teach that some people will spend eternity in hell

First of all the Bible is clear that unredeemed men will dwell forever in hell Jesusrsquo own words confirm that the time spent in heaven for the redeemed will last as long as that of the unredeemed in hell Matthew 2546 says ldquoThen they [the unsaved] will go away to eternal punishment but the righteous to eternal liferdquo According to this verse the punishment of the unsaved is just as eternal as the life of the righteous Some believe that those in hell will eventually cease to exist but the Lord Himself confirms that it will last forever Matthew 2541 and Mark944 describe hell as ldquoeternal firerdquo and ldquounquenchable firerdquo

How does one avoid this unquenchable fire Many people believe that all roadsmdashall religions and beliefsmdashlead to heaven or they consider that God is so full of love and mercy that He will allow all people into heaven God is certainly full of love and mercy it was these qualities that led Him to send His Son Jesus Christ to earth to die on the cross for us Jesus Christ is the exclusive door that leads to an eternity in heaven Acts 412says ldquoSalvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be savedrdquo ldquoThere is one God and one mediator between God and men the man Christ Jesusrdquo (1 Timothy 25) In John 146 Jesus says ldquoI am the way and the truth and the life No one comes to the Father except through merdquo John 316 ldquoFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal liferdquo If we choose to reject Godrsquos Son we do not meet the requirements for salvation (John316 18 36)

With verses such as these it becomes clear that universalism and universal salvation are unbiblical beliefs Universalism directly contradicts what Scripture teaches While many people accuse Christians of being intolerant and ldquoexclusiverdquo it is important to remember that these are the words of Christ Himself Christians did not develop these ideas on their own Christians are simply stating what the Lord has already said People choose to reject the message because they do not want to face up to their sin and admit that they need the Lord to save them To say that those who reject Godrsquos provision of salvation through His Son will be saved is to belittle the holiness and justice of God and negate the need of Jesusrsquo sacrifice on our behalfRecommended Resources Logos Bible Software and Four Views of Salvation in a Pluralistic World by Dennis L Okholm amp Timothy R Phillips

John 316 The Sovereignty Of God In Election Predestined Or Free Will

bull QUESTION FOR THE DAYbull Dear Compassbull Im curious as to your stand on the Sovereignty of God in election Your answers to most questions

demand an undeniable faith in the absolute Sovereignty of God in all things so do you see God as Sovereign in the salvation of mens souls as well

bullANSWER

bull There are two truths taught by our Infinite Lord that we with finite minds have some difficulty accepting andor understanding how they both could be true

bull YES God CHOSE all Christians before the foundation of the world was ever laidbull Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world mdashEphesians 14 and whom He

predestined these He also called mdashRomans 830bull And YES God gave mankind the FREE WILL to accept or reject the gift of the Cross Whoever will call

upon the name of the Lord will be saved mdashRomans 1013 whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life mdashJohn 316

bull Realize again that BOTH election and free will are true even if they seem mutually exclusive to usFor My thoughts are not your thoughts Neither are your ways My waysrdquo declares the LORDmdashIsaiah 558 And always remember that God said He does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentanceThe Lord is not slow about His promise as some count slowness but is patient toward you not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance mdash2 Peter 39

John 316 Is Universalism Universal Salvation Biblical gotquestionsorg

bull Answer Universalism is the belief that everyone will be saved There are many people today who hold to universal salvation and believe that all people eventually end up in heaven Perhaps it is the thought of men and women living a life of eternal torment in hell that causes some to reject the teaching of Scripture on this issue For some it is an over-emphasis on the love and compassion of Godmdashand the neglect of the righteousness and justice of Godmdashthat leads them to believe God will have mercy on every living soul But the Scriptures do teach that some people will spend eternity in hell

