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1217 Dillon Elder Randy Johnson, Pastor Bro. Ronnie Henderson, Song
Director "Where
The Truths Of God’s Word Are Still Taught" |
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A Thought From Our Pastor: What
Must I Do To Be Saved? This is a
question very rarely asked today, because we are now living in the last days
and the Lord has elected not to save many in these last times. I know if you go to an Arminian type of
church they will strongly disagree with me, however they will disagree with
me on pretty much everything else we teach. Salvation is “The Gift of God”
(Eph. 2:8 – 10) and can only be made possible if the Holy Spirit convicts
one’s heart (Romans 8:14) and the bottom line is a lot of people’s hearts are
simply not being pricked by the Holy Spirit in these last days. People who
teach Arminian type of religion are teaching deceit and have convinced people
they are saved when they are not. Salvation is not something we as Ministers
sell and it is certainly not something we can give away. Hebrews 12:2 “Looking unto Jesus the author
and finisher of our faith…” The offering or giving of salvation is the right
belonging only to Christ Jesus because of His sacrifice on the cross.
Salvation was bought and paid for by Him and therefore to give it to as many
as He chooses. Hebrews 5:9 “And being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” We as ministers, pastors, or
witnesses are to simply proclaim the gospel message (plant and water) and
trust the Lord to do the rest. 1 Corinthians 3:6, 7 “I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. (7.) So then
neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he
that watereth; but God that giveth
the increase.” Oh how I would to God more ministers and pastors would adhere
to this scripture when attempting to give something away that they have not
any scriptural right to give away. The Philippian
jailer had just a few moments before hated and despised Paul and Silas,
however something changed his deprived heart and that was the Holy Spirit and
because his heart was pricked by the Holy Spirit he asked this question;
“what must I do to be saved?” he wanted to be saved and I must add what a
glorious thing it is for a lost sinner to want to be saved, Paul and Silas
told him to “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt
be saved”. There was no sinners prayer, no talk about joining a church, no
talk about baptism, and nothing at all mentioned about working his way to
heaven. It was a simple question and a simply answer, and because of the
simplicity of it all the Philippian jailer was saved. This is the reason we
find good sovereign grace churches so small today, it is because we have not
filled them with lost people who think they are saved when they are not. We
teach the bible as it is written and not a watered down religion to satisfy
the lost membership. Some people today refuse to attend the services of
sovereign grace Baptist churches because we are simply too strict, but the
truth is we still simply adhere to the Holy Scriptures as they are written.
If you are ashamed to attend a sovereign grace Baptist church then maybe you
need to concern yourself with what God thinks? Maybe it is not the church but
maybe it is you, and maybe this is the reason you attend a watered down
version of a church. Maybe you are not saved, and just simply think you are
because some Arminian type of church or pastor has told you that you are. I
was talking with our adult Sunday school teacher yesterday on this subject
and we had discussed truly how tough God is, and what He truly expects of our
lives on this earth and how so many today fail to satisfy God in their lives.
God is not the simple watered down God that the Arminian type of churches
have made Him out to be, He is strong and solid in His ways, and He is no
push over. He has strict rules and many will find out one day God is nothing
like what they believed or thought. If you have never asked in your heart
“what must I do to be saved?” then you are most likely lost and need to be
saved and I will simply tell you what Paul and Silas did, “Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved”. |
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Satan's workshop! The press has a
great power for evil. Infidel and immoral writers are pouring forth a deluge
of skepticism and vice, which are depositing a pernicious and pestiferous
slime over the minds of the people. The alarm bell must be rung! By J. A. James, speaking of the power of
the press in 1848 |