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THOSE BORN OF GOD HAVE HIS NATURE. In order to understand the salvation experience, one must first of all understand the doctrine of the depraved nature. If one does not believe that man is born with a sin nature, then chances are that person is not born again but is only a religious person. The bible clearly teaches that although man was created in the image of God, having a three part person as he is a three part person(s), (body, soul and spirit),because of the fall man choose to aline himself with Satan and he now is a fallen creature even as Satan(his father by birth into that nature) is a fallen creature. In this natural depraved state, man is now an enemy of God by nature. He is not subject to the will of God nor can he ever be so. So you see, the carnal man under the sin nature, is exceedingly sinful and must be regenerated (made alive unto God)by the holy Spirit and translated from darkness into the light, or in other words, God's kingdom. Humans are created in the image of God. However, because of the fall, all are born sinful as a result of the sin of Adam, the first human. People are all born fully sinful and there is no moral good in people at all. They know good because Adam ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but they are unable to perform it. Every good act will always in some way, have an evil motive. Only God by the power of his holy Spirit can change the hearts of all those who are in Christ, thereby giving them moral goodness that is God breathed and the ability to do good things by his empowerment. Everything that the unsaved do is sin, because they are still in the state of utter sinfulness that they were born with. Sin is simply not doing what God said to do. God told Adam not to eat of the forbidden tree in the Garden and Adam disobeyed God and that was sin. Fallen man canot obey God by their very nature, so they cannot please him in that nature.One man (Jesus) was able to redeem humanity out of sin(of Adam) because he took the penalty of sin and destroyed its power over those redeemed by his blood. Without the shedding of blood,(of a holy vessel) the bible says that there is no remission of sins. The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life. It is very important for you to realize that salvation is a gift. In no way is any one even able to earn it for the bible calls the unredeemed DEAD IN TRESPASSES AND SINS. How can a dead man give himself life? How can a dead person who is blinded by Satan because he has Satan's evil nature, save himself? He cannot! Salvation is completely and totally a work of grace to all that the Lord our God shall call and all whom he calls will come to him, Jesus said. Not one will be lost that the father gives to Jesus as his bride. So you see, God is the author and the finisher of our faith. Those born of God have God's nature living in them and they now are his seed, born of his Spirit and purchased with a great price. The blood of the lamb! GALATIANS 2:19-21 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain  Isaiah 42:8 " I am the Lord; that is my name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images." |
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3/12/2009 5:53 pm |
A LOUD AMEN ‘HE will rule them with an iron scepter.’... He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.... On HIS robe and on HIS thigh HE has this name written:... KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS."
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and Amen! Isaiah 42:8 " I am the Lord; that is my name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images."
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