Category Archives: Salvation
Can sin seperate us from God?
Sin separates man from God. Can a born again Christian, a son or daughter of God, be separated from God by sin? Jesus said he would never leave us or forsake us. Hebrews 13:5. God will never turn his back on us, but we can turn our back on him. When we sin, we are …
Can faith alone save us? Yes!
James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? Do we need to mix our faith with works to be saved? Is this what James was saying in this passage? Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the …
Can we recognize the true Gospel of God from a counterfeit?
You think it would be easy to know a true teacher of the Word of God, from a false one. Or that it would be simple to recognize the genuine Gospel of Christ, from a counterfeit. It is, if we know what to look for. Satan however is cleaver, and out to deceive both those …
Can being good get us into heaven?
Oprah Denies Jesus Christ – YouTube. Is it possible to enter heaven by being good? Over and over I come across this idea. God would certainly welcome a person who does good, and helps other, into heaven. How could God be just, and keep a good person out of heaven? It would make no sense, …
Do all religious paths lead to God?
I have heard in the past, that all paths of a religious nature lead to God. We may be on different paths, according to our own understanding of God, or our particular upbringing or circumstances. One person likened it to a mountain, with God at the peak. There are many paths to the top of …
Serving God and others.
I read in our local Penny Saver recently, the hospital in the area I live in was looking for Chaplin volunteers. I thought this would be a good opportunity to serve, and went over and signed up. I attended three of four, 2 hr mandatory meetings, and finally told the Chaplin I could not continue …
With God all things are possible.
The easiest thing to do at times, is to work at our salvation, or at our relationship with God. And the hardest thing to do is rest, and trust that Jesus has done all the work for us. I continue to struggle with this. I find myself slipping back into a relationship with God, that …
Working out our salvation.
We have been experiencing record hot temperatures recently. This has made for very uncomfortable days, but very pleasant nights, here in the finger lakes. I was walking around our back yard the other night, gazing up at the stars and talking with God our Father and Jesus, also contemplating a bit about my life. I …
How to become righteous.
The bible speaks a lot about being righteous. But can we be righteous before God? We see a world full of sin and decadence. People are cruel to one another, and the news and TV is often quite depressing. It is easy to look at sin, that we perceive as worse then our own, and …
How is a person saved?
What must a person do to become saved, and have eternal life with God? One might think that this would be the most important question on a persons mind. Growing up, I always thought God was in heaven, writing down every good and bad thing I did. I thought, if the good outweighed the bad …
Saved By Faith In Christ 