The Fallacy which lies in the Theory of Predestination and Divine Election (Romans 8:28-30)
(Romans 8:28-30)
“And
we know that all things work together for good to those who love God,
to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He
foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son,
that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He
predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also
justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”
Did God in fact elect only some of us?
No. He elected all of us in Jesus Christ.
No. He elected all of us in Jesus Christ.
The
theological theory of predestination and divine election, which is one
of the basic theologies which make up Christian doctrine, has led many
who want to believe in Jesus to misunderstand the word of God. This
misguided theory has caused much confusion.
What
untrue theologies say about predestination is that God elected the
people He loves while condemning those He dislikes. This means that some
who were elected are born again of water and the Spirit and accepted
into Heaven while the others who were not elected are destined to burn
in hell.
If
God in fact elects only some of us, we cannot help but agonize over the
question, “Was I elected for salvation?” If we were not elected, it
would be useless for us to believe in Jesus. Thus this theory has made
many people more concerned with whether they were elected by God than
with faith itself.
If
we believe this how can we be free of doubts and believe only in God?
How do we confirm that God really elected us? He would be God only to
those elected, even though He says, “Is He the God of the Jews only? Is
He not also the God of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also” (Romans
3:29).
Because
many people misunderstand the meaning of predestination and divine
election, they fear they will be destroyed even though they believe in
Jesus.
Ephesians
1:3-5 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places
in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the
world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love,
having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself,
according to the good pleasure of His will.”
Therefore
we should review the concept of theological predestination and divine
election. We should first understand what the Bible says about
predestination and divine election and strengthen our belief in
salvation through the water and the Spirit.
What
does Romans tell us? Some theologians developed the unfounded theory of
“unconditional election.” Is theology God, then? Theology itself is not
God.
Even
before the creation of the world, God chose all of humankind in Jesus
Christ and made up His mind to save all of us by making us righteous.
Jesus loves us unconditionally. Don’t make Him a discriminating God.
Unbelievers have faith in their own thoughts but believers put the basis
of their faith in the written word of God.
DIVINE ELECTION IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
Is the theory of unconditional election true?
No. Our Lord is not such a narrow-minded God. God chose all sinners in Jesus, not just a select few.
No. Our Lord is not such a narrow-minded God. God chose all sinners in Jesus, not just a select few.
In
Genesis 25:21-26, we read about the two sons of Isaac, Esau and Jacob.
God chose Jacob while the two sons of Isaac were still in their mother’s
womb.
Those
who misunderstand the word of God take this as the basis of the theory
of unconditional election. This is like mixing a god of fate into
Christianity.
If
we believe that God chooses us on the basis of “unconditional election”
and not in Jesus Christ, then it is the same as if we worship a god of
fate and idols. God is not a god of fate. If we were to believe in a god
of fate, we would be denying God’s plan for us and falling into Satan’s
trap.
If
people are not obedient to God’s will, then they are nothing more than
the beasts which are destined to perish. Since we believers are not
beasts, we should become true believers who read and believe the truth
written in the Bible. Not to think first of the written truth in the
Bible is to deliver oneself over to Satan.
To have true faith, we should first think about the written truth in the Bible and follow the faith of those reborn in Christ.
Calvinism
insists on limited redemption. This implies that the love of God and
the redemption of the Lord do not apply to some. Can this be true?
The
Bible says, “God desires all men to be saved” (1 Timothy 2:4). If the
blessing of redemption only applied to some, many believers would give
up believing in Jesus. After all, who would want to believe in such a
narrow-minded God?
We
have to have confidence that our God is not narrow-minded. He is the
God of Truth, Love, and Justice. We have to believe in Jesus and the
gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit and thus be saved
from all our sins. Jesus is the Savior of all who are born again of
water and the Spirit.
According
to Calvinism, if there were ten people, some of them would be saved by
God while the others would be left to be burn in the fires of hell. This
is untrue.
It
doesn’t make any sense to say that God loves some and discards others.
Imagine that God is here with us today. If He decided to elect those who
are sitting on the right side while making up His mind to send all
those who are sitting on the left side to hell, would we treat Him as
God?
Wouldn’t
those who were discarded raise their voices in protest? All creatures
would cry out, “How can God be so unfair?” Unconditional election is
untrue because God elected all of humankind in Jesus Christ.
Therefore
anybody who is called by God in the name of Christ is elected. Then,
who does God call to Him? He calls sinners, not the righteous. God does
not call those who regard themselves as the righteous.
God’s
blessing of redemption is for sinners and those who are damned to hell.
Election means God’s calls sinners in order to make them His righteous
sons.
GOD IS JUST
Does God love only a select few?
No, the Lord is not so narrow-minded. God is Just.
No, the Lord is not so narrow-minded. God is Just.
God
is Just. He is not the God who loves only unconditionally elected ones.
He called sinners in the name of Christ. Without salvation through the
redemption of Jesus Christ and His forgiveness of sins, how could we
know God’s love and salvation? Never make Him an unjust God.
Try
to find what is missing when you read Ephesians 1:3-5. “Blessed be the
God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every
spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us
in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and
without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as
sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His
will.” What is missing? The missing word is “in Jesus Christ.”
Unconditional
election in Calvinism does not correspond with the words of the Bible.
The Bible says, “He chose us in Jesus Christ before the foundation of
the world.”
God
chose all of humankind in Christ to be born again of water and the
Spirit. Those who cannot help but be born sinners can be redeemed of sin
and become His children. He included all of humankind in the list of
those to be saved and elected them in Jesus Christ.
Because
many theologians who insist on unconditional election say that only
some are chosen, many people are trapped in the chaos of belief in
completely irrational doctrines. These false theologians say that God
chooses some and discards the others through unconditional election,
while the truth of His word is that God chose all sinners in Jesus. Many
people fall victim to untrue doctrine owing to their superstitious
beliefs.
Recognize
that if we recognize that God decided to save all of humankind in
Jesus, that the remission of sin applies to everyone who believes in
Jesus. By doing so, we can be saved from all our sins, become children
of God, become righteous people, have everlasting life, and have
confidence that God is Just.
DIVINE ELECTION IN THE STORY OF JACOB AND ESAU
Whom did God elect? Only the chosen ones?
No. God elected all humankind in Christ. So, whoever believes in Christ and has no sin through the baptism of Jesus is elected.
No. God elected all humankind in Christ. So, whoever believes in Christ and has no sin through the baptism of Jesus is elected.
In Genesis 25:19-28, Esau and Jacob were struggling together within their mother Rebekah’s womb. God said in Genesis 25:23, “And the Lord said to her: ‘Two nations are in your womb, two peoples shall be separated from your body; one people shall be stronger than the other, and the older shall serve the younger.’”
