Eternally Secure

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Eternally Secure

• Once saved, Always saved

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Gods Viewpoint

• There are two kinds of people in the world
• Lost people
• Saved people

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Two Principles

• If you do not have a true understanding of
  salvation, you will not be able to understand
  eternal security.
• If you do not have a true understanding of
  eternal security, you do not have a true
  understanding of salvation.

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a major misconception

• Most Christians today think that God relates to
  man through His love.
• The truth
• God relates to man through His INTEGRITY, of
  which His love is only a part

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immutable

• God never changes the way in which He deals with
  us.
• God does not love us when we are good,
• and then stop loving us when we are bad.

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GODS INTEGRITY

• Justice
• Righteousness
• Love

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GODS INTEGRITY

• Three Principles
• righteousness demands righteousness.
• justice demands justice.
• What the righteousness of God demands, the
  justice of God executes.

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Righteousness Justice
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Gods Word

• Romans 310 as it is written, "There is none
  righteous, not even one
• Romans 323 for all have sinned and fall short
  of the glory of God,
• Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death, .

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Romans 623

• Death means separation from God.
• Separation from God is called spiritual death.
• Sin is singular not plural (sins)
• Adams Original Sin (AOS)
• Born physically alive, but spiritually dead

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What does this mean?

• Every single human being , from the moment of
  physical birth, stands condemned, deserving only
  cursing from God.

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Gods Word

• Romans 623 . . . . but the free gift of God is
  eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Acts 1631 And they said, "Believe in the Lord
  Jesus, and you shall be saved, . . . .
• John 316 "For God so loved the world, that He
  gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
  in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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God did NOT say

• whoever believes in Him, and joins a church,
  should not perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and gets baptized,
  should not perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and sings in the choir,
  should not perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and stops sinning,
  should not perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and stops drinking
  alcohol, should not perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and stops smoking,
  should not perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and tithes, should not
  perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and becomes like
  Christ, should not perish,
• whoever believes in Him, and reads the Bible
  every day, should not perish,

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Gods Word

• John 316
• whoever believes,
• whosoever believeth,
• anyone who believes,
• everyone who believes,
• pas ho pisteuoon,
• ang tanan nga mosalig,
• ang tanan nga motoo,
• ang tagsatagsa nga nagatuo.

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Gods Word

• Belief plus nothing!

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Gods Word

• Ephesians 28-9
• For by grace you have been saved through faith
  and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of
  God not as a result of works, that no one should
  boast.
• 1 John 21-2
• My little children, I am writing these things to
  you 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 those of the whole world.

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Gods Word

• Philippians 25-8
• Have this attitude in yourselves which was also
  in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the
  form of God, did not regard equality with God a
  thing to be grasped, Who, being in the form of
  God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God
  but emptied Himself, taking the form of a
  bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of
  men. And being found in appearance as a man, He
  humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point
  of death, even death on a cross. (NAS)

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Gods Word

• Mark 1525
• And it was the third hour when they crucified
  Him.
• Luke 2334
• But Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them for
  they do not know what they are doing." And they
  cast lots, dividing up His garments among
  themselves.

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Gods Word

• Matthew 2745-46
• Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all
  the land until the ninth hour. And about the
  ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice,
  saying," Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? "that is,"
  My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
• 2 Corinthians 521 He made Him who knew no sin
  to be sin on our behalf, that we might become
  the righteousness of God in Him.
• Galatians 313 Christ redeemed us from the curse
  of the Law, having become a curse for us-- for it
  is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a
  tree"

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Gods Word

• John 1930
• When Jesus therefore had received the sour wine,
  He said, It is finished!
• Luke 2346
• And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said,
  "Father, into Thy hands I commit My spirit." And
  having said this, He breathed His last.

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Questions

• How many sins were paid for by Christ on the
  cross?
• What sins were not paid for by Christ on the
  cross?
• What sin could you possibly commit today or
  tomorrow or next month or next year that Christ
  did not pay for on the cross?