First of all the Bible is clear that unredeemed men will dwell forever in hell Jesusrsquo own words confirm that the time spent in heaven for the redeemed will last as long as that of the unredeemed in hell Matthew 2546 says ldquoThen they [the unsaved] will go away to eternal punishment but the righteous to eternal liferdquo According to this verse the punishment of the unsaved is just as eternal as the life of the righteous Some believe that those in hell will eventually cease to exist but the Lord Himself confirms that it will last forever Matthew 2541 and Mark944 describe hell as ldquoeternal firerdquo and ldquounquenchable firerdquo

How does one avoid this unquenchable fire Many people believe that all roadsmdashall religions and beliefsmdashlead to heaven or they consider that God is so full of love and mercy that He will allow all people into heaven God is certainly full of love and mercy it was these qualities that led Him to send His Son Jesus Christ to earth to die on the cross for us Jesus Christ is the exclusive door that leads to an eternity in heaven Acts 412says ldquoSalvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be savedrdquo ldquoThere is one God and one mediator between God and men the man Christ Jesusrdquo (1 Timothy 25) In John 146 Jesus says ldquoI am the way and the truth and the life No one comes to the Father except through merdquo John 316 ldquoFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal liferdquo If we choose to reject Godrsquos Son we do not meet the requirements for salvation (John316 18 36)

With verses such as these it becomes clear that universalism and universal salvation are unbiblical beliefs Universalism directly contradicts what Scripture teaches While many people accuse Christians of being intolerant and ldquoexclusiverdquo it is important to remember that these are the words of Christ Himself Christians did not develop these ideas on their own Christians are simply stating what the Lord has already said People choose to reject the message because they do not want to face up to their sin and admit that they need the Lord to save them To say that those who reject Godrsquos provision of salvation through His Son will be saved is to belittle the holiness and justice of God and negate the need of Jesusrsquo sacrifice on our behalfRecommended Resources Logos Bible Software and Four Views of Salvation in a Pluralistic World by Dennis L Okholm amp Timothy R Phillips

John 316 Is Universalism Universal Salvation Biblical gotquestionsorg

bull Answer Universalism is the belief that everyone will be saved There are many people today who hold to universal salvation and believe that all people eventually end up in heaven Perhaps it is the thought of men and women living a life of eternal torment in hell that causes some to reject the teaching of Scripture on this issue For some it is an over-emphasis on the love and compassion of Godmdashand the neglect of the righteousness and justice of Godmdashthat leads them to believe God will have mercy on every living soul But the Scriptures do teach that some people will spend eternity in hell

First of all the Bible is clear that unredeemed men will dwell forever in hell Jesusrsquo own words confirm that the time spent in heaven for the redeemed will last as long as that of the unredeemed in hell Matthew 2546 says ldquoThen they [the unsaved] will go away to eternal punishment but the righteous to eternal liferdquo According to this verse the punishment of the unsaved is just as eternal as the life of the righteous Some believe that those in hell will eventually cease to exist but the Lord Himself confirms that it will last forever Matthew 2541 and Mark944 describe hell as ldquoeternal firerdquo and ldquounquenchable firerdquo

How does one avoid this unquenchable fire Many people believe that all roadsmdashall religions and beliefsmdashlead to heaven or they consider that God is so full of love and mercy that He will allow all people into heaven God is certainly full of love and mercy it was these qualities that led Him to send His Son Jesus Christ to earth to die on the cross for us Jesus Christ is the exclusive door that leads to an eternity in heaven Acts 412says ldquoSalvation is found in no one else for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be savedrdquo ldquoThere is one God and one mediator between God and men the man Christ Jesusrdquo (1 Timothy 25) In John 146 Jesus says ldquoI am the way and the truth and the life No one comes to the Father except through merdquo John 316 ldquoFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal liferdquo If we choose to reject Godrsquos Son we do not meet the requirements for salvation (John316 18 36)

