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Should Christians Live in Fear?

If a doctrine has no application, then it has no relevance to the Christian life. What is the application of the Doctrine of Eternal Security? One application is to consider whether Christians should live in fear of going to hell. And if so, on what basis should they fear? Free Grace advocates a “no fear” philosophy, regardless of the performance of the supposed “Christian”. And even if one falls away and doesn’t believe in Christ such a person is still supposedly “saved”. Lordship Salvation advocates that Christians should fear that perhaps they are only nominal Christians and have yet to be born of God. And thus they don’t fear losing salvation, but they fear that they may not have gained it yet. Arminians advocate that Christians should fearthat they may lose their salvation. The Bible advocates the Calvinist point of view on this issue, as there are clear warnings to make sure you have been born of God, as in 2Cor 13:5, and warnings to nominal Christians against falling away (as I deal with below), yet the security of the true believer is also clearly advocated (as in Ephesians 1 and 1John 4:15-18) and other places. In fact 1John 4:18 advocates no fear of condemnation for those living in Christ as does Romans 8.

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Do You Love God?

“If you love me, keep my commands. -John 14:15 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” -John 14:21 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. -John 14:23-24 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. -John 15:10 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.  But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him. -1 John 2:4-5 In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, -1 John 5:3 This is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, that as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. -2 John 1:6

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Baptist Disciple Raises the Dead

Houston, Texas Friday, August 12, 2011 Dear Friends in Christ, We just have to share with you this testimony from last June in Nigeria. The Lord is now using Baptist believers very powerfully in various places around the world like in Brazil. This particular Baptist servant of God was trained by our Africa Coordinator Emmanuel Abdullahi Rhema. -William & Lucille www.TheElijahChallenge.org Read more