Sinners
turned these words into the theory of theological predestination and
divine election, leaving many who believe in Jesus confused as to
whether they were chosen or not! When they consider themselves chosen,
they think that they are saved and lose interest in being born again of
water and the Spirit.
The
concept of unconditional election has turned many people who believed
in Jesus away from redemption and condemned them to hell. It has also
made God appear unjust.
Because
so many theologians teach untrue doctrine which sprang from their own
thoughts, many who believe in Jesus become insecure and wonder if they
were chosen, or whether their redemption was predestined.
Of
Jacob and Esau, whom did God elect? He chose Jacob in Jesus Christ. In
Romans 9:10-11, it is said that God called Jacob instead of his brother
even though they were conceived by one man, as yet unborn, and had done
nothing either good or bad.
God’s
purpose was to elect Jacob, not because of his works but because of His
election. The Bible also tells us that Jesus came to call sinners, not
just those who have lived upright lives.
All
people, as descendants of Adam, are born sinners. David said he was a
sinner from the time he was in his mother’s womb and that he was born in
iniquity. “I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother
conceived me” (Psalms 51:5).
All
people are born as sinners because of the sins of their ancestors. So
everyone who is born in this world unwittingly becomes a sinner, acts as
a sinner, and bears the fruits of sin.
A
child who has not yet committed any sin is already a sinner because he
was born with the seed of sin. He has evil thoughts, adultery,
fornication and murder in his heart. He was born with his ancestor’s
sins. All people are sinners even before they are born.
The
reason God made us infirm is as follows. Humankind is God’s creation,
but the Lord had plans to make us His children by saving us from sin.
That is why He allowed Adam to sin.
When
we became sinners as a result, God sent Jesus to this world, allowing
His only begotten Son to take away all the sins of humankind through His
baptism.
God’s
intention was to redeem humankind through the baptism of Jesus and His
blood on the Cross and to give them the power to become His children by
believing in Jesus. He allowed Adam to sin on the promise of washing
away all sin in Christ.
Sinners
who believe in false doctrine say, “Look at Jacob and Esau. He chose
one and discarded the other unconditionally.” God didn’t elect us
unconditionally, but elected us in Jesus Christ. We only have to look up
the written words in the Bible. Romans 9:10-12 says, “And not only
this, but when Rebekah also had conceived by one man, even by our father
Isaac (for the children not yet being born, nor having done any good or
evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of
works but of Him who calls), it was said to her, ‘The older shall serve
the younger.’”
God
chose Jacob in Jesus. Jacob was a model of sinners who are unworthy and
bereft of their own righteousness. Ephesians 1:4 says God chose us in
Him.
Who
did God call? He called Jacob because Jacob knew that he was sinful and
unrighteous before God and he relied on God. He called Jacob in the
name of His own Son Jesus and redeemed him with the gospel of the water
and the blood to make him His child. So, God called Jacob and blessed
him with redemption.
He called sinners to make them righteous through redemption in Jesus. That is God’s plan.
THE FALSE DOCTRINE OF UNCONDITIONAL ELECTION
Why did God love Jacob?
Because Jacob knew of his unrighteousness.
Because Jacob knew of his unrighteousness.
I
recently read a book based on a story of unconditional election. A
young man had a dream. An old woman appeared in the dream and told the
young man to come to a certain place, and he went. Then the old woman
told him that he was chosen by God.
He
asked the old woman how could God have elected him when he doesn’t even
believe in God? She told him that God unconditionally chose him despite
his faithlessness.
This
is untrue. How could God arbitrarily condemn some people to hell and
choose others for salvation? God elected everyone in Jesus.
Theological
election theory that excludes Jesus is false. It is untrue. But many
theologians insist that God chose only some of us. That is not true. God
wants to save everyone in Jesus. Only those who don’t believe in the
redemption of the water and the Spirit in Jesus will not be saved.
God
predestined all humankind for salvation through His Son, Jesus, and
intended to make us His children even before He created the world. He
planned to save humankind from all the sins of the world through the
redemption of Jesus Christ. This is the truth as it is written in the
Bible.
The
righteous who are reborn in Christ are the chosen ones. But theologians
insist that God chooses only some of us. They say, for example, that
Buddhist monks are among those who God did not choose. But God also
elected them in Jesus.
If
God unconditionally elected some without Jesus, we would not need to
preach the gospel. If God had planned to elect someone without Jesus,
sinners would not need to believe in Jesus. How then could His words of
Love, Truth, and deliverance be fulfilled?
Would
there be any reason for the servants of God to preach the gospel in
this world? Does it make any sense that God has already unconditionally
elected the redeemed and the damned without Jesus?
The
reason God chose Jacob in Jesus, the reason He loved Jacob and hated
Esau is that He already knew before they were created that Jacob would
believe in Jesus and Esau would not believe in Him.
There are many sinners in this world who believe in Jesus. Some of them are like Esau and the others are like Jacob.
Why
did God love Jacob? Jacob was unrighteous and knew of his unworthiness.
Therefore he admitted that he was a sinner before God and asked for His
grace. That is why God saved Jacob.
But
Esau relied more on himself than the Lord and didn’t hunger for the
grace of God. So God said He loved Jacob and hated Esau. This is the
word of truth.
God
predestined us all for salvation in Jesus. All sinners have to do is to
believe in Jesus. Then God’s Truth and Justice will be instilled in
their hearts. We sinners can do nothing but believe with all our hearts
in being saved through Jesus. All we have to do is believe in redemption
through Jesus.
THE FALSE GRADUAL SANCTIFICATION THEORY
Is it true that a sinner can gradually become righteous?
No. It is impossible. Once for all, God made sinners righteous and without blemish through the redemption of His baptism and His death on the Cross.
No. It is impossible. Once for all, God made sinners righteous and without blemish through the redemption of His baptism and His death on the Cross.
Satan
deceives sinners with the gradual sanctification theory so that they
cannot be saved from their sins. Gradual sanctification means that
sinners gradually become holy after they believe in Jesus.
The
theory goes like this. Sinners cannot become righteous once for all but
are saved only from original sin when they believe in Jesus. Actual
sins are washed away through daily prayers of repentance and people
gradually become sanctified.
The
crux of this theory is gradual sanctification. It sounds great that
someone can believe in Jesus and gradually become a holier Christian.
This theory has deceived many Christians over the years, making them
feel secure. That’s the reason why there are so many holier-than-thou
Christians in Christianity.
They
think that one day they will simply be changed and sin no more. But
they live out their lives as sinners and will be judged as sinners
before God after they die.
