Just as salvation was withheld from those who were stuck on the name of Jehovah and failed to receive Jesus as their Savior in the age of the Son (Rom. They feared lest they should stumble into the grave and into hell. It has as many lives as a cat: there is no killing it. You can count on this. My Savior, my reward. • PREACH the gospel to others that they might be saved. The Quran says, They whose balances shall be heavy shall be blest. The two things happen together, and the two facts very much depend upon each other. That is because poor foolish men, you know, are willing to believe a plain thing, but men wise in their own conceits desire to be, if they can, a little confounded and puzzled that they may please themselves with the idea that their own superior intellect has made a discovery; and, because the way of salvation is just so easy that almost an idiot boy may lay hold of it, therefore they pretend that they do not understand it. Not only the ones I had before my receiving your grace and your salvation but the ones that try to tell me I'm no longer worthy. I believe that He died on the cross for my sins. It's so easy to be the savior salvation. He thinks and hopes there is a God, but doesn't desire a real relationship with Jesus. Format: Folded Tract. It is the message of the angel who came to those unsuspecting Judean shepherds: "And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
The truth is useful to a man in another way: it saves him from prejudice. Because humanity is not in a fallen, sinful state, there was no need for a Savior. Either way, the essential message of the gospel, the starting point for all other truths, is this from the Master's own lips: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. "
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus. And when I knew all about you, then I have no doubt that I should say, 'I have made examination into this young woman's character, and I cannot help believing in her. '" He has an infinite benevolence which, nevertheless, is not in all points worked out by his infinite omnipotence; and if anybody asked me why it is not, I cannot tell.
I have heard of a man who knew how to swim, but, as he had never been in the water, I do not think much of his knowledge of swimming: in fact, he did not really know the art. Love the lost man in your house to Christ. Terrible as the truth is, yet is it certain from holy writ that there are men who, in consequence of their sin and their rejection of the Savior, will go away into everlasting punishment, where shall be weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Probably no other meeting we hold in the Church has the high referral and future baptismal harvest that a baptismal service does. The way to the savior. In the same way there are some things in the Word of God which are undoubtedly true which must be swallowed at once by an effort of faith, and must not be chewed by perpetual questioning. Select the options below, and we will custom-print a batch just for you. We are not saved by knowing any one theological truth we may choose to think of, for there are some theological truths which are comparatively of inferior value.
I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. While it is important for a believer to live a life like Christ, this has nothing to do with their standing before God. • FOLLOW the Lord in baptism. I testify to you that we will change lives, including our own, if we will teach the Atonement through the Book of Mormon as well as, of course, from all of the other scriptures. O you that are not saved, and who dream you do not need to be, you only require to know the truth, and you will perceive that you must he saved or lost for ever. The Bible prophesied that there would be a Savior in the age of the Son. I am merely talking of myself, because a man cannot bear witness about other people so thoroughly us he can about himself. There will at the last be goats upon the left hand as well as sheep on the right, tares to be burned as well as wheat to be garnered, chaff to be blown away as well as corn to be preserved. If he laid by a little money he was delighted. Since God demands a standard of perfection, we can do absolutely nothing to please Him. Its so easy to be the savior salvation. "There is no hope for me, " says the man. I testify that He lives, that the whole triumph of the gospel is that He lives, and because He does, so will we. I thought when I read his exposition that it would have been a very capital comment upon the text if it had read, "Who will not have all men to be saved, nor come to a knowledge of the truth. " "And this is my doctrine, and it is the doctrine which the Father hath given unto me.
"Therefore as by the offence of one [Adam] judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [Jesus] the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. " The Apostle Paul wrote to the church at Rome explaining this important truth. "Lord, why is it so? " He considers himself to be a 'good person' (which he is) and hopes he'll get to heaven because of that.
It is not a mistake that you married him and have such a heart to win him to Christ. I notice that when souls are saved it is by our texts rather than by our sermons. A great salvation through it calls to the people. "And you say that God hates sin. Hymn: Jesus, my Savior, is all things to me. " Moreover, it often happens that a knowledge of the truth stands a man in good stead for another purpose; it saves him from despair. But I have been surprised to regularly be with the missionaries and discover that this is not something that readily comes forward in a discussion of missionary work. Through every trial, He won't forsake me I'll never be alone.
Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life. "… His blood atoneth for the sins of those who have fallen by the transgression of Adam, who have died not knowing the will of God concerning them, or who have ignorantly sinned. " But, don't be angry. I have never preached to you concerning that subject what I do not know by experience. You Need a Savior - Luke 14:27. Somebody must have the wrong doctrine about salvation and the need for it. I don't always run through this little exercise in a zone conference, but sometimes I do. Why can't our success be more rapid? The prayers, the hymns, surely the talks that are given—all ought to be focused on the significance of this ordinance and the Atonement of Christ, which makes it efficacious. They could not go back to be the mere brute beasts they were before. Our salvation costs us the treasure of heaven, so let us not take it lightly and let us be thankful that God has blessed us with His grace and mercy through Christ. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall.
People don't come to Christ when "we" want them to. • PRAY and fellowship with God daily. Furthermore, when you bear witness of "Jesus Christ, and him crucified, " 8 to use Paul's phrase, you invoke the power of God the Father and the Holy Ghost. 1 John 5:12, 13 NLT). Perhaps this is enough to give you a feel for the urgent, impressive theme that runs all through that sacred record. For example, in zone conferences, which are some of the greatest teaching moments we as General Authorities have with these young elders and sisters, I have asked missionaries what it is they want investigators to do as a result of their discussions with them. This means you must trust in Jesus Christ alone, and not in anyone else (Mary, religious leaders, etc. ) He let him go his own way, suffer the consequences, and then, celebrated when he came home (repented). The Simplicity of Salvation –. The knowledge of the truth is a large knowledge. They have done all that they judged right and attended to all that they were told. Dear Susan, you need to stop trying so hard and release him to God. Only the disciples accepted Jesus, the Savior in the age of the Son, who had come as prophesied. But I know, also, that he does not will it, so that he will save any one of them, unless they believe in his dear Son; for he has told us over and over that he will not.
Faith is not self in action but self forsaken, self abhorred, self put away that the soul may trust in Christ, and trust in Christ alone. As Lehi says to me and to you, "How great the importance to make these things [of the Atonement] known unto the inhabitants of the earth. 1:8-9 『Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. I have thought about this a great deal. This tract is from our print-on-demand library, and is not kept in stock. They do not believe that He is the one way to the one God because they do not believe salvation from sin is necessary. Who am I, and what am I, that I should demand explanations of my God? "
So it must be with you. Therefore, salvation was not given to those living in the age of the Father, who either didn't know, or who refused to accept, the name of Jehovah. In like manner, do all that you can to make your baptismal services a spiritual, Christ-centered experience. He saves those who believe in Him.