HOW HARD IS IT GETTING SAVED?According to the sinners prayera person can be saved in about 15 secondsby saying some specially arranged wordsNot so!Not true!!Getting Saved is the hardest most difficult thinganyone will ever have to go through in their entire lifetimeBeing saved is a lifetime process!!Just as we are in a lifetime processof being made into the image of God-Both are on-going processes!!Many times people use the following textsto prove that they are indeed savedIf you believe on the Lord you shall be savedIf you call upon the name of the Lord you shall be savedIf you get Baptized in the name of the lord you shall be savedIf you go through Jesus the door you shall be savedIf you receive Grace through Faith you shall be savedNow, follow me on thisAfter you have done one, two, or all of the aboveare you finally really and truly saved?Wait, I forgot one more:1Cor 1:21For after that in the wisdom of Godthe world by wisdom knew not God,it pleased Godby the foolishness of preachingto save them that believeDo you have to do all the aboveand then on top of that-Listen to the foolishness of my preachingto finally reach that status of being saved?My friends the one and onlyevidence that you are truly saved-will be when you come forthat the first resurrectionJohn 6:39And this is the Father's will which hath sent me,that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,but should raise it up again AT THE LAST DAYJohn 6:40And this is the will of him that sent me,that every one which seeth the Son,and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:and I will raise him up AT THE LAST DAYJohn 6:44No man can come to me,except the Father which hath sent me draw him:and I will raise him up AT THE LAST DAYJohn 6:54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,hath eternal life; and I will raise him up AT THE LAST DAYJohn 11:24Martha saith unto him,I know that he shall rise againin the resurrection AT THE LAST DAYWe are in the on-going processof being saved and made into the image of GodThe completion of this processwill not take place until you riseat the first resurrection-AT THE LAST DAY!!Mat 24:13But he that shall endureUNTO THE END, the same shall be SAVEDGod has a perfect purpose and a planand he will accomplish his "WILL" ...which is:1Tim 2:4Who will (eventually)have ALL men to be saved,and to (eventually) come unto the knowledge of the truthYou can not take the next verseand make a teaching of it aloneas no scripture is of privateor ones own interpretationThe scripture following it;will explain the true meaning of the first versethat so many people quickly use to defendtheir salvation as being an already done dealRom 10:13For whosoever shall call uponthe name of the Lord shall be savedLuke 6:46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord,and do not the things which I say?In other words:If you are going tocall on me- the Lordand- call me Lordthen- YOU'VE GOT YO DO WHAT I SAY!! You have to believe on the Sonand the TESTIMONY that God gave to his Son1Jonn 5:9If we receive the witness of men,the witness of God is greater:for this is the witness of Godwhich he hath TESTIFIED of his Son1John 5:10He that believeth on the Son of Godhath the witness in himself:he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;because he believeth notTHE RECORD THAT GOD GAVE HIS SON1John 5:11And THIS IS THE RECORD, that Godhath given to us eternal life,and this life is in his Son1John 5:12He that hath the Son hath life;and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life1John 5:13These things have I written unto youthat believe on the name of the Son of God;that ye may know that ye have eternal life,and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of GodSo you must-Believe in and callupon the name of the LordDo the things he saysBelieve on the TESTIMONYGod gave of his Son What is the TESTIMONYthat GOD GAVE TO HIS SON?Rev 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ,which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servantsthings which must shortly come to pass;and he sent and signified it by his angelunto his servant John:Rev 1:2Who bare RECORD of the word of God,and of the TESTIMONY of Jesus Christ,There it is!!The TESTIMONY that God gave to his Sonis the Book of RevelationsIt's no wonder that we are sternly warnedthat no one is to add or take away from this bookWilliam Wilburcome read:Most Christians will die in their sinshttp://myspace.com/water_spirit_blood
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