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• Saving Faith: Tests & Evidence Overview and Summary – Part 4

  In Bible Answers, SeriousFaith / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…)   1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. 2 Corinthians 13:5) Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. I wanted to finish up this little series today by giving you the full outline in a condensed version you can use for personal study or to teach others. If you have any questions, feel free to email me: [...]

   

• Saving Faith: Tests & Evidence That ARE Proof – Part 3

  In Faithful, Favorites, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) 1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.2 Corinthians 13:5) Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. We are answering the question: “Can a Christian know for sure they have genuine saving faith?” The answer is YES. The Bible has many “tests” for us to apply and says much about the evidence that will be present in the [...]

   

• Saving Faith: Tests & Evidence That are NOT Proof – Part 2

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  (Click here to search for all the posts in this series…) 1 John 5:13 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.2 Corinthians 13:5) Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. We are answering the question: “Can a Christian know for sure they have genuine saving faith?” The answer is YES! The same way we can prove other things: tests & evidence. Of course, we can only prove this to OURSELVES with [...]

   

• When Blessing Brings Shame

  In Faithful, SeriousFaith, Teaching / 26 August 2009 / 0 comments

  Luke 5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord!” (NKJV)What did Peter see? He saw in spite of his doubt, when he did things the Lord’s way, blessing followed. This brought a response of brokenness and humility in Peter because he realized that his sinful pride had caused him to doubt the Lord.Peter and the boys had been fishing all night. Hadn’t caught a thing. Now, this Carpenter is telling him to go back out and do the same thing again and expect a different result. Peter at least had the respect for Jesus to compel him to obey. But you have to believe that he considered it a [...]