Read
the true word in the Bible. In Romans 8:30, “Moreover whom He
predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also
justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.”
And
in verse 29, “For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed
to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many
brethren.” At first glance it seems there are steps to becoming
righteous. But the Word tells us that righteousness was granted once for
all.
“Whom
He called, these He also justified.” Jesus called sinners and made them
righteous through His baptism at the Jordan and His death on the Cross.
Therefore
one who believes in redemption in Jesus becomes a glorified child of
God. It is the grace of God to redeem sinners and glorify them in His
name.
This
is what God tells us. But some Christians tell us to look at Romans
8:30. “There are steps to becoming sanctified. Doesn’t that mean we
change gradually?” This is how they deceive. They tell people in the
future tense that a sinner will become righteous with time.
But
the Bible tells us not in the future tense, but in the past perfect
tense that we have been made righteous once for all. There’s a definite
difference between the future concept and the past perfect one.
We
should fully believe in the Bible. According to what is written, we can
become children of God once and for all. This is totally different from
the gradual sanctification theory.
The
gradual sanctification theory says that only original sin is forgiven
when we believe in Jesus. This suggests that we should lead a religious
life and repent for our sins every day, so that when we stand before
God, we will become righteous.
Because
many people believe in this theory, they still remain sinners, even
after they begin to believe in Jesus. That’s why the gradual
sanctification theory is untrue.
The
Bible clearly tells us that we become righteous and children of God by
faith. Just as babies come into the world, children of God also become
sanctified as soon as they realize and believe in the redemption of
Jesus. The false gradual sanctification theory sprang from lies.
THE COMPLETE DELIVERANCE FROM ALL SINS
What do we have to do to be completely sanctified?
We have to believe in the redemption of the water and the Spirit.
We have to believe in the redemption of the water and the Spirit.
Romans
8:1-2 says, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in
Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to
the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made
me free from the law of sin and death.” This tells us that God made all
sinners righteous and delivered all who came to Jesus from the law of
sin and death.
The
Bible tells us about complete redemption in Hebrews 9:12. “Not with the
blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most
Holy Place once and for all, having obtained eternal redemption.” This
means that we who believe in Jesus are redeemed and admitted into
Heaven.
We
heard and believed the gospel of the redemption of the water and the
Spirit in Christ Jesus and were forgiven for all our sins. But sinners
who believe that they were only forgiven for original sin cannot truly
be saved. In order to be sanctified for sins that they commit after they
come to believe in Jesus, they feel that they should repent every day.
Their
misguided faith leads them to hell. Their mistaken beliefs cause them
to repent every day so as to free themselves from all their iniquities.
That is not the true faith that saves us from hell.
If
they had believed in Jesus and been redeemed once for all time, they
would have become righteous and children of God. True redemption makes
believers righteous and transforms them into children of God once and
for all.
Even
though believers are delivered from all the sins of the world, their
flesh does not change until the day they die. But their hearts are
soaked with the righteousness of God. We must never misunderstand this
fact.
The Bible tells us that we are sanctified and become righteous when we believe in the gospel.
Let’s
look at Hebrews 10:9-14 to see the true gospel. “Then He said, ‘Behold,
I have come to do Your will, O God.’ He takes away the first that He
may establish the second. By that will we have been sanctified through
the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest
stands ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins. But this Man, after He had offered one
sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that
time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool. For by one
offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.”
“By
that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all” Note that this is written in the present
perfect tense and not in the future tense.
To be completely sanctified, all of us have to believe in the redemption of the water and the Spirit that Jesus gave us.
JESUS GRANTED ETERNAL REDEMPTION ONCE AND FOR ALL
Why is a man entitled to rejoice all the time? (1 Thessalonians 5:16)
Because Jesus took away all his sins, he cannot but become humble before Him and thankful for His Grace.
Because Jesus took away all his sins, he cannot but become humble before Him and thankful for His Grace.
If
we believe in the eternal redemption of Jesus, we become righteous all
at once. The Bible says, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in
everything give thanks” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).
Rejoice
always. How can we rejoice all the time? Those who receive eternal
redemption once for all time can endlessly rejoice because they are free
of sin. They are safe in the knowledge that Jesus took away all their
sins at the Jordan. They become humble before Him and thankful for His
grace and can thus rejoice without ceasing.
“Blessed
are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered”
(Romans 4:7). This doesn’t mean that our sins are covered despite the
fact they still exist in our heart. Our heart has been cleansed. Jesus
completely washed away all our sins and saved us once for all time.
This
eternal redemption is referred to in the New Testament. When Jesus was
baptized, He said, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for
us to fulfill all righteousness” (Matthew 3:15).
Just
as goats or sheep took away people’s sins through the laying on of
hands in the Old Testament, Jesus took on all the sins of the world and
purified humankind in the most proper and fitting way.
“It
is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness,” said Jesus. Jesus was
baptized in the most proper way and took on to Himself all the sins of
humankind, thus saving us.
In
Matthew 3:15, it is written that Jesus took away all the sins of the
world. God’s justice was complete. We should not try to understand this
eternal redemption. We should take it as His word of deliverance.
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered”
(Psalms 32:1).
All
the sins of the heart and flesh, Jesus washed them away when He was
baptized by John the Baptist at the Jordan River. He was judged for the
sins we commit in this corrupt and depraved world. After He took away
all our sins, He died on the Cross.
Anyone
who believes in this redemption of sin can become righteous and without
blemish once and for all. Because Jesus lives eternally, anyone who
believes in redemption in Christ remains righteous.
We
can now stand before God with confidence and say, “How are You, Lord? I
believe in Your one begotten Son, Jesus Christ and I am also Your son.
Thank You, Father. Thank You for accepting me as Your child. This is not
through my works, but only through my faith in being born again of
water and the Spirit in Jesus. You saved me from all the sins of this
world. I believe what You said, ‘For thus it is fitting for us to
fulfill all righteousness’ (Matthew 3:15). Through the baptism of Jesus
and His Cross, I have become Your child. For that I am grateful to You.”
Have
you passed all your sins on to Jesus? Were all your sins taken away by
Him? The Bible tells us that thanks to the baptism of Jesus and His
death on the Cross, sinners can become sanctified just by believing in
them.
THE RELATION BETWEEN THE BAPTISM OF JESUS AND REDEMPTION
What’s the relation between the baptism of Jesus and redemption?
The baptism of Jesus is the antitype of redemption prophesied through the laying on of hands in the Old Testament.
The baptism of Jesus is the antitype of redemption prophesied through the laying on of hands in the Old Testament.
