01/31/26 THE WHOLE PACKAGE

01/31/26 THE WHOLE PACKAGE

You have probably heard the illustration about the hitchhiker who caught a ride, but instead of placing his heavy backpack in the backseat, he held it on his lap.
The driver asked him why he didn't just put it in the other seat. The hitchhiker said, "It was nice enough of you to give me a ride, but I did not want you to carry my baggage too?

Sometimes, believers have the same mistaken view of salvation. They trust Jesus to forgive their sins, but they don't trust Him to carry their burdens or to relieve them of their sinful nature.

Either that person does not have a pastor leading them into full salvation from all sin, or they love their Carnal (Double) Mind, or they refuse to exercise the faith in Christ's sacrifice that will set them free from ALL SIN (actions and nature).

Full salvation, "being saved to the uttermost" in this present evil world, does not save us from being human. ln fact, we cannot be saved from being human, (nor should we want to be saved from being human.) Full salvation (aka Entire Sanctification, Ephesians 5:23) does not save us from being human, it saves us from the inherited corruption, pollution, and inclination to sin. Salvation saves from sin by cleansing the sinner's hands (from disobedience) and purifying the hearts of the DOUBLE MINDED, CARNAL MINDED believer (from the Law of Sin and Death, the Old Man).

Jesus did not die and rise again to leave us in our sin; He died and rose again to save us from our sin. Jesus forgives, cleanses, purifies, empowers, and enables believers to walk in victory over sin, not in sin.