With verses such as these it becomes clear that universalism and universal salvation are unbiblical beliefs Universalism directly contradicts what Scripture teaches While many people accuse Christians of being intolerant and ldquoexclusiverdquo it is important to remember that these are the words of Christ Himself Christians did not develop these ideas on their own Christians are simply stating what the Lord has already said People choose to reject the message because they do not want to face up to their sin and admit that they need the Lord to save them To say that those who reject Godrsquos provision of salvation through His Son will be saved is to belittle the holiness and justice of God and negate the need of Jesusrsquo sacrifice on our behalfRecommended Resources Logos Bible Software and Four Views of Salvation in a Pluralistic World by Dennis L Okholm amp Timothy R Phillips

Romans 311God Wants Everyone Saved

bull NAU 2 Peter 39 The Lord hellip is patient toward you not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance

bull John 316 For God so loved the worldhellipbull 1 Timothy 23-4 hellipGod our Savior who desires all men to be saved and to

come to the knowledge of the truthbull Matthew 2337hellipyou were unwillingbull Acts 1726-27 hellipevery nation of mankind hellipthat they would seek Godbull DLK There is none who seek Him on there own initiative but (Good

News)hellipbull John 1232 And I if I am lifted up from the earth will draw all men to

Myselfldquobull John 19 There was the true Light which coming into the world enlightens

every manbull Isaiah 536 All of us like sheep have gone astray Each of us has turned to

his own way But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him

John 318 Judged By The LawThe Mostly New Testament Doctrine of lsquoProportional PunishmentrsquoThere are a number of Bible-believing Christians who will say that sins will not be the issue for those who spend eternity in the lake of fire ndash only unbelief But there a number of biblical passages that indicate that this view sees the biblical teaching lsquoupside downrsquo and therefore not quite correctly The biblical teaching is rather that a person is now and will be condemned for his or her sins - unless they believe Believing in Christ for salvation is the only escape from the certain judgment condemnation and punishment for sins

The reasons for understanding Scripture in this way can be summarized as follows

bull A tragic identification truth Unbelievers are now dead in their trespasses and sins and transgressions (Ephesians 21-3 5 Colossians 213) which means that they are spiritually separated from Godrsquos life (Ephesians 418) because they are positionally in their trespasses and sins and transgressions Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1517c that without Christrsquos actual historical death and resurrection ldquohellipyou are still in your sinsrdquo Jesus told the Pharisees ldquohellip I said to you that you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am He you will die in your sins John 824bc

bull If unbelief were the only sin for which a person were condemned then the condemnation for each unbeliever would be equal But Christ the One who will judge unbelievers repeatedly taught greater judgments and condemnation for greater sins including unbelief (Matthew 1015 1120-24 1627 185-6 2314 Mark 942-43 1238-40 Luke 1012-15 2045-47)

bull Godrsquos wrath is now upon and will come upon unbelievers for their sins (Romans 118 Ephesians 56 Colossians 36 1 Thessalonians 216)

bull The unbelieving Gentilersquos sins will be judged by the law of conscience and the unbelieving Jewrsquos sins will be judged by the Law of Moses (Romans 21-320) In either case it will be their sins as measured by a Principle of Law for which they will be condemned because they donrsquot believe

bull Both believers and unbelievers are and will be judged on the basis of deeds (KJV works) the believer for reward and the unbeliever for degree of condemnation and punishment (Psalm 6212 Jeremiah 1710 Matthew 1627 Romans 21-16 1410-12 1 Corinthians 310-15 2 Corinthians 510 1115 2 Timothy 414 1 Peter 117 Revelation 223 2012 13 2212) There are about 50 passages of this kind in the Old and New Testaments

bull At the Great White Throne judgment which will only include unbelievers Christ will judge on the basis of the absence of the unbelieversrsquo names from the book of life which is why they will be there and why they will be headed for the Lake of Fire He will also judge them on the basis of their works or deeds (Revelation 2012 Galatians 519-21) the criteria for relatively greater or lesser judgments and condemnations in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 2011-15 also see the references given under the 2nd and 5th bullets above) For the unbeliever who is headed for the Great White Throne Judgment sins are and will remain the issue because they did not avail themselves of the one means of escape from the wrath of God upon sins that is through faith in His costly and gracious provision through Christ

