Knowing the Truth may not yet liberate us from our carnality, but knowing the Truth and coming to know the Truth is a path to our freedom from lies and errors of the Babylonian garbage and seductions of deception. That is a very important step in the right direction.
John 8 : 31 So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him If you abide in My Word, hold fast to My teachings, and live in accordance with them, you are truly My disciples. 32. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free.
Living in accordance with what we have been taught....well that's the rubber hitting the tar now isn't it?
Arc
Arc & Kathy,
You are so right, let me add a little more to expand on your comments.Bet that will take more than an 11 second prayer to be Saved and set free.Eph 2: 8-12 (MKJV)8
For by grace you are saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, 9
not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10
For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 Therefore remember that you, the nations, in time past were in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
12 and that at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.
http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,3849.0.htmlExcerpt from:
How Hard is Getting Saved? . . . . . . Nashville Conference 2005You say, Adam and Eve were so happy in the Garden, everything was so nice….as opposed to what? You say, the weather was so warm…as opposed to what? If they were never cold, they didn’t know that they were warm! If they were fed, they would have never experienced hunger…how would you know it’s a good feeling to be fed if you never went hungry?
God created everything that is necessary to take Man, which He did create back in the Garden of Eden, and turn him into the very image of God. This takes a lot of doing. This is not a “snap of the finger”. And this is not a magic formula. And this is not, like Mrs. King would say here, a repeating of the “sinner’s prayer”.
“There is eternal life and there is eternal death. There is a heaven waiting for those born again and there is an eternal hell for those who do not accept Jesus.” (King)
Every little paragraph: lie, lie, lie. The whole entire thing is just all lies.
“Faith in Jesus and personal acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Savior is the only way to heaven.” (King) And I’m going to talk about that in my paper (that’s why I underlined that).
“Christians believe in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.” (King)
I’ll give anybody ten thousand dollars if you can show me the phrase: “God the Holy Spirit” in the scriptures. I hear it all day long. I hear it on television. “God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit”. Ten thousand dollars waiting for the first person who shows me the phrase, “God the Holy Spirit” in scriptures. There is no such thing.
“A prayer similar to this must be prayed…” (King)
Okay, here comes the “sinner’s prayer”. Doesn’t have to be exact, just similar…this is the gist of what you have to say…Anybody have a second hand on their watch? Okay, when I drop my hand you time me…ready?
“Lord Jesus, I confess that I’m a sinner. I believe Jesus died on the cross and shed his blood for me. Come into my heart and save me, I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.” (King)
Eleven seconds. Does anybody in their right mind (well maybe I should take that back), does anybody believe that you can be saved in eleven seconds? This is in today’s newspaper; say that eleven second prayer and you’ll be saved.
Alright, the topic of my talk today is: How hard is getting saved?
Well, obviously, not very hard! It can be done in eleven seconds, you just read it from an expert. Eleven seconds and you’re saved. NOT!
I’m going to talk today about what it takes to get saved.
george
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