BEHOLD THE LAMB!




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“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Romans 10:9-10,13


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So, what does the resurrection have to do with our salvation?


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Resurrection of Christ - Establishing the Importance

The apostle Paul makes this clear in his first letter to the Corinthians: "But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:" 1 Cor. 15:13. In that same chapter he says "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; Ye are yet in your sins.", 1 Cor. 15:14.

The importance of the resurrection of Christ is further demonstrated in the frequency and enthusiasm with which it is preached as the early church grows (e.g., Acts 2:31; 4:33; 17:18; 26:23). Nearly every public witness to the Gospel points to the resurrection of Christ as the hope for all who desire salvation.

The Scripture says, “For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins accordaning to the Scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day accordance to the Scriptures” 1 Corinthians 15:3-4.

Most importantly, the Bible explains why Jesus’ death and resurrection provide the only entrance to heaven.


The punishment for sin was death.

God created earth and man perfect. But when Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s commands, He had to punish them. A judge who pardons law-breakers isn’t a righteous judge. Likewise, overlooking sin would make the holy God unjust. Death is God’s just consequence for sin. “For the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23).

Even good works cannot make up for wrongs against the holy God. Compared to His goodness, “All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags” (Isaiah 64:6b). Ever since Adam’s sin, every human has been guilty of disobeying God’s righteous laws. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). Sin is not just big things like murder or blasphemy, but also includes love of money, hatred of enemies, and deceit of tongue and pride. Because of sin, everyone has deserved death – eternal separation from God in hell.


The promise required an innocent death.


Behold the Lamb

Although God banished Adam and Eve from the garden, He didn’t leave them without hope of heaven. He promised He would send a sinless Sacrifice to take the punishment they deserved (Genesis 3:15).. Herein lies the beauty of God’s perfect plan: God Himself provided the only sacrifice (Jesus) who could atone for the sins of His people. God’s perfect Son fulfilled God’s perfect requirement of God’s perfect law. It is perfectly brilliant in its simplicity. "for he (God) hath made him (Christ) to be sin for us, who (Jesus ) knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him (Jesus)".   2 Corinthians 5:21.

Jesus died on the cross, was buried to confirm His death, and then rose victoriously three days later.

Jesus' death was just as important as His blood sacrifice, and equally important the burial and resurrection; BUT everything concerning the events of Jesus' life were leading up to the blood being applied in Heaven. Hebrews 9:24-26 state, "For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us..." That is, God the Father. Jesus took His shed blood to Heaven to present unto the Father, by applying it to the Mercy Seat.

"But BY HIS OWN BLOOD he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." -Hebrews 9:12

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Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God was crucified on the cross not because of something He did, but because of His love for you and the desire for you to share eternity with Him.



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Looking unto Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith,
who for the Joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand
of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:2

Beyond demonstrating the power of God, the resurrection revealed that Jesus has completely satisfied the charge of death and separation against us required by the law. One sin not paid for, would still carry the penalty of Death and Jesus would still be in the grave. And if one sin could be charged against your soul, He would have to be crucified again. "Impossible" declares Hebrews 6:4.   "seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame." Hebrews: 6b



“and when I see the blood, I will pass over you,
and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you,”
Exodus 12:13



We have been saved: positionally from the penalty of sin (Eph 2:8, 9). This is often called justification salvation.

We are being saved: from the power of sin, operationally, by the Holy Spirit, moment by moment (Rom 6). This is usually called sanctification.

We shall be saved: from the presence of sin; after the resurrection, often called glorification, or “the redemption of our body” (Rom 8:23).



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The Basis of Our Security:

Purchased by the Blood of Jesus

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The Power of GOD

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It depends upon God the Father:

1) Upon His Sovereign Purpose

His eternal purpose is declared (Eph 1:11-12). This eternal purpose is anchored within the veil, and confirmed by an oath: (Heb 6:17-20). It is also exemplified in the unbreakable chain of five links committed in Romans 8:

"And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified." Romans 8:28-30

2) Upon His Solemn Promise

Our salvation depends upon His promise, and not our faithfulness:
Therefore it is of faith [nothing on man’s part], that it might be by grace [everything on God’s part]; to the end the promise might be sure... Romans 4:16
If it depended at any point upon human ability to continue to believe, then the promise could not be secure. The promise that those who believe will be saved is confirmed everywhere (Gen 15:6; Jn 3:16; Acts 16:33; Rom 4:23-24, et al.)

3) Upon His Infinite Power

He is free to save us. Christ’s death has rendered God free to save us in spite of moral imperfection. Our eternal security does not depend upon our moral worthiness. Christ is the propitiation for our sins (1 Jn 2:2). (To assume that there is some sin which is sufficiently serious to cause us to forfeit our salvation is to assume that we were less worthy of salvation after having committed this sin than before, and it reduces salvation down to human ability to merit it.) He has purposed to keep us saved: And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. John 6:39 And: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand. John 10:28-29 “Shall never” in John 10:28 is a double negative, a form which, in the Greek, is especially emphatic. And note that there are two hands involved: the Father’s and the Son’s!