John 317-21 Would God Send Some Innocent Native In Africa To Hell

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The Existence of God Without Excusebull Posted 07 Aug 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What about those who have never heard the Gospelbull We asked this question on our television show Christ in Prophecy of Carl Gallups senior pastor of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton Florida and the author of the best-selling

apologetics book The Magic Man in the Sky He is also the founder of the world famous PPSIMMONS YouTube channel and prominent Freedom Friday radio talk show hostbull Those Who Never Heardbull Nathan Jones There are many huge evidences that prove Gods existence for people to use in trying to grow in their faith and dispute the Skeptics Are there other evidences that people can

know God apart from the Bible then that youd like to highlightbull Carl Gallups You mean if there are ways that people can come to know God even if theyve never had a Biblebull Nathan Jones Yes theyve never had a Bible They are living in some rainforest somewhere and theyve got to come to know God in order to be saved Is there a way possiblebull Carl Gallups Yes and as a matter of fact Ive got a chapter in my book entitled something along the lines of But What About Those Who Have Never Heardbull Nathan Jones Yes thats a huge and complex question people are always asking for an answer tobull Carl Gallups So lets say this happens to a person living in the Amazon that a missionary has never visited nor opened a Bible and read the Gospel to them Thats a wonderful question but

that question is based upon a couple of false premises The first that comes to mind it is based upon the premise that all men are innocent from the beginning and therefore if they dont hear the Gospel they are sent to Hell and that somehow is unfair We know the Word of God says that we are all born into sin in the first place

bull Are their ways that someone can come to an understanding of God apart from the Bible Well we know that the preaching of the Gospel is Gods main purpose His main way His main design for men and women and boys and girls to know Him However we also know from that Word what Romans 1 says in that we are all without excuse The man in the Amazon jungle is without excuse because of the things that have been created For by the things that are made we know that there is a God and were not Him

bull Nathan Jones General Revelation that is called rightbull Carl Gallups General Revelation yes The complexity of Creation is what we begin with in understanding God apart from the Biblebull I also think about Moses in the backside of the desert God set a bush on fire for him and said Come here Moses I want to talk to you Who are you Moses asked God replied I am the

Lordbull The Apostle Paul was on his way to kill Christians in the name of God While outside the Temple of God the Pharisees were thinking they had done God a favor by crucifying the Son of God

Paul was a Pharisee and in just a few years later he was helping to stone Christians He was on his way to kill more Christians Hows anyone going to reach him for Jesus Christ Well the Lord Jesus appeared to Paul struck him blind struck him down on the road Paul became one of the greatest evangelist and missionary of all time

bull Nathan Jones That is Special Revelation which can be considered the opposite of General Revelationbull Carl Gallups Yes indeed Special Revelation There are also angelic revelationsbull Heres the bottom line that I come to in my book mdash God can reach anybody anytime anyplace and anyway He desires because He is God In the end of all things we leave reaching the

seemingly unreachable in His hands Our responsibility is to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth by every means that we havebull But for somebody to make the argument What about the person who never hears you preach and so thats not fair well I respond Gods not limited by our limitations Thats my quick

answer to that complex questionbull

In the nineth segment of our interview with Pastor Carl Gallups concerning the existence of God hell answer that difficult question How can there be a God with all the evil and suffering in the world

John 318 Judged By The LawThe Mostly New Testament Doctrine of lsquoProportional PunishmentrsquoThere are a number of Bible-believing Christians who will say that sins will not be the issue for those who spend eternity in the lake of fire ndash only unbelief But there a number of biblical passages that indicate that this view sees the biblical teaching lsquoupside downrsquo and therefore not quite correctly The biblical teaching is rather that a person is now and will be condemned for his or her sins - unless they believe Believing in Christ for salvation is the only escape from the certain judgment condemnation and punishment for sins

