ÓÕÂÊ: ÇETTING IN. (Ò8) ÆÒÏÍ: ÔOADSUCKER 10/05/94 Ó#: 72717 ÈOW DOES ONE GET INTO ÈEAVEN? ÉS IT AS EASY AS BELIEVING IN ÃHRIST? ÄO YOU HAVE TO "ACCEPT HIM", WHATEVER THAT MEANS? ÄO YOU HAVE TO LIVE A CERTAIN WAY? ÁSSUMING THAT YOU BELIEVE IN ÈIM, IS IT STILL HARD TO GET IN? -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÇETTING IN (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÓTEVEN1021 10/15/94 Ó#: 75497 ÉN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT HOW TO GET TO HEAVEN. ÔHE ÂIBLE SAYS IN ÒOMANS 3:23 "ÆOR ALL HAVE SINNED AND FALL SHORT OT THE GLORY OF ÇOD". ×E MUST THEN REALIZE WHAT ÒOMANS 6:23 SAYS "ÆOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE GIFT OF ÇOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN ÃHRIST ÊESUS OUR ÌORD". ÅPHESIANS 2:8 STATES "ÆOR BY GRACE YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES, IT IS THE GIFT OF ÇOD". ÁNOTHER WORDS IT IS A FREE GIFT FROM ÇOD TO US. ÊOHN 3:16 SAYS "ÆOR ÇOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE ÈIS ONLY UNIQUE SON THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN ÈIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE".ÊOHN 3:17-18 SAY "ÆOR ÇOD DID NOT SEND THE ÓON INTO THE WORLD TO JUDGE THE WORLD, BUT THAT THE WORLD SHOULD BE SAVED THROUGH ÈIM. ÈE WHO BELIEVES IN ÈIM IS NOT JUDGED; HE WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE HAS BEEN JUDGEDALREADY, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY ÓON OF ÇOD". ÔHIS IS WHAT WE MUST BELIEVE TO BE SAVED. ÔHE ÇOSPEL IS STATED IN É ÃORINTHIANS 15:1-4ÎOW É MAKE KNOWN TO YOU, BRETHERN, THE GOSPEL WHICH É PREACHED TO YOU, WHICH ALSO YOU RECEIVED, IN WHICH ALSO YOU STAND, BY WHICH ALSO YOU ARE SAVED, IF YOU HOLD FAST THE WORD WHICH É PREACHED TO YOU, UNLESS YOU BELIEVED IN VAIN. ÆOR É DELIVERED TO YOU AS OF FIRST IMPORTANCE WHAT É ALSO RECEIVED, THAT ÃHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE ÓCRIPTURES, AND THAT ÈE WAS BURIED, AND THAT ÈE WAS RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO THE ÓCRIPTURES". ÏNCE WE HAVE BELIEVED THE ÇOSPEL AND ARE SAVED WE NEVER LOSE OUR SALVATION. ×E WILL STILL SIN BECAUSE WE ARE HUMAN. É ÊOHN 1:8-9 SAYS, "ÉF WE SAY THAT WE HAVE NO SIN, WE ARE DECEIVING OURSELVES, AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN US. ÉF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, ÈE IS FAITHFUL AND RIGHTEOUS TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS". -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÔHANKS. (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÔOADSUCKER 10/19/94 Ó#: 77156 ÂUT DO É READ THAT RIGHT? ÏNCE YOU BELIEVE IN ÃHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOU ARE SAVED, AND IT WILL NEVER BE REVERSED? ÉT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT? É WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT WAS MORE DIFFICULT THAN THAT TO GET IN. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ×ELL... (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÃÈÅÓÔÅÒ Å 10/20/94 Ó#: 77483 ÔÓ, IF YOU EXPLAINED WHAT YOUR IMPRESSIONS ARE MORE FULLY, PERHAPS SOMEONE HERE WILL BE ABLE TO CLARIFY THINGS FOR YOU. ÂUT YOU BETTER HURRY WE ONLY HAVE 10 DAYS LEFT. