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Questions like "Where will I go after I die?", "Since I am a believer - I am forever saved right?", or "Those people that were never reached by the gospel of Jesus Christ - do they have a chance?" will be answered.
If you die today, where will your spirit, soul or body go? Today's preachers say that "absent from the body is to be present with the Lord", frequently comforting the grieving families that their loved ones have gone to heaven. This is not accurate! Though heaven will be the final destination of God's elect, the soul journeys through eternity to places mentioned in the Bible but not preached in sermons or bible studies anywhere.
Ultimately, man is created for eternity: Either be eternally with God in heaven or forever separated from Him. But as the soul starts his travel after death, where does he begin his journey and what determines his final destination?
To view the Powerpoint Presentation contrasting the Spiritual Christian and Carnal/Soulish believer click here.
Also, please refer to Salvation 123 presentation click here.
Salvation Chart was last amended on April 14, 2011 Revision 11. Since then, this chart has become #1 in Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines throughout the world. Why? Because MAN is always seeking for his salvation!
Man's Complete Salvation chart is available PDF version. Select and click, then print and study and even show it to your friends, families and religious leaders. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesistate to email me Salvation123.SolusChristus@yahoo.com
If the spiritual Christian is raptured during the second coming of Jesus Christ, what happens to the believers that continue to live a soulish and carnal lifestyle?
1 John 2:3-6 (New International Version)
3We know that we have come to know Him if we obey His commands. 4The man who says, "I know Him," but does not do what He commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5But if anyone obeys His word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in Him: 6Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.
Are you a person who claims to be a follower of Christ yet consciously and deliberately lives a lifestyle which does not reflect a saved soul? You will discover what the Scripture warns, "if we claim to have fellowship wih Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the Truth." (1 John 1:6)
* Please view the presentation (click on attachment) showing a path separated for the Spirtual Christian and Carnal or Soulish believer. Also, click here to open the Salvation Chart.
WHERE IS GOD?
Many complicated, confusing, and contradictory ideas about salvation abound in the world today. Different religions teach various approaches to salvation and eternal life. Increasing numbers of people proudly claim to have no religion at all. They doubt whether salvation is worth understanding.
The development of capitalism, science, and urbanization made it comparatively easy for modern man to doubt the existence of God and harder for the man of faith to give a convincing answer.
The world evolved away from its Creator and Christians have not been able to react effectively to the widening gap which could in turn affect our own spiritual growth and maturity. If we do not have the proper tools for counter insurgency, make no mistake, we will be defeated in the battle that surges daily in our own lives, in our family, church, community and all of creation.
Question for today – Are you ready to change the world or have you been compromised by the world?
CARNAL, fleshly [Greek word: Sarkikos (sar-kee-kos')]
Definition: Having the nature of flesh, i.e. under the control of the animal appetites.
1) governed by mere human nature not by the Spirit of God
2) having its seat in the animal nature or aroused by the animal nature
* Please open both the Powerpoint slideshow presentation or presentation in PDF and corresponding sermon attached.
I am not here today to quiz you if you know faith. I am here to make sure that you have saving faith. And if the faith that we know by mouth is not the faith that we have in our heart, then my friends, the Bible says we have a life-threatening problem. As saving faith brings us to salvation, a misguided faith brings us to condemnation. For genuine faith produces the fruits of righteousness, a deceived faith denies us a real relationship with Jesus Christ.
Bible describes faith in Heb 11:1
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY COMPARISON
The purpose of this compilation is to be able to compare and contrast the various religious authorities of the different Christian church denominations.
SCOPE: Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed/Presbyterian, Anglican/Episcopal, Methodist/Wesleyan, and Baptist
DOCTRINAL: Creeds and Confession, Sacred Text, Inspiration and Inerrancy of the Bible, Source of Doctrine, Trinity, Nature of Jesus Christ, Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, angels and demons, Satan, Mary, human nature, Body and Soul, Original Sin, Free will of man, Atonement, Salvation, Grace, Predestination, Good Works, Endtimes, Judgment, Heaven, and others.
Matthew 7:7-8 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
RESISTING SATAN'S STRATEGY TODAY
How do we resist the temptation of Satan? The Bible tells us that we were born into this world as "slaves to sin".
Romans 6:16 16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?
But through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, everyone who believes in Him is freed from the bondage of sin's slavery.
Romans 7:25 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature[a] a slave to the law of sin.
Being accepted into God,s family, the Father accepts us as His sons and daughters.
Galatians 4:7 7 So you are no longer a slave, but God’s child; and since you are his child, God has made you also an heir.
Here is an assurance from God to overcome Satan's temptation:
1 Corinthians 10:13 "13For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not [a]adjusted and [b]adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to [c]a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently."