The reasons for understanding Scripture in this way can be summarized as follows

bull A tragic identification truth Unbelievers are now dead in their trespasses and sins and transgressions (Ephesians 21-3 5 Colossians 213) which means that they are spiritually separated from Godrsquos life (Ephesians 418) because they are positionally in their trespasses and sins and transgressions Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1517c that without Christrsquos actual historical death and resurrection ldquohellipyou are still in your sinsrdquo Jesus told the Pharisees ldquohellip I said to you that you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am He you will die in your sins John 824bc

bull If unbelief were the only sin for which a person were condemned then the condemnation for each unbeliever would be equal But Christ the One who will judge unbelievers repeatedly taught greater judgments and condemnation for greater sins including unbelief (Matthew 1015 1120-24 1627 185-6 2314 Mark 942-43 1238-40 Luke 1012-15 2045-47)

bull Godrsquos wrath is now upon and will come upon unbelievers for their sins (Romans 118 Ephesians 56 Colossians 36 1 Thessalonians 216)

bull The unbelieving Gentilersquos sins will be judged by the law of conscience and the unbelieving Jewrsquos sins will be judged by the Law of Moses (Romans 21-320) In either case it will be their sins as measured by a Principle of Law for which they will be condemned because they donrsquot believe

bull Both believers and unbelievers are and will be judged on the basis of deeds (KJV works) the believer for reward and the unbeliever for degree of condemnation and punishment (Psalm 6212 Jeremiah 1710 Matthew 1627 Romans 21-16 1410-12 1 Corinthians 310-15 2 Corinthians 510 1115 2 Timothy 414 1 Peter 117 Revelation 223 2012 13 2212) There are about 50 passages of this kind in the Old and New Testaments

bull At the Great White Throne judgment which will only include unbelievers Christ will judge on the basis of the absence of the unbelieversrsquo names from the book of life which is why they will be there and why they will be headed for the Lake of Fire He will also judge them on the basis of their works or deeds (Revelation 2012 Galatians 519-21) the criteria for relatively greater or lesser judgments and condemnations in the Lake of Fire (Revelation 2011-15 also see the references given under the 2nd and 5th bullets above) For the unbeliever who is headed for the Great White Throne Judgment sins are and will remain the issue because they did not avail themselves of the one means of escape from the wrath of God upon sins that is through faith in His costly and gracious provision through Christ

John 317-21 Would God Send Some Innocent Native In Africa To Hell

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The Existence of God Without Excusebull Posted 07 Aug 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What about those who have never heard the Gospelbull We asked this question on our television show Christ in Prophecy of Carl Gallups senior pastor of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton Florida and the author of the best-selling

apologetics book The Magic Man in the Sky He is also the founder of the world famous PPSIMMONS YouTube channel and prominent Freedom Friday radio talk show hostbull Those Who Never Heardbull Nathan Jones There are many huge evidences that prove Gods existence for people to use in trying to grow in their faith and dispute the Skeptics Are there other evidences that people can

know God apart from the Bible then that youd like to highlightbull Carl Gallups You mean if there are ways that people can come to know God even if theyve never had a Biblebull Nathan Jones Yes theyve never had a Bible They are living in some rainforest somewhere and theyve got to come to know God in order to be saved Is there a way possiblebull Carl Gallups Yes and as a matter of fact Ive got a chapter in my book entitled something along the lines of But What About Those Who Have Never Heardbull Nathan Jones Yes thats a huge and complex question people are always asking for an answer tobull Carl Gallups So lets say this happens to a person living in the Amazon that a missionary has never visited nor opened a Bible and read the Gospel to them Thats a wonderful question but

that question is based upon a couple of false premises The first that comes to mind it is based upon the premise that all men are innocent from the beginning and therefore if they dont hear the Gospel they are sent to Hell and that somehow is unfair We know the Word of God says that we are all born into sin in the first place

