John 3:36 “He who believes in the Son HAS eternal life…” (nasb)
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If you have believed in Jesus as Your Savior, you cannot go to Hell when you die, no matter what, no matter what sins you do or what good works you leave undone, because Jesus died for ALL of your sins: past, present, and future.
C.S.
Believer in Jesus: Never forget that you are a child of God. God declared you not guilty of all your sins—past, present and future, because of Jesus’ atoning sacrifice. You are forgiven of all your sins, past, present, and future. You are indwelled by the Holy Spirit of God, you are saved forever from Hell, and you are guaranteed to go to Heaven, no matter what you do, because you have believed in Jesus, true man and true God, who died for all of your sins on the cross, was buried, and rose again on the third day. Salvation has zero to do with what sins you do, or what good works you do. Salvation is all of Jesus, 100%. Salvation is a free gift of God. Eternal life is yours, forever, right now.
Bible Truth from Curtis Smale
1) The FREE GIFT of Salvation from sin, death, and Hell by a moment of faith in JESUS,
2) The GOSPEL Essentials of 1st Corinthians 15:1-4: Jesus, the God-man, died for the washing away of all of our sins: past, present, and future, through His death on the cross. He was buried, and He resurrected from the dead on the third day.
3) The love of God and His Son Jesus,
4) The biblical doctrine of Eternal Security,
5) The biblical fact that, in Christ, believers are holy children of God Our Father,
6) The Indwelling Holy Spirit (and the importance of following Him by our spirit (fully explained in “The Spiritual Man,” by Watchman Nee.)
7) The Believer’s Crucified and Risen Righteous Identity in Christ (and the importance of living out that identity)
I strongly believe that these are the seven most powerful, comforting, and effective biblical teachings for creating spiritual maturity and also a giving, loving, Christ-like community.
Curtis Smale
Salvation:
is by faith in Jesus. (John 6:47)
Which Jesus?
The Jesus who is the Son of God. (John 3:16)
The Jesus who died for the forgiveness of all your sins (on the cross) according to the Scripture, who was buried, who rose from the dead on the third day, according to the Scripture. (1st Corinthians 15:1-4)
No repentance of sins or turning from sins is necessary or allowed as a condition for salvation. (That is salvation by works of turning from sins.)
No good works are necessary or allowed as a condition for salvation. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
No water baptism is necessary or allowed as a condition of salvation. (That is salvation by ritual good works)
No continued discipleship to Jesus is necessary or allowed as a condition for salvation. (That is Lordship Salvation by Works False Gospel. (Galatians 1: 6-9)
Salvation is eternal. Eternal life. It is eternal life and the guarantee of Heaven at the moment of death. It cannot be lost, sinned away, or given back.
The eternal security of eternal salvation is the biblical truth.
Eternal salvation is a free gift 🎁 received by faith. (Ephesians 2:8)
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After the moment of salvation, of receiving irrevocable, irreversible, unreturnable eternal life (Ephesians 1:13-14), it is God’s will that we follow His indwelling Spirit and live by the truth of His Word, as children Of God. But doing this does not get us saved, nor is it any condition of being saved or “staying saved.”
Curtis Smale
“For God so loved the world that whosoever repents of their sins and becomes a lifelong disciple of Jesus, faithful to the end, should not perish but have everlasting life.” Is that what John 3:16 says? No.
It says that whosoever believes in God’s Son (Jesus) has everlasting life.
Salvation is a FREE GIFT, received permanently and irrevocably in a moment of faith.
Curtis Smale
God loves you. God wants you and everyone, every single human being who ever lived, to go to Heaven.
The problem is that we cannot get into Heaven with our sins—our breaking of the Moral Law. (Examples of sin are: disrespect for God, taking the Lord’s Name in vain, not worshipping God, not loving other people, selfishness, lying, stealing, lust, unjust anger, hatred, etc.)
But God has provided the free gift of cleansing from sin, forgiveness, and eternal life.
God will give anyone Heaven for free, as a free gift. This is the Good News of Christianity.
Our good works count zero toward getting us into Heaven. No one can get into Heaven by being a “good person.”
Every human being is a sinner by nature and also by sins that we have done.
Only Jesus can save us from sin, from death 💀, and from the punishment for our sins in eternal Hell.
If you would like to receive the free and permanent gift 💝 🎁 of forgiveness of all your sins past, present, and future; salvation, eternal life, Heaven, of Jesus Himself, the way to do that is to simply believe in your heart ♥️ in the Savior Jesus right now.
Change your mind from unbelief to belief in Jesus as your Savior.
Believe that He is the Son of God, God Incarnate, that He died on the cross for the washing away of all of your sins according to the Scriptures, that He was buried, and that He rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures.
If you just put your faith in Jesus right now, you will be in His presence in Heaven immediately after you die.
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Curtis Smale