Fortunately for us, this inquiry was asked by a man named Nicodemus more than 2,000 years ago.
Let us read below how Jesus answered the question that continues to be asked even today.
John:3:1-21[1]There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:[2]The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.[3]Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.[4]Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?[5]Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.[6]That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.[7]Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.[8]The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.[9]Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?[10]Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?[11]Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.[12]If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?[13]And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.[14]And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:[15]That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.[16]For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.[17]For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.[18]He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.[19]And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.[20]For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.[21]But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. (New International Version)
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council. He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him." In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again." "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit."
To be "born of water" is totally surrendering your self to God through repentance. To be "born again" is the death (old self), burial and resurrection (new self) of man's soul.
Go to the tab "SALVATION CHART" above or click here. Please read the attached sermon below.
1 Peter:1:3-9[3]Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,[4]To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,[5]Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.[6]Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:[7]That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:[8]Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:[9]Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. (New International Version)
Justification - Salvation of man's spirit. Man is freed from the penalty of sin. (v.3) "...He has given us new birth..."
Sanctification - Salvation of man's soul. Man is freed from the power of sin. (v.9) "for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your soul."
Glorification - Salvation of man's body. Man is freed from the presence of sin. (v.5) "...salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time."
Jesus Christ pays for the penalty of sin, Holy Spirit frees believers from the power of sin, and finally we are rescued from the presence of sin when we meet God our Father.
"Why are there different stages of salvation? ... What is the direct relationship between man's three stages of salvation and Trinity (3 Persons in 1 God) ? ... Why do I continue to sin as a Christian?"
Man is created a tripartite --> Sin entered man --> man will experience 3 deaths --> Triune God restores man through the 3 stages of salvation. We have a trichotomy composition: spirit, soul and body (click here).
*Please open either attachment below. Have you ever questioned why there's a Triune God and how Jesus, Holy Spirit and Yahweh (God the Father) are sovereignly and uniquely related to the three stages of salvation? The answer is available below via a Powerpoint presentation and/or PDF file.
In order to understand the simplicity of God's plan of salvation, we first need to learn the complexity of man's triune composition. Salvation is not through blind faith, not by accident nor by chance. God loves you, that is why He sent His Only Son to die and save you (John:3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.). What happens to man's spirit, soul and body after death (click here)?
Man is created a tripartite --> Sin entered man --> man will experience 3 deaths --> Triune God restores man through the 3 stages of salvation
1 Thessalonians:5:23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (New International Version)
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
*Please open the Powerpoint slideshow presentation (click on attachment below) or the PDF file.
Our website is named "Solus Christus" (Christ alone) because we believe that man's eternal salvation is God's free gift to anyone who receives Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour.
Romans:10:9-10[9]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.[10]For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. (Amplified Bible)
"Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trust in, and relies in Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms (his) salvation."
Ephesians:2:8For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
"For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved ( delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God"
Please open the Powerpoint slideshow presentation and short story (click on attachments).
It is imperative that we personally determine whether we have been liberated from bondage of the flesh and the self-will of the soul. Having spiritual experience does not render us spiritual. Only after we have been delivered from both sin and self can we be accounted spiritual.
SOULISH
Greek word: Psuche (psoo-khay')
1. of men
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life
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that in which there is life
- a living being, a living soul
2. the soul
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the seat of the feelings, desires, affections, aversions (our heart, soul etc.)
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the (human) soul in so far as it is constituted that by the right use of the aids offered it by God it can attain its highest end and secure eternal blessedness, the soul regarded as a moral being designed for everlasting life
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the soul as an essence which differs from the body and is not dissolved by death (distinguished from other parts of the body)
We need to remind ourselves that godliness does not consist in profession, but must be proved by inward vitality (energy/liveliness) and outward holiness (godliness/devotion). Everything will have to be tested (1Cor 3:12-13) by a heart-searching God, and when He comes to search us, we are found wanting, otherwise we shall be expelled from the wedding feast itself. For there is a way to hell even from the very gates of heaven.
*Please open the presentation and document below (click on attachments).
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us."
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Hebrews 9:28 so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.
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1) Messianic Prophecies
2) Salvation
3) My Son Died
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2 Cor:5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. (New International Version)
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." Winston Churchill
*Please open the slideshow and sermon attached below.
"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." Winston Churchill
*Please open the slideshow and sermon attached below.
Meditate on the following verses:
2 Corinthians:5:17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
2 Peter:2:9The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Hebrews:6:4-6[4]For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,[5]And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,[6]If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.
Hebrews:10:26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
1 John:5:12He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
1 Corinthians:3:15If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
2 Peter:2:20For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
1 John:1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 Corinthians:10:13There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Proverbs:3:5-6[5]Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.[6]In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.