bull Are their ways that someone can come to an understanding of God apart from the Bible Well we know that the preaching of the Gospel is Gods main purpose His main way His main design for men and women and boys and girls to know Him However we also know from that Word what Romans 1 says in that we are all without excuse The man in the Amazon jungle is without excuse because of the things that have been created For by the things that are made we know that there is a God and were not Him

bull Nathan Jones General Revelation that is called rightbull Carl Gallups General Revelation yes The complexity of Creation is what we begin with in understanding God apart from the Biblebull I also think about Moses in the backside of the desert God set a bush on fire for him and said Come here Moses I want to talk to you Who are you Moses asked God replied I am the

Lordbull The Apostle Paul was on his way to kill Christians in the name of God While outside the Temple of God the Pharisees were thinking they had done God a favor by crucifying the Son of God

Paul was a Pharisee and in just a few years later he was helping to stone Christians He was on his way to kill more Christians Hows anyone going to reach him for Jesus Christ Well the Lord Jesus appeared to Paul struck him blind struck him down on the road Paul became one of the greatest evangelist and missionary of all time

bull Nathan Jones That is Special Revelation which can be considered the opposite of General Revelationbull Carl Gallups Yes indeed Special Revelation There are also angelic revelationsbull Heres the bottom line that I come to in my book mdash God can reach anybody anytime anyplace and anyway He desires because He is God In the end of all things we leave reaching the

seemingly unreachable in His hands Our responsibility is to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth by every means that we havebull But for somebody to make the argument What about the person who never hears you preach and so thats not fair well I respond Gods not limited by our limitations Thats my quick

answer to that complex questionbull

In the nineth segment of our interview with Pastor Carl Gallups concerning the existence of God hell answer that difficult question How can there be a God with all the evil and suffering in the world

John 317-21 Would God Send Some Innocent Native In Africa To Hell

bull The Christ in Prophecy Journalbull The Existence of God Without Excusebull Posted 07 Aug 2013 0600 AM PDTbull By Nathan Jonesbull What about those who have never heard the Gospelbull We asked this question on our television show Christ in Prophecy of Carl Gallups senior pastor of Hickory Hammock Baptist Church in Milton Florida and the author of the best-selling

apologetics book The Magic Man in the Sky He is also the founder of the world famous PPSIMMONS YouTube channel and prominent Freedom Friday radio talk show hostbull Those Who Never Heardbull Nathan Jones There are many huge evidences that prove Gods existence for people to use in trying to grow in their faith and dispute the Skeptics Are there other evidences that people can

know God apart from the Bible then that youd like to highlightbull Carl Gallups You mean if there are ways that people can come to know God even if theyve never had a Biblebull Nathan Jones Yes theyve never had a Bible They are living in some rainforest somewhere and theyve got to come to know God in order to be saved Is there a way possiblebull Carl Gallups Yes and as a matter of fact Ive got a chapter in my book entitled something along the lines of But What About Those Who Have Never Heardbull Nathan Jones Yes thats a huge and complex question people are always asking for an answer tobull Carl Gallups So lets say this happens to a person living in the Amazon that a missionary has never visited nor opened a Bible and read the Gospel to them Thats a wonderful question but

that question is based upon a couple of false premises The first that comes to mind it is based upon the premise that all men are innocent from the beginning and therefore if they dont hear the Gospel they are sent to Hell and that somehow is unfair We know the Word of God says that we are all born into sin in the first place

bull Are their ways that someone can come to an understanding of God apart from the Bible Well we know that the preaching of the Gospel is Gods main purpose His main way His main design for men and women and boys and girls to know Him However we also know from that Word what Romans 1 says in that we are all without excuse The man in the Amazon jungle is without excuse because of the things that have been created For by the things that are made we know that there is a God and were not Him

bull Nathan Jones General Revelation that is called rightbull Carl Gallups General Revelation yes The complexity of Creation is what we begin with in understanding God apart from the Biblebull I also think about Moses in the backside of the desert God set a bush on fire for him and said Come here Moses I want to talk to you Who are you Moses asked God replied I am the