Imagine
a man who lives as a sinner even though he believes in Jesus and prays
in church, “Dear God, please forgive me for the sins I committed last
week. Forgive me for these past three days’ sins. O Lord, forgive me for
today’s sins. I believe in Jesus.”
Let’s
assume that this man is forgiven for his daily sins by that prayer. But
afterwards, he goes back to his everyday life and sins again. Then, he
will become a sinner again.
Jesus
became the Lamb of God and took away the sins of all sinners through
His baptism and redeemed them by being crucified on the Cross. In order
to be redeemed, sinners should believe the following to be redeemed.
All
sin was taken away by Jesus when He was baptized by John the Baptist,
thus fulfilling God’s righteousness. All the sins of the world were
washed away. Whoever believes in this truth is delivered. As it is
written in Matthew 3:13-17, “for thus” was Jesus baptized by John the
Baptist and made the Savior of all believers.
The
gospel of truth tells us that Jesus took away the sins of the world
once and for all. But the false theology tells us that we are redeemed
every day. Which should we believe? Are we redeemed once and for all, or
are we redeemed every day?
It
is obvious that Jesus delivered us once and for all. The true belief is
faith in the redemption of the water and the Spirit once and for all.
Those who believe that we must be redeemed every day will never be
delivered.
They
should know that real redemption comes from believing that Jesus
delivered us once and for all through His baptism and death on the
Cross. All we have to do is give thanks to God and believe in this true
gospel.
But
those who are misguided in their faith say that we are only delivered
of original sin, that we should be redeemed every day from actual sins,
and that we can “gradually” become righteous. That is wrong.
The
baptism of Jesus and His death on the Cross accomplished the
forgiveness of sin once and for all. This is the truth. Our sins had to
be passed on to Jesus through John the Baptist and Jesus had to die on
the Cross in order for us to be saved.
Saying
“forgive me” after we sin does not fit the Justice of God. The law of
God says that the wages of sin is death. We should know that God is Just
and Holy.
Those
who pray to God, “I am sorry, please forgive me” after they sin do not
know the Justice of God. They pray for forgiveness, but only to assuage
their own conscience. Is it right that one sins everyday and consoles
one’s conscience by repeatedly repenting for his transgressions? The
only way to be delivered is by believing in the baptism of Jesus and His
blood on the Cross. We should believe it in our hearts. It is the only
way we can avoid the judgment of God.
Let’s
think more about deliverance from sin. Hebrews 9:22 says, “And
according to the law almost all things are purged with blood, and
without shedding of blood there is no remission.”
According
to the just law of God, sins should be purged with blood, and without
the shedding of blood there is no remission. This is the just law of
God. Without paying the wages of sin, there can never be remission.
The
law of God is just. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and bled on
the Cross to deliver us sinners. He took away all our trespasses through
His baptism and bled on the Cross to pay for all our sins. He paid the
wages of sin for us.
Is redemption granted once and for all, or every day?
Once and for all. Jesus took away the sins of all sinners through His baptism.
Once and for all. Jesus took away the sins of all sinners through His baptism.
In Matthew 3:15, when Jesus was baptized in the most fitting way, He washed away all sin through His baptism and died on the Cross to deliver us from all the sins of the world.
To
ask for forgiveness every day would be the same as asking Him to take
away our sins and die all over again. We should truly understand the
just law of God. Jesus does not have to die over and over again to
deliver us from our sins.
God
considers it most insolent for those who believe in Jesus to ask again
and again for the forgiveness of actual sins. “These insolent fools!
They are asking My Son, Jesus, to be baptized for a second time and die
again on the Cross! They believe in the redemption in Jesus and still
call themselves sinners! I will judge them with My just law and send all
of them down into the burning pits of hell. Are you willing to kill
your own begotten son twice? You are asking Me to kill My Son again
because of your actual sins. I have already killed My own Son to save
you once from all the sins of the world. So don’t raise my ire by asking
me to forgive your actual sins, again and again. Just believe in the
gospel of the redemption of the water and the Spirit.”
Jesus
tells those who remain sinners that they should go to a church where
true gospel is preached, abandon false belief and receive redemption by
overcoming untruth with faith.
Now is the time for you to be saved by believing in your heart. Do you believe?
THE RESULT OF FAITH NOT IN TRUTH, BUT IN WORKS
Why do most Christians fail to lead a consistently faithful life?
Because they rely on their own works.
Because they rely on their own works.
Even
sinners who believe in Jesus but are not delivered may shine brightly
for 3-5 years. They are enthusiastic in the beginning, but their faith
diminishes with time. If you believe in Jesus through your works, your
enthusiasm will soon disappear, too.
The
blind cannot see, so they rely on their other senses and accumulate
knowledge in this way. When they feel tears welling up, they mistake it
for a sign of remission. True remission is not a feeling.
The
spiritually blind seek to regain their first love by vainly attending
revival meetings, but they cannot recover the feeling. Remission of sin
is similarly impossible to achieve. If they had believed accurately from
the beginning, remission and His grace would shine more brightly as
days go by.
But
untrue remission only shines in the beginning and loses its luster from
then on. The glow of enthusiasm soon disappears because the spiritually
blind failed to listen to the true gospel from the beginning.
Hypocritical
scribes and Pharisees carry Bibles under their arms, memorize the
Lord’s Prayer and the Apostle’s Creed, and pray all the time. They get
promoted in the church and are emotionally charged up. But their sins
accumulate and they are finally dismissed by God. Outside they are
covered with the white plaster of religious fervor, but inside their
minds are rotting with sin. This is the result of faith not in truth but
in a religion based on works.
WE BECOME RIGHTEOUS BY FAITH
Has redemption of all sin in this world already been fulfilled?
Yes. It was fulfilled through the baptism of Jesus and His death on the Cross.
Yes. It was fulfilled through the baptism of Jesus and His death on the Cross.
Let
us now read Hebrews 10:16-18. “‘This is the covenant that I will make
with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their
hearts, and in their minds I will write them,’ then He adds, ‘Their
sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Now where there is
remission of these, there is no longer an offering for sin.’”
Now
that we are redeemed through the water of Jesus’ baptism and His blood
on the Cross, we no longer need to atone for sin. It might sound strange
when you first hear it, but it is in accordance with the words of the
Bible. Are those the words of humankind? The Bible is the benchmark and
the plumb line for measuring everything.
“After
those days, I will put My laws into their hearts, and in their minds I
will write them” (Hebrews 10:16). How do you feel after being redeemed?
Now that your heart is free of sin, you feel refreshed. You have become a
righteous person and can live in the light.
