Perhaps when you heard the sermon title, “What Does it Mean to be Saved?” you thought, “Oh no, this is going to be like taking a college graduate back to kindergarten! Why do you need to talk about something as basic as salvation?” There are several reasons that I want to focus...
Ephesians 4:30 assures us that we are sealed for the day of redemption by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 1:13 says, And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed you were marked in him with a seal, the promised...
“And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness…”27(1) Romans 5:1,2 (2) Ephesians 1:4; 2 Timothy 1:9 (3) John 3:16 (4) Romans 5:8 (5) Ephesians 1:13 (6) Revelation 3:20; John 1:12,13 (7) Revelation ...
Ephesians 1:13-14. It is the Holy Spirit in the believer who is our perfect righteousness before God. Ephesians 4:30. Paul said, I have no righteousness of my own, but the righteousness of God through Faith. The bible says our righteousness is nothing but filthy rags before God. So we...
“Wherefore, girding up your loins” (cf. Ephesians 6:14;1 Peter 1:13), “serve the Lord in fear” (cf. Hebrews 12:28) and truth, as those who have forsaken the vain, empty talk and error of the multitude, and “believed in Him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dea...
2 Corinthians 13:10This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I am present I will not need to be severe in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not for tearing you down. Ephesians 4:12, 16, 29to equip the saints for works of mini...
is the word used in 1 John 4. It is used when speaking of an unconditional love. This love of God is boundless. God does not only give love; He is the source of love. As the Creator of all things (Genesis 1:1), He is the One who created love. It is because of His love tha...
7.Romans 5:1– “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 8.Psalm 34:14– “Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.” 9.Ephesians 2:14– “For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and...
Once you were far away from God, but now you have been brought near to him through the blood of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-13, NLT). Know this: God chose you. Christ died for you. Before you can truly understand what it means to be a daughter of Christ, you need to understand what ...
We look at both terms in this study of Ephesians 1:7-8. Though we are redeemed by the blood of Jesus, this does not mean that the blood of Jesus was used to pay God for our sins. God does not need to be paid off. He is not the mafia who demands payment for protection. ...