Saturday, October 20, 2007

Essential Truths From the Balcony: "Jesus DID NOT Die To Save Us From the Devil..."


You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell? - Matthew 23:33 ESV

Every now and again, we like to lay out some of the fundamental doctrines that are necessary for salvation in Christ. The reason that we do this is because we believe that a faulty understanding on these matters can lead to grave error and have an undermining effect on spiritual growth and discipleship. Here is one of the first, and possibly the most important, in terms of understanding what it really means to "get saved" - more importantly, what it is that we are actually saved from...


The Wrath of God (Paul Washer)

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. - John 3:18 ESV
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. - Matthew 10:28 ESV

Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” - Acts 2:37-41 ESV


"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead." - Acts 17:30 ESV



"The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him." - George Whitefield



Soli Deo Gloria,

From the Balcony




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