And
the Lord says in Hebrews 10:17 “Their sins and their lawless deeds I
will remember no more.” He tells us that He will not remember the sins
and lawless deeds of the redeemed. Why? Because Jesus was baptized in
the most fitting way, “for thus.” After taking away all sin, Jesus was
judged on behalf of those who believe in Him.
Now
that He has paid for all our sins, we may remember them but we need not
feel guilty about them. We no longer have to die for our sins because
Jesus washed away all sin and bled on the Cross for us.
Hebrews
10:18 says, “Now where there is remission of these, there is no longer
an offering for sin.” This means that He blotted out all the sins of the
world. It also means that those who are reborn in Jesus no longer need
to make any offering for sin.
“O
God, please forgive me. The reason I believe in Jesus and yet still
live in misery is that I have not yet been redeemed. I am a Christian,
but my mind is completely rotten with sin.” We don’t need to pray like
that.
Sinners
commit sin without recognizing it as such. They do not know what sin is
because they do not know God’s Law of Truth. They only know that they
should not sin in their conscience but they don’t know what it is to sin
before God. God pointed out to us that it is a sin not to believe in
Jesus.
In
John 16:9 He says what it is to sin before God. “Of sin, because they
do not believe in Me.” It is a sin before God not to believe in Him.
John 16:10 says what righteousness is. “Of righteousness, because I go
to My Father and you see Me no more.” In other words, Jesus has already
delivered this world from all sin, and thus He does not have to deliver
us again with a second baptism and death on the Cross.
He
called those who believe in redemption to sanctify and make them
righteous. Redemption in this world was completed through His baptism
and death on the Cross. No other redemption is needed to deliver
sinners.
“For
there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be
saved” (Acts 4:12). Jesus came down to this world, was baptized by John
the Baptist, and bled on the Cross to deliver all sinners. Believe this
in your heart and be saved. Jesus sanctified you with the water and the
Spirit.
Jesus
swept away all sins from our flesh through the water and the Spirit. We
are saved with faith. If we believe in the truth, if we believe in the
gospel through Jesus Christ, we become righteous once and for all. The
baptism of Jesus and His death on the Cross; these two elements
constitute the fundamental truth.
VERSES THAT SINNERS USE AS THEIR SHELTER
Can we really be redeemed by confessing our sins, or have we already been redeemed?
God granted redemption from sin once and for all.
God granted redemption from sin once and for all.
1
John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrigh- teousness.”
It
would be nice if we only needed to confess our sins to be forgiven.
With this in mind, some theologians came up with a great idea for a new
doctrine. They insist that every time someone confesses his sins he can
be forgiven. Isn’t that convenient? But Jesus never said that we would
be forgiven every time we confessed ourselves to God.
Can
we really be forgiven by simply confessing our sins, or have we already
been redeemed? Which do you believe? People who advocate this false
doctrine believe that they are forgiven every time they confess their
sins, but in fact, sin remains in their hearts because they do not know
the true words of redemption. It makes no sense that sinners who believe
in Jesus are forgiven whenever they pray for the forgiveness of actual
sins.
For
this reason, we ought to heed His words on redemption and discriminate
between truth and falsehood, regardless of what we may have been told.
Sinners
misunderstand 1 John 1:9. They mistakenly think it concerns the
forgiveness of daily sins. Let’s read the teachings carefully. “If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Do you think that we are only
saved from original sin and that we must confess our actual sins for Him
to be faithful and just and forgive them? These are only misguided
thoughts which owe to the weakness of our flesh.
We
realize that this is not true when we believe in the baptism and blood
of Jesus. All sin was already washed away with His baptism and blood on
the Cross a long, long time ago.
To
believe according to the Spirit and to believe according to misguided
thoughts are two quite different things. Those who believe according to
their own thoughts feel the need to wash away their sins every day, but
those who believe in the redemption of the water and the blood know that
they were delivered once and for all through the baptism and blood of
Jesus Christ.
Those
who believe that they should confess every day to be redeemed anew are
in fact committing the sin of not believing in redemption through the
baptism and blood of Jesus.
Have
you been redeemed once and for all through the baptism and blood of
Jesus? Those who are not redeemed try to win salvation by confessing
their sins every day. This still leaves the problem of what to do about
the actual sins they will commit in the future.
They
may try to confess in advance for their future sins. But in so doing
they show a lack of belief in Jesus. These people are blind to the
gospel of redemption. Jesus delivered us from sin once and for all with
His baptism and blood, taking the judgment upon Himself. We are
delivered simply by believing in Him.
If
you think you must confess even your future sins to be saved, you are
no different from unbelievers who know nothing of being born again of
water and the Spirit. Sinners cannot be redeemed through confession.
Therefore
if you confess honestly, “I am a sinner who is not yet redeemed,” and
then if you listen and believe in the gospel of His baptism and death on
the Cross, God will deliver you from all your sins.
But
if you don’t believe in the gospel of redemption and only hide under
repentant prayers, you will face terrible judgment when Jesus comes
again to this world as the Just Judge.
Those
who do not believe in the gospel of redemption of the water and the
Spirit will be judged. If they hide behind their confessions, they will
face the judgment. So, don’t wait for Judgment day. Believe now in the
blessed gospel of the water and the Spirit.
THE PROPER CONFESSION AND THE TRUE FAITH
What is the proper confession for a sinner?
To confess that he still has sin and will go to hell unless he believes in the true gospel
To confess that he still has sin and will go to hell unless he believes in the true gospel
God
redeemed us once and for all. Here’s a real-life example to illustrate
what I’m trying to say. Let’s suppose that a North Korean spy comes down
to the South. He sees how prosperous we are, realizes that he has been
deceived, and decides to give himself up.
After
going to the nearest police station, he could confess like this,
saying, “I am a spy from the North,” or “I came to the South to
assassinate so and so, and blow up this and that, and I have already
blown up this, but now I am giving myself up. Therefore I am not really a
spy anymore.”
Is
this a proper confession? If he really wanted to confess, all he would
have to say is “I am a spy.” This simple statement implies everything:
that he is a bad person and has to be judged. With that simple
statement, regardless of the mission he was assigned, he would be
pardoned.
Just
like that, if a sinner confesses before God, “I am a sinner not yet
redeemed. I am destined to be thrown into hell and to be judged. Please
save me” and believes in Jesus, he will be redeemed. Jesus was baptized
and shed blood for us, and all we have to do is believe in salvation
through Him to be saved.
Revelation
2:17 says, “I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name
written which no one knows except him who receives it.” The Bible says
that only he who receives the true gospel will know the name of Jesus.
Only one who is redeemed once and for all knows the secret of becoming
righteous.