4) Upon His “Much More” Love

His intent is love based (Cf. Rom 5:6-10): God knew when He saved us that we were totally depraved, and therefore any new manifestation of sin in our lives after our conversion can-not be any motivation to God to change His mind and with-draw His grace and His salvation (Cf. Rom 11:29; Rom 8:32, 38-39).

He saved us for reasons independent of us and outside of us. He was motivated by His electing love, and not by observation of good in the sinner.

5) Upon His Answer to the Prayer of His Son

We, as believers, are called many things in Scripture: saints, believers, elect, sheep, partakers, etc. But the title most dear to the heart of Christ is repeated seven times in His high priestly prayer (Jn 17): “those whom thou hast given me.” (Cf. Jn 17:11-12). Jesus prays that we will be kept from hell (Jn 17:15) and will be with Him in heaven (Jn 17:20, 24). [This keeping is from perishing, not necessarily all forms of inheritance.] I believe that the Father always answers the prayers of the Son (Jn 11:42).

This leads to the second basis for our security, which we will explore in the next article: “The Basis of Our Security - Part II: It (also) Depends Upon God the Son.”


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The Love of Jesus

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It Depends Upon God the Son

If God has already justified the man who believes in Jesus, how can He lay anything to the charge of His justified one? His justification comes from the imputed righteousness of Christ and is legally ours! It is not a subject of merit, and its loss cannot be the subject of demerit. Like a father, God can and does correct His earthly sons, but they always remain sons (cf. the Prodigal Son, Lk 15:24).

God, having justified the ungodly, will not—and cannot—contradict Himself by charging them with evil. In Romans 8:34, Paul asks, “Who is he that condemneth?” and then gives four answers, each of which are taught elsewhere in Scripture, but are gathered here to underscore the unconditional security of the believer:
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1) Christ died;
2) He is risen;
3) He advocates; and
4) He intercedes.

1) It Relies Upon His Substitutionary Death

Who can condemn us if the penalty has already been paid? The greatest proof of eternal security is justification by faith. Justification refers to how God sees us, not how others—or even we ourselves—see us. It is entirely a forensic (legal) matter; Colossians 2:14 declares that our “Certificate of Debt” has been “paid in full”: Tetelestai! This redemption was eternal and once and for all.

2) It Relies Upon His Substitutionary Life

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. Romans 5:9-10 For more examples, see Romans 5:19; 10:4; Colossians 2:10, et al.

3) It Relies Upon His Present Session: Advocate and Intercessor

Jesus is both our legal advocate and our priestly intercessor. Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25 “Saves to the uttermost” sounds pretty complete to me!


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The Faithfulness of the Holy Spirit

It Depends Upon God the Holy Spirit

1) Upon His Ministry of Regeneration

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Titus 3:5 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are past away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17

2) Upon His Baptizing Ministry

pFor by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 1 Corinthians 12:13

3) Upon His Sealing Ministry

Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Corinthians 1:22 Sealing: To “set a seal” was a mark of protection (Cf. Mt 27:66, on the tomb of Christ) and ownership. When the Holy Spirit seals, it is with the signet ring of the Father on our hearts. He leaves the mark of ownership. A broken seal is an indication that the protection wasn’t adequate. Can you break the seal? Can Satan?

He is also a Pledge: An earnest, or pledge, is a legal concept. It is a first installment, with which a man secures a legal claim upon a thing as yet unconsummated. It is a down payment, a deposit; an evidence of good faith, obligating the party to consummate the commitment involved. (A pledge as in Genesis 38:17ff)

In Romans 8:23, the Holy Spirit is designated as a down payment, a “first fruits,” to be followed by more. We are sealed unto that day. If one person who was born again in Christ ever fails to enter into heaven when he dies, then God has broken His pledge. No conditions are mentioned. It is a work of God and depends upon Him alone. What Kind of Assurance Can We Have of Victory? Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:35

The apostle lists seven things a believer might experience that some might think could come between a believer and Christ’s love (Paul experienced all of them).

1) Tribulation : “pressure or distress”; mentioned frequently by Paul in 2 Corinthians);

2) Distress : literally, “narrowness”; i.e., being pressed in, hemmed in, crowded;

3) Persecution: Used 10 times in the New Testament, always in reference to the gospel.

4) Famine: Used 12 times in the New Testament. The God of Elijah looks after His own.

5) Nakedness: See 1 Corinthians 4:11.

6) Peril [jeopardy, danger] : Used eight times in one verse (2 Corinthians 11:26; cf. 1 Corinthians 15:30).

7) Sword. The world hates the saints.

These things—stated in increasing intensity—do not separate Christians from Christ; instead they are part of the “all things” (Rom 8:28) God uses to bring them to conformity to His Son. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. Romans 8:37

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Freedom to ‘draw nigh’ because of a sense of LOVE and acceptance,
and to the life changing, transforming power and source of our hope.