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1 Corinthians 118 For the word of the cross is
foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us
who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1522 For as in Adam all die, so
also in Christ all will be made alive.
2 Corinthians 517 Therefore if anyone is in
Christ, he is a new creature the old things
passed away behold, new things have come.
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The Spiritual Life

• Gods Divine Viewpoint
• Lost people
• Saved people
• Among The Saved
• Spiritual believers
• Carnal believers

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Gods Word

• The self-life the old man
• Empowered by the sin nature
• The new life the new man
• Empowered by the Holy Spirit

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Gods Word

• Romans 715-23
• For what I am doing, I do not understand for I
  am not practicing what I would like to do
  but I am doing the very thing I hate. But if I
  do the very thing I do not want to do I agree
  with the Law, confessing that the Law is good.
  So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin
  which dwells in me. For I know that nothing good
  dwells in me, that is, in my flesh for the
  willing is present in me, but the doing of the
  good is not. For the good that I want, I do
  not do, but I practice the very evil that I do
  not want. But if I am doing the very thing I do
  not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but
  sin which dwells in me. I find then the
  principle that evil is present in me, the one who
  wants to do good. For I joyfully concur with the
  law of God in the inner man, but I see a
  different law in the members of my body, waging
  war against the law of my mind and making me a
  prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members.

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TRICHOTOMOUS Spiritually Alive
DICHOTOMOUS Spiritually Dead
Gen. 216-17
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The Curse of the Human Nature
Body
Soul
Human Spirit
Soul
Body
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Baptism of the Holy Spirit
Matthew 311
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Gods Word

• Matthew 311
• "As for me, I baptize you with water for
  repentance, but He who is coming after me is
  mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His
  sandals He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit
  and fire. (NAS)
• 1 Corinthians 316
• Do you not know that you are a temple of God,
  and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
  (NAS)

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GALATIANS 517
Desires of the Spirit
Desires of the Flesh
Galatians 519-21
Galatians 522-23
Immorality
Love
Impurity
Joy
Sensuality
Peace
Idolatry
Patience
Sorcery
Kindness
Enmities
Goodness
Strife
Faithfulness
Jealousy
Gentleness
Anger
Self-control
Disputes
Dissensions
Factions
Envying
Drunkenness
Carousing
Things like these
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Rom 829 For those whom He foreknew, He also
predestined to become conformed to the image of
His Son,
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Gods Word

• Operation K.R.Y.
• Romans 66 Knowing this, that our old man is
  crucified with him, that the body of sin might be
  destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve
  sin. (KJV)
• Romans 611 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves
  to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God
  through Jesus Christ our Lord. (KJV)
• Romans 613 Neither yield ye your members as
  instruments of unrighteousness unto sin but
  yield yourselves unto God, as those that are
  alive from the dead, and your members as
  instruments of righteousness unto God. (KJV)

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The Spiritual Life

• To which nature are you going to YIELD?
• Which nature is influencing what you are
  thinking, saying and doing?
• The Result
• If you are yielded to your OSN, you
  are CARNAL.
• If you are yielded to the indwelling Holy Spirit,
  you are SPIRITUAL

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The Spiritual Life

• Yielding, Carnality, Spirituality are all
  ATTITUDES
• They are NOT
• something you
• DO or DONT DO

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The Spiritual Life

• Carnality, Spirituality
• These terms apply to BELIEVERS ONLY

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The Spiritual Life

• Whether you got to HEAVEN or HELL when you die
  depends totally, 100, on what you think of
  Christ!

