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To: redleghunter

Billy Graham said it best recently, nothing new, many have said this truth, however this is Billy.. its also what I believe.... I paraphrase

I know I am a Christian and am going to Heaven, NOT because I have preached to many, NOT because I go to Church, NOT because of any good deeds I do, but, only because of The Cross of Christ, what Jesus did for me, shedding his blood on the cross, dying for me

Yes works should follow if it was a genuine conversion when we humbled ourselves and asked Jesus into our lives, asking forgiveness for sins, thanking Him for dying on the Cross for our sins, asking him to Be Lord of our life etc.

To completely turn back on God and go the other way is one thing.

But I believe in once saved always saved before I would believe that our salvation vanishes every time a mistake is made, so if those are my choices I believe once saved always saved.

Now if a person is voting for children to be aborted, for God`s Word to be removed from public square and classroom, for Barack Obama, for Bill Clinton, for John Kerry or Al Gore, or even yes Jimmy Carter, then I think we can ask was that persons conversion to Christ ever sincere or genuine

I certainly challenge

Personally I don’t think Christians should be watching modern sitcoms or movies at all. I think all these things are something to be considered.

Liberals love to quote Scripture such as ...let Him without Sin cast the first stone, they say it as if nothing can be questioned at all, they say Jesus was kind and compassionate, absolutely, but he also says go and sin no more

Now I am a sinner saved by grace nothing more, just a dirty rotten sinner saved by the grace of The Lord Jesus Christ and what he did on the Cross for me, but its NOT judging to say that Christians should not vote to kill Gods unborn children, or should not vote to have Christ/God removed from the Public square

It`s only common sense , if people have no concern for a unborn child, or are fine with teaching children that its OK to be homosexual, then yes I challenge absolutely

Even NON Christians realize that abortion is murder, so I don’t think saying we are deceived is a excuse at all

To become a Christian one needs to ask Jesus into their life, attempt to turn from their sin, when if we sin there is forgiveness

Jesus come into my life, thank you for dying on the cross for me, I turn to you Lord God, from my sins through faith in Christ Jesus, come into my Life Lord Save me...

a prayer along those lines would be a very good start

But at some point we have to reach a point when we are not always falling on our faces from various pleasures of the flesh

A single Christian can have zero sex life. Outside of marriage their is no sex life available for a single Christian (not even self gratification)

A single Christian needs to be celibate

The Bible says nothing shall separate us from the love of God

Romans 8 v38,39

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life ,nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing ,shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord

Assuming that our conversion was sincere, that is pretty awesome promise

And Jesus promised to forgive us our sins along the way if we honestly confess and repent

But this idea that salvation can come from works of any kind is from the pit, none of us are good enough by our own merits to be saved, only the blood of Christ, our righteousness is as filthy rags


2 posted on 11/21/2013 12:02:29 PM PST by Friendofgeorge ( Palin 2016 or bust)
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To: Friendofgeorge

Excellent post. Did you get a chance to review the entire sermon? JM recieved a lot of flak for this sermon and the book that followed.


3 posted on 11/21/2013 12:08:26 PM PST by redleghunter
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To: Friendofgeorge

I heard that clip form Graham and thought he nailed it. What a humble man of God he is.


54 posted on 11/23/2013 5:24:40 PM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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