Lordbull The Apostle Paul was on his way to kill Christians in the name of God While outside the Temple of God the Pharisees were thinking they had done God a favor by crucifying the Son of God

Paul was a Pharisee and in just a few years later he was helping to stone Christians He was on his way to kill more Christians Hows anyone going to reach him for Jesus Christ Well the Lord Jesus appeared to Paul struck him blind struck him down on the road Paul became one of the greatest evangelist and missionary of all time

bull Nathan Jones That is Special Revelation which can be considered the opposite of General Revelationbull Carl Gallups Yes indeed Special Revelation There are also angelic revelationsbull Heres the bottom line that I come to in my book mdash God can reach anybody anytime anyplace and anyway He desires because He is God In the end of all things we leave reaching the

seemingly unreachable in His hands Our responsibility is to take the Gospel to the ends of the earth by every means that we havebull But for somebody to make the argument What about the person who never hears you preach and so thats not fair well I respond Gods not limited by our limitations Thats my quick

answer to that complex questionbull

In the nineth segment of our interview with Pastor Carl Gallups concerning the existence of God hell answer that difficult question How can there be a God with all the evil and suffering in the world

John 321 Born Again An Amazing Last Will and Testament The Christ in Prophecy Journal httpwwwlamblionus

bull An Amazing Last Will and Testamentbull I encountered an example in September of 2012 when I received a letter from a law firm in Chicago

informing me that Lamb amp Lion Ministries had been named as a beneficiary in a willbull A copy of the will was enclosed with the letter It began by stating that the testator had no living

relatives He then specified that he wanted gifts of $30000 each to be given to three friends whom he named Next he stated that he wanted $2500 to be spent on a party in his honor at a local bar with drinks on the house

bull It was at that point that I began to wonder how in the world our ministry could possibly be one of his beneficiaries

bull My puzzlement became even greater when I turned to the next page It contained a list of the groups who were to receive the remainder of his estate Several Catholic charities were mentioned followed by a long list of liberal organizations from the ACLU to a Harvard Embryo Research Center

bull At that point I was really perplexed at how we could possibly be named in such a last will and testament

bull Then I turned the page mdash and there was a new will dated three years laterbull It began the same way with gifts to the same three friends But from that point on the will was

radically different For you see the next statement was a repudiation of the party at the bar Just forget about it he wrote

bull Then came the listing of the beneficiaries There were only three mdash two Messianic ministries and our ministry

bull I immediately realized that I was holding in my hands absolute evidence of the existence of God and His miracle working power It was obvious that during the three years between the two wills this man had met Jesus and his life and values had been totally transformed

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John 336 Believe Or Obeybull Believe Or Obeybull Thursday March 13th 2014Interpreting Versesbull Salvationbull Q Thank you for your website I visit it often when I do not understand what I read in the scriptures

This morning I came across another one Will you please help me understand I searched this verse on your site but didnrsquot find anything that explains it John 336 says ldquoHe who believes in the Son has eternal life but he who does not obey the Son will not see life but the wrath of God abides on himrdquo It appears to be a contradiction How can one have eternal life and then not see life but the wrath of God

bull A You have a confusing translation of this verse The primary meaning of the word translated ldquonot obeyrdquo in your translation is to reject or refuse to believe Therefore a clearer translation of John 336 is

bull ldquoWhoever believes in the Son has eternal life but whoever rejects the Son will not see life for Godrsquos wrath remains on themrdquo The NIV and the KJV agree on this

bull This is a simple statement that belief is what God requires of us as John 628-29indicates God has made His existence so clear to man that He often uses unbelief and disobedience interchangeably He doesnrsquot think anyone is unable to believe so He sees unbelief as disobedience

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