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SPIRITUAL
CARNAL
HUMAN GOOD
HUMAN BAD
Attends church every Sunday
Bribes clerks and government officials to keep
from standing in line
Gives 20 of his income to the church
Tells a few lies once in a whilc
Sings in the choir
Worries
Teaches Sunday School
Gossips
Drinks a beer each evening with dinner
Gambles the family money away at the Matina
Galleria
Smokes cigarettes
Studies the bible two hours every day
Has sex with someone to whom they are not married
Has bible study every week in their home
Maligns other people
Goes dancing at the local discotheque
Murders someone
Pastors a church
Has sex with his daughter
Cheats when he files his income tax
Is a graduate of a seminary
Harbors bitterness towards someone
Is NOT a member of a local church
Abuses drugs
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GODS INTEGRITY

• Three Principles
• Gods righteousness demands righteousness.
• Gods justice demands justice.
• What the righteousness of God demands, the
  justice of God executes.

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Righteousness Justice
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Gods Word

• Hebrews 124-7
• You have not yet resisted to the point of
  shedding blood in your striving against sin and
  you have forgotten the exhortation which is
  addressed to you as sons, "My son, do not regard
  lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor faint
  when you are reproved by Him For those whom the
  Lord loves He disciplines, and He scourges every
  son whom He receives. It is for discipline that
  you endure God deals with you as with sons for
  what son is there whom his father does not
  discipline? (NAS)

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• we never stop being sons
• Eternally secure!
• A spiritual son will be blessed
• A carnal son will be disciplined

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Gods Word

• 2 Corinthians 510
• For we must all appear before the judgment seat
  of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed
  for his deeds in the body, according to what he
  has done, whether good or bad. (NAS)

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Gods Word

• 1 CORINTHIANS 310-15
• ACCORDING TO THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH WAS GIVEN TO
  ME, LIKE A WISE MASTER BUILDER I LAID A
  FOUNDATION, AND ANOTHER IS BUILDING ON IT. BUT
  EACH MAN MUST BE CAREFUL HOW HE BUILDS ON IT.
  FOR NO MAN CAN LAY A FOUNDATION OTHER THAN THE
  ONE WHICH IS LAID, WHICH IS JESUS CHRIST. NOW IF
  ANY MAN BUILDS ON THE FOUNDATION WITH GOLD,
  SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES, WOOD, HAY, STRAW, EACH
  MAN'S WORK WILL BECOME EVIDENT FOR THE DAY WILL
  SHOW IT BECAUSE IT IS TO BE REVEALED WITH FIRE,
  AND THE FIRE ITSELF WILL TEST THE QUALITY OF EACH
  MAN'S WORK. IF ANY MAN'S WORK WHICH HE HAS BUILT
  ON IT REMAINS, HE WILL RECEIVE A REWARD. IF ANY
  MAN'S WORK IS BURNED UP, HE WILL SUFFER LOSS BUT
  HE HIMSELF WILL BE SAVED, YET SO AS THROUGH FIRE.
  (NAS)

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The Spiritual Life

• How do I insure that I am a spiritual believer
  and not a carnal believer?
• You must be clean before the Lord.
• You must choose to live a life of obedience.
• You must be walking by means of the Holy Spirit.

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The Spiritual Life

• 1 John 19 If we confess our sins, He is
  faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and
  to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (NAS)
• 1 Thessalonians 519 Do not quench the Spirit
  (NAS)
• Ephesians 430 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit
  of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of
  redemption. (NAS)
• Galatians 516 But I say, walk by the Spirit,
  and you will not carry out the desire of the
  flesh. (NAS)

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The Spiritual Life

• Romans 613 and do not go on presenting the
  members of your body to sin as instruments of
  unrighteousness but present yourselves to God as
  those alive from the dead, and your members as
  instruments of righteousness to God. (NAS)
• Ephesians 518 And do not get drunk with wine,
  for that is dissipation, but be filled with by
  means of the Spirit, (NAS)

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The Spiritual Life

• the only greatness worth pursuing in life was the
  greatness of grace,
• the only race worth running was the race of
  faith,
• the only fight worth fighting was the good fight,
  
• the only words worth hearing were the words of
  approval from the Lord Jesus Christ,

"Well done, good and faithful servant!"