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Depend on God,
or
depend on your     good intentions.

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And at what point in your life could you walk up to Jesus, put your arm around Him and say, "I was just as good as you"?? Remember the requirement is absolute perfection, not that you were just a 'lot' better than that other guy, you were sure, who would not make it.

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Children of God are, according to the Scriptures, forever saved and eternally secure because:

  1. They are born, again of incorruptible seed which yields the fruit of everlasting life (1 Peter 1:23).
  2. They stand before God clothed in the imputed (credited) righteousness of Christ, and not in their own (2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 5:19-21).
  3. His sheep have been given eternal life-they shall never perish (John 10:28).
  4. Their eternal lives are forever hid with Christ in God (Colossians 3:1-3).
  5. They are already seated in the heavenlies in Christ (Ephesians 1:3; 2:6).
  6. The penalty for all their sin has been forever settled through the perfect and finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 4:23-5:2; 5:6-9).
  7. Loss of reward at the Judgment Seat of Christ is certain for the careless Christians, but not loss of salvation (1 Corinthians 3:10-15).
  8. God faithfully chastens all of His children, even to the point of taking home those who refuse their Heavenly Father's correction (Hebrews 12:6-11; 1 Corinthians 5:1-5; 11:28-32).
  9. They have already been delivered from the wrath to come (1 Thessalonians 1:9,10; 5:8-10).
  10. They are sealed by the Holy Spirit until the day of redemption (Ephesians 4:30; Romans 8:23).
  11. The Lord knoweth them that are His; false professors will be revealed as such at the White Throne Judgment (2 Timothy 2:19; Revelation 20:11-15; Matthew 7:21-23).
  12. God is the one Who has begun the good work in the believer, and He has promised to perform it until the day of Jesus Christ; they are to "work out," not "work for" their salvation (Philippians 1:6; 2:12,13).
  13. They are already living stones in the spiritual building of God of which Christ Himself is the Chief Cornerstone (1 Peter 2:5; Ephesians 2:20-22).
  14. They are members of the Body of Christ, each with a peculiar function and without each one, the Body would not be complete (1 Corinthians 12:12-27).
  15. They are kept by the power of God, through faith, not through the efforts or the works of the one who is saved. (1 Peter 1 :5).
  16. Their incorruptible, everlasting inheritance is reserved for them by God (1 Peter 1 :1-4).
  17. They are God the Father's irrevocable gift to God the Son (John 17:6,7).
  18. Backsliding is a sin, but the blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1 :7-9)
  19. He is able to save them to the uttermost because Christ "ever liveth to make intercession for them" (Hebrews 7:25).
  20. They are upon trusting Christ made "accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6).
  21. Nothing can separate them from the love of Christ (Romans 8:38-39).
  22. By one offering He hath perfected forever them that are sanctified (Hebrews 10:10-14).
  23. They cannot be unborn (John 3:6-8).
  24. Christ dwelleth in them for ever (2 John 2).
  25. No man can pluck the Christian out of His Father's hand, and that necessarily includes the believer himself (John 10:29).
  26. All who are justified are finally glorified-none are lost along the way (Romans 8:28-30).
  27. In their flesh dwelleth no good thing; they are saved by grace (undeserved favor) and not by their own works (Ephesians 2:8, 9).
  28. The gifts and calling of God are without repentance; God will never annul His promise or cast out those who have come unto Him through Christ (Romans 11:29; John 6:37; 17:2).

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And a concerned question we have all heard

I just can't believe it!


Righteous B. Goat


    But!...... But!.....But!... Buuutttt!
Whadabout that person you know who "got saved", but now you know what a terrible sinner they have since become, and horrible things you just know they intend to do. And what if they 'kill' someone or __bla __ bla __ (fill in blank )???

The REAL question you are trying to ask here, would be: Why did God give them the faith to be saved in the first place (" For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Eph 2: 8~9). Being that God knew ahead of time what the 'person' who you know, was going to do, and saved them anyway!!   Just don't step over the person, when you get to Heaven, on your way to complain about 'cheap grace' or the effectivness of Grace empowered by the
'Blood of Jesus'.


. When Jesus Christ went to the cross almost 2,000 years ago, He was the           ULTIMATE sacrifice. A bloody sacrifice indeed.
· His skin was whipped off,
· His beard was torn out of his cheeks,
· His head pierced with thorns,
· His face beaten to a pulp. He was unrecognizable. The Bible says He was more marred than ANY man.
· His hands and feet were nailed through with thick spikes,
· His side pierced with a spear after He died.

I would be a little slow to call that "cheap"

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God is the only one who can see a life from beginning to end.



And if Jesus was willing to 'purchase' them too, i'm not going to complain.
If your eyes are upon HIM, its not on them
Let His love for you, ever draw you to HIM

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Beats the devil


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