01/08/26 I HOPE THIS MAKES IT CLEAR

01/08/26 I HOPE THIS MAKES IT CLEAR

I realize I say the same basic truths over and over again. But they are vital truths, which most people don't know. Because there are so many facets to God's revelation, I say the same truths in different ways to help folks see what I see. Maybe I will say something that will register with you personally, or I will say something in such a way that it will help you share the Good News with someone else. God's treasures are so great, I want everyone to have access to them.

Sin is rebellion against God, which separates us from God.
Salvation is Divine deliverance from sin.
God will forgive sins incurred by personal disobedience and He will deliver from sin nature inherited from Adam.
Salvation is life changing.

Everyone was born with a proclivity to sin, which makes them spiritually corrupted.
Everyone has chosen to sin, which makes them personally guilty.

The sinner needs salvation because his life is sinful and because sin separates people from God in this present world and in eternity.
The sinner needs salvation because sin robs a person of the potential and the excellence of being human, as God designed.

God provides salvation because He loves sinners and He wants to reconcile everyone to a right relationship with Himself.

God confronts sinners with His judgment and His mercy, and He invites (calls) sinners to be reconciled to Himself, through faith in Christ and repentance (turning from sin).
God gives sinners a choice to believe and receive, and He enables those who believe on Christ to turn from sin.

Some people want Divine forgiveness of their sins, but they do not want Divine rule in their lives.

Salvation is both forgiveness and deliverance. Jesus did not die and rise again to save us in our sins but to save us from our sins.
Salvation is not only forgiveness for the sins we have committed, but it is also purification from the corruption we have inherited.

Conversion, basic salvation, comes as a Divine work of God's grace. We hear about salvation and then, because God is inviting us, we decide to believe. God then instantaneously converts us through justification and regeneration.
The fullness of the Holy Spirit, full salvation, comes as a Divine work of God's grace, subsequent and separate from, but in conjunction with our conversion.

The desire, power and ability to live a life of righteousness comes with conversion.
Later the end of internal strife with the sinful nature comes with the purifying infilling of the Holy Spirit.
The life of victory over sins and sin comes with daily trust and surrender to the will of God.