Those
who do not know it will still be a sinner despite repentant daily
prayers. To confess doesn’t mean to pray for forgiveness every day. Even
if someone had been a Christian for ten years, he would still be a
sinner if he asked for God’s forgiveness every day. He would not yet be a
child of God.
To be saved they would have to confess that they are sinners and believe in the redemption of Jesus. This is the true faith.
TO SIMPLY LIST ONE’S SINS IS NOT WHAT 1 JOHN 1:9 TELLS US ABOUT CONFESSION
Do we have to confess our sins every day, or only one time to be saved?
Only one time
Only one time
Can
a thief and a murderer confess their deeds and be redeemed? Sinners are
not redeemed just by confessing their sins. They can only be redeemed
through the blessed gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit
in Jesus.
Some
misguided Christians make confessions like this. “Dear God, I quarreled
with someone again today. I sinned. I deceived someone. I stole
something.”
If they went on like that God would say, “Be quiet, you sinner! So what?”
“Please keep listening to me. God, You told us to confess our sins. I beg for Your mercy.”
This
kind of praying is not what God wants to hear. He wants to hear the
prayers of those who believe in the redemption of the water and the
Spirit: Those who admit their sins and believe in the gospel of truly
being born again.
Augustine
said that he repented having suckled on his mother’s breast. He thought
that kind of confession would lead him to the kingdom of Heaven. We can
only laugh at this. Just confessing one’s sins won’t do.
God
says, “Be quiet and just tell Me if you have sinned. If you have, then
stop talking about it. You have believed wrongfully until now, so go to a
church where the truth is taught. Believe in the gospel of redemption
in the proper way and be redeemed. If not, I will come and judge you.”
Repentant prayers for forgiveness and any other attempts to be saved through confession indicate misguided and untrue belief.
It is written in 1 John 1:9 that when we admit all our sins, the gospel of the water and the blood will deliver us from all sin.
“DEPART FROM ME”
What does it mean to practice lawlessness?
It means to believe in Jesus with sin in one’s heart.
It means to believe in Jesus with sin in one’s heart.
Christian sinners have misguided faith, practicing lawlessness before Jesus. “Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” (Matthew 7:22-23)
Imagine
that one who believes in untruth dies, comes to stand before God, and
says, “How have You been, Lord? You seemed so beautiful when I was
thinking about You down there, but You look even more beautiful up here.
Thank you, Lord. You saved me. I believe that You look upon me as
sinless even though I have sin in my heart. I came here since You
promised to take me to Heaven. Now I will go over there where the
flowers are in full bloom. Good-bye and I hope to see You around.”
He starts toward the garden, but Jesus stops him. “Wait! Let’s see if this man has sin in his heart. Are you a sinner?”
“Of course I have sin. But haven’t I believed in You?”
“Do you have sin even though you believe in Me?”
“Sure, I have sin.”
“What?
You have sin? Bring me the Book of Life. And bring the Book of Works,
too. Look up his name. See which book his name is in.”
To be sure, his name is in the Book of Works.
“Now, confess the sins you have committed on earth.”
The man tries not to, but God forces him to open his mouth and confess his sins.
“Yes, I committed such and such sins...”
He is all confused and cannot keep his mouth shut.
“All
right, that’s enough! He has done enough to be admitted to hell. He is
more than qualified! Send him to that burning place.”
He
is not sent to the place where flowers are in full bloom, but to the
place which is filled with fire and brimstone. He grinds his teeth while
being taken to hell.
“I
believed in You, prophesied in Your name, preached in Your name, sold
my house to serve You, helped orphans, endured so much in Your name,
prayed at dawn, treated the sick... I deserve to go to Heaven.”
He
grinds his teeth so much that he wears them down to nothing. When he
arrives in hell, he sees all the Christians who didn’t know the true
meaning of redemption in Jesus. Those who misunderstand the gospel of
redemption are discarded by Him.
SINS OF FALSE BELIEVERS ARE RECORDED IN THE BOOK OF WORKS
Where are the sins of all sinners recorded?
They are recorded in their hearts and in the Book of Works.
They are recorded in their hearts and in the Book of Works.
Whether
we believe in Jesus or not, God destroys those who have sin in their
hearts. If He finds even a speck of sin in someone’s heart, that person
is condemned to hell on Judgment Day. God urges sinners who have not yet
been redeemed to confess that they have not been delivered if they wish
to achieve redemption.
The
sins of a sinner are recorded in his heart. Those who are born again of
water and the Spirit may remember their sin, but it is erased from
their hearts. They are the righteous.
But
those who are not reborn have sin in their hearts. Therefore they are
sinners before God. Whenever they kneel to pray, their sins separate
them from God and prevent Him from hearing their prayers. They are
praying for this and that, but their sins remain. They end up confessing
their sins, repenting for transgressions committed ten years ago,
eleven years ago, even twenty years ago.
Do
they really have to repent again and again in their prayers? Why do
they do it? They do not want to do so, but whenever they begin to pray,
they remember that they are guilty before God. So they feel they have to
atone for their sins before praying in earnest.
God
wrote their sins with a pen of iron on the tablets of their hearts so
that their sins could never be erased. As a result, they feel they have
to confess their sins every time they come before God. So those who
believe in only half of the complete gospel of Jesus have to live in
misery as sinners and end up in hell.
In
Jeremiah 17:1, it is written, “The sin of Judah is written with a pen
of iron; with the point of a diamond it is engraved on the tablet of
their heart, and on the horns of your altars.”
Judah
is the name of the royal tribe of the people of Israel. The Bible holds
up Judah to represent all humankind, so Judah means all people.
The
sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron and engraved with the point
of a diamond which can cut through steel. Diamond is the strongest
material in the world. With a pen of iron with the point of diamond our
sins are recorded.
Once they are engraved, they cannot be erased. They won’t be erased unless we believe in the truth of the water and the Spirit.
It
is of no use to be redeemed in their thoughts, to believe in Christian
doctrines, to memorize theology, and to devote themselves to church if
sin remains in their hearts.
As
their sins can never be erased without the baptism of Jesus, sinners
keep remembering them, saying, “Lord, I am a sinner,” whenever they
pray. They still have sin in their hearts however much they may try to
have fellowship with God, taking on a lot of responsibility in the
church, and studying theology and doctrine.
So
they go into the mountains, try in vain to speak in tongues and seek
visions of burning flames, but it is all useless. If sin remains in your
heart, you will never be at peace.
Our
sin, as written in Jeremiah 17:1, is engraved on the horns of our
altars. In Heaven, there is the Book of Life and the Book of Works. The
sins of sinners are recorded in the Book of Works and thus people can
never escape their trespasses. God records them in the Book of Works and
the tablets of our consciences and shows them to us through His Law.
