I MUSTACHE YOU A QUESTION Part 5 – 11-09-14 - Pastor Chuck Bernal QUESTION 1: CAN YOU LOSE YOUR SALVATION? HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND ETERNAL SECURITY? Everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won’t turn any of them away. The Father wants me to do His will. He sent me, and he wants to make certain that none of the ones he has given me will be lost . . . My sheep respond to my voice, and I know who they are. They follow me, and I give them eternal life. They will never be lost, and no one will tear them away from me. (John 6:37-40 - CEV , John 10:27-28 – GWT)
THEO LO GICAL TRUTH: Salvation is a new __________________________________________________ Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born from God. (1 John 5:1 – CEB) I tell you the truth: only someone who experiences birth for a second time can hope to see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus: I am a grown man. How can someone be born again when he is old like me? Am I to crawl back into my mother’s womb for a second birth? That’s impossible! Jesus: I tell you the truth, if someone does not experience water and Spirit birth, there’s no chance he will make it into God’s kingdom. Like from like. Whatever is born from flesh is flesh; whatever is born from Spirit is spirit. Don’t be shocked by My words, but I tell you the truth. Even you, an educated and respected man among your people, must be reborn by the Spirit to enter the kingdom of God. (John 3:3-7 – The Voice) For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. (1 Peter 1:23 – NLT)
THEO LO GICAL TRUTH: Salvation is a perm anent ____________________________________________ But for all who did receive and trust in Him, He gave them the right to be reborn as children of God. (John 1:12 – The Voice) You are now children of God because you have put your trust in Christ Jesus . . . God does not see you as a Jew or as a Greek. He does not see you as a servant or as a person free to work. He does not see you as a man or as a woman. You are all one in Christ. If you belong to Christ, then you have become true children . . . What God has promised is now yours. (Galatians 3:26-29 – NLV) The Spirit you have received adopts you and welcomes you into God’s own family. That’s why we call out to Him, “Abba! Father!” as we would address a loving daddy. God’s Spirit confirms in our spirits that we are His children. If we are God’s children, that means we are His heirs along with Christ, set to inherit everything that is His. (Romans 8:16-17 – The Voice)
THEO LO GICAL TRUTH: Salvation is totally dependent on God’s _____________ not our __________ . . . being saved as a result of God’s kindness in choosing us. And if it is by God’s kindness, then it is not by our being good enough. For in that case the free gift would no longer be free—it isn’t free when it is earned. (Romans 11:5-6 – LB) For it’s by God’s grace that you have been saved. You receive it through faith. It was not our plan or our effort. It is God’s gift, pure and simple. You didn’t earn it, not one of us did, so don’t go around bragging that you must have done something amazing. (Ephesians 2:8-9 – The Voice)
THEO LO GICAL TRUTH: Salvation is guaranteed by God giving us the __________ _______________ But you are not controlled by your sinful nature. You are controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you. (And remember that those who do not have the Spirit of Christ living in them do not belong to him at all.) (Romans 8:9 – NLT) And when you believed in Christ, he identified you as his own by giving you the Holy Spirit, whom he promised long ago. The Spirit is God’s guarantee that he will give us the inheritance he promised and that he has purchased us to be his own people. (Ephesians 1:13-14 – NLT)
QUESTION 2: HOW DO I LIVE WITHOUT FEAR EVEN AFTER I TRY SO HARD TO OVERCOME IT? DO I NOT HAVE ENOUGH FAITH? For God did not give us a spirit of fear. He gave us a spirit of power and of love and of a good mind. (2 Timothy 1:7 - NLV) When struck by fear, I let go, depending securely upon You alone. (Psalm 56:3 – The Voice)
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