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: Ð.Ó. (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÃÈÅÓÔÅÒ Å 10/20/94 Ó#: 77512 ÂY THE WAY É WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION BACK TO YOUR POST LABELED "ÒIGHTS..." OF 9/12, É DON'T WANT YOU TO MISS MY REPLY. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÆREE GIFT OF ÇOD (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÓTEVEN1021 10/23/94 Ó#: 78893 ÔÓ: ÙES, IT IS AS EASY AS BELIEVING THE ÇOSPEL(THAT ÃHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS, WAS BURIED, AND WAS RAISED AGAIN) ×HAT IS HARD IS LIVING THE ÃHRISTIAN LIFE. ÅPHESIANS 2:8-9 SAYS"ÆOR BY GRACE (ÇOD'S GRACE) ARE YOU SAVED THROUGH FAITH; AND THAT NOR OF YOURSELVES, IT IS THE ÇÉÆÔ OF ÇOD, ÎOT OF WORKS, LEST ANY MAN SHOULD BOAST." ÔHE LAST PART MEANS THAT THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT SAVES US. ÓOME BELIEFS THINK THAT THEY CAN WORK THEIR WAY INTO HEAVEN. ÁLL WE MUST DO IS TO BELIEVE THEÇOSPEL. 1 ÊOHN 5:13 SAYS"ÔHESE THINGS É WROTE UNTO YOU THAT BELIEVE ON THE NAME OF THE ÓON OF ÇOD THAT YOU MAY ËÎÏ× THAT YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. ÁLSO ÊOHN 5:24 SAYS"ÖERILY, VERILY, É SAY UNTO YOU, ÈE THAT HEARS BY WORD, AND BELIEVES ON ÈIM THAT SENT ME, HAS ETERNAL LIFE, AND SHALL NOT COME INTO JUDGMENT BUT IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE. ÔHE ABOVE 2 VERSES SHOW US THAT WE ARE SAVED FOREVER ONCE WE BELIEVE AND THAT WE WILL NEVER LOSE OUR SALVATION. ×E HAVE ETERNAL SECURITY. ÙES, WE WILL KEEP SINNING BECAUSE WE ARE NOT PERFECT AS ÇOD IS, BUT É ÊOHN 1:9 SAYS" ÉF WE CONFESS OUR SINS ÈE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS." ÔHIS MEANS THAT WE JUST TELL ÇOD WHAT OUR SIN WAS( NOT THAT ÈE DOESN'T KNOW,BUT THAT ÈE JUST WANTS US TO ADMIT IT TO ÈIM)AND ÈE WILL FORGIVE US. ÏNCE WE ARE SAVED THOUGH WE DO NEED ÇOD'S HELP AT ALL TIMES TO HELP US LIVE THE ÃHRISTIAN LIFE. ×E DO WANT TO LIVE A HOLY LIFE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TO PLEASE THE ÌORD IN ALL THAT WE DO. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÃHARCACTER DEVELOPMENT (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÄOC ÇEE 10/24/94 Ó#: 78977 ×HEN YOU ACCEPT ÃHRIST AS YOUR PERSONAL SAVIOR, AND REPENT AND CONFESS YOUR SINS, THE ÈOLY ÓPIRIT WORKS IN THE HEART TO PURIFY THE HEART AND GIVE US A CHARACTER THAT IS MORE LIKE ÃHRISTS WICH PREPARES US FOR LIFE IN ÈEAVEN. ÐSALM 51,10SABYS"ÃREATE IN ME A PURE HEART, Ï ÇOD AND RENEW A RIGHT SPIRIT IN ME." -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ×HAT ABOUT... (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÔOADSUCKER 10/24/94 Ó#: 79112 SOMEONE WHO ACCEPTED ÃHRIST ONCE BUT NO LONGER BELIEVES IN IT. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÓTILL SAVED ÆÒÏÍ: ÓTEVEN1021 10/29/94 Ó#: 81243 ÔHAT PERSON IS STILL SAVED AND WILL NEVER LOSE HIS SALVATION EVEN THOUGH HE SAYS HE DOESN'T BELIEVE ANYMORE.