We
should wipe these records clean by believing in the baptism of Jesus
and the blood He shed for us and be saved. Then we will be ready for
everlasting life, and our names will be written in the Book of Life.
IS YOUR NAME IN THE BOOK OF LIFE?
Whose names are listed in the Book of Life?
The names of those who have no sin in their heart are listed there.
The names of those who have no sin in their heart are listed there.
It is important to have your name listed in the Book of Life. If your name is not listed therein, what is the use of believing in Jesus? To be truly redeemed, you have to believe in being born again of water and the Spirit.
Jesus
came down to this world, was baptized when He was 30 years old to wash
away all the sins of the world, and died on the Cross to deliver us. As
recorded in Matthew 3:15, Jesus was “for thus” baptized and crucified on
the Cross. We have to believe this to have our names recorded in the
Book of Life.
When people die and stand before God, God says, “See if this person’s name is in the Book of Life.”
“It is, Lord.”
“Yes, you have suffered and shed tears on earth for Me, now I shall make it so that you will never have to do so again.”
God bestows on such a person a crown of righteousness as a reward.
“Thank you, Lord. I am forever grateful.”
“Angels, put a crown on this person.”
“Lord,
it is more than enough that You have saved me. The crown would be just
too much for me. Thank you. I am so grateful that You saved me. I am
more than satisfied just to live in Your presence.”
“Angels, kneel down and take this 10,000th son of Mine on your back.”
The angels answer, “Yes, Sir.”
“Please get on my back.”
“It’s so comfortable. Am I doing this right? Let’s get going.”
The angel takes careful steps.
“Would you like to go for a walk?”
“Wow, it is so beautiful here. How big is this place?”
“I have been going all over the place for several billion years, but I have yet to find its end.”
“Is that true? I must be getting heavy for you. You can put me down now.”
“We never run out of energy up here.”
“Thank you, but I want to stand on the ground of the kingdom of Heaven. Now where are all the righteous who arrived before me?”
“They are over there.”
“Let’s go over.”
Hallelujah! They hug each other and smile and live happily ever after.
Now
imagine that a man who believes in Jesus but is still a sinner dies and
stands before God. He also says that he believes in Jesus and admits
that he is a sinner.
God says, “See if this man’s name is written in the Book of Life.”
“It is not in the Book, Lord.”
“Then look in the Book of Works.”
“His name and his sins are in here.”
“Then send this man to the place where he will never have to worry about the cost of fuel, and let him live there forever.”
“Oh, Lord, it is so unfair...”
He says it is unfair. Why should he be sent to hell even though he believed in Jesus so fervently?
The
reason is that he was deceived by Satan and he only listened to half
the truth of the gospel. If we misunderstand the true meaning of the
redemption of Jesus, we will end up in hell, too.
This
man believed in Jesus, yet he was deceived by Satan and thought he was a
sinner. If he had heard the true gospel, he would have realized that
his belief was wrong. But he failed to believe due to his egotistical
attachment to his own mistaken beliefs.
If
you want to go to the kingdom of Heaven, you must believe in being born
again of water and the Spirit. As it is written in Matthew 3:15, “for
thus” Jesus took away all the sins of the world. You must believe in the
salvation of the water and the blood.
Whose names are recorded in the Book of Works?
The names of those who have sin in their heart are recorded there.
The names of those who have sin in their heart are recorded there.
If
you choose to believe anything, like a good-natured person who never
refuses another’s request, you may end up in hell. There are many
good-natured people in hell, but in Heaven, there are true fighters who
fought for what they believe in.
Those
who are in Heaven knew that they were sinners who were destined to go
to hell and gratefully believed that their sins were washed away through
the baptism and the blood of Jesus.
It
is said that there are mounds of ears and mouths in Heaven. Because
many people believe in the redemption of Jesus with only their mouths or
ears, God throws the rest of their bodies into the burning fires of
sulphur.
Imagine
that one who believes in Jesus but still has sin in his heart stands
before God and says, “Lord, people called me righteous because I
believed in Jesus, even though I still had sin in my heart. I believed
that You would also look on me as sinless. That is what I learned and
what I believed. I only believed as many people do. It was the most
widely accepted belief where I come from.”
The
Lord replies. “I cannot forgive those who have sin in their hearts. I
washed away all your sins with the blessing of being born again of water
and the Spirit. But you refused to believe in it. Angels! Throw this
insolent man into the fires of hell.”
Anyone
who believes in Jesus but still thinks he has sin in his heart will end
up in hell. Listen to the true gospel of redemption and be delivered
from all sin. Otherwise, you will burn in hell.
To
say that you are sinless when you have sin in your heart is to deceive
God. We can see how much difference there is between sinners and the
righteous in the end. You will realize why I implore you to be redeemed.
You
will see the difference between those who believe in complete
redemption (the baptism of Jesus and His death on the Cross) and those
who do not when you stand on the crossroads to Heaven and hell. It will
make a big difference. Some will enter into the kingdom of Heaven but
others will go to hell.
Do
you believe in Jesus but still remain a sinner? Then you should realize
that you ought to be born again of water and the Spirit. God sends
those who have sin in their hearts to hell. Only those who believe in
the complete forgiveness of sin can enter the kingdom of Heaven.
Do
it right now. If you put it off, it may be too late. Be ready in
advance. Before you end up in hell, believe in the redemption of the
water and the Spirit and become sanctified.
Glory be to our Lord Jesus! We thank Him for His graciousness in making us sinners righteous. Hallelujah!
JESUS: THE ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTEOUS
Can our sins be blotted out by repentant prayers?
No, it is thoroughly impossible. That is one of the ways Satan deceives us.
No, it is thoroughly impossible. That is one of the ways Satan deceives us.
Let’s
read 1 John 2:1-2. “My little children, these things I write to you, so
that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation
for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.”
Can
you see what is written here? Is there anyone who believes but still
has sin in his heart? If you have sin in your heart but tell God that
you do not, you are deceiving Him. And you are deceiving yourself, too.
But
if you truly understand Jesus and believe what He did to wash away all
sins at the Jordan, you will be completely free of sin. You can then
say, “Lord, I was born again with water and the Spirit in You. I have no
sin. I can stand before You without shame.”
Then
the Lord will reply. “Yes, you are right. As Abraham believed in Me and
believed himself to be righteous, you are also righteous because I
washed away all your sins.”
But
consider a man who still has sin in his heart even though he believes
in Jesus. He says, “Because I believe in Jesus, I will go to Heaven even
if I have a little sin in my heart.”
He
wants so much to be admitted to Heaven that he tries to resist while
standing before the judgment seat, but he will still end up in hell.
