Acts 16:30-34, “And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.”
The simple way of salvation is through FAITH alone in Jesus Christ. Jesus died on the cross to pay our debt of sin. he was buried, Three days later, by a miracle of God, Jesus physically resurrected from the dead and is alive forevermore. Amen! This is the Gospel:
1st Corinthians 15:1-6, “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.”
What a wonderful Savior!!! Dear reader, I challenge you to SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES in the inspired King James Bible, and you won't be able to show me anything else required to go to Heaven than simple to BELIEVE ON JESUS!!! John 6:28-29, “Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.” You heard it right from the only begotten Son of God Himself! All we have to do to receive God's free gift of eternal life is to BELIEVE ON HIM. And again in John 6:47 we read, “ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” Could the Bible be any plainer? I think not dear friend.
Satan is a beautiful liar, a deceptive conman and a malevolent spirit. You can always tell when the Devil is lying, if his lips are moving. I don't get paid to write these blogs. I do it from the heart, because I have Jesus Christ's Spirit living inside me (Romans 8:9). Jesus keeps me singing. Everybody ought to know who Jesus is! We serve an awesome God and Savior!!!
Sadly, the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) statement of faith requires people to repent of their sins with all your heart if you want to be saved. Folks, the Bible doesn't teach or require that. The SBC has 45,000 member churches! Not one verse anywhere in the inspired King James Bible says to repent or turn away from sinning to be saved. According to Romans 3:19-20 that would be keeping the Old Testament law (a work). The purpose of God's Law is to give mankind the knowledge that we are all guilty sinners in God's sight. Romans 3:20, “Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.” Telling someone to “repent of your sin” is the same as requiring them to keep God's Law to be saved.
Pastor Curtis Hutson (1934-1995) said these very true words:
“But we've so muddied the Gospel, that when men want to make a decision to trust Christ, we've made it so complicated that they can't make a simple decision to 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.' We'll say, 'If you don't do this' or 'You don't do that' or 'You haven't done that,' you're not saved'; but the truth of the matter is that when asked in the Bible, 'Sirs, what must I do to be saved?,' one clear simple answer was given to him — 'Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.'” — Pastor Curtis Hutson, “Things That Are Different Are Not The Same” (preached at Southwide Baptist Fellowship on October 3, 1994)
I have been to several churches around the city of Pensacola, but I cannot in good conscience join any of them, because they are all wrong on repentance. And that includes Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College (PCC). The pastors at Campus Church errantly preach behavior modification along with salvation. Here is a direct quote from their corrupt Foundation's Class for all new church cult members: “Repentance is a change of mind resulting in a change of behavior.” That is Calvinism, not a free grace Gospel.
Faith in Christ's righteousness: how that Christ DIED FOR OUR SINS, was buried and the third day resurrected = salvation (1st Corinthians 15:1-4)
Faith in Our Own righteousness: how that we died IN OUR SINS, will be buried one day and burn in Hell to the Lake of Fire forever = damnation (Matthew 7:21-23)Salvation = Sealed with the Holy Spirit of God (Ephesians 1:13-15).
Service = Holy Spirit working inside us unto good works (Philippians 2:13)
It’s all done by faith in Christ crucified alone. Never us! (Galatians 2:20).
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