Authentic Biblical Salvation – Part Five

God Pardon’s Sin Law of Nature Question: What is a Pardon?   Answer: “A pardon is the use of executive power that exempts the individual to whom it was given from punishment…” Legal Reference Link: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/pardon “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.” Revelation 17:14. As you can see, under the laws of nature, humanity is guilty of a governing criminal system by the King of Kings. This action requires, under nature’s direction, only two plausible legal options under a constituted statute of natural law. Number One: The crimes of humanity must get sentenced with just punishment by the King of Kings. Number Two: The King of Kings also has the sovereign authority to pardon such criminals. Note: This is not a right but a privilege. Countries around the world have some form of pardon rights. For example, The President of the United States is given this authority under the Article II of the United States Constitution, “…he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States,…” Another example would be the British Monarch. The current king, as this is written, is King Charles III. Under England’s constitutional monarchy system, this power gets bestowed on the British Crown. As mentioned throughout this article, we are soldiers for Jesus Christ once we become genuinely Saved (big S). Note: Dear Reader, this is not a little s = non-real salvation but genuinely Saved by God’s Grace. At this moment,...

Authentic Biblical Salvation – Part Four

EASY PRAYER-ISM SALVATION PART FOUR   1. The Holy Scriptures “NEVER” authorize us to inform someone is “SAVED.” Where ??? – It is “NOT” in the Holy Scriptures. 2. The Holy Bible informs us to “ONLY” teach the lost, unregenerate souls how to get Saved. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;” Acts 3:19. “Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:18-20. 3. The Divine Scripture’s instructions for the Congregation of Believers is to carefully examine “Them & Yourself” by their fruits as they have made the proclamation of Salvation. “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?” 2 Corinthians 13:5. “Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but...

Only so Long

“And as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this the judgment, so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, without sin, unto salvation.”  Hebrews 9:27-28   For every man and woman, there is a day, there is a time when they are appointed to die.  This is something that everyone knows, one day they will die (Ecclesiastes 9:5).  Yet does one die with Jesus Christ as their Savior or without?  For ultimately that is the question and the answer to that question has eternal consequences.   There are many who hear the Gospel message, attend Church, read a Bible tract or the Bible.  In fact, I would dare say that most people spend some time praying in their life, whether or not they proclaim to be Saved.  Even those who do not proclaim to be a Christian, during hard times, will often appreciate being prayed for.    The question is, how many are there who hear these things, realize in their heart that this is something that they should look further into or know that they should repent towards God and by faith believe into Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior (Acts 20:21), but they, for various reasons, simply continue to kick the can down the road?  Perhaps they recall from time to time that they have only so long, but for whatever reason, they go contrary to what God says in the Bible and decide that they will deal with it later on.   “For He says:...

Authentic Biblical Salvation – Part Three

“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” Matthew 5:43-44. As ambassadors for Christ, we are instructed in this “WAR” to love our enemies. The purpose behind loving our enemies is because, as foreigners of this land (world), we are required to help those captured in bondage of sin. The objective of loving our enemy is using the weapon of “LOVE,” we thereby might be able to help some lost, unsaved individuals receive new citizenship in heaven. This citizenship handed down to all humanity is freely available to whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord. “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” Romans 10:13-15. As you can see in Romans 10:13-15, any unsaved individual can have the ability to receive eternal Salvation. In this war, we as children were once lost, but God allowed us to be a “WHOSOEVER.” This kind of love is the weapon we use on the battlefield to destroy the devil’s...

Eternal Rest

“His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will appoint you administrator over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.”  Matthew 25:21   This is taken from a parable taught by Jesus.  For the purpose of this article, we are only going to focus on the precept taught by Jesus to hear the ‘well done’ by being a good and faithful servant, eventually entering into eternal rest with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.   There are a lot of people who have hard lives, some more obvious than others.  When we go downtown or to known trouble areas of the city, handing out tracts and Bibles, we witness first hand the very hard lives of those who have obviously been captivated by the devil and are on the broad path to destruction (Matthew 7:13).   The other day we were making a round and after speaking to several people, handing out a drink and a snack, we were nearing the end of our resources on hand and heading back.  We still had a few more drinks and tracts and decided to cross a street where there was some sort of problem playing out.   Unbeknownst to us, a domestic dispute had just occurred.  There was a man with his hands up, ready for police intervention, he had just beat his wife, though no police were yet arriving.  There another man was trying to get him to move along, threatening to and then eventually calling the police over the domestic dispute.  His wife laying next to...

Authentic Biblical Salvation – Part Two

“Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20. What is an ambassador? This word is a legal governing constituted statute that decrees individuals who hold diplomatic authority to a foreign government or sovereign. Merriam Website Dictionary Online https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ambassador 1 : an official envoy especially : a diplomatic agent of the highest rank accredited to a foreign government or sovereign as the resident representative of his or her own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment She’s the American ambassador to Italy. 2 a: an authorized representative or messenger b: an unofficial representative When God’s Grace Saves His people, they become ambassadors for Christ. This verse astonishingly informs us that Christians get a new form of citizenship. We thereby become foreigners of our old state. It is kind of like people who migrate to other countries, where they denounce their former citizenship and become naturalized under a new nationality. We thereby become a citizen of God’s eternal Kingdom. “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.” Revelation 19:16. As you can see, dear reader, under natural law, a person who has believed by faith that Jesus Christ is the Savior of the World and faithfully repented to God the Father, these individuals inherits a new nationality. This nationality is our new birthright. This nationality is our new citizenship in the eternal King of God’s Heaven. Our New Birthright? “Jesus answered and said...