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The Two Stages of Salvation
Two Stages of Salvation Stage One We are saved by grace through faith at the time that (1) be believe in Christ, (2) repent of our sins, and (3) are baptized. In referring to it as “stage one”, I am not implying that we are only half saved at this point. We are fully saved,…
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Chapter 6, The Point of Tension
The tension we experience is all about the temptation that we get ourselves into. We have repented, we want to serve the Lord. We have made resolutions, promises etc. But now we are faced with another path to take, “at least temporarily”,we say to ourselves, certainly not permanently. “Why not give in this one more…
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Book: Loving God, chapter 5 The Temptation and the Test
How To Love the Lord thy God With all your heart, soul, mind and strength Chapter 6 The Temptation. The Test In the course of time (and this is not going to take long) after you have told the Lord that you have truly and sincerely repented of your sins. And this is especially true…
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The Cheap Grace Dumpster
Ever heard of “cheap grace”? It is a term thrown around in Christian circles that refers to someone who claims to be a Christian but their live style tells a different story. We all sin somewhat but these folks don’t seem to restrain themselves one bit. Well, perhaps a little bit but not enough in…
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Book: How to Love God, chapter 4 What Did You Miss?
Okay so why aren’t you loving God with all your heart again? Wasn’t this supposed to automatically happen? After all you did everything they told you to do to become a Christian. Loving God is part of the package isn’t it? Maybe in time it will happen… but its been time enough and still…nothing. So…
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Book: How To Love God, Chapter 3 Go back to the start
Now you say you already repented back in the beginning when you received Christ as your savior. So let us go back to the beginning and review your christian start. You were told that to become a christian you must first believe that Jesus is the Son of God that He was born of the…
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Book: How To Love God, Chapter 2 The Problem
Loving God at first doesn’t seem so hard but we don’t, something hinders us so what is the problem. We all intuitively know what the problem is, its sin, it separates us from God. Now you might say that Jesus has paid the price for our sins and has forgiven all our sins past present…
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How To Love God, Chapter 1: Commitment
With All Your Heart, Soul, Mind and Strength Chapter 1 Commitment The first thing we need to talk about is commitment, I am going to tell you right up front that loving God with all your heart is not even remotely possible without a total commitment on your part. Look at it this way, if…
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You Can’t Have it Both Ways
Can we hope to receive from Jesus forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life and we keep our favorite sins? I am supposing we can it we are to believe what we are taught in our churches. So let’s go over it. Now I am thinking about the number 5 above, if Jesus…
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Book:How to Love God,, Introduction
This is taken from a book I am currently writing, I am going to post it here one chapter at a time. I pray that those who read this will receive some benefit from it, and, who knows maybe someone will learn to love God with all their heart. Introduction Loving God with all of…
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