Why? He didn’t know the blessed gospel of being born again of water and
the Spirit.
Everyone
should confess that he is a sinner during his days on earth. “I am a
sinner. I will go to hell. Please save me.” A sinner is not redeemed
with repentant prayers. Rather, he has to admit that he is a sinner and
accept the redemption of the water and the Spirit to be delivered. He
can only become righteous through the redemption of the water and the
Spirit.
It
is false gospel to insist that only original sin is forgiven in Jesus
and we should repent our actual sins to obtain salvation. This leads us
straight to hell. So many believers doom themselves to hell by believing
this false gospel and this tendency is even more prevalent these days.
Would
you know it if you had fallen into false gospel? Can you still be a
debtor even after paying all your debts? Think about it. If you still
consider yourself a sinner while believing in Jesus, can it be said that
you believe in Him properly? Are you a believer and sinner, or are you a
believer and a righteous man?
You
can choose for yourself. You can either believe that all your sins are
forgiven, or you can believe that you should repent every day for your
transgressions. Your choice will determine whether you go to Heaven or
hell. You have to heed the evangelist who tells you the true gospel.
Those
who believe in false gospel still pray for the forgiveness of sins at
every dawn prayer meeting, every Wednesday service, every Friday
all-night prayer in a bid to wash away their sins.
“Lord,
I have sinned. I have sinned this week,” they say. Then they remember
the sins of years ago and pray again for His forgiveness. That is
defying the blessed gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit.
Our
sins must be paid for with blood. Hebrews 9:22 says, “Without shedding
of blood there is no remission.” If you think you have sin, then are you
asking Him to bleed for you again? Those who don’t believe in the
complete redemption are guilty of turning the redemption of Jesus into a
lie. They are in fact insisting that Jesus did not deliver us once and
for all and that He is a liar.
To
be redeemed in Jesus, you have to believe in the truth of the
redemption of the water and the Spirit. Can you really be forgiven for
sins with hundreds, thousands, millions of prayers? The true gospel
redeems us once and for all. Become righteous, go to the kingdom of
Heaven, and live a righteous life for all time.
“♪I
live a new life in Jesus. The past is over and I have become a new
creature. The wasted past has gone away. O, Jesus is my true life. I
live a new life in Jesus.♪”
You
live a new life in Jesus. Regardless of whether you do not look as
handsome as you would like to, whether you are too short, or a little
too fat around the middle, those who are blessed with the gospel of
being born again of water and the Spirit live a happy life. What does it
matter that your nose isn’t the ideal shape, or that you are a little
short? Because we are not perfect, we are saved by believing in being
born again of water and the Spirit in Jesus. But those who are conceited
will end up in hell.
Thank
you, Lord. I always give thanks to the Lord. Because we believe in
being born again of water and the Spirit, we will be welcomed in Heaven.
THE UNTRUTH LEADS US TO HELL
Who will receive a crown of righteousness in the end?
He who overcomes the untruth
He who overcomes the untruth
The
untruth tells us that we have to repent every day to be forgiven, but
the gospel of the water and the Spirit tells us that we are already
completely forgiven and all we have to do is believe it.
Which
is the truth? Do we have to repent every day? Or is it right to believe
that Jesus delivered us when He was baptized in the most fitting manner
to take away all our sins? The truth is that Jesus took away our sins
once and for all and in this proper way offered us salvation.
We
have to triumph over the untruth in the spiritual war. Many people
follow the untruth. “And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write,
‘These things says He who has the sharp two-edged sword: I know your
works, and where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is’” (Revelation
2:12-13).
“To
him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I
will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which
no one knows except him who receives it” (Revelation 2:17).
Where
numerous evil spirits dwell and untruth stands pretending to be truth,
Satan appears as if he were a bright angel. God cannot help anyone who
hears and knows the truth of salvation of the water and the Spirit but
doesn’t believe it. Such a person will surely end up in hell.
Everyone
has to decide for himself whether to believe in the salvation of Jesus.
Nobody kneels before you, begging you to believe and be delivered.
If
you want to be saved from sin, then believe in the salvation of the
water and the Spirit. If you feel thankful for His love in salvation and
His grace in saving us, then believe it. If you are a sinner destined
to go to hell, then believe in the water and the Spirit, the baptism of
Jesus and His death on the Cross. Then you will become righteous.
If
you think you are not a sinner, you do not have to be redeemed by
believing in Jesus. Only sinners are delivered from all sins by
believing in the gospel of being born again of water and the Spirit.
Jesus is the Savior of sinners and Consoler of the troubled. He is the
Creator. He is the Master of Love.
I
sincerely urge you to believe in the gospel of being born again of
water and the Spirit. Believe in it. You can be sure that Jesus will be
Savior, Friend, Shepherd and God to you. Sinners should believe in
Jesus. If you don’t want to end up in hell, you must believe it. God
does not beg us to believe the gospel of salvation.
Do
you want to be admitted to Heaven? Then believe in the gospel of being
born again of water and the Spirit. Jesus says, “I am the way, the
truth, and the life. Believe in Me.” Are you saying that you want to be
thrown into hell? Then do not believe. He says He has already prepared a
place in hell for you.
God
does not beg. A merchant welcomes people indiscriminately in a bid to
sell his wares, but God gives the kingdom of Heaven for free only to
those who are redeemed. God is Just.
People
say that the end of the world is near. Yes, I also think so. And it is
foolish not to believe in the true gospel of being born again of water
and the Spirit.
Believe
in the salvation of the blessed gospel of being born again of water and
the Spirit. Let’s go together to the kingdom of Heaven. Won’t you go
with me to the dwelling place of Jesus?
Are you a sinner or a righteous man?
A righteous man who has no sin in his heart
A righteous man who has no sin in his heart
Let
us read from Romans 8:1-2. “There is therefore now no condemnation to
those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh,
but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.”
Jesus
took away all our sins through His baptism and His death on the Cross.
He saved all sinners who had to be judged for their sins.
God’s
salvation consists of two things. One is the Law and the other is His
Love. The Law teaches us that we are sinners. According to the Law, the
wages of sin is death. We can’t be saved by the Law. It only teaches us
our sinful nature and fate. It lets us know that we are sinners.
To
pay the wages of sin, Jesus came down to this world, took away all our
sins and paid for them with His life to save us from judgment. It is the
love of God that saved us from all sin.
We
must triumph over the untruth. God gives the blessing of being born
again of water and the Spirit to those who overcome the untruth.
We
are saved by believing in Jesus. By believing in His words, we achieve
righteousness and understand the truth. Believe in the truth of being
born again of water and the Spirit in your hearts, and you will be
saved.
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